The S2 E8 revelation about Cobel that changes EVERYTHING.

In S2 E8, everyone got hyper-fixated on a small, seemingly incidental detail about some drawings that Cobel made as an ether-fueled child during her factory breaks. Beautiful and creative, but it doesn't move the plot along.

However, the major detail that everyone's glossing over is one that flips the script of this show on its ear. As she brushes her teeth and stares judgmentally into the soul of a man whose fate she just barely outran, she takes a swish from her water bottle and proceeds to throw the bottle into the snow. I've checked this scene a few times over and there is not a single trash receptacle in her vicinity. Which leads me to the show's most stunning revelation:

Cobel is a litterer. And not one of those stealthy litterers, she flaunts it for the world to see. However, with this fact in mind, I go back to S1E1, where Cobel mistakenly puts her trash out on recycling night. Despite the mistake, her intentions were pure. This implies that Cobel was once an upright citizen, perhaps even environmentally conscious, and has since morphed into the unrepentent polluter that stands before us.

And so then I go back to the phrase on the recycling bins: Lumon Recycles. Cobel used to recycle for Lumon, but now, she tosses her waste - and makes Lumon's old stomping ground her own personal trash can. Not only is this a metaphor for her abandoning Lumon's values, but it perfectly demonstrates her feelings toward the company that both gave, and took, everything from her.

If you've made it this far, your jaw is probably straining from the state of awe you find yourself in. Trust me, I was there. This new detail changes the entire DNA of the series and shines a new light, or darkness, on the once golden child Harmony Cobel.