Season 2 Episode 7: Chikhai Bardo
Aired: February 28, 2025
Synopsis: An old romance intersects with a deadly present threat.
Directed by: Jessica Lee Gagné
Written by: Dan Erickson & Mark Friedman
When Mark finds out about the multiple types of abuse they have been putting Gemma through down there he better go scorched earth. I swear if that doctor raped her like he was implying before the chair came down on him
Every new episode this season has made me feel like i’ve missed all of the others.
This felt like a fever dream and I loved it.
absolutely out of left field and incredible
Cinematically, this is one of the best episodes, imho.
The scene towards the end where Mark just recoils from the police at his door because he knows what it means and he just can’t bring himself to answer is one of the most emotional scenes I’ve seen. Absolutely heartbreaking.
Severance is some of the best television I’ve ever had the privilege of seeing, hands down. It’s just brilliant.
Seriously, I was expecting “Directed by David Fincher” when that ended, a lot of the shots were similar to Fincher films and very calculated.
Respect to Mark and Gemma for donating blood.
Cinematography and everything was terrific in this episode.
I hope we will get some answers soon.
Did you notice which company’s equipment the blood donation was using? 👀
They were also involved with fertility clinic, Lumon seems to be omnipresent in this USA.
Is it bad that I found it kind of boring? Seems like all the comments I’m seeing is how amazing the episode was.
I was bored too. It’s the type of episode that should be binged with a couple of other episodes.
I’m in the “I liked it” group, but I don’t blame you. Not a huge fan of episodes (in any show) that bring the plot to a halt for backstory.
I thought it was a nice change of pace and a way to learn more about gemma-- the ending interaction between mark’s sister and him was #feelsbad whered mark go? TO HIS LOVE 😭
I listened to a podcast talk about the episode, and I think I appreciate it more now. I just didn’t enjoy the relationship parts of the episode I don’t think. And the Gemma parts just seemed to ask more questions when we already have too many unanswered questions.
I will probably like it more when I do a rewatch.
I thought it was a nice change of pace and a way to learn more about gemma-- the ending interaction between mark’s sister and him was #feelsbad whered mark go? TO HIS LOVE 😭
Still processing this one… there’s a lot to unpack. What’s up with the different rooms?
Seems like she has a different severed personality for each one. And they all seemed to be either like chores or fears, I wonder if Lumon is planning severance for everyone to allow them to not have to experience fears.
Their methodology is odd but maybe the logic in the show is that they believe they are “humanly” torturing her as innies to make her outie into the ideal Kier wife for Mark?
