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- Episode aired Sep 7, 2016
- TV-MA
- 43m
Elliot wonders if Mr. Robot has been lying to him, Darlene attempts to do the right thing and Dom and the FBI get closer.Elliot wonders if Mr. Robot has been lying to him, Darlene attempts to do the right thing and Dom and the FBI get closer.Elliot wonders if Mr. Robot has been lying to him, Darlene attempts to do the right thing and Dom and the FBI get closer.
- Tyrell Wellick
- (credit only)
Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaWhile Elliot (Rami Malek) is shopping at Microcenter, Mr. Sutherland (Jeremy Holm) is seen playing the video game Watch Dogs (2014). Similar to Mr. Robot, Watch Dogs is about a hacker motivated by revenge.
- Quotes
Darlene: You know I always thought it was crazy we got away with this plan.
Cisco: C'mon. Let's just get some rest.
Darlene: [Ignoring him] I thought there was something special about me that made it happen. But it wasn't me. It's always been him. Never any of us. When I was five, our parents' took us to Coney Island, my dad's idea of an Alderson family outing. I remember looking up at this roller coaster thinking it was the highest thing I'd ever seen. Of course I wasn't tall enough so my dad went with Elliot while I waited with my mom. I don't remember how exactly but I ended up getting lost. Most kids get scared shitless when they're alone but... I loved it. All of a sudden I felt someone grab me by the waist and pick me up, and I didn't fight back. It was this old woman, she was skinny and tall, she had this smeared, almost pink lipstick. We went to Nathan's and she said I could have whatever I wanted. It was the first time I ever felt special. We started driving to her house, and I definitely remember thinking something wasn't right, but I just looked at her and her lipstick and let it happen. And so we got to her house and she showed me my room where it had one of those beds with curtains around it. And I did feel like a princess, and kept thinking that I didn't have to leave and see my parents ever again. It was like a wish I had that all of a sudden came true. And I went to bed hoping that this wasn't all a dream and I was going to wake up in my own bed. And sure enough the next morning I was still there, but then the police barged in and when they took me downstairs, there were police everywhere so I didn't get to see the woman again, or say goodbye. And then they took me to their car and drove me home. I keep thinking what my life would have been like if I stayed but then I wouldn't have Elliot.
- ConnectionsFeatured in Hacking Robot: Episode #1.2 (2016)
It's hard to think about anything other than the explosive, disturbing conclusion to episode, but there is actually quite a bit of other stuff to it. Pryce, Joanna, and Darlene each have their own long, anecdotal monologue. Each one is powerful in its own way, and very illuminating in terms of character. Pryce's finally begins to show us his motivation, Joanna's demonstrates her ruthlessness and connection with Tyrell, and Dalrene's is surprising to say the least.
I was really hoping for answers on the Tyrell front, and the episode seemed to be setting us up for the big reveal. But then, just like last episode, we didn't get it. This episode did have some pretty big clues, however. Clues that make me reconsider every theory that I've been able to come up with. For the first time, I'm starting to think that Tyrell may actually be dead, that something more sinister and mysterious is going on than we've even been willing to consider. What if all the mysterious messages and strange gifts were set up ahead of time with Tyrell, to execute automatically? What if he and Mr Robot planned the whole thing out on the night of the hack? What if this has something to do with stage 2? What if Tyrell is essentially acting from beyond the grave through a program, as a sort of digital ghost? This is pretty crazy stuff, and probably wrong. But that's how good the show is! It makes me think of things like that.
- TouchTheGarlicProduction
- Sep 7, 2016
Details
- Runtime43 minutes
- Color
- Sound mix
- Aspect ratio
- 1.78 : 1
- 16:9 HD