Macrodata Refinement

My theory is that all the severed employees are doing various maintenance tasks to keep the floor functioning. Like the hospital in Yes, Minister that is closed to the public but has 500 employees, all of them overworked.[1]

Take O&D for instance, their full time job appears to be to just create art and handbooks used on the severed floor. Perhaps all the departments are like that. MDR could be doing some sort of ongoing maintenance for the severed system itself, like emotion or memory control of the employees on the floor.

I believe the "point" of the severed floor is not the actual work that's being done, but the act of keeping them occupied while they are experimented on. Besides Mark S and Cold Harbor, I believe there are hints of other experiments being run. The dreams Irving B has during work seem unique to him, and it's uniquely affecting his outie as well. I also believe recent events in Season 2 with Dylan G could be the start of another experiment.

^1: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JAk448volww

I thought the wife was oddly emotional during that scene with Dylan G. While I agree it would be odd to see your SO's innie, the way she was in awe and full of emotion just seemed very intense. Like seeing a long lost lover or those first date jitters. Probably overthinking things but I thought it was odd.

My spouse not even recognizing me might have some emotional impact. Didn’t seem the least bit odd.

My guess is that they're setting up the wife being more in to the innie than the outie.

I think it was because she was finally meeting the version of her husband that could hold down a job and was good at what he did.

My take was that she's dissatisfied with her marriage with her outie husband who seems detached and a bit wayward, whereas the innie has purpose and drive and finds her awe inspiring.

I'm almost certain it's going to turn into a love affair with deep questions - is she cheating? Well, on paper, no, but it's obviously more nuanced than that.

That's my take too. She will fall in love with the hard working aspect of him.

I wonder also, did the innie take all of the good traits and the bad ones are... Gone, from the outie?

To me, she seemed taken aback by his foul-mouthedness. Maybe his outie is more "reserved".

That + the whole concept must be just uncanny to face in real life as opposed to just being aware of it.

It is one thing to know “my husband goes to work, but there he simply doesn’t remember anything outside of work, and vice versa at home”, and another to see it for yourself and realizing “holy shit, this is actually just another entirely unrelated brand new person occupying the body of the husband i live and raise children with for half a day.”

Not even mentioning all the potential implications that might have crossed her mind after facing it in reality. That person is nothing like my husband in any way, where did that new person come from, were they just born out of nothing? Could they potentially unknowingly get switched with my husband outside of the workplace and what would that mean? What happens to that person if my husband quits the job?