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HARMONY COBEL

found identity crisis, leading him Cobel holds the position of head su- verance” universe, representing,
to confront the injustice of the pervisor in the department where especially in the first season, the
system and become a key player Mark S. and his team are employed oppression and absolute control
in the fight against the control at Lumon Industries. She is cold, that the company tries to exert over
exercised over "innies." His non- calculating, and ruthless; she repre- its employees. Her relationship with
conformity doesn't just arise from sents the ultimate authority figure Lumon oscillates between devotion
curiosity or the desire to be free; within the established system, en- and frustration, leading her to defy
it comes from the emotional sho- suring that the rules are followed superior orders at various times,
ck of realising that the outside "I" to the letter. However, unlike the sometimes with serious consequen-
has a life that has been completely workers who have been through ces. This ambiguity makes Cobel—
denied to him. This leads Dylan to Severance, Cobel has not been sub- apparently the villain—one of the
stop being the fun-loving element jected to the procedure and is fully most unpredictable characters in
focused on his professional goals aware of her life inside and outside the series, always leaving questions
and to become an element willing the company, which allows her to about how unshakeable her loyalty
to take risks in order to recover play double games. This character is or whether, deep down, she is also
what has been stolen from him. is a powerful figure within the “Se- hiding her own intentions.

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