Mr. Robot (TV Series) eps1.5_br4ve-trave1er.asf (2015) User Reviews

A stunning masterpiece.

[TouchTheGarlicProduction · 10/10 · 29 July 2015]

This was by far the best episode of the series. It played out like a game of chess. The energy it built with the pacing is truly phenomenal. Every second tingles with energy. The ending left me with my jaw dropped to the floor.

As we saw last episode, Vera has leverage on Elliot. In this episode, he uses this to make Elliot hack him out of jail within the day. Now, the lives of several main characters hang in the balance, hinging on Elliot's ability to perform a near impossible task. You'd think that the pressure of that would be enough, but to get out of this alive, he also has to navigate a series of twists and betrayals.

I do wish the episode had more of Christian Slater. He's been transfixing as Mr. Robot, and probably my favourite character. His one scene was excellent, however. Meanwhile, Angela goes to the lawyer who represented the case against Evilcorp all those years ago, and she's played by an actress from House Of Cards. That's the second one on this show (the first being Gideon). The creators of this show must be fans.

Ultimately, this episode was about the conflict between the old and new Elliot, about fight vs. flight. Unfortunately, his choices lead to a shocking end that will surely define his character for a long while.

An episode like I haven't seen in years!

[ddracine · 10/10 · 30 July 2015]

Everybody knows by now that this show's main plot is all about attacking this monster of a conglomerate named E Corp to save the world or so to speak, erase all debts. This idea has been driving the show and every episode was bringing the viewer a little closer to this goal. But what happens when an episode just suddenly makes a huge turnaround and presents something totally unrelated to that one goal? Well it becomes the best episode in the season so far if you ask me!

This sixth episode starts in giving us a headache trying to figure out what happened between the last minute of the last episode and that moment but by the time we get our answer, we are catapulted into a fast-paced thriller as we follow Elliot struggling to find a solution to free Vera out of prison in 24 hours.

Angela's appearances are slowing the rhythm but if they end up helping building the main plot it would have been worth it as in this episode, nothing is done to harm E Corp. This whole hour is given to let Vera shine as a dangerous antagonist and "dangerous" is underrating him. We have also some refreshing glimpses of Tyrell's weaknesses which make him lose some credibility while also giving him a more human side.

The scenes all blend one into another with ease but it is for the last scene that this episode will be remembered as one of the best one ever produced. This is the type of scene that makes you hold your throat in disgust, feel your heart beat hard with anger and makes you cry with the deepest sadness you ever felt in a show. Well I know I did and no other show gave me this kind of emotions in a long long time.

It deserved a 10/10 and those that say otherwise can go back to watch Disney Channel. For those who doubted the potential of this show after the second episode (Or the third but let's not talk about that one yeah?) hopefully this sixth episode will prove you right to keep watching.

My personal favorite

[backslapjones · 10/10 · 10 April 2019]

Watch this episode. Mr. Robot has some pretty incredible storytelling, considering it was created by a guy who once said he doesn't care about plot. This episode shows how complex of a character Elliot is. Besides the suspense, what I liked most about this episode is that it can be viewed as its own story. This is just Elliot under the gun to save someone he cares about from a psychopathic drug dealer (an unusually likable one). I love every second of this show, but this episode is one of the greatest, in my opinion. The best story arcs take time to build and resolve, and Mr. Robot accomplishes this in a pretty brilliant way: by literally taking more time to build and resolve them. Not just a season, not just two. This episode was in the first season and the story arc won't be reintroduced until the fourth season. I haven't really seen a show take risks in storytelling like that. Almost all of them have a central issue that gets resolved by the end of the season, as well as subplots that get resolved by the end of the episodes. This show presents only pieces of its best stories at a time, which is far closer to reality than the assembly line of conflict resolution that we are accustomed to. Can't wait to see how it pans out.

Marvelously crafted digital escape

[quincytheodore · 9/10 · 30 July 2015]

Encounter with Vera proves to be more intimidating and hauntingly detrimental to Elliot's life. Up until now the show delivers many troubleshooting instances with intricate preparation or technical wizardly, this time it's a much more personal effort. Schemes and betrayals happen with rapid pace as the series presents one of the best wit battles in any recent TV series.

Vera finally realizes who's responsible for setting him up. There's a violent repercussion as he threatens Elliot and his friends if he isn't willing to break him out of the prison. Despite portrayed as a crude criminal, Vera is more than a match for Elliot. Seeing there's barely any resource or time, and no way out, not favorable to him anyway. Elliot plays out his best gambits.

What follows is a high risk tactical collision with Vera and also another secretive party. Cloak and dagger are brandished, occasionally in less discreet yet perilous manner.There is relentless intensity as the prison break escalates. Both actors perform to the finest. Vera is not the typical smooth antagonist like Tyrell, he's downright visceral, peculiarly volatile and enigmatically persuasive.

Tyrell and Angela get their moments this episode, both of them are preparing to reach their respective goal for Evil Corp. This subplot is moving nicely, but the highlight is definitely the grueling prison break. Cinematography and screenplay are near impeccable, it's brilliantly shift the advantage back and forth as neither of them willing to lose their ground.

This is a fine tuned escape endeavor from analog confinement, the tension might just rival The Rock or Shawshank, although redemption might be not be included.

Terrific episode

[851222 · 10/10 · 29 July 2016]

Greetings from Lithuania.

Episode 6 was great, gritty, dark and ending was way darker then anything i've seen in recent shows. This is way i highly enjoy series so far - it is a gritty show with dark mood - it is not one of the feel good series, and that what makes it great. "Mr. Robot" isn't for me a superbly involving show, but what makes it kinda unique and i can't get enough of it is these things mentioned above. Add very solid acting by all involved + realistic screenplay and i have a show which i will definitely watch further.

Overall, episode 6 is so far the most darkly gritty chapter, and it's one of the very best so far.

Wow!

[azhman · 10/10 · 30 May 2021]

Such a wow! This episode was incorble 🔥 Nothin' to say...

Mr. Elliot Alderson should stay away from drugs! He has real potential.

[hamidullahgenc · 10/10 · 10 February 2017]

Okay, we've seen Ms. Angela Moss up close and have known her better as we now see her remember the true intentions that she has in her; namely to make things right concerning Mr. Terry Colby as well as her mother.

Yes, we've seen Mr. Tyrell Wellick mess with his enemies so desperately as he has not been evil in his full potential but will be eventually seeing how the show operates on him.

Yeah, the show have decided earlier to keep things going for a little while as the plans on destroying the Evil Corp. got canceled.

These are all not so important concerning the journey of Mr. Elliot Alderson as it should have been; because he is the lead actor, and more importantly this show started to be his.

The real episode starts, continues and ends with the issue of getting Mr. Isaac Vera out of prison on condition that Ms. Shayla Nico will be released. The spirit, the essence of the episode is this: Mr. Elliot Alderson will hack the network of the prison and let Mr. Isaac Vera loose.

Lo! Mr. Elliot Alderson achieved it in less than a day! Wow! No, I am not filled with joy... At the end, Ms. Shayla Nico would be dead... Sad... and an understandable plot twist, too.

If we were to erase all the irrelevant scenes from or minimize them in this episode, the remaining body will be given a "9,55" points from me. But... sadly, I have to give it a "9,1" points.

P.S.: Please, dear people in charge, confine the plot mostly to Mr. Elliot Alderson. For this is the best possible way we can see the Fsociety perform. Amen.

Here is an ayat / Verse from the Book that my culture rooted in:

"Every soul will taste of death. And ye shall be paid on the Day of Resurrection only that which ye have fairly earned. Whosoever is removed from the Fire and admitted to Paradise, shall indeed be triumphant. The life of this world is but provision of vanities."

(The 185th Verse of the 3th Chapter called The Family of Imrān in The Gracious Koran.)

One of the series best episodes

[thegraydude · 10/10 · 5 March 2023]

This episode is really interesting to me. Is is a rare almost "one-off" episode that doesn't focus on the main storyline, but instead focusing on a much more personal battle between Elliot and Vera. I like how this episode ups the stakes, as before in the show there wasn't much risk of violence, this episode introduces a lot of guns and threatening and such. The other storylines are used well in this episode, Tyrell gets a few great scenes, as well as Angela getting to interact with Elliot's plotline despite not knowing what's going on, I thought that was great. This episode feels like an intricate game and therefore is very engaging, with new twists and opportunism being discovered by Elliot, and in turn, us, along the way. The ending of this episode is absolutely iconic as well, amazing direction.

First episode was very interesting, but in the end - it's not worth watching

[PeaceGuard · 25 July 2015]

13 minutes of this episode was enough to part my ways with this series. Of course, it wasn't only this 13 minutes, but also most of the previous material. Right now I'm shocked I've lost so much time for this. After the first episode I really hoped it can be some good modern reality series. But it's just a very weak modern reality series. Almost every scene is very weakly played and doesn't make logical sense at all. I give the whole series 5 rating, end watching it and advise other to do the same. There are so many better series and other activities that it just is an abomination to watch it.

Dramatic End

[Movies3000 · 9/10 · 29 April 2023]

WOW! The end was pretty dramatic, I felt it in my heart. A painful episode where Elliot gets obliterated emotionally thinking that he won, but Vera got him the last minute. In addition, the series is getting better and better with the episode. The dramatic effects are getting stronger and the suspense is killing me. I was considering that this will go on like. Still puzzled as to why he killed her but Vera's face has full of resentment even tho his words were telling something else. The killing of his teammate was surprising with how it was done, but I was expecting it cause I was seeing from the start something was off between the crew.

Rewatch, 9.5/10

[dcdude-26988 · 9/10 · 30 June 2023]

I was wrong about rating this a 10/10, but this was the closest that it has gotten so far to reach a 10/10 ratings when i rate it on imdb. Though it is not a 9.6 to a 10, it's still a dang good episode. My favorite characters are Elliot, Fernando, and Shayla. My favorite things are again the Protagonis, the storyline, and the Antagonists. My mom wasn't crying when she died, but she said in exact words, "No! I liked Shayla". After rewatch, this could maybe be the best episode of season 1 to best honest, but who knows? My favorite episode of season 1 when I first watched was Zero Day, but this might change.

Prison Break [7.6/10]

[panagiotis1993 · 8/10 · 13 June 2023]

My Reaction / Review for Mr. Robot Season 1 Episode 6: The 5th episode was good and I gave it a rating of 7.7/10, I hope this one is just as good or better, let's see. So now Elliot has to also hack the prison where that drug dealer is? Interesting. Tyrell is really mad, it's entertaining. Vera really needs to brush his teeth, looks super dirty. Elliot having a back up plan when it comes to Vera and his buddies, was a good idea. Wow getting his brother killed like that, really cold and brutal. Vera is messed up. Shayla is dead? They killed her? That sucks, also it sucks for Elliot, he seemed to be very upset about it. Overall a good episode, my rating is 7.6/10.

Good but slipping

[Hal_E_Would · 6/10 · 2 August 2015]

Mr. Robot started out great but with this episode it turned into just another episode of "cops and guns." There are simply too many TV shows with the same theme. In my opinion it's a crutch for lazy writers. This has turned into a real hack writing job. Too many sub plots and too much character development-it's beginning to read like a soap opera. I realize this is a series and they have to stretch the plot, but this was a bit much. Latinos and blacks in the same drug dealing gang, in a show based on hackers? Come on, guys. Now it's been renewed for a second season. This has strayed too far from the original premise. Evil corporation will never be hacked at this rate.

Unrealistic behavior for so called masterminds

[alpahcx · 2/10 · 10 May 2017]

SPOILER !!!

Many scenes in this episode don't make sense at all. First, when they hold Eliot at gunpoint in a car parked in front of a police station : I wouldn't recommend that if you expect to live another day ! Same goes for the final jailbreak scene which makes even less sense : They take their sweet time after the break-out even after shooting the gun. Didn't the writers think that the nearby guards should have been alerted by all this commotion ?

Even Eliot that hangs around for a long time just outside of the prison for no apparent reason in the middle of the night, should have been more than suspicious for the guards swarming the perimeter after the evasion. But, no. Nothing happens !

Nobody can be this dumb and find this poor writing believable.

/SPOILER

Pink Floyd, Tom Petty, Van Halen? Come On Man.

[wandernn1-81-683274 · 7/10 · 8 September 2021]

Bahahahaha. +1 Star For Tyrell and Joanna Wellick.

It's funny I still remember Bruce Altman mainly for his guest role in The Sopranos. Here he plays Terry Colby.

Fernando Vera gets racked up by his own brother who he just helped escape from Prison with Eliots help. Altho he probably would have ended up killing his brother anyway. And then the big surprise. There's a body in the trunk.

Oh man. +1 Star

7/10.

Terrible. Don't think I'll continue watching after this.

[jimpanzee1000 · 1/10 · 30 December 2015]

I have been getting sick of the poorly thought-out story lines of this show but this episode is the nail in the coffin. I don't think I'll bother watching any more.

You're sent on a wild goose chase for most of the episode, where Elliot makes seemingly makes every effort to stay ahead of the game, but in the end you find out that he hasn't even bothered to check if she's safe and well or not.

It just doesn't make sense. The ending is pointless sensationalism. I get the feeling that this show appeals to people who think it's a lot cleverer than it is.