Severance is one among Apple TV’s greatest exhibits due to its many mysteries that baffle followers and the web discourse it causes. For instance, the newest episode dropped at mild a discrepancy in Burt’s (Christopher Walken) timeline at Lumon, main followers to doubt this fan-favorite character. Then, in a current interview with CinemaBlend, Walken seemingly tried to calm worries surrounding the problems along with his character’s timeline, however his rationalization solely inspired followers’ suspicions.
Warning bells sounded for followers this episode when Burt’s husband Fields (John Noble) recalled the origins of Burt’s nickname “Attila”. Fields adamantly claimed it began 20 years prior as a result of he remembers it occurring over drinks with Burt’s previous Lumon associate. The issue arises when Irving factors out the primary severed workplace opened solely 12 years in the past.
This interplay didn’t go unnoticed by audiences. In reality, CinemaBlend’s Riley Utely took the possibility to ask Christopher Walken in regards to the timeline slip-up and what it would imply for the remainder of the season. In contrast to his Severance counterpart, the Catch Me If You Can actor had a solution ready to ease followers’ worries:
I can let you know that if any person asks me, ‘When did such and such occur?’ And I say, ‘Effectively, that’s about 5 years in the past.’ The probabilities are it’s greater than ten years or fifteen years. I do this on a regular basis. It’s all the time longer than I believed it was. And perhaps that’s simply the character of life.
It looks as if Walken was making an attempt to make use of widespread lapse in reminiscence to elucidate Burt and Area’s confusion over his time at Lumon. Nonetheless, hardly ever do issues occur with out which means in Severance, and followers within the TikTok and Instagram feedback of this interview weren’t so simply satisfied by the Pulp Fiction actor’s supplied rationalization:
- Innie Burt mentioned 7 years within the first season so I’m skeptical both method -@Chris_y on Tiktok
- Okay Burt… good strive –@kim.beckett on Tiktok
- Ah and evening gardeners are a factor too huh? -@user308060475160 on Tiktok
- I imagine Christopher, however Burt is shady as hell -@schneiderwho on Instagram
- Christopher masking for his innie. We’re onto you Burt -@taylorrosario_ on Instagram
- Identical! Time goes so quick however I do imagine there’s some significance right here -@shelleyc69 on Instagram
Their suspicion will not be with out motive. At this level within the collection, it’s clear that not everyone seems to be who they appear, and little slips have later revealed an individual’s true character.
I’m, in fact, speaking about Helena within the ORTBO episode. Because it occurs, it was Innie Irv who caught onto the imposter within the group, first tipped off by her evening gardener remark again in Season 2, Episode 1 and later due to her merciless phrases towards him on the campfire.
Whereas Walken’s character now holds uncertainty, Outie Irving remains to be one of many greatest query marks in Severance. Who’s all the time calling on the payphone? How does he know in regards to the testing flooring? Why and the way does he have a secret locked trunk filled with paperwork about severed staff?
What we do know is that each Burt and Irv have labored at Lumon for almost a decade, give or take. There are even a variety of fan theories speculating that Walken and Turturro’s characters have been concerned with one another earlier than, however that their chips have been reset.
It is a principle I absolutely purchase into. I imply, in the event that they each labored at Lumon for therefore lengthy, wouldn’t it make sense that they had met earlier than, even perhaps pre-severance, and have such an extended historical past that dates get blended up? Sadly, the King of New York actor is being as obscure as his character, ensuring to not let something slip. Possibly we’d have higher luck speaking with Noble…
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My prolonged principle right here is that Irving is Burt’s previous Lumon associate that Fields mentions at dinner, proper earlier than he by accident reveals that Burt is probably not precisely who we predict. Maybe they have been each concerned within the early developmental phases of severance at Lumon, and Irving felt a method in regards to the course of the corporate whereas Burt felt one other.
Whereas I might like to take the Sleepy Hole actor’s phrases at face worth, this episode has given us motive to doubt Burt’s true character, and I believe a little bit suspicion shifting ahead is warranted. Hopefully, we discover out extra about Burt and Irving’s pasts when the brand new episode drops this Friday on the 2025 TV Schedule and we stream it with an Apple TV+ subscription.