Throughout “Mr. Robot” season 2, perception has remained key to the story. In the closing minutes of Wednesday’s season finale, what we saw can be best described as proof that the perception of one Elliot Alderson was not always there. Hie viewpoint that Tyrell was a part of his imagination was proved false, and he […]
“Mr. Robot” is a show that commands a tremendous amount of its audience. At this particular point in its run, this much is clear. In many ways, it’s a good thing to have a show challenging conventions, giving you sitcoms-within-episodes, and establishing a whole alternate universe to help Elliot cope with his shame at being […]
To think, it was not too long ago that Elliot Alderson was sitting behind bars in prison, conjuring up his own world and spoon-feeding it to us. He augmented his reality, but as “Mr. Robot” starts to wrap up the second season, he is looking to have to face it. As we entered the home […]
Elliot Alderson received some great news on Wednesday night’s new episode of “Mr. Robot“: He was finally out of prison! He served less than 90 days of a sentence, and with that, he should be happy and feel rather fortunate. Yet, this isn’t a story that tends to yield much good fortune, given that as […]
One week after presenting us with the biggest twist in arguably its entire history, what does “Mr. Robot” do? Well, let’s just say that they’ve chosen to defy expectations once more. We wondered going into the episode whether creator Sam Esmail would really give us an episode without Elliot, and he definitely did that. Also, you […]
Mr. Robot is an albatross. It can also be a tool. On Wednesday night’s episode of the series of the same time, Elliot Alderson used this inner creature, this hope for his despair and joy, to secure some freedom from Ray’s operation. Ray showed himself to be a sharp, shrewd businessman, so at a […]
You can argue that in some ways, “Mr. Robot” was three different shows over the course of Wednesday night. First, it was “Full House” as Elliot hallucinated an existence where he was on a road trip with Mr. Robot, Darlene and others amidst a laugh track and a multi-camera setting. Also, THAT THEME SONG. This […]
Knowledge is power … but how much of it do you want? Too much knowledge can be giving up your power when there is bliss in ignorance. For Elliot Alderson, that is certainly true given that tonight’s “Mr. Robot” episode featured him being brutally beaten by Ray’s cohorts after he took a look at precisely […]
“Mr. Robot” is a story of what could be. Very rarely is it a show about what is, about accepting the world in front of you. The night’s most beautiful moment, and maybe the most beautiful moment of the second season, came when Elliot envisioned for a moment what his life could be. It was […]
There are a few moments throughout “Mr. Robot” where we will be first to admit: There is no clear line between reality and fiction, what is important and what are interspersed character-ramblings. Maybe none of it is important, or maybe it all is. There are times with this show where we look the show like […]
