Judy Lindow answers “What about Bob? I'm still trying to make...”

Katie asked this question about Severance:

What about Bob? I'm still trying to make sense of his character and his fevered/non-fevered role. I thought there was more when we find out Candace is telling her pre-fever story to Bob as a way to gain trust (maybe that is why she appears so naive?), and the connection to 1,001 Arabian Nights. But I'm a little perplexed by the end. Thoughts?

Judy Lindow 'Memories beget memories. Shen Fever being a disease of remembering, the fevered are trapped indefinitely in their memories." I'm thinking Bob was ent…more'Memories beget memories. Shen Fever being a disease of remembering, the fevered are trapped indefinitely in their memories." I'm thinking Bob was enticed by Candace to remember his past and that started the fever for him. In the end Candace starts living in the memories she has of her mother and her -- and ultimately is driven into the fever by reliving Jonathon's memories she'd shared with him (I mean she's driving into a log jam of cars with no gas right?)(less)

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