‘Mr. Robot’ season 2, episode 10 preview: Elliot’s other side crumbles
Earlier this season, it appeared as though Elliot Alderson and the title character of “Mr. Robot” had begun to rebuild a bridge. He had shown to him that there was value in his presence, and he could find ways to use him to his advantage.
However, this is a world and a show where trust is a key variable, and one that almost constantly fluctuates. We certainly felt the burn of that when Elliot admitted to some of his own lies, and he himself could feel that on next week’s new episode — at least if the synopsis below is to be believed:
“elliot starts to wonder if mr. robot has been lying to him. darlene tries to do the right thing. dom and fbi get closer.”
There are a few potential showdowns looming by the end of this season, whether it be Elliot versus his second self, Darlene versus her own conscience, and then also fsociety in general against FBI. Dom has been a spunky-enough character that it’s easy to forget that she is in opposition to most of our heroes; if this was another show, we’d probably root for her. However, with many key players behind bars, suddenly this world would become less exciting. It worked in part for Elliot just because for the longest time, we weren’t even aware of his presence there. Sure, there were theories around the internet, but so many of those are wrong that admittedly, we didn’t give them a whole lot of credence.
Presten Tok
September 2, 2016 @ 2:10 pm
Mr. Robot now sucks. It’s as if Sam Esmail is as insecure as Elliot, given that he feels he needs cliffhanger endings and never ending mysteries to keep enticing viewers. I’m not trying to slam him here, just the opposite: he’s created an interesting enough show with fascinating characters that he really doesn’t need to rely on gimmicks and constant, new mysteries that never get solved in order to entice viewers.
Anyway, I can’t even render a guess as to what’s going to happen. I can only speculate, however, that both Elliot and Angela end up turning state’s witness and work with Dom to take down Evil Corp. I noticed in the last episode the brown outs across NYC, and couldn’t help think back to the mysterious brow outs in California in the early 2000s, that were ultimately caused by corrupt energy traders at Enron (which, coincidentally, bears the same logo as Evil Corp.).
Seriously, I think at this point Elliot, Dom and Angela working together ultimately against Evil Corp. (at some point, Dom needs to realize that it’s the real target) is the only logical path at this point.
ClashBeat
September 2, 2016 @ 10:28 pm
Sometimes I get so lost, sitting there scratching my head like WTF?? but it’s still awesome. I do agree with you on there not being closure and there’s far too many things left unexplained.