====== Tree ======

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{{:tree-crash-site-01.webp?400|Tree marking Gemma's fatal crash}}
Tree marking Gemma's fatal crash
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**The Tree** is a reoccurring symbol in //Severance//. 

For [[Mark Scout|Mark]], the tree represents his grief and love for his late wife, [[Gemma]]. It is believed that Gemma died tragically in a car collision involving a tree approximately two years ago.((Season 1, Episode 1, "[[Good News About Hell]]" ([[in_perpetuity_transcript#section000959057|09:59]]) )) Mark visits the tree to grieve for Gemma, memorialized with a tattered piece of caution tape tied around the trunk.((Season 1, Episode 4, "[[The You You Are]]" (35:47) ))

During a wellness session, [[Ms. Casey]] offers Mark the opportunity to sculpt his feelings in clay, and Mark sculpts a tree not unlike the one involved in Gemma's fatal car crash. Notably, [[Gemma's Candle|Gemma's candle]] is lit on the table during this session.((Season 1, Episode 4, "[[The You You Are]]" ([[the_you_you_are_transcript#section004255452|42:55]]) ))

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===== Gallery =====

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{{:mark_s_tree.webp?400|Mark sculpting a tree out of clay}} \\ Mark sculpting a tree out of clay
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{{:tree-of-clay-01.webp?400|Mark's finished tree sculpture}} \\ Mark's finished tree sculpture
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===== See also =====

  * [[wellness_center]]
  * "[[What's for Dinner?]]"
  * [[Theories about Part-Time Employees]]

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