Mr. Robot

Q&A with show runner, answers some stuff but kinda bullshit it has to be answered in an interview off show
‘Mr. Robot’ Creator Sam Esmail Breaks Down Season 2 Finale, Previews Season 3

cap of FBIs whiteboard
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The stuff on the right side of the whiteboard was obviously added within the last 24 hours and would mostly be speculation, I wonder if she/they manipulated some of the information on the board like putting Elliot front and center in order to shock Darlene, because he's not in the fsociety box or has any notable or incriminating details up there.

Well that was a whole bunch of bs. Fuck I hate shows that end in cliffhangers.

So phase 2 is Fight club-ish. Burn the hardcopies and see Evil Corp drop. Interesting. They paint Angela and Elliot as if they were part of human experiment that mimic the DareDevil universe in gaining powers from poisoned water.

Their bad word filter for bleeping out is strange. During Darlene's interview with the FBI, she says "...conniving Cunts that don't give a F*** about you or..."

It stood out to me.

Malakriss said:

The stuff on the right side of the whiteboard was obviously added within the last 24 hours and would mostly be speculation, I wonder if she/they manipulated some of the information on the board like putting Elliot front and center in order to shock Darlene, because he's not in the fsociety box or has any notable or incriminating details up there.

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That occurred to me. They should not have had any connection to Elliot, otherwise why let him out of jail. Suddenly he's in the center of the board, for no reason.

So I haven't gotten around to watching this season yet (outside of part 1 of episode 1), but from what I'm hearing it's a massive disappointment. Is it worth watching, or is this another show I can just go ahead and cross off my watch list?

If you got through season 1 season 2 is worth watching. I'm in until the end but honestly binging this is probably way better than waiting week to week.

Gravel said:

So I haven't gotten around to watching this season yet (outside of part 1 of episode 1), but from what I'm hearing it's a massive disappointment. Is it worth watching, or is this another show I can just go ahead and cross off my watch list?

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I thought season 2 was great. I'd rank it below season 1, and the First few episodes kind of dragged, they spent too much time on that situation imo. BUT the season itself was great and definitely built up the story and the world.

The main criticism I have of it is that it feels like half a season rather than a complete season. Nothing is resolved.

Gravel said:

So I haven't gotten around to watching this season yet (outside of part 1 of episode 1), but from what I'm hearing it's a massive disappointment. Is it worth watching, or is this another show I can just go ahead and cross off my watch list?

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I don't agree that it's a massive disappointment at all. It moved the story line along, albeit sometimes the pacing was a bit uneven. The performances of all the main characters is phenomenal. As I said before, I don't get why some people are so goddamn picky about the show. It's not perfect, admittedly. But the only thing that would satisfy most of those people is if the show just hit fast forward and wrapped itself up ASAP. Journey vs destination and all that.

That being said, no one can predict whether the show and plot will end up being satisfying in the end. When I was around season 2/3 of Lost I thought that it was probably going to go down as one of the best TV series of all time. Now no one gives a shit about that show because of how poorly it ended. I don't think there's much chance of that actually happening with Mr Robot, but it could well run out of steam. Esmail has said in recent interviews that he's pretty sure the show will go 5 seasons now, whereas originally he had leaned towards 4. So it's not like they're going to drag it out forever. Hopefully he's able to adequately execute his vision.

Gravel said:

So I haven't gotten around to watching this season yet (outside of part 1 of episode 1), but from what I'm hearing it's a massive disappointment. Is it worth watching, or is this another show I can just go ahead and cross off my watch list?

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You're probably misunderstanding people's reactions. It's only disappointing in the context of not giving a lot of answers after raising a shit ton of questions. As long as the answers end up being satisfying and shit's not just being thrown out there randomly like Lost, it will all be worth it.

It also does an excellent job of making you feel confused and not sure of what's real which is exactly what Elliott is going through as well.

That would be terrible. "lol it was all a dream" is the worst cop out of all time.

chaos said:

That occurred to me. They should not have had any connection to Elliot, otherwise why let him out of jail. Suddenly he's in the center of the board, for no reason.

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This confused me as well. How did Elliot get connected to all of this? Mr Robot must have been somewhat sloppy.

Hmm. Alright, guess I'll go ahead and finish it then. Thanks for the opinions.

Alex said:

That would be terrible. "lol it was all a dream" is the worst cop out of all time.



This confused me as well. How did Elliot get connected to all of this? Mr Robot must have been somewhat sloppy.

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"Python strategy" we lay in wait, letting the players hang themselves. If she is telling the truth, they let Elliot out, to get to Tyrell.
Tryell is the center of the board, not Elliot. From the board, and general knowledge, they all think TYRELL is the mastermind, so are trying to use Elliot to get to him. They know of Elliot due to his E-corp connection, and direct link to Tyrell from that. As well, as brother to Darlene, who they know is part of F-Society.

This "python strategy" does seem totally at odds with the discussion she had with her partner though.

Yeah, Tyrell is the center of the board and with that, Elliot has a lot of reasons to be on it.

He worked for All-Safe for E-Corp and is the brother of the women they think is the head of F-Society. And there is also his connection to Angela, so there are lots of reasons that Elliot seems like a person they could use to get to all the pieces they see on the board, even if the FBI just thinks he is a Pawn.

And I agree, my only real disappointment with season 2 was that it felt like half a season. With the way the finale ended, I expected it to be a summer finale and be back in January for the second half, like USA tends to do with the second+ seasons of their successful shows (Suits, White Collar, Burn notice, etc).