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Mr. Robot season_2.0 |OT| We Would Care, Bill - Wednesdays on USA
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Psychological Intellect
Banned
finale is gonna make or break this show's future if any of these theories floating on the subreddit are true
Also want to say that I have been fucking LOVING season 2.
Also want to say that I have been fucking LOVING season 2.
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captjohnboyd
Member
I don't get the complaints about the episode being slow. yeah the pacing is pretty slow but it's beautiful to look at, wonderfully acted and it didn't represent a huge departure from earlier episodes this season. I for one loved it even the commodore eccentric indulgence.
I have to say, as stated by some earlier posters, I'm getting a strong AI/Actual robot vibe from the episode. Maybe it's a red herring but I can't say I'd be terribly surprised. I also think he could pull it off. I mean yeah it's out there but is it really that much further out there than some of the other themes or actions he laces the show with? I'm not sure why everyone is so virulently opposed to it. Esmail has proven he can take us this far why not trust him to execute it well.....assuming it is an AI deal
I have to say, as stated by some earlier posters, I'm getting a strong AI/Actual robot vibe from the episode. Maybe it's a red herring but I can't say I'd be terribly surprised. I also think he could pull it off. I mean yeah it's out there but is it really that much further out there than some of the other themes or actions he laces the show with? I'm not sure why everyone is so virulently opposed to it. Esmail has proven he can take us this far why not trust him to execute it well.....assuming it is an AI deal
sneakypete
Member
Guys this episode was a door. Imagine the possibilities.
Leona Lewis
Banned
Next week's finale is either going to be the most thrilling, explosive payoff since "Mizumono" or the most disappointing, shark-jumping dud since "Last Day on Earth."
Any bets on where it'll land?
Any bets on where it'll land?
Beer Monkey
Member
Patsy artificially engineered characters are less interesting to me than other kinds of patsies.
Shades of Bioshock though.
Shades of Bioshock though.
Says the GoT avatar.
ConfusingJazz
Member
God what a boring episode. And stupid too.
Do you think Angela was wonderfully acted as well?
Baldwin_the_First
Member
What the fuck did I just watched. This show is shit crazy, It's like I'm in tranced whenever I watch it, yet I barely know what's going on or have a single clue of where it's going. What.. the.. Fuck.
DarkCronos
Member
I haven't started watching season 2 yet. Is it any good? I have mixed feelings about S1, I liked the premises but when I realized (a couple of episodes early) that it was Fight Club all over again i kinda lost interest (also, where is my mind cover song made my cringe a bit). I also though that sometimes the series tried too hard to be "edgy".
most of my friend are watching s2 and I'm feeling left out, but I'm still not sure it's really worth it.
most of my friend are watching s2 and I'm feeling left out, but I'm still not sure it's really worth it.
Angela every episode.
First half is mostly filler bad, later half is okay-ish, last episodes are filler???.
Username1198
Member
Wait I'm confused. The last scene with Elliot and Tyrell is showing us what happened during the attack where Elliot blacks out and wakes up in that suv right?
So Elliot is seeing what mr robot and Tyrell did? And what their deal was that mr robot referred too?
And what's going on with Angela? Is she part of the dark army now?
And so phase 1 was the Chinese using Elliot/fsociety to erase ecorps money so they would borrow more from the Chinese so that way they could control ecorp or something?
So Elliot is seeing what mr robot and Tyrell did? And what their deal was that mr robot referred too?
And what's going on with Angela? Is she part of the dark army now?
And so phase 1 was the Chinese using Elliot/fsociety to erase ecorps money so they would borrow more from the Chinese so that way they could control ecorp or something?
-Plasma Reus-
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It's an Angela episode.
I'm getting that vibe too.
Does the Back To The Future reference mean Elliot is reliving the night of the hack? But the show is fucking with us to make us think time is current?
firehawk12
Subete no aware
The fact that we don't get to see how she is convinced to drop the whole mess is such a pointless tease.
-Plasma Reus-
Service guarantees member status
Yea. I was thinking the same. This is twin peaks.
The robotic voice at the other end of the phone somehow reminded me of nightmare backwards speaking Laura palmer.
The robotic voice at the other end of the phone somehow reminded me of nightmare backwards speaking Laura palmer.
In other words... I don't like how this episode was edited, so the show's getting cancelled because what I think is super important and everyone agrees with me.
Leona Lewis
Banned
OK.
What I said was totally limited to this one particular episode and had nothing to do with a general trend this season that no one else but me has noticed.
Sure.
Monocle
Member
Whiterose is so cool.
I'm mad at this season for the bullshit with Tyrell, who was much more interesting when he was, you know, present and interacting with Joanna onscreen. At least his subplot is finally going somewhere, I guess.
I do like the idea of Elliot becoming the invisible observer of Mr. Robot. I think the season could have played with this a little earlier though. The pacing of this whole season is so counterintuitive. I'm not feeling it.
Of course this episode doesn't tell us what happened to Darlene. Of course.
Dom is looking for love in all the wrong places. She should have talked to Cortana.
I'm mad at this season for the bullshit with Tyrell, who was much more interesting when he was, you know, present and interacting with Joanna onscreen. At least his subplot is finally going somewhere, I guess.
I do like the idea of Elliot becoming the invisible observer of Mr. Robot. I think the season could have played with this a little earlier though. The pacing of this whole season is so counterintuitive. I'm not feeling it.
Of course this episode doesn't tell us what happened to Darlene. Of course.
Dom is looking for love in all the wrong places. She should have talked to Cortana.
Maddocks
Member
I did like all the back to the future music, that was neat. But overall the episode kinda didn't go anywhere. All it showed us that Dom is sad and Ty is still around.
What is Elliot going to do next, crash bitcoin and Ecoin thus fucking everyone worldwide instead of just America? Not a terrible endgame, but next couple of episodes need to move that pace a little better then this episode that is for sure.
What is Elliot going to do next, crash bitcoin and Ecoin thus fucking everyone worldwide instead of just America? Not a terrible endgame, but next couple of episodes need to move that pace a little better then this episode that is for sure.
Maybe, except them talking about phase 2, makes me think this is current.
Incandenza
Banned
Sam Esmail in a nutshell:
King Mystery
Member
Yesterday, I had USA on a couple of hours before the episode came on and during the commercial break they aired a promo for the season finale where
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Did anyone else see it? Is it possible they accidentally played it early because
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they showed Tyrell sitting at a computer in the middle of an empty warehouse with Elliot and Mr. Robot behind him and Mr. Robot said to something to Elliot like "Let us show you what we've been working on".
Did anyone else see it? Is it possible they accidentally played it early because
Tyrell being alive was supposed to be a big twist this episode(which hadn't aired yet)
I want to go on record saying Tyrell turning into another personality of Elliot would be absolutely horrible and a jump the shark moment for me.
The testing of Angela by Whiterose was a little too weird for me, but everything else in the episode was fine.
Really liked Elliot figuring out how to spy on Mr. Robot.
The testing of Angela by Whiterose was a little too weird for me, but everything else in the episode was fine.
Really liked Elliot figuring out how to spy on Mr. Robot.
LyleLanley
Banned
Just caught up on this thread and I wanted to say that if anyone turns into an actual robot on this fucking show, I'm out.
ThusZarathustra
Member
The closest they'll go to that is personality manipulation shit, the reddit robot/time travel idiocy is just that: idiocy. The show does out of left field bullshit for sure, but anything other than long term personality manipulation type stuff would be massively incongruous with the show's internal logic.
Once Elliot went to sleep, anything that happens to him is suspect. Could easily see him waking up
The
theory though. They've shown Elliot bleeding out, affected by drugs, angeles father... they couldn't. They wouldn't!
Then again
Nah... no way
The
robot
Then again
elliot being pushed out a window as a kid, father makes robot version, mom goes insane and put in asylum
Nah... no way
mysocksarepink
Banned
My problem with it even after 5/9 or killing him is that he doesn't know Tyrell well enough to develop another full blown personality based on him. The dichotomy between him and Mr. Robot is enough for me.
Stabby McSter
Member
Not to support dumdum time travel/BttF-Mr. Robot theories, but the song played in the van carrying Angela is the same song from the Enchantment Under the Sea dance.
Sectorseven
Member
That scene with the little girl was pretentious as hell. Also, no way does she load up a floppy on the Commodore without getting some kind of error.