
From the first moment Mark S. clocked in Severance, it was clear Lumon Industries was slightly off from your typical corporation. An incentive in a normal office may be a pizza party, but at Lumon, it’s a waffle party that leads to a strange interpretive dance. Retirement is something to be looked forward to in the normal office, but at Lumon it’s apparently akin to being murdered outright.
So in Severance Season 2 Episode 3, “Who is Alive,” when Mr. Milchick is summoned to have a conversation with Lumon’s board using Natalie as a proxy, fans were justifiably dubious about what the Board truly was up to. The leading theory suggests the Board isn’t all it seems. Instead, it could be part of the mystery at the center of the show.