Tension mounts and allegiances fracture in one of Severance’s most gripping episodes yet. Trojan’s Horse continues the show’s meticulous, slow-burn unraveling of Lumon’s labyrinthine horrors, offering stunning revelations, creeping dread, and a gut-punch ending that reshapes the season’s trajectory.
The episode opens on a cryptic note: a nameless man navigating Lumon’s eerie corridors, gathering medical equipment from O&D before descending via an ominous elevator. The unsettling sequence reinforces Severance’s ability to make the mundane feel utterly alien, as if each hallway, each object, holds a terrible secret waiting to be unearthed.
Fresh off the ORTBO, Helena finds herself trapped in a role she no longer wants, tethered to MDR until Mark completes the elusive Cold Harbor file. Britt Lower continues to impress, playing Helena’s internal conflict with a mix of exhaustion and forced enthusiasm—her veneer of confidence visibly cracking as she remains under Lumon’s grip. Meanwhile, Mark, increasingly distrustful of Helly, confesses his growing doubts. With Dylan now armed with the knowledge of Mark’s outie-wife connection to Gemma, the web of deception tightens.
Dylan’s discovery of the hidden card behind the break room poster—its cryptic directions leading to the Exports Hall—feels like a significant puzzle piece clicking into place. His demand for a funeral for Irving’s innie, both an act of defiance and mourning, is one of the episode’s strongest moments. Milchick’s reluctant compliance, and his later confrontation with Mark regarding the ORTBO tryst, highlight his shifting role as a more volatile and antagonistic force. His own performance review under Drummond is brutal, a sharp rebuke of his failed kindness reforms that reinforces Lumon’s dehumanizing corporate philosophy. Milchick’s frustration, layered with lingering desperation, makes him more dangerous than ever.
The episode’s most poignant development comes from Irving’s outie. His quiet, confused existence outside Lumon’s walls takes a startling turn as Burt—played with delicate melancholy by Christopher Walken—reveals he has been following Irving since the Overtime Contingency. Their awkward, emotionally charged reunion introduces a heartbreaking new wrinkle to the series’ love story, especially as Burt hesitantly invites Irving to dinner with his husband, Fields. The moment is haunting, laced with the tragic realization that whatever they had in Lumon was stolen from them.
But it’s the final act that delivers the biggest gut-punch. Mark’s growing partnership with Reghabi takes a shocking turn when in a final, breathless moment, Mark sees Gemma alive on the severed floor, confirming the unthinkable. Severance continues to masterfully deploy its biggest revelations with quiet, deliberate horror, making even a single glimpse of a loved one a moment of devastating impact.
With secrets exposed and trust shattered, Trojan’s Horse sets the stage for what promises to be a devastating second half of the season. The past and present are colliding at an alarming rate, and as Mark stares down the truth, one thing is certain—no one leaves Lumon unscathed.
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