Almost half of the episode is just "weird for the sake of weird" with no meaning that we can ever hope to get to. I mean, those doubles...? That's just useless clutter. The show is reaching a point where too many "wtf" moments accumulate that still haven't been explained and it is on its way to crash against that same wall that "Lost" hit in its time. But Lost had 3 whole seasons to try and (only partially) recover. That doesn't happen anymore nowadays. If Severance gets 3, 4 seasons tops it wiould already be exceptional. So it's high time the story went in "resolution" mode if the creators want their audience to have any sense of closure at the end.
a creative work (TV show) or entity has evolved and reached a point in which it has exhausted its core intent and is introducing new ideas that are discordant with or an extreme exaggeration (caricature) of its original theme or purpose
Almost half of the episode is just "weird for the sake of weird" with no meaning that we can ever hope to get to. I mean, those doubles...? That's just useless clutter. The show is reaching a point where too many "wtf" moments accumulate that still haven't been explained and it is on its way to crash against that same wall that "Lost" hit in its time. But Lost had 3 whole seasons to try and (only partially) recover. That doesn't happen anymore nowadays. If Severance gets 3, 4 seasons tops it wiould already be exceptional. So it's high time the story went in "resolution" mode if the creators want their audience to have any sense of closure at the end.
Lynch mixed with Cronenberg mixed with Kubrick…felt like a middle point of the series that will divide the fanbase. For me, this was superb.
a creative work (TV show) or entity has evolved and reached a point in which it has exhausted its core intent and is introducing new ideas that are discordant with or an extreme exaggeration (caricature) of its original theme or purpose