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| **What’s For Dinner?** {{what_s_for_dinner.webp|Title Card}} ||
^ Episode Number | 1.8 |
^ Directed By  | [[https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001774|Ben Stiller]] |
^ Written By   | [[https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0085220|Chris Black]] |
^ Premiered    | April 1, 2022 |
^ Runtime     | 46 minutes |
^ Previous Episode | [[Defiant Jazz]] |
^ Next Episode | [[The We We Are]] |
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====== What’s for Dinner? ======

** What’s for Dinner?** is the eighth episode of the first season of //[[Severance (TV show)|Severance]]//.

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===== Synopsis =====

===== Cast =====

==== Starring ====

  * Adam Scott as [[Mark Scout]]
  * Zach Cherry as [[Dylan George]]
  * Britt Lower as [[Helena Eagan|Helly Riggs]]
  * Tramell Tillman as [[Seth Milchick]]
  * Jen Tullock as [[devon_scout-hale]]
  * Dichen Lachman as [[ms._casey|Ms. Casey]]
  * Michael Chernus as [[Ricken Hale]]
  * John Turturro as [[Irving Bailiff]]
  * Christopher Walken as [[Burt Goodman]] (credit only)
  * Patricia Arquette as [[Harmony Cobel]]

==== Guest Starring ====

  * Sydney Cole Alexander as [[Natalie]]
  * Michael Siberry as [[Jame Eagan]] (voice)

==== Co-starring ====

  * Annie McNamara as [[Danise]]
  * Grace Rex as [[Rebeck]]
  * Donald Webber Jr. as [[Patton]]
  * Olivia Alboher as [[The Four Tempers (dancers)|Woman in Old Woman Mask]]
  * Samantha Easton Farrow as [[The Four Tempers (dancers)|Woman in Bride Mask]]
  * Sarah Gold as [[The Four Tempers (dancers)|Woman in Fool Mask]]
  * Tara Rodriguez as Choreographer
  * Weston Krukow as [[The Four Tempers (dancers)|Man in Ram’s Head Mask]]
  * Marc Geller as [[Kier Eagan]] (voice)

==== Uncredited ====

  * [[Radar]]
  * [[Eleanor]]

===== Trivia =====

  * The uncredited voice of the animated Kier Eagan in the congratulations video after Helly hits her quota is that of director Ben Stiller.

===== Quotes & Dialogue =====

> Don’t laugh. [...] I just wonder if it might be helpful for us to stand behind her and perhaps chant her name. <WRAP attribution>— Irving, ([[what_s_for_dinner_transcript#section000603990|06:03]])</WRAP>

> I knew you could do it, Helly R. Even in your darkest moments, I could see you arriving here. In refining your macrodata file, you have brought glory to this company and to me. Kier Eagan. I… I love you. But now I must away, for there are others who need me around the world. Goodbye, Helly.R, and thank you. <WRAP attribution>— Kier Eagan [//on computer//], ([[what_s_for_dinner_transcript#section000841188|08:41]])</WRAP>

> Oh, Mark. I don’t know how you knew for the end of the quarter I wanted a heart attack. <WRAP attribution>— Cobel, ([[what_s_for_dinner_transcript#section000953887|09:53]])</WRAP>

> I know I vexed you. I know I’m… strange. <WRAP attribution>— Ms. Casey, ([[what_s_for_dinner_transcript#section001322387|13:22]])</WRAP>

> For me, my favorite time was the eight hours I spent in your department watching Helly. It’s the longest I’ve ever been awake. I suppose it’s what you could call my good old days. <WRAP attribution>— Ms. Casey, ([[what_s_for_dinner_transcript#section001339362|13:39]])</WRAP>

> Because we’re people, not parts of people. Even with what little they gave us, these are our lives. No one gets to just turn you off. <WRAP attribution>— Mark, ([[what_s_for_dinner_transcript#section001431414|14:31]])</WRAP>

> Do you know if I’m happy up there? <WRAP attribution>— Ms. Casey, ([[what_s_for_dinner_transcript#section001645382|16:45]])</WRAP>

> But before we begin…A very special gift for a very special Dylan. Our three-time R of the Q! A man whose mind is as sharp as his incisors. <WRAP attribution>— Milchick, ([[what_s_for_dinner_transcript#section001849589|18:49]])</WRAP>

> Yeah, the egg bar is coveted as fuck. <WRAP attribution>— Dylan, ([[what_s_for_dinner_transcript#section002016927|20:16]])</WRAP>

> I figured it out. The goats lay the eggs. <WRAP attribution>— Helly, ([[what_s_for_dinner_transcript#section002418168|24:18]])</WRAP>

> You’re easy to pretend to care about. <WRAP attribution>— Mark, ([[what_s_for_dinner_transcript#section002543712|25:43]])</WRAP>

> Page 197 slaps. <WRAP attribution>— Dylan, ([[what_s_for_dinner_transcript#section002902619|29:02]])</WRAP>

> Okay, kids. Let’s find out what’s for dinner. <WRAP attribution>— Irving, ([[what_s_for_dinner_transcript#section002920679|29:20]])</WRAP>

> [//kisses Mark//] In case we don’t come back. Or, I don’t know, in case we do? <WRAP attribution>— Helly, ([[what_s_for_dinner_transcript#section003026202|30:26]])</WRAP>

> Fuck her goddamn soul forever into hell! Filth and fucking fire until she fucking dies! Fuck her and her fucking fake smile! Oh, God. Fuck her goddamn soul! <WRAP attribution>— Cobel, ([[what_s_for_dinner_transcript#section003340772|33:40]])</WRAP>

> You know, maybe I could drive my own car. And that way I could leave if I’m uncomfortable or afraid. <WRAP attribution>— Cobel, ([[what_s_for_dinner_transcript#section003810417|38:10]])</WRAP>

> This severance thing, it…Not sure I need it anymore. <WRAP attribution>— Mark, ([[what_s_for_dinner_transcript#section004437721|44:37]])</WRAP>

===== See Also =====

  * [[list_of_severance_episodes]]
  * [[what_s_for_dinner_transcript|What’s for Dinner? transcript]]

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