Honestly love this episode. I've seen people complaining about the show being unrealistic and having a cliché twist. Yes, of course there are some liberties taken in the realism. If every show were realistic to the detail it would be boring. Imagine if Walter White threw that crystal in breaking bad and it didn't blow up and Tuco just beat him up and the show ended there. Also although the twist has definitely been done to death I think it's done best here, I've always thought Fight Club was overrated but the twist actually has buildup and emotional depth in Mr Robot which makes it feel more important. Honestly don't understand the hate. Way better than anything else on TV at the moment
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Enthralling second half to a confident premiere
TouchTheGarlicProduction13 July 2016
I liked this second half of the premiere even more than the first. It feels better balanced and better paced, and generally contains more significant events. I do hope that the plots begin to converge at some point this season; they all seem very separate from each other at the moment. Hopefully Elliot will soon make his return to the wide world. As it is, his story-line is high on hallucination and the abstract. It's really good, but also hard to follow and occasionally pretentious. It would serve them some good to perhaps ground his story a little more in some sort of consistent reality, or at least throw him out of his environment, back into the main story. As things are, our main character is completely separated from the action. That can't last forever, and it won't. I'm just saying that it would be good if things were to change sooner rather than later, so this season can really get rolling. The end of the episode makes it seem like this could happen very soon.
The episode focuses heavily on Angela and Joanna respectively, neither of whom appeared in the first part. I was particularly excited to check in with Angela again; the transformation she is undergoing is equal parts satisfying and horrifying to watch. Elliot is dismayed when he meets a stranger who upsets his daily routine. Rami Malek is always fantastic in the role, but he had one scene in particular to shine this episode, and shine he did.
I was pleasantly surprised when I discovered that the scene I thought would end this episode ended up opening it; the deal in the park that was set up at the end of the first part. Instead, the ending has a couple small twists and an emotional punch.
The episode focuses heavily on Angela and Joanna respectively, neither of whom appeared in the first part. I was particularly excited to check in with Angela again; the transformation she is undergoing is equal parts satisfying and horrifying to watch. Elliot is dismayed when he meets a stranger who upsets his daily routine. Rami Malek is always fantastic in the role, but he had one scene in particular to shine this episode, and shine he did.
I was pleasantly surprised when I discovered that the scene I thought would end this episode ended up opening it; the deal in the park that was set up at the end of the first part. Instead, the ending has a couple small twists and an emotional punch.
Angela is becoming such an A-hole!!!
theresa_cheung18 October 2019
Rewatch, 8.8/10
dcdude-269885 July 2023
Another great episode of the second season of the show. This wasn't better than the first, but was still a great one. My favorite characters in this episode were Elliot, Angela, and Mr Robot. My favorite things about this episode were the Protagonist, the Cinematography, and the ending. I didn't really like the pacing in this episode that much, it felt as slow as 1x01, but this was still a great episode with it's storyline, acting, and dialogue. I guess my mom, so far, considers this season the "comedy season", since she keeps laughing though the episodes. I still can't wait for her to see if she becomes shocked of episode 7.
Bah
PatValois14 July 2016
Just plainly overrated. I don't know why i'm suppose to have 10 lines of text just for saying that this is full of clichés, boring acting, hero talks like a text-ole machine and is depressing as hell. It's a mashup of Hollywood intrigues with a totally unrealistic hacking plot. In season one, the guy would have been caught so many times (in real life), that it's funny people believing in this... Add a cheesy fight club style twist and push it further... bah...
Cheap philosophy, not inspiring filming, boring moments where stress is underline x10000 for no reason... I was still interesting in the season 2, just by pure curiosity, but it's even worst than the first one, I just fall asleep on the second episode. Totally overrated show.
Cheap philosophy, not inspiring filming, boring moments where stress is underline x10000 for no reason... I was still interesting in the season 2, just by pure curiosity, but it's even worst than the first one, I just fall asleep on the second episode. Totally overrated show.
Enjoyed it [8/10]
panagiotis199315 June 2023
Warning: Spoilers
My Reaction / Review for Mr. Robot Season 2 Episode 2: The first episode was good and I gave it a rating of 7.5/10. They made the E corp guy burn all that money? Wow, didn't expect that. So in this season we have the introduction of Dominique. Damn all the dude wanted was to talk to somebody and make friends, Elliot is cold. It seems like Elliot is not the only cold one, Angela seems to have become cold by working for E Corp. Elliot has amnesia once again? I wish they would stop overusing this. It seems like it was time to let go of the actor that plays Gideon, that's sad I like this character. Tyrell is nowhere to be seen... nice. Overall a good episode, I enjoyed it. My rating is 8/10.
Overrated episode
JohnArmless18 July 2016
When I watched the first, I was amazed, thrilled, anxious for the great series to come back, the first episode was great, but then it started the second and bl-erg, such an overrated episode. Damm.
They are forcing so much those borings pseudo-cult photography, acting and directing.
Just let it take its real course, let keep it real, where is the narrative, where are the great moments, where is the real plot? I hope the 2nd episode is something beneath the true quality of the series, please, don't ruin it.
Well, at least, the final of the episode saved it
They are forcing so much those borings pseudo-cult photography, acting and directing.
Just let it take its real course, let keep it real, where is the narrative, where are the great moments, where is the real plot? I hope the 2nd episode is something beneath the true quality of the series, please, don't ruin it.
Well, at least, the final of the episode saved it
Who Is This???
wandernn1-81-68327410 September 2021
Warning: Spoilers
Ahh a bathtub scene and they did just give a little peek of nudity. Not enough to warrant a star but definitely doesn't lose one.
When Angela tells the annoying woman to get the hell out of her cubicle, she doesn't even have a cubicle. But she made a ballsy move and it worked for her. Those types of moves seldom work in real life.
Angela's bar scene was pretty good.
Gideon gets shot.
Eliot is having periods of being asleep, and 'waking' in places he's not even sure how he got there. Fight Club again.
This ep. 5/10.
When Angela tells the annoying woman to get the hell out of her cubicle, she doesn't even have a cubicle. But she made a ballsy move and it worked for her. Those types of moves seldom work in real life.
Angela's bar scene was pretty good.
Gideon gets shot.
Eliot is having periods of being asleep, and 'waking' in places he's not even sure how he got there. Fight Club again.
This ep. 5/10.
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