WARNING! This article contains SPOILERS for Severance season 2, episode 1!Irving reveals to Dylan that his Outie has been painting a black hallway at Lumon, which may give the Innies a big clue to unraveling the company’s mysteries in Severance season 2. In Severance’s season 1 finale, Dylan stayed behind while enacting the “overtime contingency” for Mark, Helly, and Irving, which sent their Innie personas into their Outies’ bodies outside the office. When Irving woke up, his Outie was in the middle of painting a dark hallway that led to a mysterious elevator at the office, which he had already painted on several occasions.

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