The reason they give for why Mark did it was because his wife Gemma/Ms. Casey died (or so he thought). Undergoing the procedure would only make him forget about her during the 8 hours he was at work. The rest of the time as an outie, he still remembers her. He's not forgetting her, he's forgetting his work life.
Sometimes, being able to forget something so terrible for one hour is phenomenal… 8 would be heaven.
shareThe thing is, he's not confronting and processing, dealing with his problem, but trying to ESCAPE it, and that never works.
You have to confront your fears, your problems, your hang-ups, not try to run away from them. That only brings more problems.
Besides, isn't the movie 'Memento' telling us the EXACT OPPOSITE? "How am I supposed to heal if I can't feel time"
This guy can FEEL the pain, just not remember the cause, so how is this even helping him?
It's just a flimsy writer's excuse to create a silly premise. Hypnosis would've been SO much more realistic and better anyway, since memory does NOT reside in the physical brain (proven by war veterans that had lost most of their brain and still had all their memories).
>This guy can FEEL the pain, just not remember the cause, so how is this even helping him?
He's probably in no state to work. He can't get over it properly, isn't able to commit properly to a job as himself. Severance allows him to have an income without his issues fucking up his work.
I think the show is trying to illustrate (or will illustrate in Season 2) that you're right; it is no solution. If anything it is a 'bandaid,' that will never cure the underlying wound. I think Mark is learning (or will learn) this the hard way. But if such a technology comes into existence and can get past any legal restrictions (which in this political era it seems that would be remarkably easy), Severance, and Mark's experience, serve as a cautionary tale for individuals contemplating such a procedure as a panacea for dealing with grief and loss.
shareYeah thats kinda what i was thinking, cause isn't it for him like instantly when he goes to work and leaves? he walks in the elevator to go to work and instantly is getting off the elevator leaving work? So it felt like to me he's not really forgetting anything for himself, he created a new person that works at the office for 8 hours but he himself never has a moment where forgets anything.
So didn't seem like to me the procedure did anything for him, in his day to day life he still remembers, he goes to work but for him its the same as going in a revolving door, he doesn't forget anything for 8 hours, he basically blinks and he's leaving work and still has the memories of his wife. Sure he created a version of himself that has no memories of anything, but he never actually gets to be that person.
it's an escape for those hours, but it's a misguided decision, made in grief. I am really interested to know about the situation with Gemma. was she FORCED to have the procedure after her "death?"
shareBeing able to go home and tune out work 100% sounds tempting. It would feel like you’re retired.
shareYeah, it's a dumb concept. I think its 2024 hollywood's ham-handed attempt to create a metaphor for all the shitty things people get up to at work, these days - very much including the political world.
I tried it, it didn't grab me. Five minutes of walking through halls was my first clue that this was a pretentious piece of drivel.