Your outie is kind and doesn't divulge any of the major spoilers from the following article for the latest episode of "Severance." "Severance" has always flirted heavily with the notion of becoming the heir apparent to the throne left behind by "Lost" -- a similar mystery-box experience about a group of characters thrown into strange circumstances and that seems to uncover more questions than answers with every passing season.

Severance has always been a horror story, albeit one set in a mostly generic office. That blandness is a large part of what makes it so scary: underneath the corporate speak, drab decor, and unflattering fluorescent lighting is something very sinister.

This post contains spoilers for Season 2, Episode 7, “Chikhai Bardo,” of Severance. Lumon’s endgame is the central mystery of Severance, Apple TV+’s hit sci-fi thriller about office employees whose consciousnesses have been “severed” into their “innie” work selves and their “outie” personal selves.