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"Mr. Robot (Season 2, USA)"


  

          

Season 2 premiere: July 13, 2016

Mr. Robot: 'We The Bold'

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bW28QHuawHU


http://www.nbcumv.com/news/usa-network-unmasks-season-two-premiere-date-golden-globe%C2%AE-award-winning-series-%E2%80%98mr-robot%E2%80%99?division=1&network=33145

MR. ROBOT follows Elliot Alderson (Rami Malek), a young cyber-security engineer who becomes involved in the underground hacker group fsociety, after being recruited by their mysterious leader (Christian Slater). Following the events of fsociety’s 5/9 hack on multi-national company Evil Corp, the second season will explore the consequences of that attack as well as the illusion of control.

MR. ROBOT stars Golden Globe Award and SAG® Award Nominee Malek (“The Pacific”), Golden Globe Award Winner Slater (“Nymphomaniac”), Portia Doubleday (“Her”), Carly Chaikin (“Suburgatory”), Martin Wallström (“Simple Simon”), Grace Gummer (“Extant”), Michael Cristofer (“Ray Donovan”) and Stephanie Corneliussen (“Legends of Tomorrow”).

New recurring guest stars include Craig Robinson (“The Office”), hip hop artist Joey Bada$$, Sandrine Holt (“Fear The Walking Dead”), Michael Maize (“National Treasure: Book of Secrets”), Dorothi Fox (“Run All Night”) and Luke Robertson (“The Americans”). Returning cast members include BD Wong (“Law & Order: SVU”), Gloria Reuben (“Saints & Sinners”), Michael Drayer (“Vinyl”), Michel Gill (“House of Cards”), Ron Cephas Jones (“The Blacklist”), Sunita Mani (“5 Stages”), Azhar Khan (“Veep”) and Ben Rappaport (“The Good Wife”).

The drama hails from writer and executive producer Sam Esmail (“Comet”) as well as Anonymous Content executive producers Steve Golin (“True Detective”) and Chad Hamilton (“Breakup at a Wedding”).

  

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w/out a doubt the best thing on tv last year.
Apr 21st 2016
1
Return of the King!
Apr 21st 2016
2
Writer/Exec Producer and now director.
Apr 21st 2016
3
please be good. please be good.
Apr 22nd 2016
4
damnit i need to finish season 1
Apr 24th 2016
5
Mr. Robot: season_2.0 Official Trailer
May 16th 2016
6
I fapped
May 16th 2016
7
But how did they get Obama to say those words?
May 16th 2016
8
wow.
May 16th 2016
9
YUS.
May 17th 2016
10
it begins.
Jul 13th 2016
11
Back to back eps tonight w/limited commercial interruptions
Jul 13th 2016
12
saw the first half of the premiere on twitter sunday night
Jul 13th 2016
13
there's such a taut feeling of...just...fucking DREAD lol
Jul 14th 2016
14
      yeah it reminds me of breaking bad in that sense
Jul 14th 2016
15
           I'm fascinated to see what they do with these characters
Jul 14th 2016
16
Really looking forward to Craig Robinson's dramatic chops
Jul 14th 2016
17
I loved listening to Leon
Jul 14th 2016
18
do you think...? (potential spoiler)
Jul 14th 2016
19
      yeah i'm thinking the same thing
Jul 14th 2016
21
      There's three sides to Elliott
Jul 14th 2016
22
      None of them are real (Potential Spoiler)
Jul 14th 2016
23
      this is an interesting theory
Jul 15th 2016
26
      yeps. i'm rolling with that theory. first thing i read after i watched i...
Jul 16th 2016
33
      No
Sep 03rd 2016
91
           lol you are cracking me up
Sep 03rd 2016
93
                Lol
Sep 03rd 2016
97
                ya I can see him progress through the season
Sep 03rd 2016
98
                glad y'all were wrong
Sep 04th 2016
104
                     he was the warden
Sep 09th 2016
128
      it's certainly possible
Jul 14th 2016
24
      i'm guessing him and Craig Robinson aren't real
Jul 15th 2016
25
      i think Craig is real, just due to their last scene
Jul 15th 2016
30
           well if Craig is real then Joey has to be...
Jul 20th 2016
34
                ok...i guess they are both real
Jul 21st 2016
35
      any new character that only talk to elliot could be fake.
Jul 15th 2016
32
FUCK this aftershow!
Jul 14th 2016
20
lmao
Jul 15th 2016
27
he did the Thones one which i kind of liked
Jul 15th 2016
29
it's only for the first episode and the finale. The Verge is doing
Jul 15th 2016
31
Great opener
Jul 15th 2016
28
second season has been so awesome
Jul 29th 2016
36
So I've just started episode 3 and there's two things I love and hate
Sep 03rd 2016
92
      I hear ya, I dont mind darlene
Sep 03rd 2016
94
           really liking Angela now
Sep 04th 2016
106
last nights episode was fantastic.
Aug 04th 2016
37
feels like the plotline only inched forward but
Aug 04th 2016
38
i've heard the same thing but i wouldn't know
Aug 04th 2016
39
      ya im clueless to the hacking world but it absolutely
Aug 04th 2016
40
           the aftershow breaks down some of the code meaning
Aug 04th 2016
41
                ok excellent thank you
Aug 04th 2016
42
Can someone explain the Tyrells wife subplot to me?
Aug 04th 2016
43
shes working for someone
Aug 04th 2016
44
RE: Can someone explain the Tyrells wife subplot to me?
Aug 05th 2016
45
exactly he was the parking lot attendant
Aug 05th 2016
49
Cause E=T? I don't necessarily believe it. It's fun to ponder though.
Aug 05th 2016
46
if E = T then im officially lost
Aug 11th 2016
58
at face value, it's to protect Tyrell
Aug 05th 2016
47
What happened here? How'd this thread jump from ep2.5 to 5
Sep 04th 2016
101
this show stays being the motherfucking shit.
Aug 05th 2016
48
i caught the censoring too
Aug 05th 2016
50
      i'm thinking its USA who made the call
Aug 05th 2016
51
btw, u can watch "The Careful Massacre of the Bourgeoisie" online
Aug 06th 2016
52
Sam Esmail talks Whiterose, long episodes and season 2 reactions (swipe)
Aug 06th 2016
53
I haven't heard any of the complaints
Aug 06th 2016
54
      dude, "Kuffs" is one of my fav flicks of all-time lol.
Aug 07th 2016
55
this show is so far up it's own ass it's unreal lmao
Aug 10th 2016
56
i was like "is the whole episode gonna be like dis?"
Aug 11th 2016
57
yeah i was worried it was going to be the full episode
Aug 12th 2016
59
Im hoping its a turning point...too much time in Elliot's brain
Aug 12th 2016
60
theres all kinds of interesting things in the tv show though
Aug 12th 2016
62
Tyrell showing up in that sequence of all places = genius.
Aug 13th 2016
63
Yes
Aug 13th 2016
64
Yeah, all of this
Sep 04th 2016
103
The ad for USA Up All Night made it all worthwhile
Aug 15th 2016
66
What a weird but still good season
Aug 12th 2016
61
This show is great
Aug 15th 2016
65
Wow
Aug 17th 2016
67
RE: Wow
Aug 17th 2016
68
Spoiler I suppose
Aug 18th 2016
69
RE: Spoiler I suppose
Aug 18th 2016
70
probably a prison guard
Aug 18th 2016
71
RE: probably a prison guard
Aug 18th 2016
72
My guess is Craig is some sorta counselor
Aug 18th 2016
73
ok. that makes sense. it's a hard story line to process
Sep 04th 2016
107
It was my guess Ray was either a counselor
Aug 22nd 2016
78
GREAT ep, but....a KNIFE in the fucking ASS, dude. lol.
Aug 20th 2016
74
at the end of season 1 he says "i need to get myself arressted"
Aug 20th 2016
76
ah makes sense. shit musta forgot him saying that.
Aug 21st 2016
77
ahh this makes sense
Sep 04th 2016
108
they deserved it
Sep 04th 2016
109
Joey was incredible in that scene. just so well done
Sep 04th 2016
105
btw: renewed for season 3 (swipe)
Aug 20th 2016
75
Fun episode
Aug 25th 2016
79
The only misstep in my opinion
Aug 25th 2016
80
      I figure because everyone is 100% on Wellick is the main dude
Aug 25th 2016
81
           i kinda liked the interrogation because
Aug 25th 2016
83
Best episode of season
Aug 25th 2016
82
At this point I think Angela and Darlene are just as much the stars of S...
Aug 26th 2016
84
makes sense for this season too
Aug 28th 2016
86
Loved Angela singing, it was like she's realizing shes losing
Aug 26th 2016
85
Finally caught up... whew, what a show.
Aug 29th 2016
87
So did any of that prison stuff happen?
Aug 31st 2016
88
Everything was real in prison
Sep 01st 2016
89
Its going to be interesting to see how they end the season
Sep 01st 2016
90
the Elliot/Mr. Robot conflict will probs stay central thru the whole run
Sep 03rd 2016
99
yeah that's been my one gripe
Sep 05th 2016
110
The prison yard scene put this big childish grin on my face. Esmail you ...
Sep 03rd 2016
95
the nod to Shawshank was nice
Sep 03rd 2016
96
sooo...who does Cisco find in the smart house?
Sep 03rd 2016
100
A thong, thong, thong, thong, thong!
Sep 04th 2016
102
Oh if yall want to go down the Mr. Robot rabbit hole
Sep 05th 2016
111
YES. i been on that reddit since 2eps ago.
Sep 05th 2016
112
buy Elliot's journal, "Red Wheelbarrow", here:
Sep 05th 2016
113
I rolled my eyes when I saw the ad for this
Sep 06th 2016
114
This shit is so good...
Sep 07th 2016
115
he was in the first episode of the season
Sep 08th 2016
116
Yeah i think it's more what Dom warned her about
Sep 08th 2016
118
      if you go back and look those same two people
Sep 08th 2016
119
           And they're actually in the credits for prior episodes too...
Sep 09th 2016
124
                I like the potential for red herring here
Sep 09th 2016
130
That's the address of the parking lot attendant who
Sep 08th 2016
121
      I think it might be Scott Knowles
Sep 08th 2016
122
           That's what i thought when he said it's the last place he'd be
Sep 09th 2016
126
Elliot's an asshole
Sep 08th 2016
117
Cisco's head yall
Sep 08th 2016
120
man, didnt even notice til i saw a close-up gif of that scene:
Sep 16th 2016
163
Holy shit. Soon as I seen that bike roll up (Spoilers)
Sep 08th 2016
123
Joanna's frightening man lol
Sep 09th 2016
127
      lol. you a fool. i thought she was gunna fuck him too
Sep 09th 2016
131
           the whole time im like well obviously she dont know elliot
Sep 09th 2016
132
Fucking precious metals, man. This show runs deep.
Sep 09th 2016
125
The Dr. Strangelove connection is real yall
Sep 09th 2016
129
Thanks, I was wondering about that
Sep 09th 2016
133
*rubs temple* this episode made my head hurt
Sep 14th 2016
134
Ya it was, but Earth Angel? Awesome
Sep 15th 2016
135
Is Earth Angel a reference to a song in the episode?
Sep 15th 2016
137
      Playing at the end when Tyrell and Elliott walk off together
Sep 15th 2016
138
      Ya they played a bunch of music from back to the future
Sep 15th 2016
139
           yeah the song playing in the cab was the song
Sep 15th 2016
143
I liked the trippiness of this episode...but its veering towards Lost te...
Sep 15th 2016
136
The blade runner scene and turring(sp?) Were great
Sep 15th 2016
140
There's no redeeming
Sep 15th 2016
141
      I liked it, it just wasn't needed.
Sep 15th 2016
142
      The scene in itself was fairly stupid
Sep 16th 2016
154
      maybe she was gonna get out of bed and go back to work
Sep 15th 2016
145
It was a very good bad episode. The Lynchian qualities are starting to.....
Sep 15th 2016
146
      agreed on all this
Sep 16th 2016
158
      Interesting
Sep 22nd 2016
191
The show needs to pull in Emmys Sunday to get more attention
Sep 15th 2016
144
holy shit $2 trilli bailout. holy shit
Sep 15th 2016
147
damn that episode was flames..
Sep 15th 2016
149
Fool me once . . .
Sep 15th 2016
148
the dude has straight up said he wants to keep it grounded in reality
Sep 15th 2016
150
Reddit is pushing a Dark Army time travel theory
Sep 16th 2016
151
      it's not going to be time travel
Sep 16th 2016
152
      I hope not
Sep 16th 2016
159
i loved every goddamn thing about that episode.
Sep 16th 2016
153
do you think...? (potential spoiler)
Sep 16th 2016
155
there's a couple of possibilities
Sep 16th 2016
161
I'm with you, that episode was fantastic.
Sep 16th 2016
157
my least favorite episode of the series
Sep 16th 2016
156
yup. i'm worried
Sep 16th 2016
160
      reddit mentioned the similarity to Blade Runner in that scene
Sep 16th 2016
162
      Man I just want this to go back to the basics
Sep 16th 2016
164
      ^^^ I agree with this
Sep 17th 2016
165
      The show never left the basics. The fans just started looking for shit t...
Sep 17th 2016
166
      oh, im not sayin i agree with any of it
Sep 19th 2016
168
      ^^Yup. They're getting too cute with it
Sep 19th 2016
171
           RE: ^^Yup. They're getting too cute with it
Sep 19th 2016
174
                While I don't disagree...
Sep 20th 2016
175
      i sure as hell hope not. that would be fucn horribly fucn dumb
Sep 18th 2016
167
           i'm pretty sure it's just a heavy-handed referential metaphor
Sep 19th 2016
169
      have we forgotten how angela started off?
Sep 20th 2016
180
           ^^^ spot on ^^^
Sep 21st 2016
187
The most important thing...
Sep 19th 2016
170
Then it just becomes another corpototalitarian narrative
Sep 19th 2016
173
      Umm... that was the angle from the very beginning though?
Sep 20th 2016
176
      Your evidence doesnt match my response
Sep 20th 2016
181
           To be fair though....
Sep 21st 2016
184
                So more proof you don't know what me and Imcvspl are talking about
Sep 21st 2016
185
                     Check my post #157.
Sep 21st 2016
186
      I'm prepared to be wrong
Sep 20th 2016
179
           Nah, as soon as I read ur post, I knew you were right
Sep 20th 2016
182
Rami's Emmy win reaction was perfect
Sep 19th 2016
172
yes it was
Sep 20th 2016
177
Yeah that was great :)
Sep 20th 2016
178
i clapped and cheered in my living room. no lie. lol.
Sep 20th 2016
183
Welp. Gonna be a long year
Sep 21st 2016
188
The show might need more cooks in the kitchen
Sep 22nd 2016
190
Indeed.
Sep 22nd 2016
193
Another question I have
Sep 22nd 2016
194
After the Scott Knowles revelation...
Sep 22nd 2016
195
      RE: After the Scott Knowles revelation...
Sep 22nd 2016
200
Im assuming Joey is there to eleminate them...
Sep 22nd 2016
196
      I feel like thats not his lane
Sep 22nd 2016
197
           Agreed.
Sep 22nd 2016
199
                plus you cant just willy nilly kill the talent off
Sep 22nd 2016
202
RE: wait what
Sep 23rd 2016
204
did y'all peep Trenton was not on the FBI flow chart
Sep 23rd 2016
209
      she is, just with her real name, handle in quotes
Sep 23rd 2016
214
      She's on there, just not her picture
Sep 23rd 2016
215
season 2 review - http://i.imgur.com/GYG1W14.gif
Sep 22nd 2016
189
You want it one way but it's the other wag
Sep 22nd 2016
192
great interview with sam esmail from variety
Sep 22nd 2016
198
Finale was fucking stellar imo
Sep 22nd 2016
201
yeah i agree...probably an issue of splitting it into two eps
Sep 23rd 2016
205
Saw a GREAT theory on reddit...
Sep 22nd 2016
203
i'd imagine that's guaranteed at this point
Sep 23rd 2016
206
      the most extreme scenario I'm willing to predict
Sep 23rd 2016
207
      but what is going on with Angela? why she still talking
Sep 23rd 2016
210
           her behavior is so weird eh? but maybe
Sep 23rd 2016
211
                i actually like that guess
Sep 23rd 2016
212
                     ya plus its so on the nose with the "events"
Sep 23rd 2016
213
uhh, why did anyone think Wellick was one of Elliot's personalities
Sep 23rd 2016
208
No one thought that from the start.
Sep 23rd 2016
216
      well *some* did at the beginning but were shot down
Sep 23rd 2016
217
      that's a fair point (spoilers)
Sep 24th 2016
218
           Ah word word, I hear you.
Sep 26th 2016
219
Sweet video showing some of Mr Robot's influences...
Sep 28th 2016
220

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1. "w/out a doubt the best thing on tv last year."
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BRING IT.

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2. "Return of the King!"
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I am amped.

  

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3. "Writer/Exec Producer and now director."
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Saw Shawn Ryan speak and he said that Sam was directing every episode of this season. Hope he didn't burn himself out.

Definitely the best new show and possibly best show overall of last year.

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4. "please be good. please be good."
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<--- Big Baller World Order

  

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5. "damnit i need to finish season 1"
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6. "Mr. Robot: season_2.0 Official Trailer"
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Mr. Robot: season_2.0 Official Trailer

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YibylhkLwGo

  

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7. "I fapped"
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but I did it while choking myself, because this show deserves nothing less.

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8. "But how did they get Obama to say those words?"
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9. "wow."
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<--- Big Baller World Order

  

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10. "YUS."
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also, the song from the trailer >>> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z7m_qmr7KYA.

dopeness.

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11. "it begins."
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12. "Back to back eps tonight w/limited commercial interruptions"
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Followed by an hour-long(!) post show. USA's going all out for this.

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13. "saw the first half of the premiere on twitter sunday night"
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without saying anything i'll say this
last year, we could all see what was coming at the end for the most part
this time?
i have NO idea what they're gonna do

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14. "there's such a taut feeling of...just...fucking DREAD lol"
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the score and s/track really drives that home.
i think the only thing i correctly guessed was Gideon's fate, right from when random dude approached him. that was sad.
awesome how they're slowly piecing together Wellick's disappearance.
just a fucking mesmerising opener to the season overall.
too many thoughts atm.

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now or never
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15. "yeah it reminds me of breaking bad in that sense"
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bc it feels like it's gonna end in some kind of fucked up dark way
but since we now know all the obvious twists from season one
and we know they're gonna keep doing shit like that
AND we don't know if what we're seeing is even actually fuckin happening?
dread is the right word
but i'll be waiting by the tv in my draws every week until wednesday
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16. "I'm fascinated to see what they do with these characters"
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I figured we wouldn't get a glimpse of Tyrell in this episode and that's a fun storyline to have in the background. Interested to see that mystery play out.

Angela's turn this season is REALLY interesting and leaves her less happy than anyone.

Darlene is trying to spearhead the movement, but not entirely sure where it's going without Elliott. The cash-burning trick was a good move though. There was only one other original fsociety member there, right? He always seemed the most hesitant, so I'm surprised he's lasted this long.

Elliott's trying to find a new normal while still not even knowing what's going on in his mind. I've never had the problems this character has, but when you're in that hazy "Have I even been taking my medication?" phase it's scary as hell. Add on to that the fact that his mind has the ability to basically destroy the world. Mr. Robot isn't even pretending to be fatherly anymore, just straight up corrupting and fucking with the kid.

I have a lot of faith in this show.

  

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17. "Really looking forward to Craig Robinson's dramatic chops"
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And more Joey Bada$$ Seinfeld Thoughts.

Darlene's in an interesting position. All of the dread the other fsociety members were feeling the night of the hack never seemed to affect her, but it's clearly hitting her now. She's hurt them, but not bad enough to kill them. The revolution hasn't freed anyone, just given some people the confidence to commit vandalism and party about it (and made hard cash even more valuable.) Even if they do wind up putting ECorp out of business some day, what then? Who's going to rebuild after they've burnt it all down? Gonna be hard for Darlene to do both without radically altering who she is.

For some reason, Elliott writing everything Mr Robot was saying to him in his journal as he was saying it cracked me up.

BTW, was anyone else sort of taken out of the moment when the CTO dumped that money on the ground and NOBODY tried to pick up some of those stacks and run?

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18. "I loved listening to Leon"
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talk about Seinfeld

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19. "do you think...? (potential spoiler)"
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leon might not be real?
i'm kinda getting that vibe a little bit
he did walk away conveniently when craig robinson started talkin to elliot
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21. "yeah i'm thinking the same thing"
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he's just elliot

  

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22. "There's three sides to Elliott"
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The "normal" side
The anarchist/revolutionary superhacker
The side that just does not GET Seinfeld

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23. "None of them are real (Potential Spoiler)"
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This article theorizes that Eliot's new life is actually inside a mental hospital and the author makes a compelling point.

He has a regimen. He eats with Leon at the same time every day. He doesn't really engage Leon, just listens to him speak. Like a random other patient in a mental hospital. Leon just discovered Seinfeld in 2016. Is he watching syndicated episodes on the hospital television? Eliot's room is decorated spartanly and is really a hospital room. He writes in a journal as if he might be required to do it in a mental hospital. His "mother" acts more like a guard (or cranky mental hospital nurse). Ray is just another patient in the hospital. One with an imaginary dog. He wants to escape so he wants Eliot's help.


http://www.vulture.com/2016/07/mr-robot-theory.html

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26. "this is an interesting theory"
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33. "yeps. i'm rolling with that theory. first thing i read after i watched i..."
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everything about Elliot's new situation was a tad off. but from all the new faces and the isolation and the visual cues? seems like he committed himself but has built a delusion on top of it, which is maybe his brain's way of dealing with it.

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91. "No"
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93. "lol you are cracking me up"
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97. "Lol"
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It's always fun to observe someone who is behind you on episodes

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98. "ya I can see him progress through the season"
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and each discovery haha

its great

  

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104. "glad y'all were wrong"
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both Craig and Joey were real, and I figured it was jail by episode 4. the politics of the race of the characters and the oddness of places Elliot was "living" in, all signaled jail

I'm just confused at the scene of Craig eating that meal by himself with the dialysis machine and how exactly he was running the biz online out of jail. also the scene were he was in "the kitchen", how was the other dude's family there.

and the FBI showed up to arrest them at a jail

but overall well done

  

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128. "he was the warden"
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so the scene of him at home and the scene of the former IT dude were real

he basically had complete control of the prison but he was being basically extorted/threatened by the prisoners/gaurds to keep the "business" going

  

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24. "it's certainly possible"
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he's really just background noise for elliott, could have made him up in an effort to distract himself. the only time leon challenges him is to ask about the wound. that's a thought that would make it's way through the background noise.

  

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25. "i'm guessing him and Craig Robinson aren't real"
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nobody else is reacting to them except for the one time when Joey tossed the ball which could have just been Elliot.

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30. "i think Craig is real, just due to their last scene"
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34. "well if Craig is real then Joey has to be..."
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he walked right up to him and calmed him down when the fight almost broke out. That's why I think they're a packaged psychosis deal

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35. "ok...i guess they are both real"
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32. "any new character that only talk to elliot could be fake."
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if they in a scene w/o elliot then theyre real.

unless its a scene happening in elliot's mind. then esmail is just fucking with us.

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20. "FUCK this aftershow!"
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my dvr recorded it as another episode. i clicked on it because it was on top and the first thing dude does is spoil the ending before i realized what it was

fantastic opener nonetheless

  

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27. "lmao"
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i watched a few mins of it and hated it immediately...my DVR better stop taping that BS

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29. "he did the Thones one which i kind of liked"
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because it was just people not involved with the show nerding it up about details of episodes. this one follows that Talking Dead type format where they bring in people from the show on some "what ways are you like and not like Elliot? fuck off with that.

  

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31. "it's only for the first episode and the finale. The Verge is doing "
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the "after show" for the rest of the episodes I believe. Andy Greenwald is great. But I laughed when he called Talking Dead basically the lowest form of television and then him and Chris Ryan got After the Thrones and Chris Hardwick was gloating like a little kid. But they made up on the Andy Greenwald Pod a couple years ago.

Andy's humour is very dark in his writing and The Watch pod, so its funny to see him thrust into the cheerful host role. I'm not sure he loves it, but its gotta be good for business and for raising awareness for The Ringer

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28. "Great opener"
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Promising
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36. "second season has been so awesome"
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IMO the predictability of the first season seems totally worth it now that we explore basically the mind of an insane person


the last episode was pretty damn amazing

  

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92. "So I've just started episode 3 and there's two things I love and hate"
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Love how hard it is to watch Elliot's mental illness. They are constructing such a clear picture of how difficult it must be to have schizophrenia. From the sound engineering, to the construction of the scenes, to the dynamics of the interactions he has with other people: All of it is so well done.

I also love that this show had the courage to develop within a "revolution" on American soil and it's not a dystopia or a utopia. While I may not rock with some of the representation or lack of detail with how the world is functioning in terms of money, it's a unique and difficult word to build

What I don't like, sorry, Darlene. It's awesome that they got a woman at the head of the rebellion, but she's terribly written and annoying. In no which way would I follow or believe in her in the real world. She has no vision beyond the crumble, she's overly emotional, she doesn't know how to talk to her own comrades, and she simultaneously understands how dire things are yet doesn't. If Darlene acted within the rebellion like Angela acted within E Corp, then I could rock with her. I would much rather they debeloped Trenton as the head woman of the movement. I blame the writers for that though, but Carly ain't the best actress either

Speaking of Angela, Portia is actually doing a great job with her, but her arc seems off and rushed. The subtleties of how much angst and conflict she has are so well done, but I don't understand why. Maybe that's on me as a viewer. It just seems one day she's being crushed by the realities of what this Corp has done to her family, then she's lock step down with their power...

Joey and Craig, especially Joey, have been great additions. I'm upset they killed Romero first. Like come on y'all, the Black dudes, first, again. I know I know technically they off'during Gideon first, but you know what I mean.

Fuck I'm addicted right now, lol

  

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94. "I hear ya, I dont mind darlene"
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she seems to be purposely unable to see it from a big picture standpoint

i think this season is really building up to show that Mr. Robot is important for that aspect

  

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106. "really liking Angela now"
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her arc is making sense now. she hasn't bought the kool-aide all the way, but she's def struggling with how to manage her need for revenge, her personal desire for power, and to stay loyal to Elliot and his team

  

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37. "last nights episode was fantastic."
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38. "feels like the plotline only inched forward but"
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there was so much information revealed



anyone else regularly pause and rewind to see what all hes doing on the pc screens?


they say they are all legit hacks that they test/setup in a lab before hand so its interesting to see his usernames and names programs, what tools etc...

  

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39. "i've heard the same thing but i wouldn't know"
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i'm not versed in the shit to be able to tell
but the way the episode started out was like, yes this nigga is back
and they took it from "ok we're outside of his head now"
to holy shit tyrell's wife
holy shit craig robinson crazy
holy shit gunfight in china
holy shit angela
holy shit they kidnapped this nigga
i feel like ppl tapped out after the first 4
and being a huge fan of the show i feel vindicated
and i remember darlene saying on twitter that episode 6 (next weeks) is her favorite so who knows
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40. "ya im clueless to the hacking world but it absolutely"
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intrigues me

and to hear about how much thought they put into I find myself so curious!!


but ya i love everything about this show


BD Wong is the shit btw

  

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41. "the aftershow breaks down some of the code meaning"
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http://www.theverge.com/2016/8/3/12366776/mr-robot-season-2-episode-5-aftershow-live-stream
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42. "ok excellent thank you"
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ive been avoiding it cause of spoilers but i think im over due in checking it out

  

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43. "Can someone explain the Tyrells wife subplot to me?"
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I get she is the wife of the most wanted man in the world, but why were her and her bodyguard paying the guy they killed to keep quiet? What was he keeping quiet about ?

  

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44. "shes working for someone"
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i assume the chinese, the dark army or whoever this mysterious cabal is that price + white rose both are involved with

*edit*

just to clarify I believe no real indication of her true motives has been shown yet


so its either the above, or she thinks she protecting tyrell/elliot

  

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45. "RE: Can someone explain the Tyrells wife subplot to me?"
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I thought she was paying off the guy to keep quiet about finding Elliot in the parking lot after he woke up from after the 5/9 hack. Still don't know why though.

  

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49. "exactly he was the parking lot attendant"
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that found elliot


but the way she has talked about her "plan" with tyrell before (about becoming cto and all that) implies there is more going on with her

  

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46. "Cause E=T? I don't necessarily believe it. It's fun to ponder though. "
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58. "if E = T then im officially lost"
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and i got no idea how that'd even work.

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47. "at face value, it's to protect Tyrell"
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and to make it look like she has no connection left to him.
but who knows WHAT the fuck is goin on with that broad lol.

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101. "What happened here? How'd this thread jump from ep2.5 to 5"
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Joanne is cold. She took ol bartender boy's soul in ep4 and proceeded to dome him up like it would even matter. Theno the philosophy of how and why they murdered old boy, this show is reaching peak atheism/ chaos theory... it's wonderful

White Rose is a fantastic character. From the gender bending, to the theoretics about time, to him possibly being the smartest person on the show knowing he has to feed capitalism, stay within ethnic tradition, and be at the Frontier of technology. Es muy bueno

Some one please punch Angela in the face

Damn I really hope the Elliott in psyche ward theory is not true, but McGriff and PimpTrick kinda gave it away above

That shoot out... woooo.

I'm upset that doesn't get any dick redhead survived. Her character bothers me, only cause she making gains against the Rebellion.

  

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48. "this show stays being the motherfucking shit."
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but can someone explain to me how they let a whole gang of f-bombs go all unedited in the first few eps, and then in ep4 Darlene says "cunty" but they muted out all the "fucks" in the same ep?? lol. what copies am i watching? are they releasing unedited joints anywhere? (clearly i'm watching online).

just utterly fascinated with White Rose at this point. BD Wong is killin it. and Elliott needs to start finding that middle ground and listen to dad when it's got to do with survival instincts, coulda saved himself from a beatdown.

so the shooters in China were Dark Army? can we assume this?

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50. "i caught the censoring too"
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its like they have a limit of how many cuss words and "cunty" used all of the remaining ones up for the season

  

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51. "i'm thinking its USA who made the call"
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ppl vs oj had fucks and niggers throughout the whole season unedited
my guess is USA said they could do whatever, then they pulled back bc they were scared of losing the ad money

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52. "btw, u can watch "The Careful Massacre of the Bourgeoisie" online"
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https://www.whoismrrobot.com/massacre.

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53. "Sam Esmail talks Whiterose, long episodes and season 2 reactions (swipe)"
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http://www.ew.com/article/2016/08/03/mr-robot-whiterose-long-episodes-season-2-reactions.

Posted August 3 2016 — 11:00 PM EDT

Regardless of your specific reaction to season s of USA’s Mr. Robot so far, it’s safe to say the new set of episodes have felt… different. This is a darker part of Elliot Alderson’s story. The episodes are longer (tonight’s being the first episode this year to clock in at under 60 minutes). And the pace is slower than the hack-focused plotting of last year, when Mr. Robot broke out in a big way.

And there have been some growing pains. Complaints about runtimes have cropped up, and creator/executive producer Sam Esmail has acknowledged this publicly (albeit in a slightly tongue-in-cheek fashion).

EW caught up with Esmail, busy in post-production on the rest of the season, to talk about some of the biggest moments in episode 4, “eps2.3_logic-b0mb.hc,” and address some of the reactions to the series this year.

ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY: What were the early conversations about Ray and the role he would play in Elliot’s life?
SAM ESMAIL: Ray, to me, was a character that I always had in mind to represent the Silk Road archetype, meaning if you think about the morality of something like a Silk Road, you’re essentially creating a marketplace that anyone can do trade on and you’re just going to ignore what they’re actually doing. It’s actually free trade without any laws or limits. For Ray, he’s the guy looking the other way. He’s making a lot of money, but he’s trying to ignore what’s being bought and sold on there. We just thought that was an interesting moral gray area to explore with a character. I thought it would be an interesting intersection to have Elliot confront someone like that, who is a decent guy but who could actually commit the atrocities that are on this marketplace. He’s indirectly allowing them to happen. Elliot is trying to not be that vigilante anymore. He’s trying to move away from that. I just thought, here we have two guys in murky areas in their lives, and they cross paths. What does that look like? What are the effects of that?

It also feels like the first time we’re starting to see the full, real Elliot in season two.
There is a thing in Elliot. There’s the good side of his vigilantism that wants to save the world — the thing that he said at the end of the first season — that he’s locked away. He locked it away with the bad side effects of that, which is in essence what Mr. Robot embodies. He’s locked away the good and the bad and essentially zombified himself because he feels like it’s the only way to control it. This is the first time that temptation has come back to him. That harkens back to the Elliot we saw in the first season, but it’s a very reluctant Elliot. He actually doesn’t act fast enough, and he gets punished for that.

That rattail is one of the grossest things I’ve seen on TV in a while.
Yeah, we’re trying to set the bar.

Whiterose has gotten some more of the spotlight in these last two episode. What did you want to convey about her life and backstory as we begin to see a fuller picture of her?
The one thing about Whiterose that’s very interesting is the mystery, right? It’s not what you know about the person; it’s more about what you don’t know and how to keep that intriguing. A lot of the charm of Whiterose is the way BD plays it. He’s so brilliant at playing coy and complex and mysterious and just fun. He’s got this great smile. In tonight’s episode, he walked down the stairs, and he’s got this serious look. Then it switches to a smile. I love that moment. That’s the only thing that I want to convey about Whiterose, that she has a passion. We don’t know what that passion is, but she is very diligent and very deliberate and very methodical about what she’s after. If she doesn’t get it, she quickly adjusts and figures out an alternative way of getting. And she holds her cards very close to her vest. I think what we’re seeing is her methodology, but also in tandem with that, we’re seeing her passion and seeing how much she cares about the causes she’s taken on right now.

And we’re seeing a sadness in her in the scenes with Dom. What made them interesting sparring partners for you?
You’re right. There is a sadness, and I equate that with passion. She’s going through this inner struggle with her identity. She feels so much like one person, and she doesn’t feel like she can be that person. That’s part of her passion. She wishes she could. I think what she sees in Dom is that same notion. We haven’t gone down Dom’s path yet, but there is something about Dom that has that same sadness, the same hiding behind the mask. Is she the person she wants to be? Does she feel like she can be the person she identifies with? What I love about it is that Whiterose always goes to the background for people. She doesn’t talk to Santiago, who is the head figure. She goes to the person that she sees is a little more cunning, a little smarter and more on her game, but just doesn’t fit into her identity as well as she could. I think that’s the connection Whiterose feels with Dom.

This week’s episode was shorter than the others this season, and you tweeted about the runtimes, apologizing. Why were episodes running long before?
To clarify my tweet, because I think maybe people took it the wrong way, I don’t apologize for those episodes because I actually really love those episodes, and I think everyone did a really good job. The problem was that, as a viewer, I know that if I have to watch a 65-minute episode that night — I’m talking about any great show that I love, Fargo or Game of Thrones — I know I’ll probably watch half of it and then watch the rest the next night. Sometimes it’s good to just get a 42-minute episode, so you can sit there, watch it, and bang it out in a night. That was really what was behind the tweet.

Obviously, I think people had problems with the pacing of those episodes, and that’s a very subjective thing. We in the edit bay and people I showed the cuts to, we felt very proud of those episodes. The thing I want to say about pacing is that an episode can have a slower pace and still be compelling. There are a lot of television shows that have very slow paces. It doesn’t go through a lot of story and it’s still compelling and entertaining. Obviously, that’s where we were at with our whole season this year, because we know that the pace got slower from the first season. That was by design, but we felt that we were putting out pretty compelling, entertaining stuff.

For the first few episodes of our season, those long runtimes were necessary to get through what we needed to set up for the season. There wasn’t anything we could really do, and I think we really tightened it and made it as polished as possible to set up those beats and tell those stories. Unfortunately for some people out there, it wasn’t as engaging, and for others it was. That’s the nature of the beast.
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i'm with Esmail.
and fuck apologising for ANYthing. i'm LOVIN the longer runtimes. and the seemingly slower pace. gotta let shit cook first. can't stand all these fickle impatient viewers AND critics taking a huge dump on the first few eps of this season (one of the reviews for the most recent ep was titled: "Mr. Robot Is Good Again!". what the fuck man lol). this show goes from strength to strength. you're either wholly engrossed in this universe, and everything that happens within it, or ur looking for quick and immediate satisfaction and payoffs and not stopping to soak in and enjoy just the visual and aural aesthetic in front of u. just watching and listening to the show is extremely stimulating on its own. that's on top of freaking mesmerising performances by Malek, and most recently by BD Wong. and shit, everyone else. i hope Elliot takes some meta digs at us for not having faith in the material somehow lol.

my only gripe is the afore-mentioned random muting of the word "fuck" which, considering all the OTHER shit they let fly (graphic murders, surprise buttseks, all kindsa drug-induced shit), is a bit fucking silly.

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54. "I haven't heard any of the complaints"
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Just enjoying the show. I got in late so was downloading episodes and didn't notice the censorship on the downloaded ones at all, I know I distinctly heard one fuck on an episode this season, maybe some others were muted and I just didn't catch them tho.

I'm just loving this show and trying to recruit all my friends to check out. A lot of them have Amazon Prime where season one is streaming. I'm not sure what twists they will pull off to give this multiple enjoyable seasons but nearly half way thru season 2 and I'm all in.


I'm also glad Christian Slater is finally doing something worthwhile again. I was a big fan of his early on, Heathers, Pump up the Volume, True Romance, even Kuffs were some of my fav movies back in high school. I just rewatched Pump up the Volume recently, dated as hell but still good. lol

  

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55. "dude, "Kuffs" is one of my fav flicks of all-time lol."
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Slater's doin awesome work this late in the game. good to see him on top again.

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56. "this show is so far up it's own ass it's unreal lmao"
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and i love every minute of it.

im utterly floored at this episode and im only 10 mins in.

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57. "i was like "is the whole episode gonna be like dis?""
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at a certain point i fast forwarded to get to the real shit.
the beginning didn't need to be longer than 5-10 mins
i'm glad they did it tho
streets need shit like that

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59. "yeah i was worried it was going to be the full episode"
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it went on a little too long but worked well overall

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60. "Im hoping its a turning point...too much time in Elliot's brain"
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with him and Mr. Robot fighting it out this season. Hopefully the episode helped em reach a truce cause too much shit is popping in the real world, lol

  

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62. "theres all kinds of interesting things in the tv show though"
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63. "Tyrell showing up in that sequence of all places = genius."
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and his line about his Ferragamo shoes lol.
loved everything bout the 90s sitcomisation.
and ALF??!
and GIDEON!??
and Gideon returning only to smh at his own death...and then die again? and die by being run over by..ALF?! lol.
this show is one of the main reasons i regret quitting weed.

seems to have been lots of clues about real world shit buried in that sequence: primarily what happened to Tyrell, & the mother's abusive behaviour toward Darlene.

overall good to see Mr. Robot showing a more sensitive side toward Elliot. yes he's the survival instinct, but he's also the visual representation of his father. it's bout time they had a nice 'moment'.

Angela's one-take sabotage scene was dope.
can't believe we're already halfway thru the season.

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64. "Yes"
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The one take scene was a standout moment for me that episode.


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>Angela's one-take sabotage scene was dope.
>can't believe we're already halfway thru the season.
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103. "Yeah, all of this"
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Really brilliant IMO

  

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66. "The ad for USA Up All Night made it all worthwhile"
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61. "What a weird but still good season"
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Only thing I am having a problem wrapping my mind around is the Craig Robinson situation. I don't feel the same danger sense that I did with last years 'real world violence' badguy Vera.

It's not Craig Robinson's fault, because he's nailing the role. But last year Elliot/Mr.Robot went through so much crazy shit that its hard for me to imagine this being too much of a hangup. Of course Elliot was too busy trying to get 'sane' but considering he was pulling guns on his friends as Mr.Robot last season in addition to presumably murdering and hiding Welleck's body..Im just waiting for him to let the Mr.Robot persona take over and fuck shit up.

  

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65. "This show is great"
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Alf yo. Lmao I wouldn't have been mad if it went the whole episode, was hilarious. Mom punching Darlene in the face, macing Amanda. And Elliot took worst tv beating since Hank beat down Jesse. Good shit

  

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67. "Wow"
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I was not expecting that at all. I was disappointed in a lot of stuff half way thru the episode and now I am just wow, need to go back and watch stuff again I think.

  

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68. "RE: Wow"
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I always figured Elliot was either in jail or a mental institution. But now I'm curious to what he was locked up for. They haven't revealed who came to his apartment at the end of season 1, so maybe related to that?

I also don't think Mr Robot is being honest with Elliot about Tyrell.

  

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69. "Spoiler I suppose"
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Given the reveal, what exactly was the deal with the Craig Robinson character? Was he a prison guard or someone on high up with a Silk Road type setup? I'm guessing the show will explain that more in detail, but that doesn't make too much sense to me, and the way that storyline ended was quite lame.

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70. "RE: Spoiler I suppose"
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That's what I meant by being disappointed first, the way that ended I thought was a big copout. I first thought he was playing Elliot at the chess game, then when he wasn't and the cops were coming that was bullshit. lol But then the twist at the end I didn't see coming. I guess I wouldn't have been as surpised if it was 2 or 3 episodes ago but last episode was essentially a dream within a dream so completely threw me off.

I need to rewatch that last part but thought Ray was just one of the prisoners and was in the NA meetings with him too, maybe not tho.

  

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71. "probably a prison guard"
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>Given the reveal, what exactly was the deal with the Craig
>Robinson character? Was he a prison guard or someone on high
>up with a Silk Road type setup?

he had a dog + he had a his own office w/computer.

  

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72. "RE: probably a prison guard"
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Yeah, think its a guard or warden now. So most everything did happen, website was real but ran by this guard and Elliot exposed it. The Seinfeld cat does probably work for White Rose and stopped a prisoner ambush. Its making more sense now, was pretty confused after watching last night.

  

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73. "My guess is Craig is some sorta counselor"
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But yeah I think it all happened and that's why he needed his computer to hack the FBI. It's bugged out but it all makes sense.

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107. "ok. that makes sense. it's a hard story line to process"
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with the reveal

  

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78. "It was my guess Ray was either a counselor"
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or a prison guard. Likely he was a counselor as he had an office and a computer. He ran a Silk Road site that some of the prisoners used.

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74. "GREAT ep, but....a KNIFE in the fucking ASS, dude. lol."
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and then he fucking STOMPED ON IT.
good lord. that was (wait for it)...bada$$?
the prevailing theory was he was in an asylum by his own free will in order to work on a way of destroying Mr. Robot. jail was a close second, but that just opens up a whole new story as to...WHY.
it can't have anything to do with 5/9 otherwise he woulda presumably been frontpage news by now, Gideon wouldn't have been the fallguy, nor Tyrell been the only public mastermind. maybe freeing Vera from prison was the reason? can't see why he would *willingly* put himself into the prison system so it musta been a past fuckup come back and biting him on the ass.
great mindfuck, but the clues were pretty much there the whole time.

so are we really trusting he won't do this again to "us"?

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76. "at the end of season 1 he says "i need to get myself arressted""
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so the idea is that he turned himself in for the hack/dog theft of his therapists boyfriend


so while relatively minor it did land him in actual prison


Ray was most likely a counselor (he talks about how he thought he was going to "Save" elliot) the therapy dog, him having his own office etc..


then he reveals that he also didnt know exactly what was being sold on the site until the first IT guy got beat up thats why elliot is going to "Save" him (he was basically being extorted/threatened by the other prison guards and prisoners) so him getting arrested was him getting saved

  

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77. "ah makes sense. shit musta forgot him saying that."
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thanks.

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108. "ahh this makes sense"
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word. thanks

  

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109. "they deserved it"
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105. "Joey was incredible in that scene. just so well done"
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when Elliot was about to be raped that confirmed he was in jail for me, was smiling at the reveal

  

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75. "btw: renewed for season 3 (swipe)"
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http://variety.com/2016/tv/news/mr-robot-renewed-season-3-rami-malek-sam-esmail-1201838194.

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79. "Fun episode"
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No Elliot or Mr Robot, mostly focused on Darlene and crew. It was good to get some more background on the other characters tho. Only 4 episodes left and not sure where they are going yet.

  

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80. "The only misstep in my opinion"
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was seeing that FBI agent with the caffeine addition completely blow that interrogation with that nervous guy from F Society. She's been on point with everything else this season, so it was weird to see her be so way off in how she questioned that guy. Other than that, stellar episode.

"Sean sparks like John Starks, nah, Sean ball like John Wall" - Rest In Power Forever Sean Price.

  

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81. "I figure because everyone is 100% on Wellick is the main dude"
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With FSociety being B and C tier actors. Im sure if she was focused more on Wellick's day to day life/wife in her investigations she would have came in guns blazing because she would have known wassup.


>was seeing that FBI agent with the caffeine addition
>completely blow that interrogation with that nervous guy from
>F Society. She's been on point with everything else this
>season, so it was weird to see her be so way off in how she
>questioned that guy. Other than that, stellar episode.

  

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83. "i kinda liked the interrogation because"
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they have actually led you to believe up until this point that some of these people in the FBI are relatively competent but even the ones that seem like they are on it...are still a step or two behind

  

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82. "Best episode of season "
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Darlene going all in. Refuses to lose.

I really like this side of the show more than Elliot. Sorry Elliot.

That lollipop from the chick is super annoying

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84. "At this point I think Angela and Darlene are just as much the stars of S..."
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As Elliot

I already felt that way, but Angela singing Everybody Wants To Rule The World and Darlene with the stun gun scene sealed it

  

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86. "makes sense for this season too"
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once you establish that the narrator is officially unreliable then it's good to sidetrack him so that the show doesn't become too reliant on that "sike, everything is fake!" thing. we all knew there was another side to his story (RE: his living situation) that we weren't getting, but if the whole thing is about unraveling the mystery of elliott's mind it could get annoying quick.

  

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85. "Loved Angela singing, it was like she's realizing shes losing"
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her soul the longer she stays with E-corp. I just want to know if she is really going to stick to her plan to take them down.

Absolutely loving all the music choices this season- I swear that episode where they played Phil Collins - Take Me Home and dude set the money on fire was EVERYTHING!!!!!

Love this show!

  

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87. "Finally caught up... whew, what a show."
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I love how the big "twist" of each season has been largely telegraphed. It's not a twist for the sake of shocking the audience, but feels like a more organic reveal in the context of the story.

The biggest thing sticking on my mind right now... what exactly is the Dark Army's role in all this? Whiterose is both Minister of Defense and head of the Dark Army. He/She wants to see the world burn, but is also apparently trusted by Philip Price. And clearly they wanted access to Allsafe via Cisco's bootleg rap CD... but access to/for what? And why do they now want access to the FBI?

Not to mention there's an implicit assumption that Dark Army would never have been involved had it not been for fsociety's insistence on their involvement (from S1). Their agenda seems like it's older than fsociety, but without fsociety E Corp never goes down (if that was even part of their agenda in the first place... and now my head hurts).

And Tyrell is still gone as fuck (hilarious how he showed up in 90's sitcom dream world, yet we still don't get a look at his face.... wonder why?)

A bit of a bummer was Ray's surprisingly peaceful exit. Hopefully they jump back into his story a bit to explain some things, but expecting Elliot to turn him in seemed like a big leap of faith.

Really good stuff so far, wish more heads were watching this.

As a sidenote, it's interesting to see real life imitating art... I don't claim to be well versed on all the nuances, but apparently the FBI is looking to crackdown on TOR and bitcoin users:

https://news.bitcoin.com/update-bitcoiners-use-tor-warned/

(partial swipe):

A revised Rule 41 would allow the FBI to use a single warrant to hack an indefinite number of computers anywhere in the world. To hack a computer today, the FBI requires a warrant issued by a court with jurisdiction over the location of the targeted machine. After December 1, the FBI can quietly get a warrant from any federal judge and hack not merely a single computer but all computers connected to it…and so on and so on.

In theory, a single warrant issued anywhere in America would allow the FBI to control millions of computers on a botnet whether or not they were located in the United States.

  

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88. "So did any of that prison stuff happen?"
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I'm still not clear on what was and wasn't real. Did the warden (Craig Robinson) really run that website and get caught? Did Joey Badass real slice those dudes up?

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89. "Everything was real in prison"
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The long intro was just to show you who everyone was 'in real life' and how he ended up there in the first place.

  

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90. "Its going to be interesting to see how they end the season"
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I assume Stage 2 is going to be the focus, or at least its gonna be the 'aha' moment that they end the season on.

I like the fact we moved into pure paranoia mode, although I hope the inner conflict between Mr.Robot and Elliot dies down since its taking up pretty much most of the season.

I like the fact that all the players are getting closer together and aren't working in their separate silos anymore.

  

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99. "the Elliot/Mr. Robot conflict will probs stay central thru the whole run"
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i think Esmail's said as much, that it's mostly a focus on Elliot with all the other crazy shit as peripheral (but important of course) stuff.
i don't think we're quite done with it this season either, judging from Elliot's weird timelapses and observations of self from afar. just when he thinks he's got an understanding of his condition, it morphs into something else.

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110. "yeah that's been my one gripe"
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it's too much Elliot v Mr. Robot, but it makes sense post Stage 1, that his schizophrenia would only get worse

well, I also don't like how it's kinda up in the air who has and doesn't have hard cash, or where are folks getting it from and all that

  

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95. "The prison yard scene put this big childish grin on my face. Esmail you ..."
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96. "the nod to Shawshank was nice"
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100. "sooo...who does Cisco find in the smart house?"
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im gonna GUESS a wounded Mobley (apparently there was a shadow going down the stairs in the background as Cisco was getting closer to the sound of the breathing).

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102. "A thong, thong, thong, thong, thong!"
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111. "Oh if yall want to go down the Mr. Robot rabbit hole "
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I strongly suggest you read these two reddits

chocked full of spoilers of course

https://www.reddit.com/r/MrRobot/

ARG>

https://www.reddit.com/r/mrrobotarg

  

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112. "YES. i been on that reddit since 2eps ago."
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lost so many hours of my life in there lol.

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113. "buy Elliot's journal, "Red Wheelbarrow", here:"
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http://happyvalleyshop.com/products/mr-robot-red-wheelbarrow.

Available to pre-order now, released November 1st

The tie-in book for award-winning series MR. ROBOT, Elliot's journal Red Wheelbarrow is written by show creator Sam Esmail and show writer Courtney Looney. Before and during the events of season two, Elliot recorded his most private thoughts in this journal and now you can hold this piece of the series in your hands. Experience Elliot's battles to gain control of his life and his struggles to survive increasingly dangerous circumstances, in a brand-new story rendered in his own words.

The notebook also holds seven removable artifacts a ripped-out page, a newspaper clipping, a mysterious envelope, and more along with sketches throughout the book. You'll discover the story behind MR. ROBOT season two and hints of what is to come. This book is the ultimate journey into the world of the show and a key to hacking the mind of its main character
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114. "I rolled my eyes when I saw the ad for this"
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the show is great but they're a little too into their own mythology. fans dissecting everything on the internet is one thing, but this? cmon.

  

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115. "This shit is so good..."
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...but so damn confusing lol

I don't know if I didn't pay great attention up front, but who was the injured guy Sisqo picked up from that house? They said the Capitol Hill job?

Did Angela set up Elliot on the train? Who is making the blocked calls and why was goofy nose chauffeur freaked out about the address?

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116. "he was in the first episode of the season"
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they showed him walking up the stairs of the safe house with the prosthetic leg
there was a part of the FBI hack that darlene sent him to dc for

i don't think angela set elliot up on the train bc it doesn't look like she recognized the people who walked up to her
and in the previews for next week she looks like she's being held captive

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118. "Yeah i think it's more what Dom warned her about"
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that the next step without her help is she'd be snatched up

  

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119. "if you go back and look those same two people"
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are in the background in alot of scenes when Angela is out in public

most likely they are her "tail"


  

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124. "And they're actually in the credits for prior episodes too..."
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as "Inconspicuous Man" and "Inconspicuous Woman"

  

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130. "I like the potential for red herring here"
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Dom mentions she is being "tailed"


But its never clear if its these two people

  

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121. "That's the address of the parking lot attendant who"
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the chauffeur killed earlier in the season. He was freaked because that dude is dead and Wellick wouldn't be calling from that address.

>Did Angela set up Elliot on the train? Who is making the
>blocked calls and why was goofy nose chauffeur freaked out
>about the address?

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122. "I think it might be Scott Knowles"
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but this show is so insane who knows at this point

  

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126. "That's what i thought when he said it's the last place he'd be"
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117. "Elliot's an asshole"
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He touched upon it this episode, how he's been locked away working on himself while letting everyone on the outside take the fall.

But Reg! He's been dealing with mental issue stuff! But both Elliot and Mr.Robot have dropped the ball...you figured if Mr.Robot gave a fuck (or better yet, if Mr.Robot felt Elliot gave a fuck) he would have used it as a reason to motivate him when he was trying to get Elliot on plan.

  

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120. "Cisco's head yall"
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that was brutal

  

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163. "man, didnt even notice til i saw a close-up gif of that scene:"
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https://i.imgur.com/q7zRgZD.gifv.

R.I.P(ieces) Cisco.

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123. "Holy shit. Soon as I seen that bike roll up (Spoilers)"
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i knew what was coming

I can't believe they let Dom survive a second shooting

I watched the drive-by scene again, I looked like Dom pulled Darlene out of the way, but she also had hella blood on her

they had Joanna come off kinda hammy with the "do you wanna say no to me scene". the slow here is the cell shot was basura as well. But good lawd she looked exquisite in that dress.

and that opening scene between Phillip and Colby was brilliant. The angles, the positions of the men, the color saturation, the painting, and Satie's Gnossiene no. 1 playing in the background... incredible

I'm a really need BD Wong to crush Phillip though. That white man makes my skin crawl

  

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127. "Joanna's frightening man lol"
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i zoned out and missed the meat of their convo (as i usually do with any Joanna scene lol) and i thought she was trying to fuck elliot. i'm like "NOOO ELLIOT DONT SAY NO"

then i rewatched it and i'm like "noooo she gonna kill you if you dont do what she want"

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131. "lol. you a fool. i thought she was gunna fuck him too"
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and then I was like wait, resist you fucn weirdo genius...

and Bruh, when she was told the story of making Terrell fuck a woman to steal them fake diamond ear rings. i was like wow she the real evil empire mvp

and then I said, well i need a Joanne in my life immediately, LOL

  

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132. "the whole time im like well obviously she dont know elliot"
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cause hes probably the last person on earth that can be seduced LOL


but then of course he did it anyway, but obviously not because of that reason

  

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125. "Fucking precious metals, man. This show runs deep."
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http://www.mining.com/fresh-wave-of-chinese-firms-go-after-congos-riches-report/

Apparently this has been China's MO for some time, but I love how they pull no punches in telling the story they want to tell.

  

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129. "The Dr. Strangelove connection is real yall"
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from the reddit post

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133. "Thanks, I was wondering about that"
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134. "*rubs temple* this episode made my head hurt"
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I don't know what's real and what's not. I don't know what or why anyone is doing what they are doing.
Just too much confusion

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135. "Ya it was, but Earth Angel? Awesome"
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137. "Is Earth Angel a reference to a song in the episode?"
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138. "Playing at the end when Tyrell and Elliott walk off together"
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139. "Ya they played a bunch of music from back to the future"
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143. "yeah the song playing in the cab was the song"
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that came on the clock radio that woke up Marty towards the end of Back To the future.

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136. "I liked the trippiness of this episode...but its veering towards Lost te..."
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Issues: I understand its a two parter but they didn't move the plot forward almost at all. We don't have answers of what happened to Darlene, they were they were intentionally obtuse on what changed Angela's mind (thus adding a new mystery), and they still haven't explained who's been making those late night phone calls.

On the positives the imagery as usual was great...that room and girl were trippy. It's always fun watching the E-Corp dude throw his nuts around in the room, and imho Wellick was missed (there was something about his simple self-serving evilness that grounds the show).

I read a review where they were like either this is gonna be the biggest shark jump ever or a whole awesome new refresh for the show.

We've done a complete 360 from where the show started with a lonely hacker group trying to take down an evil corporation into half of the secondary cast "dead", international assassins and secret safe houses run by 10 year old interrogators. From the jump Rami said he had it all planned out and season 1 was just the first act of the 'movie', so hopefully he pulls it off.

  

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140. "The blade runner scene and turring(sp?) Were great"
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141. "There's no redeeming"
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that idiotic Alexa scene. I'm curious why in the world she felt the need to put glasses on since she didn't need to aid her vision to talk to the device while laying in bed. Just a painfully bad scene all around.

"Sean sparks like John Starks, nah, Sean ball like John Wall" - Rest In Power Forever Sean Price.

  

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142. "I liked it, it just wasn't needed."
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>that idiotic Alexa scene. I'm curious why in the world she
>felt the need to put glasses on since she didn't need to aid
>her vision to talk to the device while laying in bed. Just a
>painfully bad scene all around.

It's the best scene they've done as far as the 'super smart cop goes home to an empty apartment because they are consumed with their work' trope...at least here there isn't a sad masturbation scene. The problem is that while this scene worked we've already seen lesser versions of it and they've already given somewhat of an explanation of why she's like this (when she told that story about how she was about to get married). But you right on those glasses tho, LOL. At least if they had her start to read or something.

  

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154. "The scene in itself was fairly stupid"
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and made even worse in that the time spent on that scene could have been used to make whatever in the world was going on during the episode a bit more understandable since that time could have been spent to move the story forward in the clearer fashion. Perhaps Amazon is underwriting this season of Mr. Robot and that explains that idiotic, ham-fisted way the Alexa was used in the episode? That's the only thing that would make sense to me.

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145. "maybe she was gonna get out of bed and go back to work"
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but changed her mind?

  

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146. "It was a very good bad episode. The Lynchian qualities are starting to....."
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eat away at it

And y'all know I don't fudge with Lynch: riddles for riddles sake.

I am starting to miss the first season and the prison trip of this season

Dom is good character, we'll acted, but a tired archetype

There also just having DB Wong be a new version of Orientalism, and it's fucn annoying

  

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158. "agreed on all this"
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>I am starting to miss the first season and the prison trip of
>this season
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>Dom is good character, we'll acted, but a tired archetype
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>There also just having DB Wong be a new version of
>Orientalism, and it's fucn annoying

  

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191. "Interesting"
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>There also just having DB Wong be a new version of
>Orientalism, and it's fucn annoying

What does this mean?

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144. "The show needs to pull in Emmys Sunday to get more attention"
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It did win a couple Golden Globes so maybe. USA just ain't going like that. Its doing about Mad Men first couple season numbers tho and that was helped tremendously imo by being a critical success. Breaking Bad started off better and became enormous after awards and word of mouth, not sure if this will have those legs or not to last past season 3.

  

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147. "holy shit $2 trilli bailout. holy shit"
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that number bout made my eyes pop out my head.

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149. "damn that episode was flames.."
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i do wish that they'd done the whole 2 part finale.

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148. "Fool me once . . . "
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I was burned before with this type of gimmicky storytelling with Lost. Should I stick this out? Is there any chance that dude isn't making shit up as this show goes along like Lindelof and Cuse did? Shows obsessed with mystery rarely end well. What a change from season 1.

  

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150. "the dude has straight up said he wants to keep it grounded in reality"
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so I'll give him the benefit of the doubt.

on one hand I dont mind so much if it goes all sci-fi, just because I want to see if he will do it well

On the other hand I think we may be in for the okey doke

WR making us think they are on some kind of Matrix/Bladerunner/Manchurian Canidate/AI shit...


and its gonna turn out to just be some good old fashioned china vs usa nuclear brinksmanship hijinx with hackers

  

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151. "Reddit is pushing a Dark Army time travel theory"
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Like whenever there is a brownout, that is the dark army going back in time (fits with the BTTF music this ep).

1 example: there was a brown out right before the dark army showed up to kill Sisqo at the diner. The DA showed up right after Dom arrived and before the police came to the scene.

I'm checking out if something like this turns out to be true.

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152. "it's not going to be time travel"
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theyre way out in the wilderness with the theories this time.

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159. "I hope not"
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153. "i loved every goddamn thing about that episode."
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this show man.
all those Back To The Future callbacks were cool.
not convinced it's there as part of a time travel/multiverse story, but more to highlight the fact that it was mentioned by Angela to Elliot on the train in the prev ep (maybe to play up their burgeoning emotional connection?). i'm sure there's more to it than that but i'm still not buying it being just a time travel connection.
fucking Elliot snooping on himself.
fucking WELLICK.
clearly Mr. Robot's been hijacking Elliot since 5/9 in order to facilitate stage 2. kinda excited to see what the hell it is.
Angela seemed less fearful, more purposeful. whatever Whiterose said or showed her w/out us being there seems to have put Angela on her own path. she def seemed more relaxed about everything...altho in a quasi-manchurian candidate type way.
anyone else feel like they're planting the seeds for Dom's defection? she seems to fit the hacker profile. would totally buy her joining fsociety at some point.
altho the hospital scene gave jackshit away, i'm gonna assume Cisco died and Darlene survived...then again i'm not entirely convinced ANYone (other than Elliot) is safe.
yes shit got Lynchian for a minute there but i enjoyed every creepy confusing minute of it.

i think overall, with one ep to go, i've loved the transition from the rather rudimentary premise of season 1 into a much more deeply layered exploration into a post-rebellion world in s2. Angela summed it up nicely during her convo with Elliot on the train, how they'll never win. that essentially the PTBs will always find a way to rig the game, even if they're forced to reset the system. main point being that chaos and disorder is fuel to their fire. out of the ashes of something as epic as 5/9 come new and wonderful ways for those in charge to further consolidate power. and like a One in The Matrix, Elliot and his movement play their part in that larger game. i can see each season being an opportunity to peel back more n more layers of the system, to reveal how deep and ingrained the control really is. the fascinating part, to me, is trying to see HOW a movement like fsociety can have any kind of positive impact for the greater good and for the common shlub, without it benefiting the "1% of the 1%".

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155. "do you think...? (potential spoiler)"
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wellick is in elliots head like mr robot?
i'm not sure if i'm on board with two tyler durdens
i'll keep watching it because despite the out there shit it's still one of the best shows on tv
but all season long i've been hoping that they wouldn't do that
it's literally the most predictable least exciting thing they could do
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161. "there's a couple of possibilities"
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either Tyrell was killed by Mr. Robot and Elliot has now absorbed him into his system as another alter, or (and imo more likely) Elliot successfully had a lucid dream and is interacting with his own subconscious (which may explain Tyrell's changed accent, mannerisms, weird jokeyness, wearing a suit, as he's just a version of Tyrell that Elliot concocted from his own memories).

there's also the possibility that the hand that held open the door in Elliot's apartment, before he left to follow Mr. Robot, was Tyrell's.

in either scenario, there's plenty of shit being thrown at us to doubt whether or not that's the real Tyrell Wellick. i'm kinda hoping he's real, but that ep was so surreal it's REALLY fucking hard to tell. which is why i love this show so damn much lol.

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157. "I'm with you, that episode was fantastic."
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It was like the "cooldown" episode after the heat from last episode. So much nuance all around though.

I agree that the time travel theory is too far fetched. That will pull away from the development they've given the characters and make it a farce. I did see somewhere though that Esmail intends to make this five (or four) seasons at most so there's already a pre-planned endgame (a la Breaking Bad). So at least we know this isn't a "Lost" scenario with shit happening on the fly.

> anyone else feel like they're planting the seeds for Dom's defection? she seems to fit the hacker profile. would totally buy her joining fsociety at some point.

I'm getting shades of that, yeah. Her bed scene was so haunting because it's so relatable. And like Shayla and Tyrell in season 1, it feels like Dom is being set up as a tragic end (Shayla) or a major player going forward (Tyrell). I'm hoping the latter myself, I've been a big fan of Dom this season.

> i think overall, with one ep to go, i've loved the transition from the rather rudimentary premise of season 1 into a much more deeply layered exploration into a post-rebellion world in s2. Angela summed it up nicely during her convo with Elliot on the train, how they'll never win. that essentially the PTBs will always find a way to rig the game, even if they're forced to reset the system. main point being that chaos and disorder is fuel to their fire. out of the ashes of something as epic as 5/9 come new and wonderful ways for those in charge to further consolidate power. and like a One in The Matrix, Elliot and his movement play their part in that larger game. i can see each season being an opportunity to peel back more n more layers of the system, to reveal how deep and ingrained the control really is. the fascinating part, to me, is trying to see HOW a movement like fsociety can have any kind of positive impact for the greater good and for the common shlub, without it benefiting the "1% of the 1%".

Absolutely spot on. The "post-apocalypse" premise has been explored ad nauseum in so much media but never in this fashion. Fight Club ended with the credit card buildings going down. Mad Max is a post-war world, not post-data. There are a lot of neat little nuggets in Mr Robot that show how this world develops. I loved that brief little scene where Elliot was walking through that daily swap meet, and you get glimpses of what, basically, is a reversion to the barter system.

And the scene that absolutely blew my mind last night was Price's proposal for government support of ECoin. Everything is coming together now. If you control the currency, you control the world. There's a reason why the US Dollar is a safe haven currency and if Price can supplant the dollar with ECoin... it's stunning the amount of power he will wield. This is why Price was so resistant to stepping down, how he was able to leverage a two TRILLION loan (INTEREST FREE) from the Chinese... and why Jack Lew agreed to let E Corp issue ECoin loans.

It's such a refreshing, nuanced take on the "supervillain" and I am thoroughly impressed. Why? Because it all makes sense. The world's superpower cannot continue on a paper currency forever, Bitcoin is the wild west and E Corp is the pinnacle of "too big to fail".

It really makes me wonder what the endgame is. Whiterose is both a partner and rival to Price, and is involved in both the government and the hack. It's a testament to Price's leadership that he was able to put E Corp in an even BETTER position after the 5/9 hack but that then raises the thought... was that the whole point of the hack in the first place? What if (putting tinfoil hat on here) Price INTENDED to collapse the public debt record? And he expected a bailout from the government but needed to lean on China instead? This is farfetched and the more I think about it the more I think that's wrong, but shit it's fun to think about haha.

At the end of the day though, I think the biggest mystery is still Dark Army's motivations. China state-sponsored hacking is already a reality (despite their claims otherwise), so it would actually explain Whiterose's position as Chinese Minister of State Security. And it's clear Whiterose cares DEEPLY about the Washington Township Plant... which is a nuclear plant right? And with blackouts on the East Coast.... what the fuck is going on...

  

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156. "my least favorite episode of the series"
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I'm trying not to judge it too harshly based on whatever happens next week, but it def felt like it's delving into up-its-own-ass territory

  

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160. "yup. i'm worried"
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Angela acting like a robot post interview was mad troubling/corny

a matter a fact on further reflection that interview was fucn dumb as shit

  

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162. "reddit mentioned the similarity to Blade Runner in that scene"
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and the Voight-Kampff test performed on the replicants.
the prevailing theory is that Angela and Elliot have been programmed with alternate personalities to act as agents with enhanced abilities, in order to facilitate the 5/9 hack and all the shit still to come. the test/interview was meant to determine which persona Angela was inhabiting at the time. which might explain why she was chill as fuck when visiting her lawyer afterwards. whatever subsequent off-screen convo she had with White Rose seems to have manifested the other personality (theory being since Elliot is programmed with his dad's personality, Angela might be programmed with her mother's).

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164. "Man I just want this to go back to the basics"
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I don't want to see any time travel reveals. No reprogramming people. None of that. I want Elliot to be the only one that has issues.

Go back to a simple story. A guy with multiple personalities and his rag tag group of friends try to destabilize the world.

I'd be okay if they ended this season with "It was all a dream" and just start fresh with a clean slate next season

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If this is some shullbit, brain washing story, I will be pissed.

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166. "The show never left the basics. The fans just started looking for shit t..."
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It's still about hacking, Elliot's FUBAR'd brain and the machinations of power

Like the show has never given anything close to time travel or reprogramming (outside of Elliot) and I'm honestly not even seeing where people are drawing these conclusions from (other than their own ass).

Angela doesn't have other personalities. She's just driven as fuck despite her own personal insecurity. White Rose put the battery in her back and now she's got purpose, understanding and illuminati backing. It's also the conclusion of an extended troll by Esmail on the audience through Angela's plot line.

These theories making ppl look like Elliot when he was trying to get the cabbie to see Tyrell.

Have some faith in Esmail. Hes earned that much.

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168. "oh, im not sayin i agree with any of it"
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the theories are theories, and the fans seem to run fucking wild with em lol. i've always bought into the premise that it's Elliot's fucked up mind we're experiencing majority of this through. he's the lens. we're the silent observers. i feel like all the weirdness is Elliot's attempt at trying to decode reality. i mean there's weirdness happening independent of him as well, but via equally weird characters.

like i said in post #153, i'm loving this season for the depths its plunging us into after the idealism of season 1. everything that's happening has an explanation grounded in reality as we know it, but Esmail and his team seem to love throwing us off our axis and making us completely doubt pretty much everything.

this season's got so many ppl, including reviewers, losing faith left n right. but i actually think the show got 10x stronger *shrugs*

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171. "^^Yup. They're getting too cute with it"
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There's a point where you go from appreciating how creative something could be to it just coming off self-indulgent. If they haven't crossed that line already, they're surely walking it.

I'm much more interested in the straight-forward part of the story than trying to decipher the meaning in everything, or determine what's real and what's not.

  

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174. "RE: ^^Yup. They're getting too cute with it"
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>There's a point where you go from appreciating how creative
>something could be to it just coming off self-indulgent. If
>they haven't crossed that line already, they're surely walking
>it.

I'm afraid that scene in the dark room with, let's see, a commodore 64, a mini-me, a fish tank containing a goldfish and apparently emptying for no reason, a mysterious video game, a mysterious phone with a mysterious voice on the line, etc., may have crossed that self-indulgent line. I'll guess we'll see soon.

  

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175. "While I don't disagree... "
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at the moment I'm willing to accept it at face value because we know how idiosyncratic Whiterose is (and how much she likes her indulgences).

I'm interpreting the Commodore room as a way to express those indulgences that doesn't need to be eliminated if anyone comes sniffing around (a la the computer repair shop).

Of course, if the show continues without explanation for these types of things then it would be Esmail being too "cute".

At this point I'm willing to give them the benefit of the doubt that things will be explained though.

  

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167. "i sure as hell hope not. that would be fucn horribly fucn dumb"
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169. "i'm pretty sure it's just a heavy-handed referential metaphor"
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as in, they reference Blade Runner & the empathy test to illustrate Angela's level of humanity, not that she's actually a replicant/android of some kind and has manifested an alter cos White Rose 'turned' her. i think she's just taken the red pill and is operating off a new set of parameters.

mostly everything else can be explained away as being via Elliot's fucked up POV, which is hella unreliable and prone to flights of fancy. i'm 99.9% sure there will be no flux capacitors or tangent universes introduced into the series, no time shifts or teleportation, no sci fi to speak of. the MOST i expect is some MK Ultra programming of the brain type shit, which has been documented for many years, and is totally up the show's alley.

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180. "have we forgotten how angela started off?"
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she was the fun loving bestie in a relationship with the dick.
she always been gullible.
going to e-corp wasn't her idea.
setting up the hack wasn't her idea.
the one time she tried to assert herself price laughed her off.

she follows whoever has good reasoning.

>Angela acting like a robot post interview was mad
>troubling/corny
>
>a matter a fact on further reflection that interview was fucn
>dumb as shit

No the interview was perfect as shit for her character, just like the one with elliot in s1 was perfect for his.

she has to try to assert herself then get shut down, then she acquiesces to better reasoning.

the tests with the little girl let her get out her assertions, and then aquesce and do as told. it primed her to hear what white rose had to say, and then do as she was told.

fucking remember her listening to the self help tapes. c'mon. it's like yall believed she was realy a cutthroat executive like she did.



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187. "^^^ spot on ^^^"
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On top of all your examples, look at how she initially handled Ollie's fuck up. Not only was he cheating, he roped her dad into it AND threatened her. After all that, she was still willing (for a short time) to reconcile things with him.

She finds strength in her own agency, but she needs to be pointed in the "right" direction.

  

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170. "The most important thing..."
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E-Corp and White Rose always planned the 5/9 hack to get rid of the dollar so they could control the flow of money.

Everyone else is a pawn.

EVERYONE!


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173. "Then it just becomes another corpototalitarian narrative"
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That's really boring too. I hope that's not the angle either.

  

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176. "Umm... that was the angle from the very beginning though?"
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The "fuck society" scene with his psychiatrist basically outlined Elliot's motivations for the rest of the show.

The premise isn't what makes the show unique, it's the storytelling.

  

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181. "Your evidence doesnt match my response"
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And contradicts ur own point

The premise AND story telling is what made this show dope to me.

But now even the story telling seems to be wavering

It's still 4/5 for me, I'm just a little worried don't mind me

  

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184. "To be fair though...."
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"Plucky protagonist takes on evil corporation" has been done ad nauseum in film and video games:

Resident Evil
Robocop
Blade Runner
Terminator
Lego Movie
Avatar
etc.

That's the premise I was referring to. It's fine if you're getting disillusioned with the storytelling, but the premise is nothing new whatsoever.

  

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185. "So more proof you don't know what me and Imcvspl are talking about"
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>"Plucky protagonist takes on evil corporation" has been done
>ad nauseum in film and video games:
>

That's not the premise. Imcvspl is saying that everything is controlled by corpoterrorist and a totalitarian state ala 1984 and The Handmaid's Tale. In both those books and some others, it's done well, was fresh, and the end of Handmaid's is actually hella unique. But if corpototalitarianism is what THIS show becomes I'm going to find it boring/cop out ish


What you are talking about has been done to death as well. But what was fresh for me where these things: one, the major flaw in the savior character having mental illness. Two that the rebellion was actually successful. And three that they were inhabiting a "post-apocalypse" landscape that hadn't gone to shit.

>Resident Evil
No
>Robocop
No. You should probably go rematch that. Ain't not plucky shit about that protagonist
>Blade Runner
Uhh you should go rematch that. That's basically a sci-fish detective narrative.
>Terminator
Ok
>Lego Movie
Haven't watched
>Avatar
Fuck that movie
>etc.
>
>That's the premise I was referring to. It's fine if you're
>getting disillusioned with the storytelling, but the premise
>is nothing new whatsoever.

  

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186. "Check my post #157."
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I was already mostly in agreement with imcvspl's post #170. You were the one that (initially) disagreed with him, so that's when I replied to you.

Fine, screw the "plucky", but all those examples I cited are different takes on the "protagonist takes on evil corporation" theme. We can debate semantics on just how similar/dissimilar they specifically are to Mr Robot, but at the end of the day they all portray a similar theme.

> Imcvspl is saying that everything is controlled by corpoterrorist and a totalitarian state ala 1984 and The Handmaid's Tale. In both those books and some others, it's done well, was fresh, and the end of Handmaid's is actually hella unique. But if corpototalitarianism is what THIS show becomes I'm going to find it boring/cop out ish

Honest question, what did you think E Corp was when you first started watching? Mr Robot portrays E Corp as basically Goldman Sachs, Apple and Google all rolled into one. They control the financial sector, hardware, software and who knows what else. I'm really baffled that the theme of "corpototalitarianism" is taking you by surprise because they kinda hammered you over the head with it from the very beginning. Elliot sees and hears "Evil Corp" everywhere for a reason, right?

> What you are talking about has been done to death as well. But what was fresh for me where these things: one, the major flaw in the savior character having mental illness. Two that the rebellion was actually successful. And three that they were inhabiting a "post-apocalypse" landscape that hadn't gone to shit.

Right. Check post #157, I already specifically mentioned that stuff:

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"The "post-apocalypse" premise has been explored ad nauseum in so much media but never in this fashion. Fight Club ended with the credit card buildings going down. Mad Max is a post-war world, not post-data. There are a lot of neat little nuggets in Mr Robot that show how this world develops. I loved that brief little scene where Elliot was walking through that daily swap meet, and you get glimpses of what, basically, is a reversion to the barter system."
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Sure, I agree with your three points. Those are all elements of great storytelling. Not sure how that's relevant to the original discussion though.

What I find interesting is that you initially disagreed with imcvspl's post #170, by calling it potentially "boring". You changed your mind when he expounded in post #179. What you failed to see is that I already touched upon a number of his points already in post #157:

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"And the scene that absolutely blew my mind last night was Price's proposal for government support of ECoin. Everything is coming together now. If you control the currency, you control the world. There's a reason why the US Dollar is a safe haven currency and if Price can supplant the dollar with ECoin... it's stunning the amount of power he will wield. This is why Price was so resistant to stepping down, how he was able to leverage a two TRILLION loan (INTEREST FREE) from the Chinese... and why Jack Lew agreed to let E Corp issue ECoin loans.

It's such a refreshing, nuanced take on the "supervillain" and I am thoroughly impressed. Why? Because it all makes sense. The world's superpower cannot continue on a paper currency forever, Bitcoin is the wild west and E Corp is the pinnacle of "too big to fail".
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There's more in that post too. Seriously, maybe you should read it.

  

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179. "I'm prepared to be wrong"
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but these are pretty much facts at this point.

White Rose is running shit in China
ECorp got the US by the balls
White Rose and ECorp are besties
White Rose is at the top of the dark army
ECorp seeded Elliot and Angela
White Rose gave f society the means
White Rose shut Angela the fuck up

Price pretty much said this shit has been in the works for ever, it just got accelerated by 5/9, they aren't reacting they are acting.

White Rose Elliot Phase 2 kicking off right after China bails out the US.

What else am I supposed to believe?

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182. "Nah, as soon as I read ur post, I knew you were right"
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The elements you outlined clicked in my head :/

I was so happy to see a techno semi-leftist revenge/rebellion story done well. The surreality and uniqueness of how it addressed mental illness only made it better imo

But now, it's our parched American imaginary rearing it's ugly ass head again.

You right bruh

Now my only hope is white Rose smashes on Phillip, cause I hate that muthafucka so much

Where do you find Wellick in all this?

  

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172. "Rami's Emmy win reaction was perfect"
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"Please tell me you're seeing this too"

  

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177. "yes it was"
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...yes it was... I'm really happy for dude, although those other nominees are REALLY good too

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178. "Yeah that was great :)"
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183. "i clapped and cheered in my living room. no lie. lol."
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well-deserved.

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188. "Welp. Gonna be a long year"
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Negatives:

They didn't really answer much did they? Stage 2 was kind of a letdown but I assume its part of a bigger plan with Angela coming through.

Darlene seemed to own that investigation...I thought red head would come much tougher then that.

Positives:

LOL@them fucking with us. I howled when that bullet went off and you figured out the implicaton

I love how they re-introduced the other characters in the 'behind the scenes' credit.

Overall I thought it was a solid season though not as good as the first. Mainly because Season 1 felt less like a stop gap...this one def. left us with more questions then last season

  

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190. "The show might need more cooks in the kitchen"
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If I'm not mistaken, the Sam Esmail dude (my apologies if I misspelled his name) was the sole writer AND director for the majority if not all of the episodes this year, correct? I could be wrong, but I don't think that was the case for the first season. Way too many navel gazing being weird for the sake of being weird aspects to this season compared to the first one IMO.

Then again, if ratings are huge for this second season, USA may just leave him alone to his devices again since I'm sure they want those ad dollars.

"Sean sparks like John Starks, nah, Sean ball like John Wall" - Rest In Power Forever Sean Price.

  

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193. "Indeed."
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As is their forte, the more questions they answer the more that come up.

> Stage 2 was kind of a letdown but I assume its part of a bigger plan with Angela coming through.

I agree, Stage 2's reveal was a bit mundane, but at least the continuity is intact. I would imagine "Stage 3" will be the especially juicy reveal....

> Darlene seemed to own that investigation...I thought red head would come much tougher then that.

I think that was by design. Dom already knew pretty much everything surrounding fsociety, she just wanted to give Darlene a chance to disclose it herself. A bit under the radar this season, but Dom has proven herself to be exceptionally competent at what she does. She might be the only truly "good guy" in the show but we see where that got Hank Schrader....

> LOL@them fucking with us. I howled when that bullet went off and you figured out the implicaton

Such a great scene. The show is so incredibly effective at putting the viewer in Elliot's head. My wife and I were constantly second guessing whether or not Tyrell was real until the scene with Angela. Incredible storytelling.

> I love how they re-introduced the other characters in the 'behind the scenes' credit.

Loved it, especially now that we see Leon is still involved. His disappearance after protecting Elliot was a big hanging thread throughout the season. What's crazy is he (and/or Dark Army) tracked Mobley and Trenton for who knows how long.... is he going to watch over them now? Or eliminate them?

> Overall I thought it was a solid season though not as good as the first. Mainly because Season 1 felt less like a stop gap...this one def. left us with more questions then last season

Yup. This is a transition season into what I imagine will be a more plot-driven Season 3. The main purpose of this season was exploring the depths of Elliot's mental state and it feels (sorta) like that's resolved at the end of S2.


The biggest question is still Whiterose's motivations. Going back chronologically through the Dark Army timeline, this is roughly the order of how I think things happened (please correct me if I'm wrong):

- Minister of State Security Zhang founds Dark Army as Whiterose (critical unknown would be if Dark Army is government sponsored or not)

- Minister Zhang and Philip Price become political allies, involving stakes in nuclear power plant Washington Township. Potentially seeds planted for E Corp to manipulate the money supply

- Leaks occur at the plant, leading to covered up deaths of Elliot and Angela's parents

- Long gap, Cisco gets involved with Dark Army and Darlene

- fsociety founded by Elliot with intent to hack E Corp

- Darlene tasked with recruiting Dark Army via Cisco

- Cisco gains access to Allsafe via bootleg CD

- Dark Army agrees to hack China data center, then pulls out, then agrees again after Whiterose and Elliot meet

- 5/9 hack collapses public debt record

- At end of S1, Whiterose revealed as Minister Zheng. After Price mentions Ecoin, Whiterose's final quote: "The infamous Emperor Nero played an instrument very similar to the one she's playing... a lyre. Legend has it he played it as he watched... as he watched Rome burn."

- Price asked to step down as CEO, refuses, asks for government bailout

- Darlene hacks Dark Army texts, leading to Elliot meeting with Dark Army. Revelation that Elliot responsible for planning "Stage 2"

- After government bailout is refused, Price turns to Minister Zhang, leveraging the Washington Township to request $2,000,000,000,000 interest-free loan

- Loan facilitates government backing of ECoin loans

- Stage 2 intends to destroy the paper records. Tyrell stops Elliot from killing the malware by shooting him, using Elliot's **own instructions** as justification (major reference to Fight Club)


Whew. So why did I type all this? One of the theories floating around out there is that Whiterose and Elliot have been working together from the very beginning. I'm inclined to believe this is true now. Somewhere early in the timeline Whiterose and Elliot conceived the 5/9 hack. Minister Zhang is the public persona, intended to have the access to act on Whiterose's agenda (the final quote from S1 is the Minister Zhang persona letting slip Whiterose's motivations).

If this is the case, I think everything surrounding the Washington Township is a ruse, intended to maintain Price's trust in Zhang. If Price suspects anything of Zhang, then Zhang won't have the access to E Corp that Whiterose wants. This is why Dark Army does NOT want Angela bringing down E Corp via the lawsuit... because it would expose the facade that Minister Zhang wants to keep up in front of Price. And this also explains the cryptic room Whiterose used to discern Angela's trustworthiness, and why Angela is now seemingly aligned with Dark Army.

I have no idea if any of this is true and I could be way wrong. I wanted to recreate the timeline in my head to see if Dark Army's/Whiterose's motivations remained consistent. It's still unclear what exactly Whiterose wants to do (most likely taking Price/ECorp down in spectacular fashion, but with Chinese nationalism?), but it's fun to think about, hah.


This will indeed be a long, long year.

  

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194. "Another question I have"
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Tyrell's wife gonna get him off the murder charge.. but he still is wanted for the hack so does it matter?

  

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195. "After the Scott Knowles revelation..."
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I don't think she cares much for Tyrell anymore (at least with her current knowledge).

Her main motivation to clear the charges is to get E Corp to release Tyrell's severance pay, which should be substantial.

  

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200. "RE: After the Scott Knowles revelation..."
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Oh yeah, didn't think of that angle. Plus, I guess he can always say he was hiding out due to the murder charges and had nothing to do with the hack I suppose.. but yeah, severance def makes sense

  

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196. "Im assuming Joey is there to eleminate them..."
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>> I love how they re-introduced the other characters in the
>'behind the scenes' credit.
>
>Loved it, especially now that we see Leon is still involved.
>His disappearance after protecting Elliot was a big hanging
>thread throughout the season. What's crazy is he (and/or Dark
>Army) tracked Mobley and Trenton for who knows how long.... is
>he going to watch over them now? Or eliminate them?

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197. "I feel like thats not his lane"
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his lane seems to be watcher/protector

I don't think he's a hitman

  

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199. "Agreed."
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When DA wants to take someone out, they do it hit-and-run style with anonymous, expendable agents.

It's clear that Elliot is extremely valuable to Dark Army (note how he wasn't physically threatened when he questioned them, unlike Cisco), so Leon's probably one of their most trusted operatives.

  

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202. "plus you cant just willy nilly kill the talent off"
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bad ass hackers arent expendable plus its clear how involved Mr. Robot really has been so he was probably involved in their escape/hiding

  

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204. "RE: wait what"
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>I love how they re-introduced the other characters in the
>'behind the scenes' credit.
>
fuck, i was falling asleep. turned it right off after the credits

  

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209. "did y'all peep Trenton was not on the FBI flow chart"
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214. "she is, just with her real name, handle in quotes"
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bottom left

https://i.redd.it/2310fgp1hanx.jpg

  

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215. "She's on there, just not her picture"
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189. "season 2 review - http://i.imgur.com/GYG1W14.gif"
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http://i.imgur.com/GYG1W14.gif

only thing i could've asked for more of in the finale was more angela scenes. i love that it's tyrell that shot elliot and not the other way around like they teased

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192. "You want it one way but it's the other wag"
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They knew people would expect that twist and be angling for Tyrell being in Eliot's mind so they dangled that infront of us only to swiftly shoot it in the gut...well done.

Wish the finale resolved more but it left us hanging although definitely more interested. That exchange between Tyrell and Angela at the end had me wylin. Also Joey showing up post credits was wild...although it means those two are dead which is a shame.

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198. "great interview with sam esmail from variety"
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http://variety.com/2016/tv/news/mr-robot-season-2-finale-sam-esmail-elliot-shot-tyrell-alive-1201867301/
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No one ever went broke underestimating the intelligence of the American public. (c) HL Mencken or some other motherfucker.

  

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201. "Finale was fucking stellar imo"
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maybe I'm just contrasting how much i hated last weeks ep, but this really turned it back to everything i love about this show.

  

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205. "yeah i agree...probably an issue of splitting it into two eps"
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instead of just doing one.

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203. "Saw a GREAT theory on reddit... "
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... that would explain Whiterose's motivations.

Once ECoin is established as the dominant currency after Stage 2, Dark Army reverses the 5/9 hack (with Trenton and Mobley's help of course), restoring the public debt record and confidence in the US Dollar. This would absolutely decimate ECoin and essentially put E Corp into financial ruin.

And from Minister Zhang's perspective, this would likely establish China as the global superpower with all the volatility in the US.

The elegant thing is that the postcredits scene in both season finales lend weight to the theory. I need to rewatch sometime with this in mind.

  

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206. "i'd imagine that's guaranteed at this point"
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and the simplicity of the actual plot is why i was so blown that people were coming up w/ time travel and programming and all this other stupid shit.

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207. "the most extreme scenario I'm willing to predict"
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is that the chinese/WR are working on some kind of nuclear power plant in preparation for destroying the US infrastructure/economy

or they are using some kind of super computer to mine large amounts of bitcoin/ecoin

  

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210. "but what is going on with Angela? why she still talking "
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like a fucn Robot lol

did their reveal of their elegant plan bring her enlightenment and now she sees the way?

  

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211. "her behavior is so weird eh? but maybe"
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thats just relief and confidence?

i mean she was pretty much resigned to turning herself in and all that comes with it(including failing at her revenge plot essentially)

and one conversation basically reversed all that


i dunno just my guess

  

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212. "i actually like that guess"
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i enjoyed how we got their ages too she was born in 1988, darlene in 90. it adds to the "hyper-present-tense" of the show

  

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213. "ya plus its so on the nose with the "events""
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its alot of fun that way

  

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208. "uhh, why did anyone think Wellick was one of Elliot's personalities"
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Wellick and Elliot meet after 5/9 around a bunch of lawyers

Wellick talked to the bosses of E Corp, AND got fired, by Philip

the cops talked to him

he beat up that homeless man

Joanne threatened to kill Elliot if HE had killed Tyrell

Tyrell fucked ol' boy, Tyrell killed mujer on roof top

all the while you know Elliot was hacking or in jail

I have not idea why anyone would think that.

also makes the 80s show dream sequence a HUGE misdirection, because Wellick was in hiding of his own devices not cause Elliot/Mr. Robot killed him or had him hemmed up

seems like folk are letting the visual riddles play with their heads too much.

season 1 4.5/5
season 2 3.5/5, i feel like the Joey scene was the real climax and it happened in like episode 8

  

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216. "No one thought that from the start. "
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Like his dad, the possibility existed after Wellick disappeared (or died).

The show intentionally made you question if Wellick was dead for the entire second season, not the first.

You need to remember the sequencing of events.

  

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217. "well *some* did at the beginning but were shot down"
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pretty quick because it didnt make any sense

  

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218. "that's a fair point (spoilers)"
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i always thought the reveal was just about is he alive or dead, not the, is he part of Elliot's mind or not.

Tyrell's face was hilarious tho, when they got in the cab and Elliot started yelling. it was so clear he was like WTF is wrong with you, so about the plan...

dude playing Wellick has been beasting acting wise. the tears before he shot Elliot, berry berry good

  

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219. "Ah word word, I hear you."
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Tyrell's such an interesting character in the show. He's Elliot's employer, then rival, then sympathetic figure then missing link. Like Dark Army (and Angela) his role has been shifting as time goes by. He's in love with Elliot now, but I don't think Elliot's sidekick is going to be his endgame either (especially with Joanna still out there).

And yeah, Martin Wallstrom has been fantastic. At least we'll get to see more of him next season, hah

  

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220. "Sweet video showing some of Mr Robot's influences... "
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Fight Club, Matrix, American Psycho, Taxi Driver, etc. Skip to about 1:10 to jump right in:

https://youtu.be/Zw3uN1JZfYY

  

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