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Let’s Discuss Severance’s Big ‘Twist’


If you can even call it that.

Some people, especially viewers blissfully detached from online discussion forums, will no doubt have received this information with shock and astonishment. Helly R. doesn’t always respond the way she should, reacting slowly when Mark first hugs her, fumbling to find the power button for her computer, and pointing out the absent security cameras in a particularly smug, confident way. Most persuasively and yet most difficult to nail down, Britt Lower plays with these nested Helly/Helena identities throughout her performance, allowing her face to slide through complicated emotional arcs and changing the way Helly’s resting expressions reflect what’s going on around her.

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