something i really like in how carefully severance is constructed is the payoff for the seemingly fruitless acts of rebellion. like BECAUSE helly breaks the window trying to get a note outside for her outie to see, even if it’s not possible and will always fail and never work, that is what pulls mr milchick away, leaving ricken’s book in the conference room. when dylan takes the card (’laminated ideograph’) to hide in the bathroom out of curiosity, mr milchick wakes him up to see his song which gives everyone the knowledge of the overtime contigency. even though their acts of rebellion are inherently doomed to failure, it is in striving and through these acts of rebellion that they are able to create pathways to escape. it’s about the act of rebelling against the corporate structure, not the success or failure of that action. rebellion in and of itself is a success.