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irving_bailiff [2022-05-07 19:26] – Adding a photo of Irving! lrenhrdairving_bailiff [2024-01-19 23:24] (current) – [Trivia] Scribe of Kier
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-| **Irving Bailiff** {{irving_b.png?250}} ||+| **Irving Bailiff** {{irving_b.jpg?800x800}} ||
 ^ Also Known As | Irving B., Irv | ^ Also Known As | Irving B., Irv |
-^ Portrayed By  | [[https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001806/|John Turturro]] |+^ Portrayed By  | [[https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001806|John Turturro]] 
 +^ Occupation       | Senior Macrodata Refiner at Lumon Industries |
 ^ Status        | Severed, Alive | ^ Status        | Severed, Alive |
 ^ First Appearance | [[Good News About Hell]] | ^ First Appearance | [[Good News About Hell]] |
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 ====== Irving Bailiff ====== ====== Irving Bailiff ======
  
-**Irving Bailiff** is the senior-most [[Macrodata Refinement|Macrodata Refiner]] at [[Lumon Industries]].+**Irving Bailiff** is the senior-most [[Macrodata Refinement|Macrodata Refiner]] at [[Lumon Industries]]. He has a no-nonsense demeanor and takes the Kier philosophy very seriously. Irving is known to abide by Lumon rules strictly and often cautions his colleagues when they are in violation of them. He comes from a very regimented background.
  
-He has a no-nonsense demeanor and takes the Kier philosophy very seriously. Irving is known to abide by Lumon rules strictly and often cautions his colleagues when they are in violation of them.+At work, he has a reputation for falling asleep at his desk. He has terrifying dreams about his cubicle being overtaken by thick black goo. Irving seems to be punished less harshly than other Innies, likely because he is such a diligent worker and commits infractions so infrequently.
  
-At work he has a reputation for falling asleep at his deskHe has terrifying dreams about his cubicle being overtaken by thick black goo+Irving develops strong romantic feelings towards [[Burt Goodman|Burt]], the head of [[Optics and Design]]They begin to have intense but somewhat innocent meetings in various parts of the [[Severed Floor]].
  
-Irving develops strong romantic feelings towards [[Burt]], the head of [[Optics and Design]]. They begin to have intense but somewhat innocent meetings in various parts of the [[SVR'D floor]].+At homehe has an obsessive impulse to paint the hallway leading to the [[Testing Floor]] elevator, though his Outie can have no memory of that location. He paints with great gusto, slathering thick acrylic paint with a pallet knife while listening to hard rock. He may always listen to [[Music in Severance|The Ace of Spades]] when he paints, as that song seeps into the black goo dreams his Innie experiences.
  
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 ===== Biography ===== ===== Biography =====
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 +Irving’s father was in the US Navy. Irving has some of his medals displayed in his home. Irving himself also appears to have been in a branch of the military.
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 +Irving’s Innie mentions that he has worked at Macrodata Refinement (and possibly Lumon) for three years,((Season 1, Episode 2, [[Half Loop]] ([[half_loop_transcript#section001347953|13:47]]) )) making him the longest-tenured employee in his department. There are [[Questions for Dan|theories]] that he has actually worked for Lumon for much longer, but his memory has been reset in some way on the Testing Floor.
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 +According to the facts about his Outie shared in his wellness session in [[Half Loop|episode two]], Irving likes the sound of radar. He is fond of movies and has a machine that can play them. He is also fond of records. Irving paints the same image of the long dark hallway leading to the Testing Floor over and over again. He is a powerful swimmer and popular dancer, and is skilled at kissing and lovemaking.
  
 ===== Trivia ===== ===== Trivia =====
 +  * While clocks are plentiful on the Severed Floor, there is a conspicuous absence of anything that shows a date. On the outside, however, Irving’s papers reference 2009 as a past date.((Season 1, Episode 9, [[The We We Are]] (20:34) )) Given that Mark’s date of birth is [[Mark Scout#trivia|April 3, 1978]] and he is seemingly in his forties, it may be correct to assume that the events of the show take place in the 2020s.
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 +  * In Season 1, Episode 8, Irving's outie is seen reading a book peacefully in a park. It is //The Emperor's Handbook// by Marcus Aurelius. From the Amazon.com description of the translation he is reading: Marcus knew the secret of how to live the good life amid trying and often catastrophic circumstances, of how to find happiness and peace when surrounded by misery and turmoil, and of how to choose the harder right over the easier wrong without apparent regard for self-interest.
  
 ===== Quotes & Dialogue ===== ===== Quotes & Dialogue =====
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 +>Let’s burn this place to the ground. <WRAP attribution>Season 1, Episode 7, [[Defiant Jazz]] ([[defiant_jazz_transcript#section004229424|42:29]])</WRAP>
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 +>You smug motherfucker. <WRAP attribution>Season 1, Episode 7, [[Defiant Jazz]] ([[defiant_jazz_transcript#section003830477|38:30]])</WRAP>
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 +>Hey, Mark. I just printed out the passage of the handbook on changing out group photos. Just might be good to peruse when you’re between things. <WRAP attribution>Season 1, Episode 2, [[Half Loop]] ([[half_loop_transcript#section001224995|12:24]])</WRAP>
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 +> It’s an unnatural state for a person to have no history. History makes us someone. Gives us a context. A shape. But waking up on that table, I was shapeless. But then I learned that I work for a company that has been actively caring for mankind since 1866. <WRAP attribution>Season 1, Episode 3, [[In Perpetuity]] ([[in_perpetuity_transcript#section003728624|37:28]])</WRAP>
  
 ===== Appearances ===== ===== Appearances =====
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 +{{tag>Characters Lumon_Industries_Employees}}
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