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Trailer here. (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ug4fRXGyIak)

New show on USA:

In MR. ROBOT, Elliot, a cyber-security engineer by day and vigilante hacker by night, is recruited by a mysterious underground group to destroy the firm he's paid to protect. Elliot must decide how far he'll go to expose the forces he believes are running (and ruining) the world.


Caught the first episode of this.  Looks pretty good so far and will definitely give it a few episodes.

The first episode was pretty good and hopefully they can keep it up (though there's no guarantee if the first episode was made as a pilot).
My hope/prediction:

As to your hope/prediction, It's sure looking like that to me.

So there are no actual robots? :(

The whole anti-corporation/illuminati thing seems like fight club without the fighting part anyways.

They just announced a pick up for Season 2 in front of the premiere tonight.  That makes me pretty happy.

I thought the first episode was pretty good. Going on my DVR for sure.

The second episode wasn't bad and stayed true to the pilot (which is a good thing in this case).

I'm pretty confident you guys are spot on. 

I think Shayla did look confused there.

She was probably high.

Given that she definitely interacted with her in this last episode, we can scratch the theory that all of fsociety is a figment. Jury is still out on Mr Robot, so far he hasn't interacted with anyone but some MiB's that were also possible figments. He gave orders to fsociety, but that could have been disassociation.

--Dave

Ya, it looks full on Tyler Durden.

I'm hoping that Mr. Robot turns out to be the imaginary fall guy that will get all the blame in the last episode of the season thereby letting the main character avoid any charges for all the illegalities he does before that (a hybrid between Kayzer Soze and Tyler Durden...that's if they can do a decent reveal in Usual Suspects style).

I noticed when mr robot gave orders to fsociety he stepped right in front Elliot who kinda faded into the background.

That Hackers reference tho'

This show is the mutant offspring of Fight Club and Pi.  Needs more Aphex Twin, Orbital and menacing Hasidic Jews, though.

One of the things I like the most about the show is the narrating.  It reminds me of Dexter.

Christ, this show is amazing and heartbreaking at the same time.

I know, rite?   This show has taken the place of my favourite from True Detective (I'm having trouble with this season.

The start and the ending of the episode were really strong (the middle was a bit weak but still very watchable)

Anonymous Content produces both.  Just a little trivia.

I didn't know that.  I hope they keep doing it, then.

Is everyone still in shock? I will admit: I did not see that coming.

--Dave

Yeah I don't know wtf is going on anymore.   :awesome_for_real:

The one thing I saw coming (really, I think a lot of people were sort of expecting it).  The other thing came completely out of left field.

Both of them blew me away.

That said, if we're playing that game, I want Shayla back.

I guessed what was going to happen but I don't think I believed it and was shocked anyway.  The first, not the second.

This is really, really fucking good.

I keep working out what's going to happen... but only 30 seconds before it does. It's plot confusing in a good way, unlike True Detective. I'm going to have to go back and re-watch this with a notebook and pencil to hand.

I don't think that's what happened...

Well i guess at this point we really can't rely on absolutely anything we've gotten from Elliot, so who the hell knows really.

...and for once I'm okay with that (provided they explain most of it before the series ends)  :grin:

I thought he was remembering.  But I think I'm okay with the projecting and hallucinating, too.

Totally caught up.

I love this show so so soooo much, but this second-to-last episode really has me a bit worried...

Do not read unless you are caught up:

Now if they just make an actual (season) finale instead of just leaving everything to the following season(s) I'll be very satisfied with this show.  :heart:

edit:typo

I was actually ok with that because it was far enough removed.

That said,

"You knew it all along didn't you?"

How did this make it on USA? 

So good.

Finale delayed due to today's shooting.

Shit, they are probably taking out that scene.

I watched ep 7 and 8 over the weekend (contemplating spending my lunch break watching 9 on the phone) and I can't remember the last time one, let alone two episodes of TV had me saying 'HOLY SHIT' so many times.

(note: Considering how godawful xfinity's app is I will refer to them as evil corp for the rest of this thread)

2nd edit: BD WONG!  :drillf: :drillf: :drill: :drillf: :drill: :drillf:

If there isn't a punk band named 'dead puppy oven' formed by the end of the week I'll be bitterly disappointed.

Heh.

The music selection for this episode has been off the charts.

+100

Ol'Dirty at the party cracked me the fuck up.

This show is fucking gold. I love it. The characters are spectacular. All of them.

I finally got around to binging this over the last week. A Frigging Mazing. I don't know how you keep it going in a season 2, but Season 1 was Breaking Bad or Fargo good.

I just got it on Netflix and the first disk was hard to make it though, but the 2nd half of the season was great once things started to fall into place.

Yeah, but unlike the movie i think you were supposed to know.  In fact the first thing he says during the reveal is "You knew it all along, didn't you?".

The new season kicked off tonight.

Fuck.

Fucking brilliant. I love this show, so intense.

I'm going to have to go back and re-watch season 1 now.

This is as good as Hannibal.

Goddamn I missed it last night. I wonder if it's on demand.

Holy shit.  Do not fast forward through the commercials.

I finally was able to watch the first season of this thanks to Prime Video. HOLY FUCK. This was so goddamn good. The scene where Elliot breaks down at the end and confesses to the shrink was just amazing acting, writing and shooting. The lead is fantastic.

The finale confused the fuck out of me. I kept waiting for Elliot to wake up.

Now I have to watch the current season with On Demand, meaning no fast forwarding commercials most likely. Still. Worth it.

Fucking this.

And that cold open is just goddamn amazing.

They got me.

Talk about your "unreliable narrator"....

--Dave

So wth was he doing for Craig Robinson while he was in there?

You got got.

And I'm pretty sure whatever he was doing for Craig didn't involve bitcoins.

I got mindfucked as well.

As far as Craig, the theories suggest he was probably the Warden, he had him beaten and placed into solitary.  He was the only one able to give Elliot internet access which he used contact his friends, and later the fbi, while he was working on the site.  The people raiding Craigs office were probably FBI shawshank redemtion style. 

This was what I was thinking....

This show is superb.  Heartbreaking as Surli said.  The production is superb, writing +1.  And Malek is amazing.

edit: as interesting and disturbing at times as Hannibal, True Detective.

Love the mindfuck twist. Just brilliant.

And we are going down a completely different rabbit hole now. I swear, as soon as you think you know where this is going, it tells you "Fuck off, we ain't doing that."

Am I the only one, after last season, who's reaction to the 'twist' was a big
pile of meh?  Not trying to hate for hate sake as I love this show but it did nothing for me, part of the problem is that it did nothing to the plot. Just Elliot stuck in his head for 8 episodes.  Should've been done in 2.

It's just you.  :why_so_serious:

My only problem with this season has been the wheel spinning that seems to be going on with Angela's character. I have no idea what anything going on around her means and if she was as crazy as Elliot, I'd expect this whole season has been in her head.

Yeah it's just you! A large part of this show is specifically about Elliot's head, and what goes on inside it. Which I think also applies to Angela. For me a lot of this season so far has been about the different pulls on her - deeper into E-Corp and the dead-eyed corporate zombie she could become or drawn more into F-Society and the revenge for he mother that path could afford her.

The best games are always head games and this show is full of them.

Just started this. Literally on the second episode. Slater ain't Brad Pitt and this ain't fight club. But its really fun to watch regardless.

Yeah, I just started watching this yesterday as well.  Still not through the first episode because reasons, but it's one of the more compelling first episodes I've seen in a long time.  Not sure why I put this one off for so long.

Finished season 1. I think I liked it? I don't know. Some of the storylines and filler were just terrible. Which I guess is what happens when you stretch Fight Club out to 10 hours. How could they possibly do a season 2 though?

The stretching gets worse but I'm told I'm in the minority on this one.

It does get better later in the 2nd season.

The other reason I keep watching is that Esmail has already said its only going 4-5 seasons.  I so prefer shit which has an already defined arc.

About halfway through season 2, it must get better because this is terrible.

Season 3 trailer and article (http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/live-feed/mr-robot-season-3-trailer-1033894).  Starts up again on 10-11.

--Dave

Not sure if you liked the twist, but it got me. I found the slowness of the season worth it just for that.

Just finished season two and enjoyed the ride (and definitely enjoyed the mid-season twist/reveal, though I think they could have tightened up the first half by about an episode's worth of time).  I feel like season one's plotting and placing were more consistent, but while it was much more up and down season two had plenty of great moments.  Hoping season three evens stuff out a bit and explores some new places.

I finally just finished watching season 3. Definitely a show that's kind of lost its way a bit - I don't think they had a plan for what happens after fsociety "destroys the world." The performances and cinematography are what make it continually worth watching. The guy who returns at the end of the finale was the drug dealer from season 1, if you didn't know. I had to look it up to be sure.

Yup agree. Malek is amazing.  Hope they keep it together.