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Severance season 2 episode 3, titled Who Is Alive?, aired on January 31, 2025, on Apple TV+. Ben Stiller serves as the episode’s director, while Wei-Ning Yu serves as its writer.
The last two episodes showcased the aftermath of the overtime contingency on the innies and the outies, respectively. It also depicted how Lumon fixed the damage caused by the actions of Mark S. and his friends in the outside world. In Severance season 2 episode 3, the innies and outies go on a quest to unlock the mysteries behind Lumon's severance program.
At the end of the episode, Mark reintegrates his work and personal memories so that he can reunite with his wife, Gemma, who he learns is alive.
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The episode's official synopsis, as per Apple TV, reads:
"Mark, Helly, Irving, and Dylan search for answers."
Disclaimer: This article contains spoilers about Severance season 2 episode 3.
Why does Mark decide to get reintegrated in Severance season 2 episode 3?
Determined to find Ms. Casey, the innie Mark prints her missing posters and goes inquiring about her in other departments on the severed floor. Irving helps him in his search by visiting the O&D department, where he runs into Felicia. During their conversation, she identifies the dark hallway from Irving's sketch as the exports hall. She also tells him that they used to send their products there earlier.
Mark and Helly team up together and head to the goat room, where they had previously found a man feeding milk to baby goats in episode 5 of season 1. They figure that if Ms. Casey is trapped within the severed floor, she must be kept in such a room.
But they find the room totally empty and discover that it opens up to a pasture filled with grazing goats. Standing among them is a man dressed in a black goat costume replete with horns. They soon learn that the bizarre room is called the Mammalians Nurturable from the department head, Lorne, played by Gwendoline Christie.
Mark and Helly begin asking about Ms. Casey, leading to a tense exchange between them and members of the department, who look like farmers. Lorne eventually reveals that Ms. Casey used to conduct her sessions in their husbandry tanks and assures the duo that she will not interfere in their search. Before leaving, Lorne makes a strange request—to see Mark and Helly's belly buttons—which they awkwardly agree to do.
Meanwhile, the outie Mark is grappling to understand whether his innie meant to convey that Gemma was alive during the overtime contingency. Due to Lumon's strict policy that prohibits any communication between the innies and outies, Mark comes up with an ingenious plan to communicate with his innie.
He creates a device that reads, "Who Is Alive?" and uses a high-powered lamp to brand the image on his retina, hoping that his innie would somehow see the message when he 'took over' at work. However, Reghabi informs him that his method won't work as the switch in the elevator erases everything from the outside world.
She tells him that reintegration is the only way to communicate with his innie and learn about Gemma. Mark is skeptical of the procedure as he watched Petey die from the effects of reintegration but agrees after Reghabi confirms that Gemma is alive.
At the end of Severance season 2 episode 3, Reghabi begins the procedure on Mark in his basement. She asks him a series of questions that are similar to the ones Mark S. asked Helly R. in the opening moments of season 1. As his mind reintegrates his memories from his work and personal life, Mark is seen flashing in between his outie's present day and his innie's first day in the orientation room at Lumon.
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Dylan learns about his family in Severance season 2 episode 3
Dylan does not join others in searching for Ms. Casey, opting instead to focus on his work. In Severance season 2 episode 1, Milchick tempted him with the prospect of meeting his family with the Outie Family Visitation Suite to test his loyalty to his friends.
In this episode, Dylan is allowed to meet his wife, Gretchen, for 18 minutes in the security room as an incentive. As Gretchen awkwardly sits down for a chat with her husband's innie, she tells him that he has three kids—6-year-old Jim, 4-year-old Ruth, and 2-year-old Merrick.
Dylan inquires about his outie and feels disheartened to learn that he can't hold on to a job for very long. Gretchen urges him to stick to Lumon for the sake of their family and leaves him with a photograph, in which Dylan finally gets to see the faces of his three kids.
Severance season 2 episode 3 also showcases the outie Dylan sitting in his house as Gretchen leaves to work on a night shift. He asks his wife about the meeting at Lumon, and she responds that it was "weird good, but good."
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What happens to Cobel in Severance season 2 episode 3?
After Harmony Cobel drove off into the night at the end of Severance season 2 episode 2, she wandered around aimlessly with all her belongings in the car. This scene makes it clear that she refused Helena's offer to join Lumon's advisory board.
The next day, she meets Helena outside the office building and renegotiates the offer. Cobel insists on being reinstated as the severed floor's manager by saying that she started the Cold Harbor file and intends on taking it to the finish line.
Helena invites her for an impromptu meeting with the board to discuss her demands. As they both head inside to the conference room, Cobel takes one look at the chauffeur standing nearby and stops. She retreats to her car in fear and speeds away.
Viewers can watch Severance season 2 episode 3 exclusively on Apple TV+.
