Warning! This article contains spoilers for Severance season 2, episode 8.

Severance's Overtime Contingency protocol revealed that Helly was an Eagan and Innie Mark found out about Ms. Casey, these aspects were either already confirmed or heavily teased in previous episodes.

As such, many of the overarching Severance season 2, episode 7's ending revealing what is truly happening to Gemma/Ms. Casey. That said, the true history of the Cobel family has been left in the dark. That is, until Severance season 2, episode 8. Now, various mysterious elements of this family have been brought to light, be it Harmony's remaining family or those who have ed on.

Severance Season 2 Explains The Significance Of Charlotte Cobel's Breathing Tube

Harmony's Mother Needed End-Of-Life Care

One of these mysteries surrounded Harmony Cobel's mother, Charlotte. The history of Charlotte's life was first teased in Severance season 1 when Harmony clutched a breathing tube donning a tag reading Charlotte's name as she smashed up her shrine to Kier Eagan. In Severance season 2, episode 8, this tube returned, with Harmony confirming it as her mothers.

It was revealed that Charlotte was Harmony's mother and that she was ill, needing end-of-life care. The breathing tube was reportedly the only thing keeping her alive. Eventually, Charlotte died before Harmony was able to say goodbye, explaining why the latter keeps such a darkly intimate keepsake of the former with her at all times.

Did Charlotte Cobel Really Take Out Her Own Breathing Tube To End Her Own Life?

Or Was It Really Sissy?

One of the more short-lived mysteries of Severance season 2, episode 8 was who actually killed Charlotte. As she makes clear several times throughout the story, Harmony thinks that it was her aunt, Charlotte's sister, who removed the breathing tube. However, Sissy later claims that Charlotte removed her own tube and ended her own life.

Severance season 2, episode 8 does not give a definitive answer either way, essentially leaving this up to the audience to decide. Charlotte's life could not have been a pleasant one, so it is not entirely incomprehensible to believe she removed her own breathing tube. On the other hand, Sissy makes it clear that she detested Charlotte for being a non-believer in the ways of Lumon and the Eagans, meaning it could be possible she killed her own sister. Either way, big questions were answered about the Cobel family in Severance season 2, capitalizing on a three-year-old tease from season 1.