In the episode, Helly reaches her breaking point in getting her resignation request, while Mark receives an update on Petey's status.

In the Break Room, Helly (Britt Lower) reads the apology statement 259 times, but Milchick (Tramell Tillman) is still not satisfied.

At the office, Burt (Christopher Walken) visits MDR to invite the staff to take a look at Optics & Design, but only Irving (John Turturro) accepts the offer.

Helly finds that Mark kept Petey's map of Lumon's hallways, with Dylan (Zach Cherry) warning that he must report it to management.

Helly grabs a paper cutter and threatens Cobel (Patricia Arquette) with self-mutilation unless she is granted a recorded resignation request.

She does a terrific job, especially in the scene of Helly leaving after filming her resignation video, confident she won't be back, only to return in different clothes in the blink of an eye.

"[2] Erin Qualey of Vulture gave the episode a perfect 5 star rating out of 5 and wrote, "This is the second week in a row that Severance has left us on a death cliffhanger, and while Petey is dead, I'm not so sure about Helly.

"[4] Breeze Riley of Telltale TV gave the episode a 3.5 star rating out of 5 and wrote, "Sadly with love comes the opportunity for betrayal, which is how Irving feels upon discovering that Burt is lying about optics and design's real work.

Of course, she's just as spiteful, or at least that's how I read this final act — it's not that Helly wants to end her own existence because working at Lumon is so terrible, it's that she wants to kill that version of herself who said on the video she wasn't a person.