OHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH look out!

This one was another slow burn that cranked up the heat as it went.

With Joanne appearing at the end of the last episode, she picks up Elliot to ask for his help. Find Tyrell. She says he’s been calling her and no one has been able to trace his number. Elliot, being told that he (Mr. Robot) shot Tyrell, doesn’t believe Tyrell called her because he’s dead. She manages to convince him to take the gig so he and Joanne’s right hand man go to Microcenter to pick up some needed hardware. At the store, the phone Joanne gave him rings and Mr. Robot disappears. Elliot is back to not trusting Mr. Robot. With a clever plan of using the police, Elliot finds an address for the last known location of the number that called the phone. Right Hand Man knows the address and seems very concerned about it. He takes off leaving Elliot and us wondering what the significance of that address is. Is that really Tyrell?

Angela is a damn mess. I called this some time ago. Don has her completely spooked and she tells Elliot she’s going to confess (but try to leave the others out if it). She’s so in over her head she doesn’t know which way is up anymore. She’s going to have to put on a cape and learn to fly if she’s going to pull herself out of this nose dive. I don’t know if she has it in her to do it.

Someone jumped one of the fsociety dudes that did the Washington D.C. stunt. They basically turned him into  hamburger meat. Cisco, seeing the guy dumped on the couch of the burned fsociety HQ when he grabbed the forgotten tape for Audrey, brings him to his apartment. Audrey wants nothing to do with him and Cisco tells her to cut the nonsense and they bring him to the ER. They wait around to hear if the guy is even going to make it and when they bring him upstairs for more tests, Cisco and Angela bounce to get something to eat.

Meanwhile, the burned fsociety HQ has been found by the FBI. The place has been rushed into processing, much to Dom’s dismay. She gets a good lead though. A witness sketch comes up with a very close resemblance to Cisco. This is the second witness to make such a recall on a probable fsociety member so Dom thinks she’s got some serious traction to close in on them on the sly. Her boss says there is no time for that and goes public with a BOLO on him. Dom fears that The Dark Army is now going to put a bullseye on him. The nurse in the ER calls the sighting in and Dom deduces that they must still be in the area.

Cue amazing ending.

The two highlights for me. Elliot breaking the fourth wall asking us to see if we can find why Mr. Robot took off. The camera, up near the ceiling, pans the room like a moment out of Resident Evil. That unnerving sense of our guide through this world losing it all. Second, another one shot take for the end. Following Dom down the street to the diner where she sees Angela and Cisco eating. She runs in and the camera plants itself for the remaining minute of the episode. No music, just audio from the street. Just before that Angela actually laughs with Cisco as they get their food. That’s going to be a brutal scene coming back next week.

Two episodes remaining.