Exclusive | Severance star Dichen Lachman breaks down Gemma and Marks heavy Season 2 finale reunion: I just kept crying

Warning: Spoilers ahead. Please try to enjoy each fact equally. “Severance” star Dichen Lachman, 43, who plays Gemma / Ms.Casey, is unpacking the Season 2 finale “Cold Harbor,” which is currently streaming on AppleTV+. “The whole episode is so intense,” Lachman, who is also known for “Dollhouse” and “The 100,” exclusively told The Post. “Severance” follows employees at the sinister biotech company Lumon.

They “sever” their work identities (called “innies”) from their home identities (called “outies”).Mark (Adam Scott) has an innie who is in love with his colleague, Helly (Britt Lower).

However, “outie” Mark loves Gemma (Lachman), his wife, who has been trapped at Lumon on the “testing floor.”Mark has spent years believing Gemma was dead, and now that he knows she’s alive, he’s desperate to get her back. Gemma herself has an innie – Ms.Casey, who used to be the office “wellness counselor.” During the Season 2 finale, Mark and Gemma finally reunite.

In one emotional moment, they kiss, but the scene soon turns awkward and borderline comedic when Mark and Gemma – who are in love – both turn back into their “innies,” who aren’t in love, mid-kiss. “That was a funny day,” Lachman recalled about filming the scene.“Because Ms.

Casey is very dear to my heart, but she’s so peculiar.That episode was filled with a lot of tricky transitions, some more heavy and weighted than others.

That [mid-kiss moment] was like a little breather in a really intense episode.Ms.

Casey just pops up to say ‘hello.’”Lachman quipped, “And you know what? I’m happy for her! I’m happy that she got to have this little moment.She got to see Mark S.

again,” she said, referring to Mark’s “innie.”“It was a really touching little moment.” When asked if she and Scott, 51, laughed behind the scenes filming that, Lachman said, “Yeah, we had a few moments.It is just such a bizarre situation, and it w...