As has been the case with Season 2 of Severance for years now, I actually solely have questions on what’s to return. Now, as we method the long-awaited premiere of Season 2 on the 2025 TV schedule, I’m growing some tremendous particular questions, and one which I’d like to deal with proper now’s about Britt Decrease’s character Helly.
It’s because, primarily based on the finish of Severance Season 1, we all know Helly’s outie, Helena, is an Eagan. That alone makes me pause with questions. Nonetheless, her current feedback about her character’s journey this season and the “envy” she’ll really feel for herself have left me with one very particular question about who precisely is feeling that jealousy.
What Britt Decrease Mentioned About Helly’s Innie And Outie
As we creep up on this unbelievable Apple TV+ present’s January 17 premiere date, the present has been posting promotional clips of the Severance solid speaking about their respective characters on X. The one about Helly actually caught my curiosity, as Britt Decrease stated the next about her character’s innie and outie:
This season, Helly and Helena go on very separate however parallel journeys…Seeing a model of herself that is a lot extra free than she is there’s envy there.
Now, within the clip, which you’ll be able to watch beneath, we see (what seems to be) each Helly’s innie and outie. Have a look:
Helly R. is her personal worst enemy.#Severance Season 2 — January 17 pic.twitter.com/jowmuZfXwzJanuary 2, 2025
Additionally, we all know that Helena opted into the Severance program and already works at Lumon as a result of she’s an Egan, and we obtained to see Helly get a style of that outdoors world on the finish of Season 1. Her two worlds couldn’t be extra totally different, as Helena is a strong company participant whereas Helly is rebellious and really caught on the severed ground. Nonetheless, as Decrease stated, her innie and outie go on “separate however parallel journeys” in Season 2.
So, that makes me marvel: Will each Helly and Helena really feel envy towards one another?
So, Will Each Variations Of Helly Envy Every Different?
Within the clips they confirmed whereas Decrease talked, it appeared like Helena was watching Helly work, proper? So, that might indicate she’s preserving observe of what her innie is as much as. Which means, she’s most likely very conscious of her innie’s life, and actually, I believe she has motive to really feel envious of her.
From what I may deduce in Season 1, Helena’s position as an Egan is a really huge deal and odds are it takes over nearly all of her life. Being that prime up in a large company that’s additionally a household enterprise should make the obligations and expectations placed on an individual exponentially greater. That is a reasonably large juxtaposition to Helly’s life, and I’ve to marvel if Helena typically yearns for her innie’s fierce independence.
On the flip facet of that, Helly very clearly just isn’t free – actually talking. She’s caught on the severed ground, and she or he works very exhausting to make it abundantly clear that she’s not OK with that. So, the concept of being out and having autonomy over her whole life – which is what I assume she thinks Helena has – may trigger envy on her finish.
Total, this “parallel” journey is extremely fascinating to me and implies some type of commonality between the 2 arcs, and I believe that could possibly be this envy Decrease spoke about. Now, I can’t wait to see play out within the critically acclaimed second season of Severance. To see if this query will get answered and extra, you possibly can stream Season 2’s premiere with an Apple TV+ subscription on January 17.