The You You Are, a self-help book written by Mark's brother-in-law Ricken Hale (Michael Chernus), was easily one of the funniest parts of Severance season one. The sort of pompous, overwitten claptrap that any discerning person on the outside could see right through, it nevertheless had a deep effect on the Innies who read it, its dime store philosophizing leading to genuine self-actualization. The first season was rarely funnier than when Ricken's questionable words would scroll across the screen, reverently narrated by the author himself.