Severance is borrowing a brilliant idea from Terminator 2

If, at some point in your life, you've managed to sit down and watch Terminator 2: Judgment Day without knowing anything about the plot, then you've achieved the rare joy of experiencing one of science fiction's great twists as it was intended. (If you've never seen Terminator 2 and somehow, by the grace of James Cameron, still don't know the premise, do yourself a favor and watch it now. It's okay; we'll wait.) The twist we're talking about, of course, is the startling revelation that Arnold Schwarzenegger's ruthless T-800 robot is no longer trying to murder the good guys. This time, he's been sent from the future to protect them from something even more dangerous. In a moment that even the film's trailer couldn't resist spoiling, Schwarzenegger pulls out a shotgun and aims it at a young John Connor (Edward Furlong) before barking, "Get down," in order to get a shot at the even deadlier T-1000 behind John. The world would never be the same. In the decades since, the trope of villain-turned-savior has become a proud tradition of the genre. For example, in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, Loki started out as a supervillain fighting the Avengers, but he ultimately wound up saving the entire multiverse in a spin-off show of his own. And now, another beloved sci-fi show appears to be on the precipice of pulling a Judgement Day twist of its own. That show is Severance, and in this case, the villain-turned-savior is none other than Harmony Cobel. Is Severance setting up its own Terminator 2 twist? Credit: Apple TV+ Played by Patricia Arquette, Cobel first appeared as a vindictive middle manager on the mysterious Severed Floor of Lumon Industries, where she seemed to take pleasure in torturing Mark (Adam Scott) and his fellow Innies. But in Severance Season 2, the character has suddenly become much more interesting, potentially setting up a twist even bigger than anything we've seen from the show so far. Cobel has been noticeably absent from much of Severance's second season