Mr. Robot: a show on the USA Network

by **neck** » Thu Nov 21, 2019 7:06 pm

i just started this (i'm on epiaode 4), and have had some stuff spoiled (slater is a personality based on elliot's dad, darelene is elliot's sister, elliot's dad abused him, there is another personality)Toggle Spoiler so i'm gonna tag my question to (spoilers for season one and maybe two)

is it for sure darlene isn't the other personality? when elliot returns to the hideoutfir the first time, mr robot stands directly between elliot and darlene to answer a question she seems to be directing at elliot. later when elliot returns to his apartment with shayla, shayla doesn't seem aware of darlene and then when darlene tries to introduce herself, elliot stands between her and shayla the same way mr robot did earlier.Toggle Spoiler

by **neck** » Thu Nov 21, 2019 7:32 pm

nsver mind. i think the show just answered it.

by **Frank** » Thu Nov 21, 2019 8:48 pm

welcome to the show, neck
I thought season two was sort of a drag (but still good) but seasons three and (presumably, so far) four are great

by **Feech La Manna** » Thu Nov 21, 2019 8:59 pm

Season 2 improves a lot when you watch it without a week between each episode

by **That Demon Life** » Fri Nov 22, 2019 1:52 am

Yoooo that was remarkable.

I love that they made the whole thing a stage play and the gun didn't even come back in the final act, it was the knife.

by **That Demon Life** » Fri Nov 22, 2019 2:04 am

This show and this season are a masterpiece. Someday it will get the recognition and respect it deserves.

by **That Demon Life** » Fri Nov 22, 2019 2:08 am

Didn't the Dark Army dude shoot through the windows of the van if so how did it hit TW where it did in the gut? That could be a hint that he isn't real?Toggle Spoiler

by **Bad Craziness** » Mon Nov 25, 2019 1:55 am

by **auspice** » Mon Nov 25, 2019 2:09 am

Feech La Manna wrote:Season 2 improves a lot when you watch it without a week between each episode

this

DVD box sets in the 2000s and then watching season 2 of Mr. Robot via the USA website week-two-week cemented that the weekly episodic model is the worst, broadcast/cable networks can eat shit.

that being said, the Netflix strategy of "our originals don't need endings for their episodes since everyone is binging anyway" isn't a good model for TV either. i prefer watching 1 episode per night, then i'll bunch up the first 2/last2 eps of each season I watch. when I break my rule and end up watching 2 in a row mid-seasons that's how I know a show is one of my favorites.

by **Paul** » Mon Nov 25, 2019 2:13 am

Yeah I cant binge shows over the course of a day. I like to do 1 episode a day, occasionally 2.

Anyway I'm glad [REDACTED] is dead

by **nautical hyperblast** » Mon Nov 25, 2019 2:29 am

holy moly.

by **shirts optional** » Tue Nov 26, 2019 7:39 am

holy cow the therapy episode was incredible

by **auspice** » Tue Nov 26, 2019 12:54 pm

that JaniceToggle Spoiler headshot was a real chef-kissing-hands moment

by **auspice** » Tue Nov 26, 2019 8:31 pm

now that the Vera/JaniceToggle Spoiler subplots have wrapped, does this mean we're finally getting the E board meeting next episode?

by **john plainman 2** » Tue Nov 26, 2019 8:54 pm

so is child Elliott the 3rd personality?Toggle Spoiler

by **Paul** » Tue Nov 26, 2019 9:18 pm

I think/hope so

by **auspice** » Wed Nov 27, 2019 3:07 pm

It would certainly make sense but I'm hoping for a more shocking reveal than yet. Wasn't Esmail saying that no one had guessed it yet? I thought I remember people speculating almost immediately that the 3rd personality was kid Elliot.

Also, the 3rd personality was the one who initially spoke with Vera at the beginning of the season when he showed up at Elliott's apartment, per what Darlene said? Why would kid Elliott be the one to deal with him?

by **Bad Craziness** » Wed Nov 27, 2019 3:27 pm

in the “other one” scene, it’s kid Elliot and mom-image who are talking about Elliot, Mr. Robot, and The Other One, so the other one cant be kid elliot

by **That Demon Life** » Wed Nov 27, 2019 3:37 pm

Yeah was about to post that. It can't be kid Elliott.

Dunno how I feel about it, but it could be "us", right?

by **Bad Craziness** » Wed Nov 27, 2019 3:38 pm

That Demon Life wrote:Yeah was about to post that. It can't be kid Elliott.

Dunno how I feel about it, but it could be "us", right?

lol I kind of like that as a thread to pull on, and it has a ring of truth since Elliot’s been talking to us for the entire show

but “we” didn’t talk to Vera ?

I think trying to spin a cinematic unreliable narrator together with breaking the 4th wall is a bridge too far

by **That Demon Life** » Wed Nov 27, 2019 3:43 pm

auspice wrote:It would certainly make sense but I'm hoping for a more shocking reveal than yet. Wasn't Esmail saying that no one had guessed it yet? I thought I remember people speculating almost immediately that the 3rd personality was kid Elliot.

Also, the 3rd personality was the one who initially spoke with Vera at the beginning of the season when he showed up at Elliott's apartment, per what Darlene said? Why would kid Elliott be the one to deal with him?

Vera didn't talk to Elliott then, just Darlene. She relayed the message to Elliott, I thought?

Edit: oops. Read that wrong. I was thinking the tag at the end of season 3.

by **Feech La Manna** » Sun Dec 01, 2019 11:59 pm

Man, this season

by **scarsdalevibe** » Mon Dec 02, 2019 4:07 am

it’s been building so well i’m really worried sam’s gonna blow it

like if this is all in his head and he’s in a nuthouse the entire timeToggle Spoiler

by **ecto** » Mon Dec 02, 2019 1:48 pm

scarsdalevibe wrote:it’s been building so well i’m really worried sam’s gonna blow it

like if this is all in his head and he’s in a nuthouse the entire timeToggle Spoiler

man DO NOT put this in my head

by **auspice** » Mon Dec 02, 2019 1:53 pm

ecto wrote:
scarsdalevibe wrote:it’s been building so well i’m really worried sam’s gonna blow it

like if this is all in his head and he’s in a nuthouse the entire timeToggle Spoiler

man DO NOT put this in my head

"Elliott Alderson, a patient in the F ward of the Society Mental Institution"

by **Feech La Manna** » Mon Dec 02, 2019 2:18 pm

I do like that the biggest plot thread has been wrapped up and the last 3-4 episodes can go in lots of different ways

In the preview for next week Elliot says he's going back to Washington TownshipToggle Spoiler so I think things are about to get weird

by **hopped** » Mon Dec 02, 2019 3:40 pm

Bad Craziness wrote:in the “other one” scene, it’s kid Elliot and mom-image who are talking about Elliot, Mr. Robot, and The Other One, so the other one cant be kid elliot

been doing a rewatch and the room where kid elliot, mom, and mr. robot met is the same room where tyrell offered elliot the position at E Corp while surrounded by a team of "the most obnoxious lawyers"Toggle Spoiler

by **Althea** » Mon Dec 02, 2019 4:21 pm

auspice wrote:
ecto wrote:
scarsdalevibe wrote:it’s been building so well i’m really worried sam’s gonna blow it

like if this is all in his head and he’s in a nuthouse the entire timeToggle Spoiler

man DO NOT put this in my head

"Elliott Alderson, a patient in the F ward of the Society Mental Institution"

I wouldn't worry, they did this already when Elliott was in jail.

by **bigcat** » Wed Dec 04, 2019 1:26 pm

I forgot too much of the earlier seasons to really understand most of the plot points this week oops!

I kinda believed whiterose too philly P. RIP to a bad dad

by **That Demon Life** » Wed Dec 04, 2019 6:44 pm

That was great.

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