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- | **In Perpetuity** is the third episode of the first season of [[Severance (TV show)|Severance]]. | + | **In Perpetuity** is the third episode of the first season of //[[Severance (TV show)|Severance]]//. |
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===== Synopsis ===== | ===== Synopsis ===== | ||
- | > You carry the hurt with you. You feel it down there too. You just don't know what it is. | + | > You carry the hurt with you. You feel it down there too. You just don’t know what it is. <WRAP attribution> |
The episode picks up where [[Half Loop]] left off. [[Mark Scout|Mark]] calls to [[Peter Kilmer|Petey]] through the closed bathroom door, asking if he is okay. Petey responds that he is, that he just slipped. Mark apologizes for the weird robe he's given Petey to wear, explaining that it's from his [[Ricken Hale|brother-in-law]]. Petey thinks the robe is awesome. Petey, concerned about the security of Mark's house, inquires about the windows and the neighbors. Mark assures him the house is safe. | The episode picks up where [[Half Loop]] left off. [[Mark Scout|Mark]] calls to [[Peter Kilmer|Petey]] through the closed bathroom door, asking if he is okay. Petey responds that he is, that he just slipped. Mark apologizes for the weird robe he's given Petey to wear, explaining that it's from his [[Ricken Hale|brother-in-law]]. Petey thinks the robe is awesome. Petey, concerned about the security of Mark's house, inquires about the windows and the neighbors. Mark assures him the house is safe. | ||
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Back at Mark' | Back at Mark' | ||
- | Mark insists he wants to stay [[severance_procedure|Severed]] because he finds it helpful; Petey proposes that the cost of that help could be murdering people through his work at [[Lumon Industries|Lumon]] without knowing it. Mark questions this, and Petey says he's found out about a department on the [[svr_d_floor|Severed floor]] where people don't get to leave. Petey gets paranoid and distressed when Mark questions this. Petey tells Mark he has a [[June_kilmer|daughter]]. | + | Mark insists he wants to stay [[severance_procedure|Severed]] because he finds it helpful; Petey proposes that the cost of that help could be murdering people through his work at [[Lumon Industries|Lumon]] without knowing it. Mark questions this, and Petey says he's found out about a department on the [[severed_floor|Severed floor]] where people don't get to leave. Petey gets paranoid and distressed when Mark questions this. Petey tells Mark he has a [[June_kilmer|daughter]]. |
Selvig, snooping out her window and eating a burned cookie, watches Mark in his house. | Selvig, snooping out her window and eating a burned cookie, watches Mark in his house. | ||
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As Mark emerges from his house, so does Mrs. Selvig from hers, wielding a hair dryer. She turns it on and aims it at her front stoop. She apologizes for the racket, explaining that she is de-icing her step. She offers more cookies later, which Mark accepts. As soon as Mark is out of sight, Selvig stands up, turns off the hair dryer and goes back into her house. | As Mark emerges from his house, so does Mrs. Selvig from hers, wielding a hair dryer. She turns it on and aims it at her front stoop. She apologizes for the racket, explaining that she is de-icing her step. She offers more cookies later, which Mark accepts. As soon as Mark is out of sight, Selvig stands up, turns off the hair dryer and goes back into her house. | ||
- | Mark arrives at work. A green envelope is waiting for him in the [[Macrodata Refinement|MDR]] office. It contains four prints of the new MDR [[Group photo|group photo]]. Helly arrives and tells Mark of her success the previous day. Before Mark can begin swapping out the old group photos for the new, Helly suggests he needn' | + | Mark arrives at work. A green envelope is waiting for him in the [[Macrodata Refinement|MDR]] office. It contains four prints of the new MDR [[Group photo|group photo]]. Helly arrives and tells Mark of her success the previous day. Before Mark can begin swapping out the old group photos for the new, Helly suggests he needn' |
- | Milchick arrives and gives Mark the morning announcements to read to the staff. Irving whispers to the others that it will be different now that Mark isn't interrupting Petey' | + | Milchick arrives and gives Mark the morning announcements to read to the staff. Irving whispers to the others that it will be different now that Mark isn't interrupting Petey' |
- | Outside, [[Ricken Hale|Ricken]] and [[Devon]] drive up to Mark's house. Ricken is there to drop something off for Mark, clearly giddy about what it represents. Waffling about where to place it, Ricken ultimately decides to set the package he's brought to the side of the door of Mark's house. The Hales drive away. | + | Outside, [[Ricken Hale|Ricken]] and [[devon_scout-hale|Devon]] drive up to Mark's house. Ricken is there to drop something off for Mark, clearly giddy about what it represents. Waffling about where to place it, Ricken ultimately decides to set the small package he's brought to the side of the door of Mark's house. The Hales drive away. |
Mrs. Selvig exits her house and walks to Mark' | Mrs. Selvig exits her house and walks to Mark' | ||
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Mark takes the team on a field trip to the Perpetuity Wing. Irving, carrying his company handbook in a Lumon tote, drones on about Lumon trivia as they walk the hallways. Walking behind Irving, Dylan quietly hands out "Eagan Bingo" sheets to Helly and Mark, claiming it is a way for the team to bond (except Irving). | Mark takes the team on a field trip to the Perpetuity Wing. Irving, carrying his company handbook in a Lumon tote, drones on about Lumon trivia as they walk the hallways. Walking behind Irving, Dylan quietly hands out "Eagan Bingo" sheets to Helly and Mark, claiming it is a way for the team to bond (except Irving). | ||
- | At a junction of the hallways, the MDR team comes upon [[Burt Goodman|Burt]] and [[Felicia]] from [[Optics and Design]]. The two groups observe each other distrustfully. Though Irving attempts to ease the tension by greeting Burt in a friendly manner, Dylan becomes confrontational, | + | At a junction of the hallways, the MDR team comes upon [[Burt Goodman|Burt]] and [[Felicia]] from [[Optics and Design]]. The two groups observe each other distrustfully. Though Irving attempts to ease the tension by greeting Burt in a friendly manner, Dylan becomes confrontational, |
- | Cobel enters her office where she finds [[Natalie]] and Milchick. Natalie announces that there is a meeting about [[Peter Kilmer]] and [[the Board]] will be joining them. Milchick makes some last minute adjustments to a speaker on Cobel' | + | Cobel enters her office where she finds [[Natalie]] and Milchick. Natalie announces that there is a meeting about [[Peter Kilmer]] and [[the Board]] will be joining them. Milchick makes some last minute adjustments to a speaker on Cobel' |
- | In the hallways, the team discuss | + | In the hallways, the team discusses |
MDR finally makes it to the Perpetuity Wing. Irving opens the door to a concrete-walled room. They come upon a large wax statue of [[Jame Eagan]], current CEO. While Irving and Dylan take it in with admiration, Helly regards the statue with an unreadable look. Down a flight of stairs, similar statues of past CEOs stand on short pedestals in a grey, concrete atrium. | MDR finally makes it to the Perpetuity Wing. Irving opens the door to a concrete-walled room. They come upon a large wax statue of [[Jame Eagan]], current CEO. While Irving and Dylan take it in with admiration, Helly regards the statue with an unreadable look. Down a flight of stairs, similar statues of past CEOs stand on short pedestals in a grey, concrete atrium. | ||
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Helly begins to read the statement in a flat voice while instruments on Milchick' | Helly begins to read the statement in a flat voice while instruments on Milchick' | ||
- | In MDR, Dylan is leaving for the day, leaving Mark alone. Mark sits in the dark office. He takes out the new group photos. Retrieving the old photos from their hiding place, Mark begins to swap out the old photos for the new. When he gets to the last one, he sees that the back of the picture has some writing on it. He takes the photo from its frame. It's Petey' | + | In MDR, Dylan is leaving for the day, leaving Mark alone. Mark sits in the dark office. He takes out the new group photos. Retrieving the old photos from their hiding place, Mark begins to swap out the old photos for the new. When he gets to the last one, he sees that the back of the picture has some writing on it. He takes the photo from its frame. It's Petey' |
Scenes cut between Petey stumbling through a harshly-lit convenience store and Mark looking at the map. Mark conceals the map behind the new group photo in the frame and sets it on his desk. Petey mutters about tokens. Mark leaves work. Petey gasps and groans and collapses on the floor of the store. Mark makes his way out of Lumon and toward his car. It's raining. The nearly empty parking lot reveals he is one of the last to leave. | Scenes cut between Petey stumbling through a harshly-lit convenience store and Mark looking at the map. Mark conceals the map behind the new group photo in the frame and sets it on his desk. Petey mutters about tokens. Mark leaves work. Petey gasps and groans and collapses on the floor of the store. Mark makes his way out of Lumon and toward his car. It's raining. The nearly empty parking lot reveals he is one of the last to leave. | ||
- | Mark gets home and calls down the basement to Petey. Mark, panicked that Petey is clearly not in the house, goes on a drive to find him, passing a curve in the road where guardrail has been severely dented. At an intersection an Ambulance | + | Mark gets home and calls down the basement to Petey. Mark, panicked that Petey is clearly not in the house, goes on a drive to find him, passing a curve in the road where the headlights of his car illuminate some guardrail |
Back in the basement, Mark works quickly to remove all evidence that Petey was there. As he heads back upstairs, he can hear a phone vibrating below. | Back in the basement, Mark works quickly to remove all evidence that Petey was there. As he heads back upstairs, he can hear a phone vibrating below. | ||
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* Britt Lower as [[Helena Eagan|Helly Riggs]] | * Britt Lower as [[Helena Eagan|Helly Riggs]] | ||
* Tramell Tillman as [[Seth Milchick]] | * Tramell Tillman as [[Seth Milchick]] | ||
- | * Jen Tullock as [[devon]] | + | * Jen Tullock as [[devon_scout-hale]] |
* Dichen Lachman as [[ms._casey|Ms. Casey]] (credit only) | * Dichen Lachman as [[ms._casey|Ms. Casey]] (credit only) | ||
* Michael Chernus as [[Ricken Hale]] | * Michael Chernus as [[Ricken Hale]] | ||
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===== Quotes & Dialogue ===== | ===== Quotes & Dialogue ===== | ||
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+ | > You look trim, Mark. I wonder if you were food poisoned. <WRAP attribution> | ||
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+ | > Mark used to find it funny to interrupt Petey' | ||
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+ | > That place is everything. <WRAP attribution> | ||
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+ | > Are you going to make me throw my mug at you? <WRAP attribution> | ||
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+ | > **Dylan**: My delts are embarrassingly good today. My outie does muscle shows for sure. | ||
+ | > **Irving**: If your outie did muscle shows, you wouldn' | ||
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+ | > **Helly**: What the hell is Eagan Bingo? | ||
+ | > **Dylan**: It's how you don't die of boredom in the Perpetuity Wing. <WRAP attribution> | ||
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+ | > I mean, I'm 99% sure there was no coup. <WRAP attribution> | ||
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+ | > In my life, I have identified four components, which I call tempers, from which are derived every human soul. Woe. Frolic. Dread. Malice. Each man's character is defined by the precise ratio that resides in him. I walked into the cave of my own mind, and there I tamed them. Should you tame the tempers as I did mine, then the world shall become but your appendage. It is this great and consecrated power that I hope to pass on to all of you, my children. <WRAP attribution> | ||
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+ | > I think that to be an Eagan, either a true Eagan or anyone working in this Lumon family, what you are is the keeper of an ethos, a compact of values that we have long held as precious, and which I do believe will one day save this world. And that ethos goes all the way back through my blood to where we all started, with Kier. <WRAP attribution> | ||
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+ | > It's the Perpetuity Wing. It's the Eagans. It's the living soul of Lumon and everything she stands for, not a bingo match. <WRAP attribution> | ||
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===== See Also ===== | ===== See Also ===== | ||
- | * [[List of Episodes]] | + | * [[list_of_severance_episodes]] |
- | * [[In Perpetuity (script)]] | + | * [[In Perpetuity (Transcript)|In Perpetuity transcript]] |
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