{"id":1145626,"date":"2026-02-06T22:10:13","date_gmt":"2026-02-06T22:10:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.polygon.com\/?p=536590"},"modified":"2026-02-06T22:10:13","modified_gmt":"2026-02-06T22:10:13","slug":"did-we-get-lumons-version-of-severances-the-you-you-are","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/did-we-get-lumons-version-of-severances-the-you-you-are\/","title":{"rendered":"Did we get Lumon\u2019s version of Severance\u2019s The You You Are?"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure> <img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" data-caption=\"\" data-portal-copyright=\"\" data-has-syndication-rights=\"1\" src=\"https:\/\/arcader.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/did-we-get-lumons-version-of-severances-the-you-you-are.jpg\" \/><figcaption><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"has-drop-cap has-text-align-none\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.polygon.com\/tv\/519855\/severance-woes-hollow-tv-too-short-episodes\"><em>Severance<\/em><\/a> is the kind of show <a href=\"https:\/\/www.polygon.com\/tv\/517190\/severance-s2-episode-3-danger-mouse\">that begets speculation<\/a>. Some fans have theories about the show\u2019s central mysteries (it\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.polygon.com\/tv\/505116\/severance-theories-meaning-mdr-lumon-answers\">gotta be a cloning thing<\/a>!); others have strong opinions on various ships (what if Helly and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.polygon.com\/tv\/525594\/severance-season-2-casey-gemma-dichen-lachman-deserves-more\">Gemma<\/a> both leave Mark for each other??). And then there\u2019s me. I\u2019m over here thinking about the seminal work of one Dr. Ricken Lazlo Hale, Ph.D.<\/p>\n<p class=\"has-text-align-none\">In the world of <em>Severance<\/em>, Mark Scout\u2019s brother-in-law, Ricken, wrote <a href=\"https:\/\/www.polygon.com\/23027373\/severance-book-creator-actor-ricken\">a self-help book titled <em>The You You Are<\/em><\/a>. An advance copy meant for Mark made its way to the severed floor in season 1, inspiring MDR to rise up and trigger the OTC \u2014 you know the story. In season 2 episode 3, Natalie from Lumon visits Ricken to pitch an \u201cinnie\u201d version of <em>The You You Are<\/em>, edited specifically for severed workers. <em>Not suspicious at all.<\/em><\/p>\n<p class=\"has-text-align-none\">Out here in our world, we were also blessed with a version of <em>The You You Are<\/em>. It was released on Apple Books on Jan. 31, the same day as the third episode of season 2. And this version\u2026 well, dear reader, it doesn\u2019t <em>quite<\/em> match what we saw of the book in season 1 of <em>Severance<\/em>.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p class=\"has-text-align-none\"><em>Surely it\u2019s just a continuity error<\/em>, I hear you saying. <em>It would be really time-consuming to write a whole book just for a few shots in a TV show. It\u2019s probably half <\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Lorem_ipsum\"><em>lorem ipsum<\/em><\/a>. I mean, sure, if you want to Occam\u2019s razor it. But the team behind <em>Severance<\/em> is pretty detail-oriented. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theringer.com\/2025\/01\/14\/severance\/severance-season-2-release-dan-erickson-creator-showrunner\">According to Patricia Arquette<\/a>, showrunner Dan Erickson wrote 30 pages of <em>The You You Are<\/em> for the prop in the show. The writers released another tie-in on Apple Books in 2022, <em>The Lexington Letter<\/em>, so it\u2019s not like this is their first rodeo. And it\u2019s a lot more fun to imagine they\u2019re fucking with us. What if\u2026 this is the edited version of <em>The You You Are<\/em>?<\/p>\n<p class=\"has-text-align-none\">Let me present the evidence.<\/p>\n<p class=\"has-text-align-none\">The Apple Books version of <em>The You You Are<\/em> is incomplete. It opens with a note from Ricken explaining that, while \u201cthe book was meant to release nationwide this week,\u201d he has hit a snag: \u201cUnfortunately, events beyond my control have led to a brief delay as I liaise with several corporate parties as to precisely where and in what form the book should be released.\u201d Curious. In the meantime, he\u2019s released the first eight chapters, plus the introduction, which is what\u2019s available for us to read.<\/p>\n<p class=\"has-text-align-none\">In episode 4 of season 1, \u201cThe You You Are,\u201d after MDR finds the book in a conference room, Mark secretly reads it in a bathroom stall. He\u2019s reading the beginning of chapter 9, \u201cThe Quitting Bell\u201d \u2014 and we can see the previous page, which is presumably the end of chapter 8. There\u2019s no lorem ipsum; it\u2019s all Ricken. And it is <em>nothing<\/em> like the end of chapter 8 in the real-world version of the book. It doesn\u2019t seem related to our chapter 8 at all.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/arcader.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/did-we-get-lumons-version-of-severances-the-you-you-are-1.jpg\" alt=\"The last page of chapter 8 and the first page of chapter 9 of The You You Are as it appears in season 1 of Severance. The page on the left discusses tai chi, Italy, a chicken meal, and someone named Fabie.\" title=\"The last page of chapter 8 and the first page of chapter 9 of The You You Are as it appears in season 1 of Severance. The page on the left discusses tai chi, Italy, a chicken meal, and someone named Fabie.\" data-has-syndication-rights=\"1\" data-caption=\"On the left, the final page of chapter 8 from the show\u2019s version of &lt;em&gt;The You You Are&lt;\/em&gt;. | Image: Apple TV Plus\" data-portal-copyright=\"Image: Apple TV Plus\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/arcader.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/did-we-get-lumons-version-of-severances-the-you-you-are.png\" alt=\"The last page of chapter 8 of The You You Are as it appears in real life, as an ebook. It discusses donating to charity, lists prizes available for donating to a specific charity, and ends with: \u201cAnd should Ms. Nightingale deign to visit you in your bed tonight, give the old girl my regards.\u201d\" title=\"The last page of chapter 8 of The You You Are as it appears in real life, as an ebook. It discusses donating to charity, lists prizes available for donating to a specific charity, and ends with: \u201cAnd should Ms. Nightingale deign to visit you in your bed tonight, give the old girl my regards.\u201d\" data-has-syndication-rights=\"1\" data-caption=\"The final page of chapter 8 from the real-world &lt;em&gt;The You You Are&lt;\/em&gt;. | Image: Apple TV Plus\/Apple Books via Polygon\" data-portal-copyright=\"Image: Apple TV Plus\/Apple Books via Polygon\" \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"has-text-align-none\"><em>However<\/em>: In episode 5, \u201cThe Grim Barbarity of Optics and Design,\u201d we\u2019re treated to select quotes from Mark\u2019s time reading <em>The You You Are<\/em>. Not every quote in the montage is present in the Apple Books version, but a few of them are, word for word, including this insightful tidbit: \u201cWhat separates man from machine is that machines cannot think for themselves. Also, they are made of metal, whereas man is made of skin.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"has-text-align-none\">And where do we find this quote in the Apple Books version? In chapter 8, of course, only a few short paragraphs before it concludes. Are we to believe that the writers of the real-world <em>The You You Are<\/em> paid enough attention to the show\u2019s version to include exact quotes, but not enough to check if the end of chapter 8 had been written already?<\/p>\n<p class=\"has-text-align-none\">Other parts of the Apple Books version line up with the show\u2019s version exactly. The introduction matches what Ricken reads aloud in the season 1 finale \u2014 he reads the first two paragraphs before it cuts to a different scene. Later in the episode, he reads the last few lines of the first chapter before stopping for a break, at which point Innie-Mark is able to talk to him. (Ricken then mentions the Crest Hike and the \u201cfunny bees,\u201d which are discussed in the real-world chapter 2, to a confused Innie-Mark.)<\/p>\n<p class=\"has-text-align-none\">Dylan also reads a section of the book in that episode \u2014 chapter 5, titled \u201cDestiny: An Acrostic Poem Experience by the Author, Ricken Hale.\u201d The real-world chapter 5 is a perfect match for what Dylan sees, down to the font for each letter of \u201cdestiny.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/arcader.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/did-we-get-lumons-version-of-severances-the-you-you-are-2.jpg\" alt=\"A page from The You You Are as it\u2019s shown in season 1 of Severance. It\u2019s an acrostic poem spelling \u201cdestiny,\u201d and it\u2019s amateurish.\" title=\"A page from The You You Are as it\u2019s shown in season 1 of Severance. It\u2019s an acrostic poem spelling \u201cdestiny,\u201d and it\u2019s amateurish.\" data-has-syndication-rights=\"1\" data-caption=\"\" data-portal-copyright=\"Image: Apple TV Plus\" \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"has-text-align-none\">What is it about chapter 8? Why stop there, and why change it from what\u2019s shown on screen?<\/p>\n<p class=\"has-text-align-none\">Before MDR finalizes its plans for the OTC at the end of season 1 episode 8, Mark begins to read a quote from <em>The You You Are<\/em> that inspired him, which Dylan completes from memory: \u201cOur job is to taste free air. Your so-called boss may own the clock that taunts you from the wall, but my friends, the hour is yours.\u201d Dylan adds that \u201cpage 197 slaps,\u201d so it\u2019s fair to assume this quote comes later than chapter 8 (on my phone, the book ends with page 73, and that\u2019s at a rate of maybe three paragraphs per page).<\/p>\n<p class=\"has-text-align-none\">In episode 5 of season 2, \u201cTrojan\u2019s Horse,\u201d Devon reads and critiques Ricken\u2019s Lumon-driven rewrite of that very same line: \u201cYour sovereign boss may own the clock that greets you from the wall, but you get to enjoy its ticking, and thus should be happy.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"has-text-align-none\">Obviously, Lumon <a href=\"https:\/\/www.polygon.com\/23025964\/severance-finale-metaphor-capitalism\">would want to edit out any overtly pro-labor sentiments<\/a> from <em>The You You Are<\/em>, retaining only enough to give innies an illusion of empowerment. (As Ms. Cobel says in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.polygon.com\/reviews\/22939662\/severance-review-apple-tv\">season 1<\/a>, apparently quoting Kier, \u201cThe surest way to tame a prisoner is to let him believe he is free.\u201d) And the eight chapters on Apple Books don\u2019t really have much in the way of pro-labor, anticapitalist ideas. As far as we know from the show, anyway, the first commentary on the subject comes in chapter 9, which Mark reads aloud:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"has-text-align-none\">You think you need your job. But I\u2019ve lived abroad as a vagrant, abstaining from my own money to rely on the charity of strangers. Most were beggars themselves, yet they were happy, and so, for that summer, was I. Your job needs you, not the other way around.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p class=\"has-text-align-none\">It\u2019s exactly the kind of thing Lumon would want heavily edited, if \u201cTrojan\u2019s Horse\u201d is anything to go by, and it\u2019s not something the company would want the general population to think too hard about, either. But that still doesn\u2019t explain why chapter 8 would need to be different in the edited version.<\/p>\n<p class=\"has-text-align-none\">The next paragraph of chapter 9, as seen on screen, goes on to reference \u201cour tragic concessions worker (whose name, I have since learned, is Alan Miller)\u201d \u2014 as if this concessions worker was mentioned in a previous chapter. Alan Miller, in this paragraph, is used as an example of a worker with the power to withhold his labor. That\u2019s also something we\u2019d expect Lumon to want changed. And if the concessions worker was brought up in a previous chapter, that chapter would have to change, too.<\/p>\n<p class=\"has-text-align-none\">Some may say it\u2019s a continuity error. But I say it\u2019s evidence that the real-world version of <em>The You You Are<\/em> has Lumon\u2019s fingerprints all over it. I don\u2019t think it\u2019s meant to be the <em>innie<\/em> version \u2014 mainly because chapter 3 features an extended critique of the 1992 movie <em>Sister Act<\/em>, which no innie would have heard of \u2014 but I <em>do<\/em> think that Lumon gave Ricken a publishing deal he couldn\u2019t refuse. After all, his author\u2019s note says that he\u2019s liaising \u201cwith <em>several corporate parties<\/em> as to precisely <em>where and in what form<\/em> the book should be released.\u201d And this Apple Books edition of the book was published the same day we saw him meet with the ultimate corporate party: Natalie. Maybe, in exchange for publishing the innie version, Lumon required a few tweaks to the outie version as well.<\/p>\n<p class=\"has-text-align-none\">Or maybe the <em>Severance<\/em> writers are just fucking with us.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.polygon.com\/tv\/536590\/severance-you-are-book-conspiracy-trust-me\">Source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Severance is the kind of show that begets speculation. Some fans have theories about the show\u2019s central mysteries (it\u2019s gotta be a cloning thing!); others have strong opinions on various ships (what if Helly and Gemma both leave Mark for each other??). And then there\u2019s me. I\u2019m over here thinking about the seminal work of one Dr. Ricken Lazlo Hale, Ph.D. In the world of Severance, Mark Scout\u2019s brother-in-law, Ricken, wrote a self-help book titled The You You Are. An advance copy meant for Mark made its way to the severed floor in season 1, inspiring MDR to rise up and trigger the OTC \u2014 you know the story. 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