It was all Harmony Cobel (Patricia Arquette) all the time in last week’s episode ofSeverance.

“A momentous day,” he says.

She asks if he’d like to eat, and he says he’ll watch.

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“I thought I’d be finishing the quarter,” Miss Huang meekly replies.

“You’ve been adrift, you know that,” she responds.

“He reminds me of how you used to be.

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“As Dylan storms out, Gretchen looks heartbroken.

He continues to readIrving’s theory that “Goodman may have participated as a low-level Lumon enforcer or goon.

“Lumon goon… that stings.

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We never used words like that.With Lumon, it’s very specific language.”

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We’re back at Lumon, whereDr.

“The final quota was promised today.

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Get him here now,“Drummond demands.

Meanwhile, Helly R. excitedly arrives at work to see an empty MDR office space.

Mark doesn’t answer it.

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Speaking of Milchick, Helly bursts into his office and demands to know where Mark is.

“This is the second day in a row he’s not here.

Is he coming in?”

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“Kinda like you and Cobel,” she retorts.

“Replace one part with another.”

“Don’t you mean Helly E.?

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Mark leads a team of office workers whose memories have been surgically divided between their work and personal lives. When a mysterious colleague appears outside of work, it begins a journey to discover the truth about their jobs.

So awkward it’s cute.

Unfortunately, Gretchen then tells Dylan G. she can’t see him anymore.

“I know I’m just an innie, but I love you all the way.

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I made this for you.”

She cries, apologizes, and leaves him on his knees shouting after her, looking absolutely devastated.

“Irving could,” she replies.

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“Mark couldn’t,” he retorts, before coldly walking off.

Outside Lumon, Cobel finally arrives at the spot where Mark and Devon are waiting.

There’s a clear tension between Cobel and Mark, and he’s sarcastic about his basement brain surgery.

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She reminds him that they’re “allies now,” but he doesn’t trust her.

I didn’t ask what happened to them once they got there.”

Irving asks, “Is that what today is?”

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“I apologize,” Milchick responds.

Drummond makes him repeat it, and Milchick pauses, then replies,“Devour feculence.

It means eat sh*t, Mr. Drummond.

First, I am owed a measure of respect, even by my superiors.

Second, and more obvious, said floor comprises the whole of my jurisdiction.

I just needed the day, okay?

“When he elaborates further, he says his absence is connected to things going on in his life.

“Isn’t that what Lumon’s about?

I mean, work is just work, right?

Do you know what I mean, Mr. “You asked me why I severed,” Burt says.

Irving and Radar board the train, which is destined for places unknown.

“She’s alive,” Mark’s innie replies.

On the other hand, they’re also losing their hold on Milchick and Cobel.

Can Devon and Mark trust Cobel?

What will the Eagan family do?

TheSeveranceSeason 2 finale premieres next Friday on Apple TV+.