Why I think it’s Helly and not Helena

I know everyone is saying that we saw Helena in S2E1 but I don’t think it’s as cut and dry. We have had the luxury of 2 years but to Helly it has been an instant since the gala. She just found out she is an Eagan and is still processing that information. She is distracted and that explains having trouble with the computer switch or noticing the cameras. When Milkshake tells her there are no cameras or microphones she doesn’t think someone would lie to the future CEO.

She comes bolting out of the elevator. Her last memory is being tackled. She wakes back up, starts running away from Natalie until she realizes she is back on the severed floor. Helly didn’t expect that so when Mark S hugs her she is defeated. She has to accept she is back on the severed floor.

Helly loves Mark S. It would be heartbreaking for anyone to hear that their only love ever was married and they knew their spouse. It would be frowned upon, at least by the Eagan family, for Mark and Helena to have a relationship. If it’s true love it makes sense that you want the other person to be happy. Knowing what is happening with Ms Casey / Gemma would make Mark happy.

Helly knows she is an Eagan but the rest of MDR doesn’t. MDR does know that the Eagan family runs Lumon. She lies about her outtie so she can maintain some respect. The instant MDR finds out she is an Eagan she is no longer welcome. Helly hates Helena. It seems to me that the feeling is mutual. Helly doesn’t want to be Helena.