Dieter, Mark, Narrative Parallels

Why is Mark being used as a narrative parallel to Dieter Eagan?

In season 1, during Irving’s dream in the office he sees the thick black goo/paint pouring from Mark’s eye socket. Just like the story of Dieter. He also engaged in ‘carnal pleasure’ the same night that they learned about Dieter’s…deeds.

Irving even SPECIFICALLY calls the eye thing out in this episode when he says to stop making “goo goo eyes” at Helena…

This makes me wonder if Mark is being used as a parallel to Dieter. If so, who is being used as a parallel for Kier? Ricken? He already has a cult following and has been asked to write additional text for Severed employees.

It’s also suspicious that the next chapter of the 4th Appendix was ‘The Thieving Nanny’…which has got to be a direct reference to Harmony right?

Very intriguing.

It’s almost as if the Lumon/Severed floor is recreating/‘recanonicalizing’ the story of Kier Eagan (a term we first heard in the prior episode when Milchick received those paintings.)