Severance Finale: How Dichen Lachman Made Gemma’s Infertility Struggle Feel So Real

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Severance finale, but one packed a particular punch. Gemma Scout, the imprisoned wife of the show’s protagonist Mark, finally faced her biggest emotional challenge in the mysterious “Cold Harbor” room, and it was an empty crib.While viewers still don’t know how Gemma (Dichen Lachman) ended up in the basement of Lumon as a captive, the season two finale did answer some burning questions. (Spoilers, detailed plot threads, and very specific Severance speak obviously ahead.)While her husband believes Gemma died in a car accident two years ago, she has actually been forced to undergo the “severance” procedure multiple times, creating a new “innie” every time she enters a new testing room.

Once she’s in the room, her innie is forced to engage in an activity which coincides with things she fears (going to the dentist, airplane turbulence) or dreads (writing thank you cards).

In each room and with each innie, Lumon seems to be testing if engaging in these activities she dislikes breaks the “severance barrier,” or allows her real “outie” personality to bleed through to her innie.The last room waiting for her was Cold Harbor, which offers the biggest emotional test of all.

As we learned in episode seven, titled “Chikhai Bardo,” Gemma and Mark (Adam Scott) had struggled for , undergoing rounds of and without success.