In Severance Season 2, Episode 5, Milchick tells the MDR team a strange story about the Grakappan, a disguised Swedish king who walked among his people.
But this tale isn’t history – it’s another layer of Lumon’s deception. As the walls of secrecy crack, can the innies finally see the truth?
Is Milchick Telling the Truth About the Grakappan?
In Severance Season 2, Episode 5, Milchick shares a bizarre tale about the Grakappan, a supposed Swedish king who disguised himself in a gray cloak to mingle with his subjects.
While the story may sound noble, its true purpose is far more insidious. Lumon is once again rewriting history, spinning a convenient fable to justify Helena Eagan’s infiltration of the MDR team. But is there any truth to it? Or is this just another calculated move to keep the innies compliant?
The Grakappan: A Convenient Cover-Up for Helena Eagan?
Following the shocking revelations of Episode 4 – Irving’s innie’s death, Mark’s continued integration, and the bombshell that Helly is actually Helena – Episode 5 begins with an air of chaos.
The MDR team is left reeling, demanding answers about why Helena Eagan chose to live as an innie. Instead of providing the truth, Milchick delivers the tale of the Grakappan, drawing a direct parallel between the disguised Swedish king and Kier Eagan’s supposed practice of working among Lumon employees in secret.
Milchick claims that this tradition has been passed down through generations of Eagans, with Helena’s “experiment” being the latest iteration. But let’s be real – Helena wasn’t playing dress-up to understand the struggles of her workers.
Her presence in the severed world was never about empathy. It was a power move, and the Grakappan story is just another corporate fairy tale designed to manipulate the innies into submission.
The Bigger Picture: Lumon’s Propaganda Machine
If there’s one thing Severance fans have learned, it’s that Lumon thrives on deception. The Grakappan story fits perfectly into the company’s pattern of rewriting history to maintain control.
Just like the Book of Kier and the fabricated tales of the Eagan dynasty, this new story serves a singular purpose: to justify the unjustifiable.
Milchick doesn’t tell this story out of kindness. He tells it because the MDR team is on the verge of questioning everything, and Lumon needs them to believe that Helena’s deception was somehow noble.
If the innies accept that Kier himself disguised his identity for the greater good, they might buy into the idea that Helena’s actions weren’t an act of corporate espionage but rather a time-honored tradition.
The real goal? To keep the innies from rebelling. Because if Mark, Dylan, and Helly fully grasp the extent of Lumon’s lies, their days of obedience are over.
How Does the Grakappan Story Connect to O&D’s Mysterious Plans?
While most of Episode 5 focuses on the MDR team processing the aftermath of the ORTBO, the opening scene hints at something even more sinister.
A man covertly receives medical supplies from O&D before heading toward the eerie “exports hall” that Irving had previously investigated.
What does this mean?
It’s possible that the Trojan Horse metaphor in the episode is a clue. If Milchick’s Grakappan story is merely a deliberate distraction (for both the audience and the characters), then Lumon must be hiding something massive – something that could upend the entire severance program.
O&D’s secret research may hold the key to unraveling Lumon’s true agenda, and whatever is happening in the exports hall is likely tied to the company’s biggest cover-up yet.
Will the MDR Team See Through the Lies?
Milchick’s smooth delivery of the Grakappan story might have worked in Season 1, but the MDR team has evolved. Mark, Dylan, and Helly have been through too much to take his words at face value.
The cracks in Lumon’s carefully constructed reality are widening, and no amount of corporate storytelling can patch them up forever.
As Severance Season 2 hurtles toward its climax, one thing is certain: the truth is coming, and Lumon is running out of places to hide.
The Future of Lumon’s Lies
With each passing episode, Severance continues to peel back the layers of Lumon’s deceptions. The Grakappan story is just the latest in a long line of fabricated histories designed to keep the innies compliant.
But how much longer can the company control the narrative? With Helena’s true identity exposed and O&D’s mysterious activities raising even more questions, the walls of Lumon’s labyrinth are beginning to crumble.
Milchick may be a master manipulator, but the MDR team is waking up. And once they do, no amount of propaganda will be enough to keep them in the dark. And even now, in the mysterious shades of grey shrouding Lumon Inc., there’s more than meets the eye.
PS: Remember the Goat Department that baffled us a few days ago? Here’s all you need to know about it:
About Severance
Severance is an American science fiction psychological thriller television series created by Dan Erickson and directed by Ben Stiller and Aoife McArdle. It stars Adam Scott, Zach Cherry, Britt Lower, Tramell Tillman, Jen Tullock, Dichen Lachman, Michael Chernus, John Turturro, Christopher Walken, and Patricia Arquette.
The series premiered on Apple TV+ on February 18, 2022.
The plot follows Mark Scout (Scott), an employee of the fictional corporation Lumon Industries who agrees to a “severance” program in which his non-work memories are separated from his work memories.
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