Mark Scout

**Mark Scout**, known as **Mark S.** when working at Lumon, is the main protagonist in the thriller series ***Severance***. He is a former history professor who underwent the severance procedure so his consciousness and memory are divided into two parts. He is portrayed by Adam Scott.

## Background

Mark grew up with his younger sister Devon. The two shared a close bond that continued into adulthood. Mark eventually married fellow professor Gemma, and Devon married author Ricken Hale. The couples spent a lot of time together, even going on joint vacations.

He was a history professor at Ganz College, specializing in World War I. After the loss of his wife, Mark found it difficult to continue working as an instructor, instead choosing to undergo the severance procedure and become an employee at Lumon. To his knowledge, he works in the Corporate Archives division of Lumon, but in reality knows very little about what goes on on the severed floor.

Mark S. was first a Senior Macrodata Refiner and was promoted to Macrodata Refinement Chief following his coworker Petey's departure. His job involves identifying numbers from a grid based on an emotional response, and categorizing them. The actual purpose of their work is unknown to Mark S. and his fellow refiners, but they believe it to be important.

## Personality

Mark still struggles with losing his wife, and frequently uses alcohol to dissociate from his depression.

## Physical Description

Mark is a middle aged man with white skin and brown eyes. He has dark brown hair that is straight, which he keeps short in the front and longer in the back. He often looks tired or hung over, due to his late night wine habit. He dresses formally for work, often in a suit, but is always in casual clothing outside of work, usually jeans and long sleeved shirts.

## Quotes

**"Good News About Hell"**

* ***Mark S:** "Every time you find yourself here, it's because you chose to come back."*
* ***Mark S:** "I can sense the questions made you feel afraid or disoriented. Well, the good news is, you're at an orientation."*
* ***Mark S:** "Your house smells like pregnancy."*

**"In Perpetuity"**

* ***Mark S:** "I mean, I'm 99% sure there was no coup."*

**"The You You Are"**

* ***Mark S:** "The work is mysterious and important. And we deal with the uncertainty it brings us in the way that Kier would’ve wanted. Together, as a family."*

**"Hide and Seek"**

* ***Mark S:** "If the Eagan philosophy is illumination above all…"**Irving B:** "Illumination beyond all. But yes."**Mark S:** "Then why doesn’t that include us? Why are we down here still working in the dark?"*
* ***Mark S:** "Apparently, I jammed my hand at work replenishing a watercooler. Or at least that’s what they tell me."*
* ***Mark S:** "She was very pragmatic. Always had a plan B."*

**"The We We Are"**

* ***Mark S:** "The woman with the baby... that's my sister?"*

**"Defiant Jazz"**

* ***Mark S:** "Wait, we’re locked in now?"**Milchick:** "I prefer the term ’safely situated.’"*
* ***Mark:** "My wife was extraordinary. My wife was allergic to nutmeg. And when she sneezed, she always sneezed twice. My wife liked other people’s dogs. My wife thought cardigans looked ridiculous. I loved all these things about her… equally."*

**"What's for Dinner?"**

* ***Mark S:** "Because we’re people, not parts of people. Even with what little they gave us, these are our lives. No one gets to just turn you off."*
* ***Mark S:** "You’re easy to pretend to care about."*
* ***Mark S:** "This severance thing, it… Not sure I need it anymore."*

**"The We We Are"**

* ***Mark S:** "I just want to know why. Why he put me in there."*
* ***Mark S:** "It's a nice name. Gemma."*
* ***Mark S:** "She's alive!"*

## Trivia

* Mark lives in Baird Creek in Lumon-subsidized housing in the city of Kier.
* His employee number is 4502, although his employee code on his ID badge reads 08-927.
* Mark has worked at Lumon for approximately two years, since just after his wife allegedly died.
* Mark S. received a glass cube portrait of himself as a reward early in his refining career for his work on the Allentown file.
* The watch worn by Outie Mark is a Vostok Komandirskie 341307, and the watch worn by Innie Mark is a Bijouone B001. Both watches were supplied by *Severance* prop master Catherine Miller.
	+ The word “komandirskie” in Russian translates to commander. Given that his wife taught Russian literature at Ganz College, it is likely she gifted him the watch.
* The character is named after Mark Erickson, the father of Severance creator Dan Erickson.
* His license was issued on April 24, 2020.

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