Severance - Analyzing Ms. Cobel + Theories
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- Опубликовано: 7 май 2022
- We turn our attention to the character "Ms. Cobel" for a brief analysis and some theories about her origins and agenda in the Severance tv series.
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"eight hours to bless a sleeping child" Work day is 8 hrs, outies are "sleeping" during that time, and innies are effectively children. There's gotta be something going on there.
Speaking of Milchick, some people have theorized that Milchick could be Dylan's partner on the outside, or a neighbor, or at a minimum someone his "outie" knows well. They think this because Dylan's child listened to him without going to his dad first; and because when Dylan reverted to his outie he looked at Milchick and said "We done here?" Not who the heck are you? or something similar. I think that is a crazy good (and brilliant pick-up) theory. We'll have to see if those people are right.
I think it’s also interesting how she is usually quite rude to innie Mark but overly friendly to outie Mark
OH SNAP. The theory she’s an illegitimate Eagan child. Gave. Me. Chills. This was great. Nice work.
i find it interesting that she's more childlike at home, and more adult at work, when for the rest of the characters its the opposite. theyre of course mature at work but their understanding of the world is like that of a child's.
No-one mentions the fact that Graner and Cobel seem to flirt a little. At the end of episode 5 she calls him daddy when he says upstairs wouldn't look kindly on her letting MDR snoop around. And in episode 6 when Graner is at the door of her house (as Selvig), they're revealed to be on first name terms. Graner also comments on her outfit twice (she's dressed in for being Devon's nanny), both times with an air of suggestiveness.
I think it's more likely that she tells Mark contradictory things about her mother's religion to see if the chip works, like how she stole Gemma's candle and had Mark craft the tree
Theory: Cobel is innie only. Although she is technically “deactivated,” it seems as if only the “innie” version of her exists. Perhaps this happened at a young age which is why she wears the “girly” pajamas and acts sweetly outside of work. She went to the school so is brainwashed as well. Somehow this is the only version of herself she knows. Also, perhaps her mother was severed as well. Although she died, Cobel knows that the innie remains somewhere within Lumen. Maybe she conducts the experiments between Mark and Ms Casey (among others) make them remember - she wants her mother to remember her, perhaps? Loose theory lol.
I think that Cobel was once a severed employee (her name is on the switchboard where Dylan switches the others to Outies). That's why she has too distinct personalities. Maybe her innie excelled and was promoted because her innie is so ruthless, and they allowed her to permanently switch off her outie persona (or she did it herself). Either this or a step further...she's managed to reintegrate (which is why she is so adamant it's possible when Lumin say it's not) and has another hidden agenda against Lumin ( her mother died due to faulty Lumin equipment; the breathing tube with her mother's name on was manufactured by Lumin and what a weird thing to keep otherwise if it's not relevant). I honestly love this character, she seems to have a lot of layers and I think her character arc is going to be so fun to watch. Great vid!
The fact that her "outie" is more childlike tells me that what we think of as her outie might actually be her innie, and her "innie" is really her outie, so her severance is sort of reversed compared to everyone else.
My theory on Miss Cobel is that she was a severed employee who got promoted through her sheer Ruthlessness and Corporate devotion, but you can't be in her position and split in two, so they deactivate the severance. The one who got promoted was her innie, not the outie, so the innie stayed and the outie was essentially killed and taken over by the innie. A metaphor for how devotion to your work can take you over.
Patricia Arquette is fantastic!
You know, I have never seen someone call out the fact they seen her name as severed on the list! Great observation!!!!
In the opening credits we see a version with mark in a red jumpsuit that’s never in the show.
I think severance can somehow be used to save dying people, but only as an innie. Gemma was dying but they severed her, somehow keeping her brain alive. Cobel’s mother maybe had the same thing happen and is alive, but only as an innie with no memory of her. Cobel is so curious about Mark and Gemma because she secretly hopes to one day reintegrate her mom. She thinks if mark can remember Gemma it must mean deep down her mom still remembers her too
When she was so impacted emotionally by jer firing, and even encouraged Mark to "quit his job" and "get far away" at the book reading party; in light of that, I was surprised that she went back to loyalty and sabotaged what the team had going. I was kinda hoping she'd help them or say nothing. But it's interesting that she is so upset, yet on some level believes in the importance of what Lumon is doing, or the danger of these employees undoing it.
I love your severance videos. I have no idea how you have so few subscribers, and I anticipate you're going to grow a lot with the quality of these videos. Keep it up, can't wait to see more!
Super interesting analysis...and brain popping over the idea that Cobel is the child of her mother and Egan...so explains her rage at being fired and then turning right around to support the Egan cause. Great stuff...thanks!
I think that subconsciously she wants to reintegrate, which is why she's so invested with the concept of reintegration, wants to take it to the board, and bring it to them with full evidence to fully convince them, and even stand up to the board to convince them of it. She even views Ms. Casey developing feelings for innie Mark as a good thing - as supporting evidence that integration is possible. Consciously, when something big happens, she follows Lumon rules - all her strong reactions are Lumon-focused, even when she supports Mark quitting Lumon - she instantly turns to support Lumon when she learns that he's an innie. It's never explained why she has interest in reintegration, and she never questions her own interest in it, even with the board not acknowleding it at the beginning - so why she does that, I think, is from a subconscious place.
My theory is that Eagan himself is severed and being used as a figurehead pawn. He was probably implanted around Helly's age and maybe turned off like Ms Casey when the board found out he had a second family. This could be why Cobel has disdain for innies and her motivation for pursuing Petey's reversal and personally experimenting with Mark and Ms Casey. Maybe previous generations of severed, like Eagan, showed signs of recall and why she's so driven to meet "the board" it almost feels like she's hoping he'll recognize her.