Note: This story contains spoilers from “Severance” Season 2, Episode 5.

That big twist around Helly R. (Britt Lower) was always in the cards for “Severance” creators Dan Erickson and Ben Stiller. Perhaps what’s more interesting isn’t the twist itself, but the fact that its creators always planned to reveal it midway through Season 2.

“What’s interesting to me is that, if somebody might be thinking about that [twist] or guessing that early on, maybe it goes on so long that a certain point they go, ‘Well, it can’t be that,’ ” director Ben Stiller told TheWrap.

Before Season 2 even premiered, fans started speculating about Helly’s true identity. Last week’s “Woe’s Hollow” revealed the truth: The Helly who returned to the severed halls wasn’t Helly R.’s innie but Helena Eagan, her outie pretending to be her other half. It was a revelation that cost innie Irving (John Turturro) his life.