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The third episode of Severance<\/em><\/a> season 2<\/a> offers new insight into the outie life of Dylan G., showing that, unlike his driven, perk-obsessed innie, the \u201creal\u201d version of Zach Cherry\u2019s character isn\u2019t exactly a go-getter. Outie Dylan seems content to sit on the couch, read the latest issue of Midlife Driver magazine, and nominally care for his kids while his wife (Merritt Wever) bears the family burden of emotional labor.<\/p>\n

What\u2019s even more interesting to me, as someone who sometimes obsessively dissects what\u2019s on the TV on the TV<\/em><\/a>, is the cartoon that Dylan\u2019s kid is glued to during the aforementioned scene. It\u2019s an episode of the classic British kids animated series Danger Mouse<\/em> \u2014\u00a0an episode that feels pretty Severance<\/em>-coded.<\/p>\n

The episode of Danger Mouse<\/em> included in that episode, \u201cThe Invasion of Colonel K,\u201d is from the third season of the show and first aired in 1982. The plot involves the evil toad Baron Silas Greenback shrinking himself and his ship, the Frog’s Head Flyer, down to microscopic size and invading the brain of Colonel K, an anthropomorphized chinchilla who runs the British Secret Service in the world of Danger Mouse<\/em>.<\/p>\n

Greenback\u2019s plan is \u201cto seize the secrets of the world from the brain cells of Colonel K,\u201d he says, and to ultimately rule the world as the puppeteer of the colonel. The titular hero of Danger Mouse <\/em>and his sidekick Penfold, with the help of brilliant scientist mole Heinrich von Squawkencluck, likewise shrink down in order to enter K\u2019s body and kick Greenback out.<\/p>\n

Danger Mouse and Penfold journey to the brain of Colonel K to clean out his memory banks, where we learn that Colonel K’s consciousness still exists inside his head, even though Greenback has taken control. The episode takes extreme anatomical liberties with the inside of a chinchilla\u2019s head, and Danger Mouse winds up expelling Greenback by shouting him out of K’s ear canal.<\/p>\n

Whether this is a clue about the future events of Severance<\/em>, or just a fun nod to a kids cartoon that may have inspired the show\u2019s creators many decades ago, is unclear. Mark Scout finally seems keen to pursue reintegration in the latest episode of the show, and the situation with Danger Mouse<\/em>\u2019s Colonel K may just be a fun parallel. But with every line, prop, and character decision seemingly a thoughtful, highly intentional one in Severance<\/em>, maybe even the inclusion of a 40-year-old episode of Danger Mouse<\/em> may have some deeper meaning.<\/p>\n

If you\u2019d like to catch up with Danger Mouse<\/em>, if only to pass the grueling weeklong wait between new Severance<\/em> episodes, the original series<\/a> and its 2015 revival<\/a> are available to stream on Peacock.<\/p>\n

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The third episode of Severance season 2 offers new insight into the outie life of Dylan G., showing that, unlike his driven, perk-obsessed innie, the \u201creal\u201d version of Zach Cherry\u2019s character isn\u2019t exactly a go-getter. Outie Dylan seems content to sit on the couch, read the latest issue of Midlife Driver magazine, and nominally care for his kids while his wife (Merritt Wever) bears the family burden of emotional labor. What\u2019s even more interesting to me, as someone who sometimes obsessively dissects what\u2019s on the TV on the TV, is the cartoon that Dylan\u2019s kid is glued to during the aforementioned scene. It\u2019s an episode of the classic British kids animated series Danger Mouse \u2014\u00a0an episode that feels pretty Severance-coded. The episode of Danger Mouse…<\/p>\n

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