Once again, everything's put on hold to focus on a side character — in this case, Patricia Arquette's ex-Lumon zealot. The question is: Why?

Note: This story contains spoilers from "Severance" Season 2, Episode 8. Harmony Cobel (Patricia Arquette) has been absent for most of "Severance" Season 2, but Episode 8 put the spotlight back on her with some key revelations that explain the chip on her shoulder.

After a revelatory episode 7, Severance Season 2 takes a frigid turn in episode 8, "Sweet Vitriol." The episode focuses solely on Harmony Cobel's (Patricia Arquette) icy homecoming to the town of Salt's Neck. Once home to a Lumon ether factory, the town has since deteriorated after the company drained it dry.

With season 2 of Severance nearing its end, discoveries are being made on this week’s episode ominously titled “Sweet Vitriol.” If you missed last week’s episode, an old romance intersected with a present deadly threat, leaving viewers on the edge of their seats.

In "Severance" Season 2, episode 8, Harmony Cobel (Patricia Arquette) visits her childhood home. We've rounded up some of the smaller details and clues you may have missed.

"Severance" season 2 is heating up going into this week's episode "The After Hours." As the penultimate episode of the season, it's got a lot riding on it. Especially after last week's episode dropped the biggest bombshell of the series so far.

Severance season 2's ep. 8 confirms how Harmony Cobel ties into Lumon's Wintertide Fellowship, which also reveals the dark truth about Miss Huang.

The same can likely be said for Apple TV+'s short teaser for Season 2, episode 9, which shows a person cutting a boiled egg on a plate. Here's a reminder of the clip: Seems fairly innocuous, right? Maybe some parallels between the egg cutting and Lumon's severance procedure?