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-====== Good News About Hell ======+{{page>:blurbs#Featured}}
  
-**Good News About Hell** is the first episode of the first season of [[Severance (TV show)|Severance]].+<WRAP infobox> 
 +| **Good News About Hell** {{good_news_about_hell.jpg|Title Card}} || 
 +^ Episode Number | 1.1 | 
 +^ Directed By  | [[https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001774|Ben Stiller]] | 
 +^ Written By   | [[https://www.imdb.com/name/nm9772311|Dan Erickson]] | 
 +^ Premiered    | February 18, 2022 | 
 +^ Runtime     | 57 minutes | 
 +^ Next Episode | [[Half Loop]] | 
 +</WRAP>
  
-{{::good_news_about_hell.jpg|Title Card}}+====== Good News About Hell ======
  
-^ Directed By  | Ben Stiller | +**Good News About Hell** is the first episode of the first season of //[[Severance (TV show)|Severance]]//. 
-^ Written By   | Dan Erickson | + 
-^ Premiered    | February 18, 2022 | +{{INLINETOC width18 2}}
-^ Run Time     | 57 minutes |+
  
 ===== Synopsis ===== ===== Synopsis =====
 +> Every time you find yourself here, it's because you chose to come back. <WRAP attribution>— Mark, ([[good_news_about_hell_transcript#section003239751|32:39]])</WRAP>
 +
  
 A red haired woman is passed out on top of a large conference table in an otherwise empty room. She is awakened by a voice coming through a small speaker that asks her, "Who are you?" A red haired woman is passed out on top of a large conference table in an otherwise empty room. She is awakened by a voice coming through a small speaker that asks her, "Who are you?"
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 The voice on the speaker offers, or demands, that she respond to a five-question survey. The woman, although clearly confused, consents to the unseen questioner's prodding. She takes the survey and receives a perfect score. The voice on the speaker offers, or demands, that she respond to a five-question survey. The woman, although clearly confused, consents to the unseen questioner's prodding. She takes the survey and receives a perfect score.
  
-Elsewhere, a man is sobbing in a parked car. After pulling himself together, he exits the car and begins to walk toward an expansive, low-slung, modern office building.  He is revealed to be [[Mark Scout|Mr. Scout]]. After entering a badged area of the building, he changes at a locker, passes through further security, and descends in an elevator to the [[svr_d_floor|Severed floor]] of [[lumon_industries|Lumon Industries]].+Elsewhere, a man is sobbing in a parked car. After pulling himself together, he exits the car and begins to walk toward an expansive, low-slung, modern office building.  He is revealed to be [[Mark Scout|Mr. Scout]]. After entering a badged area of the building, he changes at a locker, passes through further security, and descends in an elevator to the [[severed_floor|Severed floor]] of [[lumon_industries|Lumon Industries]].
  
 Exiting the elevator, Mark S. walks the long, brightly-lit and maze-like corridors to his office in [[Macrodata Refinement]]. There, Mark banters with his colleagues [[irving_bailiff|Irving]] and [[dylan_george|Dylan]] while beginning work on his file.  Exiting the elevator, Mark S. walks the long, brightly-lit and maze-like corridors to his office in [[Macrodata Refinement]]. There, Mark banters with his colleagues [[irving_bailiff|Irving]] and [[dylan_george|Dylan]] while beginning work on his file. 
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 Mark attempts to comfort Helly later by telling her, "Every time you find yourself here, it's because you chose to come back."  Mark attempts to comfort Helly later by telling her, "Every time you find yourself here, it's because you chose to come back." 
  
-At the end of his work day, Mark returns home where he watches television and begins drinking. The next morning he has a confrontation over the telephone with his neighbor, Mrs. Selvig, about the placement of her recycling bin. Later that day, Mark is picked up by his sister [[Devon Hale|Devon]] to go to a non-dinner dinner party at her home, which he has completely forgotten about committing to. Devon confides that she assumed that since Mark was nearing "the anniversary," he would want to be around people. They don't discuss what the anniversary marks.+At the end of his work day, Mark returns home where he watches television and begins drinking. The next morning he has a confrontation over the telephone with his neighbor, Mrs. Selvig, about the placement of her recycling bin. Later that day, Mark is picked up by his sister [[devon_scout-hale|Devon]] to go to a non-dinner dinner party at her home, which he has completely forgotten about committing to. Devon confides that she assumed that since Mark was nearing "the anniversary," he would want to be around people. They don't discuss what the anniversary marks.
  
 The guests at the party discuss Mark's prior career as a professor of History. [[Ricken Hale|Ricken]], Devon's husband, reveals that Mark's late wife was a professor of Russian Literature - the first time we learn that Mark has some tragedy in his past. The talk at the table turns to Mark's current employment at [[Lumon Industries|Lumon]]. Ricken tells the group that Mark has had the [[Severance procedure]], which causes an awkward moment. After the foodless dinner, Devon and Mark have a moment alone in which she confides her belief that Mark "forgetting" about his late wife for eight hours a day is not the same as healing from her death. The guests at the party discuss Mark's prior career as a professor of History. [[Ricken Hale|Ricken]], Devon's husband, reveals that Mark's late wife was a professor of Russian Literature - the first time we learn that Mark has some tragedy in his past. The talk at the table turns to Mark's current employment at [[Lumon Industries|Lumon]]. Ricken tells the group that Mark has had the [[Severance procedure]], which causes an awkward moment. After the foodless dinner, Devon and Mark have a moment alone in which she confides her belief that Mark "forgetting" about his late wife for eight hours a day is not the same as healing from her death.
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 The Hales invite Mark to spend the night. Unable to sleep, Mark sees a "businessman" standing outside the house while he is getting a glass of water. The next morning, the mysterious man is gone. Mark tells Devon about the strange scene, but she assumes the man was a drunk from a nearby bar. The Hales invite Mark to spend the night. Unable to sleep, Mark sees a "businessman" standing outside the house while he is getting a glass of water. The next morning, the mysterious man is gone. Mark tells Devon about the strange scene, but she assumes the man was a drunk from a nearby bar.
  
-Later that day, at Pip's Bar and Grille where he is waiting alone for his meal to be served, Mrs. Selvig interrupts Mark with a phone call about the trash and recycling bins. In the middle of having yet another frustrating conversation with his neighbor, a man he does not recognize comes to his table and tells him to end his phone call.+Later that day, at [[pip_s_bar_grille|Pip's Bar and Grille]] where he is waiting alone for his meal to be served, Mark is interrupted by Mrs. Selvig with a phone call about the trash and recycling bins. In the middle of having yet another frustrating conversation with his neighbor, a man he does not recognize comes to his table and tells him to end his phone call.
  
-The man explains to a very confused Mark that he is [[Peter Kilmer|Petey]] from work, who is now un-severed and on the run from Lumon security. Mark realizes that he is the man who was standing outside of his sister's house the night before. Petey tells Mark that nothing "down there" - presumably referring to the Severed floor at Lumon - is what they say it is. Mark learns that Petey was his best friend at work. Petey gives Mark a greeting card in an envelope and leaves. Mark reads the card from Petey in his car. It has an address on the back of it and Petey's instruction that he should go there alone if he wants to know more. Mark drives home. +The man explains to a very confused Mark that he is [[Peter Kilmer|Petey]] from work, who is now [[reintegration|un-severed]] and on the run from Lumon security. Mark realizes that he is the man who was standing outside of his sister's house the night before. Petey tells Mark that nothing "down there" - presumably referring to the Severed floor at Lumon - is what they say it is. Mark learns that Petey was his best friend at work. Petey gives Mark a greeting card in an envelope and leaves. Mark reads the card from Petey in his car. It has an address on the back of it and Petey's instruction that he should go there alone if he wants to know more. Mark drives home. 
  
 Upon arriving, he runs into Mrs. Selvig outside who apologizes profusely for the mixup with the bins. After a short chat, the camera reveals Mrs. Selvig to be the same person as his boss at Lumon, Ms. Cobel.  Mrs. Selvig tells Mark, "You're good people." Upon arriving, he runs into Mrs. Selvig outside who apologizes profusely for the mixup with the bins. After a short chat, the camera reveals Mrs. Selvig to be the same person as his boss at Lumon, Ms. Cobel.  Mrs. Selvig tells Mark, "You're good people."
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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_hale|Devon Hale]] +  * Jen Tullock as [[devon_scout-hale|Devon Hale]] 
-  * Dichen Lachman as [[Gemma Scout|Ms. Casey]] (credit only)+  * Dichen Lachman as [[ms._casey|Ms. Casey]] (credit only)
   * Michael Chernus as [[Ricken Hale]]   * Michael Chernus as [[Ricken Hale]]
   * John Turturro as [[irving_bailiff|Irving Bailiff]]   * John Turturro as [[irving_bailiff|Irving Bailiff]]
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   * Marc Geller as [[Kier Eagan]] (credit only)   * Marc Geller as [[Kier Eagan]] (credit only)
   * Jeff McCarthy as Nature Documentary (voice)   * Jeff McCarthy as Nature Documentary (voice)
 +
 +==== Uncredited ====
 +
 +  * [[Mark's Fish]]
 +
 +===== Trivia =====
 +
 +===== Quotes & Dialogue =====
 +
 +> Hi, kids. What's for dinner? <WRAP attribution>— Irving, ([[good_news_about_hell_transcript#section001150335|11:50]])</WRAP>
 +
 +> I can sense the questions made you feel afraid or disoriented. Well, the good news is, you're at //an orientation//. <WRAP attribution>— Mark, ([[good_news_about_hell_transcript#section002110270|21:10]])</WRAP>
 +
 +> Mark. [...] I would like to leave the building now! <WRAP attribution>— Helly, ([[good_news_about_hell_transcript#section002416331|24:16]])</WRAP>
 +
 +> Weaponizing office equipment on your first day. You are going to be fun. <WRAP attribution>— Cobel, ([[good_news_about_hell_transcript#section002742746|27:42]])</WRAP>
 +
 +> I've wanted to pummel Mark myself, but I am his employer. <WRAP attribution>— Cobel, ([[good_news_about_hell_transcript#section002751755|27:51]])</WRAP>
 +
 +> You know, my mother was an atheist. She used to say that there was good news and bad news about hell. The good news is, hell is just the product of a morbid human imagination. The bad news is, whatever humans can imagine, they can usually create. <WRAP attribution>— Cobel, ([[good_news_about_hell_transcript#section002922471|29:22]])</WRAP>
 +
 +> What a lot of people overlook, I think, is that life is not food. You've got life, this complex quality of sentience and activity. And then you've got food, which is what? Fuel. <WRAP attribution>— Patton, ([[good_news_about_hell_transcript#section003856170|38:56]])</WRAP>
 +
 +> Well, we're at the point where, traditionally, I would say something like, ‘Dig in.’ But I must say, I do think that the lack of food has allowed us to already do so on a much deeper level. <WRAP attribution>— Ricken, ([[good_news_about_hell_transcript#section004307963|43:07]])</WRAP>
 +
 +> Your house smells like pregnancy. <WRAP attribution>— Mark, ([[good_news_about_hell_transcript#section004441431|44:41]])</WRAP>
 +
 +> Nothing down there is what they say. <WRAP attribution>— Petey, ([[good_news_about_hell_transcript#section005206210|52:06]])</WRAP>
  
 ===== See Also ===== ===== See Also =====
  
-  * [[List of Episodes]]+  * [[list_of_severance_episodes]] 
 +  * [[Good News About Hell (Transcript)|Good News About Hell transcript]] 
 + 
 +{{tag>Episodes}}
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