WTF is Whiterose doing in those ecorp plants? Why is it so serious that Angela almost got murdered? This is the biggest new mystery to me.
I think the point is Angela can't really do shit despite her noble intentions. She joined ECorp to try and change things from within (but really it seems like she's trying to bring them down in a different way kind of like how Mr. Robot is trying to kill ECorp through hacking), and now that she has access to extremely incriminating information but is afraid of being scapegoated/murdered either by corrupt government workers, or by other ECorp executives.
As for Whiterose, people have been jumping on the theory that Washington Township Plant was a front for unethical human experiments being conducted by ECorp to simulate the 5/9 attack, so that they could play Emperor Nero and change business by essentially burning Rome (by extension, Elliot and Mr. Robot is basically the end result of their experiment). I personally disagree and think it's a bunk theory. For one, if it was truly the case then Price would have known AND been able to play his way through the crash as expected, rather than being frustrated that he's being denied the opportunity to save ECorp. Not to mention, in the Whiterose-Price scene, it seems that the Washington Township scandal is used as leverage for both Whiterose and Price for completely different reasons, which would make the theory pretty strange to apply. In other words, I don't buy it.
It's getting old, like Esmail doesn't trust that the narrative is engaging enough on its own without all these added layers of unintelligibility.
The show is at its best when it's in pure espionage, scheming, high-tension mode. It falls apart when it confuses obfuscation with suspense.
That doesn't really make sense considering that Esmail isn't trying to "fool" or confuse the audience when you consider that the details have always been there (Mr. Robot mimicking Elliot's mannerisms in S1, Surrealistic setting in S2). Elliot going to prison isn't a gimmick designed to be a shocking reveal, it was a plot point where Elliot took advantage of prison as a means to try to control and reduce Mr. Robot's influence, an experience that he's slowly realizing is failing. The same goes for the Fight Club twist in S1.
