As the duo lifts their shirts, Lorne lets out this cryptic comment.
However, a fellow keeper is quick to retort that this proves nothing.
The scene is funny no matter how you look at it.
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And, of course, there’s nothing wrong with that.
First, it’s important to remember what exactly the pouchless comment is referencing.
To understand that, we have to go back to the beginning of the relationship between Irving B.
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(John Turturro) and Burt G. (Christopher Walken).
The two star-crossed lovers first meet in the very second episode of the show.
The two quickly fall in love with each other, but there is just one tiny problem.
Well, two tiny problems.
One is that Lumon doesn’t take kindly to office romances.
The other is that the people at MDR absolutely hate the folks at Burt’s Optics and Design.
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.
Cobel (Patricia Arquette)to keep him away from Burt.
The plan, of course, doesn’t work.
“Have you come to kill me?”
Burt’s lie is meant to keep his staff protected from the ferocity of MDR.
What Does the MDR Urban Legend Say About Lumon?
This is what Gwendoline Christie’s Lorne is referring to when she says Mark and Helly are pouchless.
Much like most forgetful viewers, they’re completely lost.
But all this thing about pouches is a lot more important than it seems.
The O&D coup, at least as far as we know, is only afloat at MDR.
So far, it’s impossible to know.
All we can say for certain is that having a pouch is far from innocuous in theSeveranceuniverse.
New episodes ofSeveranceSeason 2 premiere Fridays on Apple TV+.
