S2E64-Severed ORIGINS-Eternal Sunshine-PT05
Severed: The Ultimate Severance Podcast
Allen Stare
4.8 • 733 Ratings
🗓️ 5 March 2026
⏱️ 59 minutes
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Summary
Welcome back for Part Five of this Ultimate breakdown of "Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind." If you've come this far, there's not a lot I can say. It's time to delve into Joel's humiliations. This is the cringy stuff Charlie Kaufman really likes to write about. It might leave you feeling just a bit sick to your stomach...that's okay, it's the CK way.
Mrs. Howard makes a visit! Mary starts to kiss Howard right in front of the big window that's all lit up all of a sudden in Joel's apartment. They start this at the exact same moment as Mrs. Mierzwiak comes rolling up in her Chevy Sedan. Hollis unloads on Howard plus she spills the beans about Mary. At least she causes Mary to ask some questions that Howard finds hard to answer. Deceiving Mary will prove to be a very bad idea.
This ORIGINS entry is a trippy 2004 title from French Director Michel Gondry. Both Dan Erickson and Ben Stiller list it as an inspiration. It stars Kate Winslet and Jim Carrey. This is considered one of the best things Jim Carrey has ever done.
Get ready for Part FIVE of this enormous movie breakdown.
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Huge thanks to Adam Scott, star of 'Severance' and host of the Severance Podcast for recording a custom intro for "Severed." Make sure to check out 'The Severance Podcast w/Ben Stiller & Adam Scott" wherever you found this one!
A big 'thank you' to friend of the pod Kier Eagan, er I mean Marc Geller! Marc both sat for an interview (make sure to check it out) AND recorded some great bumpers as Kier himself. Follow Marc on Instagram @geller_marc.
BIG Thanks to Friend of the Podcast Hayley Erickson-Goelzer. She is Sister to creator Dan Erickson and also a listener. It took getting approval from Dan's Press Person, but thanks to her follow-through we've got a custom bumper from Hayley Erickson-Goelzer!!
Yes, that is really and truly Primary Director and Executive Producer Ben Stiller doing a custom bumper for 'Severed.' He actually did this bumper for the show while we were recording an interview for the Official Ben & Adam Podcast. Thank you, Ben for the Bumper and for bringing this incredible show to the screen!!
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Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | Severed, the Ultimate Severance Podcast. |
| 0:10.1 | Welcome back, Refiner. Thanks for once again choosing to listen to Severed, the Ultimate |
| 0:18.5 | Severance podcast. I'm your host, Alan S. This is part |
| 0:22.4 | five of the extensive Severed Origins series breaking down the 2004 movie Eternal Sunshine |
| 0:29.1 | of the Spotless Mind. These Severed Origins episodes take a close look at those things |
| 0:35.1 | Dan Erickson has listed as inspiration during the writing and |
| 0:38.7 | creation of severance. This title, Eternal Sunshine, is also a favorite of Ben Stillers. |
| 0:44.7 | Last time we were deep into Joel's wipe. A mistake in hooking things up allowed a part of |
| 0:50.1 | Joel's conscious mind to exist within his unconscious brain. |
| 0:54.5 | He is able to travel through his memories as they are being wiped out by Stan the |
| 0:58.3 | tech. |
| 0:58.9 | This is Stan's job. |
| 1:00.8 | He's a mind wiper for Lacuna. |
| 1:03.1 | Joel's consciousness tried to evade Stan by hiding a memory of Clementine in another |
| 1:08.7 | memory that wasn't about her. |
| 1:11.1 | It almost worked. |
| 1:12.6 | The move for Stan to call Dr. Mirzweck to come locate Joel's wayward consciousness. |
| 1:17.6 | And a note, sometimes Joel adds another syllable in there and we'll call him Dr. |
| 1:22.9 | Mirzweak. |
| 1:23.8 | Mary called it Mirzweak, so that's what I've been using. |
| 1:26.8 | The good doctor seems to answer to both. |
| 1:29.3 | Joel's scrambling consciousness is found and the wipe continues. |
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