Severance Re-Introduces Us to Its Wider, Weirder World

Up until this point, Severance has been a relatively isolated show. We see the Lumon office, we see some places around the Lumon offices, and that’s really about it (“Woe’s Hollow” aside). That changed in a big, big way with this week’s eighth episode of season two, “Sweet Vitriol,” which focused entirely on Harmony Cobel, played by Patricia Arquette. The season one mainstay has been mostly on the sidelines this year (for good reason, she created quite the stir at Lumon last season), but this episode not only brought her back to the forefront, it exposed the world outside of Lumon, severance, and Kier. A world that is undeniably bleak. Things start with Cobel entering Salt’s Neck, a place we saw her driving towards a few episodes back. (She drives past the “Thanks for visiting” sign but it’s on the other side of the road. So it looks like she’s leaving but really she’s coming back.) The best way to describe Salt’s Neck in Severance terms is, well, it’s a cold harbor. Not “Cold Harbor ... Read full article.