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[Redx508]

wait wait wait...so basically in 2 episode it's all over?? It's supposed to be 2 seasons right?

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‘Mr. Robot’ Renewed for Season 3 by USA Network

 

[kirblar]

wait wait wait...so basically in 2 episode it's all over?? It's supposed to be 2 seasons right?

Esmail's said there's a definitive story and ending in mind, so it's not going to run indefinitely, but it's not 2 seasons only.

 

[Dominican Power]

The fucking suspense. We're definitely going to see what happens in the diner next episode.

 

[-Plasma Reus-]

I just realised Darlene is very likely dead.
We see her ducking, but she's definitely taken some shots

 

[schadenfood]

This is the second season.

It was originally only going to be 10 episodes, but the premier and the finale were split into two parts each.

Didn't Esmail originally plot it out as a three-season story? Hope they stick to that.

 

[-griffy-]

I just realised Darlene is very likely dead.
We see her ducking, but she's definitely taken some shots

Here's a slowed down closeup. Looks like

Spoiler

Cisco immediately gets headshot, most probably dead. Darlene probably gets hit right after, but it's a smaller amount of blood comparatively, and might actually be a ketchup bottle exploding.

 

[-Plasma Reus-]

That's interesting.

Spoiler

I'd say that's definitely a ketchup bottle.

This is a 10/10 show.

 

[Plasmid]

I think

Spoiler

Darlene

dying will push Eliot against the dark army. I can totally see him retaliating but who knows. I know

Spoiler

Cisco

is dead AF but i doubt

Spoiler

Darlene

is.

e:

k that's definitely an exploded ketchup bottle.

 

[bitbydeath]

I think Darlene will live, and probably take off real fast after Dom rushes outside.

 

[SporeCrawler]

I think

Spoiler

Darlene

dying will push Eliot against the dark army. I can totally see him retaliating but who knows. I know

Spoiler

Cisco

is dead AF but i doubt

Spoiler

Darlene

is.

e:

k that's definitely an exploded ketchup bottle.

hope darlene aint dead. she is turning into an incredible badass

 

[TheSeks]

wait wait wait...so basically in 2 episode it's all over?? It's supposed to be 2 seasons right?

What they mean by "TWO EPISODES LEFT" on USA is the season. Unless the ads say "SERIES FINALE" it's generally (unless it's cancelled in the middle of seasons) the season.

 

[PHOENIXZERO]

Goddamn.

Regarding the phone calls:

Spoiler

Surely it's Scott Knowles making them?

I'm almost certain it is which is going to make things interesting when Joanna finds out.

 

[BrokenIcarus]

Fuck this show is amazing!

 

[Messofanego]

That crosswalk countdown (spoiler, duh) is a thing of timing genius. Well done, Sam Esmail.

 

[jerry113]

Dom is such a sexy boss.

 

[jerry113]

So why did the Dark Army even need Elliot & his gang in the first place to pull off the 5-9 hack?

 

[Dominican Power]

Cisco definitely looks dead. I bet Darlene gets hit but survives. Dom ducks just in time. She must have 9 lives.

 

[Arkeband]

Didn't Esmail originally plot it out as a three-season story? Hope they stick to that.

I hope this season ends with Phase 2 starting, and that runs for two seasons.

And then at the end of Season 4, there's a Phase 3 and that runs for one last crazy season.

 

[CRS]

So why did the Dark Army even need Elliot & his gang in the first place to pull off the 5-9 hack?

Other way around. Elliott needed Dark Army.

 

[FantasticMrFoxdie]

wow what an episode.


The shit has really hit the fan and i have no idea where its going, but everywhere

 

[MegaManTrigger]

Cisco definitely looks dead. I bet Darlene gets hit but survives. Dom ducks just in time. She must have 9 lives.

If Elliot doesn't enlist Whiterose and the Dark Army, ECorp would be alive since they'd have backups in China.

 

[T Dollarz]

Just finished the episode. God damn, that last half hour was so good. This season's paid off as the stakes are so incredibly high now. Next Wednesday the 2-hour finale? Yusss

Also, I remember hearing somewhere that Esmail's plan from the beginning was always five seasons.

 

[Jay Shadow]

Also, I remember hearing somewhere that Esmail's plan from the beginning was always five seasons.

That's literally every show runner's answer these days when asked how long their show is planned for.

 

[Curufinwe]

Just finished the episode. God damn, that last half hour was so good. This season's paid off as the stakes are so incredibly high now. Next Wednesday the 2-hour finale? Yusss

Also, I remember hearing somewhere that Esmail's plan from the beginning was always five seasons.

The finale was split into two episodes.

 

[Cloud Strife]

This show is something else

 

[Ghost_Messiah]

Brilliant episode. That long shot at the end with the shoot out was one of the best scenes of the show IMO. Thank you GAF for helping me discover this amazing show.

IMO Cisco is dead but Darlene survives. Guess we'll find out in the finale. Next week can't come soon enough.

 

[MegaManTrigger]

I wonder how fucked up Cisco would be if he was alive but Darlene was dead. I can almost see it happening considering he sold her out to the Dark Army, and that Esmail likes to subvert expectations.

 

[TheDarkKnight774]

Just watched.

That. Was. Awesome!!!

 

[Lumpy Onion]

Oh wow, that ep was something else! Holy shit at the song going along with the final quarter. Mesmerizing.

Also absolutely loved the monologue before the opening title.

 

[awilliams213]

Amazing episode the tension in the final quarter...I just watched in silence. Not worried about how this season will end in terms of cliffhangers. Sam Ismail clearly wrote a beginning and end to this arc it's going to be something to behold.

 

[names2hard4you]

I think Darlene survives. If you notice, the FBI woman has blood splattered on the left side of her body. Cisco was directly to her left when the shootout happened, while Darlene was in front, slightly to her right.

 

[PHOENIXZERO]

Yeah, Darlene didn't get shot but going by that explosion of red (assuming that wasn't just ketchup) Cisco got fucked up and I'm sure he was the target anyway.

 

[D1renegade]

Wow.. That episode might even be better than 8.
Those last 15 minutes were Breaking Bad levels of tension. I wish the season would've started with this level of quality.

 

[Zoe]

I wonder how fucked up Cisco would be if he was alive but Darlene was dead. I can almost see it happening considering he sold her out to the Dark Army, and that Esmail likes to subvert expectations.

Cisco has always been portrayed as being more invested in their relationship though. In the first episode, she had just broken up with him because he proposed :lol

 

[jett]

I guess I'm literally the only one feeling super down about this show. Or at least the only that is hanging around to the end of the season. Reading this thread is like the twilight zone for me.

Another excruciatingly-paced episode with a seriously unnecessary cliffhanger.

And more must-have shots of pointing the camera at ceilings. Esmail must have a ceiling fetish or some shit. Incredibly fucking fed up with the gimmicky photography of this thing. For me it's just distracting, every single time.

 

[~Kinggi~]

Also looking at a gif, just noticed that the Don't Walk signal is literally a countdown to the shooting:

And the diner sign gets shot out and appears to spell "Lies."

That is some ingenious scene shit there.


Quality product this week yet again. Show is da best. Emmy on lock.

 

[SCHUEY F1]

Loved it. Can't wait to re watch the season already.

 

[Angelus Errare]

Spoiler

3. I've read a couple recaps that theorize that Tyrell will emerge as a third personality of Elliott's (and he's actually dead). but I dunno. I feel like this is too much of a shark jumping moment.

This makes no sense at all.

 

[MegaManTrigger]

This makes no sense at all.

I don't know why people are STILL perpetuating the Tyrell is Elliot theory. Primarily because Joanna would have known about Elliot and called him that instead of Ollie. Not to mention, how do you explain all the AllSafe scenes where you see Tyrell interacting with Elliot and Terry Colby, never mind that he offered Elliot to work for ECorp in S1E1. THe theory is very flimsy and falls apart quickly.

 

[Zoe]

This makes no sense at all.

Especially so given this week's episode.

 

[Angelus Errare]

I don't know why people are STILL perpetuating the Tyrell is Elliot theory. Primarily because Joanna would have known about Elliot and called him that instead of Ollie. Not to mention, how do you explain all the AllSafe scenes where you see Tyrell interacting with Elliot and Terry Colby, never mind that he offered Elliot to work for ECorp in S1E1. THe theory is very flimsy and falls apart quickly.

Pretty much.

 

[Kaako]

Just watched this episode earlier, fantastic.

 

[PHOENIXZERO]

He also opens fire on zero on that cross walk light, I noticed that during the episode but not the restaurant sign.

 

[NaM]

Also, throw me in the "Those two diners were not Darlene and Cisco" camp... Just another silly camera trickery, by the (@Esmail) director/writers.

I don't think that's what's happening there but if it is I'll be super disappointed in Esmail.

 

[MegaManTrigger]

Also, throw me in the "Those two diners were not Darlene and Cisco" camp... Just another silly camera trickery, by the (@Esmail) director/writers.

I don't think the Dark Army gunners are that stupid though.

 

[davidwhangchoi]

so they dead?

=/

it's so sad....

and who's making those obscene phone calls? this is too much suspense...

 

[Maddocks]

Dat music during everything, I was getting Tron Legacy vibes from them.

But for sure one of them is dead and its pretty clear who died, Darlene should be injured though.

Good stuff so far this season.

 

[rec0ded1]

Last part totally sounded like tron legacy. Was it the shows original score or was it used from somewhere else? I want to track it down.

 

[LewieP]

Pretty sure it was this exact track, or deliberately trying to sound like it.

 

[Sober]

Also looking at a gif, just noticed that the Don't Walk signal is literally a countdown to the shooting:

And the diner sign gets shot out and appears to spell "Lies."

Yeah that countdown was pretty much centered in the shot, so I caught it right away. especially when you notice the triggerman decides to walk all the way up point blank basically.

Would be ballsy as fuck if the next episode had a reverse shot of the same sequence though.