Severance: Wintertide Reveals Miss Huang’s True Origin!

Following Harmony Cobel’s termination from Lumon at the end of Season 1 in the series “Severance”, Seth Milchick was subsequently promoted to lead the Severed Floor. This promotion left a vacancy for the deputy manager position that needed filling. Intriguingly, it was revealed in Season 2 that Miss Huang, a young girl, had taken over this role, causing quite a stir among viewers. The question on everyone’s mind was why Lumon would entrust such responsibility to a minor and how they could circumvent the ethical concerns of child labor. Additionally, there were speculations about whether Miss Huang was self-severed or perhaps the product of one of Lumon’s clandestine experiments. The latest episode of “Severance” sheds light on these mysteries by introducing Wintertide, an educational institution that seems to be connected to these developments.

WARNING: Spoilers below for Severance Season 2, Episode 6

Last week, Mr. Milchick experienced a painful and embarrassing monthly evaluation, during which he was heavily reprimanded for the ORTBO disaster. Yet, this review also touched upon other supposed issues, such as Milchick’s tendency to use lengthy vocabulary and his preference for the orientation of paper clips in documents. These seemingly trivial matters, brought up by “anonymous” complainants, are puzzling given that Mr. Milchick collaborates exclusively with only one person on the Severed Floor: Miss Huang.

In Episode 6, Mr. Milchick establishes his control over Miss Huang by emphasizing his role in deciding her destiny. To put it simply, Milchick informs the young woman that she can’t “graduate from this program” until he considers her suitable for “Wintertide.” This suggests that Miss Huang is enrolled in an unusual school where individuals are trained to deal with severed entities. Her graduation depends on spending a sufficient amount of time on one of Lumon Corporation’s severed floors, and receiving the approval of the department head to advance her career. Although this exchange may seem brief, it underscores how deeply Lumon’s power extends. It also implies that Lumon’s questionable practices extend to indoctrinating children so they become ideal managers when they grow up.

Is Lumon Brainwashing Children Like Miss Huang in Severance?

As a dedicated follower of the Lumon Corporation, it’s no shock that they’ve introduced Wintertide as an educational fellowship program. After all, we’ve seen time and again how Lumon has used educational institutions to sculpt young minds – take the Myrtle Eagan School For Girls, where Harmony Cobel received her education. This school, founded in 1952 and named after Lumon’s first female CEO, was undeniably successful at creating loyal employees like Harmony. Her unwavering devotion to Kier’s teachings and commitment to Lumon’s mission are a testament to the power of early indoctrination in shaping one’s perspective on life.

It seems that Wintertide represents a more focused application of this educational method, primarily designed to nurture future leaders for the floor operations within Lumon. This strategic move makes sense because managing ‘innies’ (presumably an abbreviation) requires a unique mindset that might be harder to instill in adults who didn’t grow up immersed in Lumon’s philosophy. Critics might raise ethical concerns about using workers like disposable resources or feeling uneasy with the dehumanizing aspects of the job. However, by beginning with children and gradually acclimating them to these practices, Lumon can guarantee that their future managers will be less likely to have moral reservations.

Miss Huang’s actions and perspectives clearly demonstrate the impact of Wintertide’s educational approach. In Episode 5, when she tells Mr. Milchick that “innies” are not human, it’s clear she isn’t merely reciting corporate slogans; rather, she seems to genuinely embrace a deeply ingrained belief that is integral to the foundation of Wintertide’s teaching methods. This dehumanization of severed workers, coupled with Miss Huang’s calculating efficiency in overseeing them, hints at an educational strategy that aims to suppress or alter students’ innate empathy from a young age.

Discovering Wintertide and the details about Myrtle Eagan School For Girls suggests a much larger and more troubling network of control by Lumon. It appears that Lumon is operating multiple specialized educational institutions, each designed to produce specific types of employees for its diverse operations. As Lumon’s severance program grows, these educational systems guarantee they will always have a steady stream of managers who were conditioned from childhood not to question the morality of their work. This insight is quite chilling, as it implies that Lumon’s ambitions for the future go far beyond its current boundaries. It’s no surprise that reintegration poses a threat to Lumon, as it has the potential to dismantle its carefully constructed corporate empire.

New episodes of Severance premiere Thursdays on Apple TV+.

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2025-02-21 14:39