Elliot remains on his own and tries to get rid of Mr. Robot. A doomed mission from the start, but clearly it was necessary. Ray stepping forward to offer him a new path and more importantly another voice to talk and listen to. On the surface, it looks like Ray is someone Elliot can relate to. His journey this episode is some masterwork by Rami. The tug of war with Mr. Robot is crazy.
Angela’s time this week is interesting. She has the most strained meetings with her boss you can imagine and he ends up inviting her to dinner after taking her PR advice. She gets there with two more men at the table and it sounds like dinner goes smoothly. Then her boss gives her the means to crush those two same men for being involved in the transgressions that killed her mother. It’s a wild offer/trap/olive branch I didn’t see coming. Major “keep walking into the dark with me” moment. He straight up tells her if you disassociate yourself from emotion, you can do anything.
Great opening to the show, we got to see how fsociety pretty much got started. That leads into the loss of Romero sending the other two (except Darlene) into a serious case of “we’re being hunted.” Interesting angle to have a dark horse coming after the group that’s supposed to be anonymous. It’s just the start so we have to wait and see where this thread goes.
Very little tech this week, it was all interpersonal relationships. We now know much more about Ray and what he’s looking for. In other new character news, we got a great look at (lonely) Agent Dominique and how smart she is. Way ahead of her peers (nice fail safe Romero), she makes massive strides in finding fsociety. The current theory is that Elliot is institionalised, which I can see the reasoning behind. Not sure a agree with it though. If it’s true there’s a whole lot that needs to be explained.
Amazing looking episode. Going around Elliot’s world is super intense. The staging and lighting is some pro level thinking and execution. My favorite is when Ray moves to get the chess board and we get the return of Mr. Robot reveal. It’s so slick. Music is on point as well.