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Suzanne Whyte

Burt’s co-worker is called Felicia. I didn’t have much memory of this episode. I think it got overshadowed by other more dramatic episodes in the season but it definitely had some interesting and important moments like the funeral, the performance review, Irving meeting Burt and Milchek threatening Mark. Also, Rickon sucks.

Leah W.

If you remember, the last words Irving said to Dylan was "Hang in there" - the words on the poster. He was the one who left behind the note for Dylan to find and gave him the clue to find it. Though Felicia was the one who gave him the instructions.

I🖤Kraken

Helena assaulted Mark S. The reason he is so creeped out and doesn't want to talk about it is because a complete stranger lied to his face for weeks and then put her hands all over his body without his consent when he thought he was making love to the woman he loves. And Mark S. was probably a virgin. Helena was just curious. They don't consider them real people. She makes my skin crawl. Which is absolutely bonkers because I adore my brave and aggressive Helly to pieces. Cults are effed up, man...

Erin

I don’t believe it was necessarily Helena’s intention to sleep with Mark, but when the opportunity presented itself she went ahead with it…and her conceiving is a theory with fans for sure. The theme of autonomy in this episode is a favorite of mine. I just loved seeing Helly advocating for herself. She was essentially a puppet of Helena’s to play with and Mark having his own issues with it not being able to separate the two is great to see as well.

Actuarial Lurker

Outie Helena is a r@pist.. She assaulted BOTH her own innie and Marc S. Re Marc S: No different than if you were married to a person who had an identical twin and the sibling who wasn't your spouse slept with you under a pretense. As a first time watcher I suspect she may be trying to a) get pregnant by Marc S b) break any emotional tie with his not-dead wife feeling lonely as an Eagen is not an excuse- as it would not be if a man did it Re her innie: Outtie Marc is trying to liberate innie Marc S and find his wife Gemma Outie Helena despises her innie- did it as a stunt and as we see in the opening Board Room scene despises the innies and doesn't care about their autonomy

Actuarial Lurker

A cold open of "The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald"...which Gordon Lightfoot put out in 1976 gives us some age clues...I was 10 when that came out- it was written only months after the actual event.. and it was a monster hit despite its somber subject so hints at the age of the man with the cart Would an innie know that song? Suggests a Lumon employee who isn't severed

Amelie W

I'm fascinated by the journey of Natalie's eyes when she talks to Milchick. There's a whole story there besides her character as "the mouthpiece of the Board," but we don't see or hear any of it aside from what we can read in her expressions.

Actuarial Lurker

Marc's sister should tell Ricken that she will divorce him if he sells out. If he is already a best-seller to non-Severed people then how big is the "severed" audience he would be adding?

Actuarial Lurker

A pet peeve of mine regarding corporate communications is "big words" and making dumbed down slides and Board/Management presentations STEM types are notorious for giving "complicated presentations" and I DO agree that you should try to get an audience to understand your point and "showing off" or using jargon to impress people or not understand your audience is a sign of lack of emotional intelligence BUT, that said I have RAGED against people who want to DUMB DOWN or de-complexify intricate, complicated situations that involve nuance and cerebral content. I have said more than once in public presentations and in corporate roles that "if the Board is too stupid to understand what we are trying to convey here after we have broken it down into digestible pieces and in plain English then maybe they ought not be Board Members of a complex financial institution" That usually isn't received well by internal Management- but I have served on 4 "internal" Boards of Directors and several Global Risk Management Committees and Global Investment Committees in my career and as a consultant have delivered many presentations to Boards and you CAN use big words once you explain them and convey complex risks and caveats if you are given the time to do so- and if you are only allowed 5 minutes during a full day Board Meeting to explain something consequential then the meeting should be longer- not the report. That is why we had a 2008 Financial Crisis and that is why an Orange President who looks at 1-page summaries just attacked a country protected by mountains on 3-sides and a desert on the other and can lob projectiles at 20% of the world's oil, natural gas, fertilizer, plastics, precursors to shampoos and other personal products etc etc

Anjali Agarwal

1. Irving is the one who left that note for Dylan. In the last episode, he tells Dylan "Hang in there".. it's what the poster said. That's how Dylan knew to look behind that specific poster. 2. That scene between Milchik and Ms. Huang was very telling. She doesn't see the innies as people, and he was quite offended by that. I also saw a bit of humanity in him during the 'funeral' scene. 3. Once again, I love how this show mocks corporate culture. So many performance reviews focus on the most stupidest things, instead of actually focusing on growth and improving skillset. 4. Helena didn't plan to hook up with Mark at all. She just doesn't have any meaningful relationships in her life and felt a connection to him when she pretended to be Helly. It was more about her trying to have what her innie has.. there is a lot of jealousy and insecurity there.

Erica

I assumed that the "doubles" of the group last episode were mechanical somehow, like a carboard cutout with gears or something on the back. If only because the movements were stiff and minimal