Mr. Robot (TV Series) 406 Not Acceptable (2019) User Reviews

Three deeply uncomfortable vignettes

[TouchTheGarlicProduction · 10/10 · 11 November 2019]

This season has been pretty trigger-happy so far, killing major characters nearly every episode, so when this one decided to focus on three separate stories of people in apartments threatening each other with violence, I got pretty worried somebody wasn't going to make it out alive. As always, Esmail does a fantastic job keeping the tension at a fever pitch the whole hour. I spent the entire time guessing, and second-guessing, and still finding myself wrong.

Every episode this season has kept me on the edge of my seat, but this one added an extra layer to it; discomfort. The characters say some truly painful things to each other, and it's very tough to sit through. It's like watching a car crash in slow motion; you know it's inevitable. but you keep looking for ways out.

My only complaint about this episode is that it ends. That's not a joke, I'm legitimately complaining. I wish I had the strength of will to wait for the whole season to be out so I could watch it at a non-maddening pace, but Sam did too good a job and I get irrationally angry at him sometimes because of it.

perfection as usual

[backslapjones · 10/10 · 11 November 2019]

The gang's all here. What's left of them, at least. This show gives me certainty that truly excellent television will never die, because there will always be artists who refuse to change to please the network or a new demographic or whatever source of creative downfall. Esmail is that artist, telling the incredible story he created, and it's not over yet.

Elliot crossed the line

[aboalhyjaa · 10/10 · 14 November 2019]

This is what the episode should be called. One of the greatest thing about this season and unlike the whole 3 seasons before. This season Elliot is the bad guy and Mr.Robot is the good one.

Another phenomenal episode

[Splarke22 · 10/10 · 11 November 2019]

I'm running out of words to describe each new episode of Mr Robot. Each week we are getting the quality of writing and acting equivalent to damn near perfection. I'm hoping and praying this season continues to be this incredible, as I personally think Mr Robot can/will solidify itself as the best show in the history of television when it wraps up! 10/10 episode!

an episode of confrontations

[da3m0nic · 9/10 · 11 November 2019]

All three plot lines contain incredibly stressful, intense confrontations. All of them were incredible, but those between Darlene and Dom were my favorites. I've never felt so nervous for a character in my life then when Dom was ordered to kill Darlene.

The Deus meeting is on the horizon and Whiterose is saying that Elliot should be shown her project so he sees that they're on the "same side". It's starting to feel like an insane reveal of some kind is happening very soon.

Intense, emotional and thrilling!

[ashystyle · 10/10 · 12 November 2019]

Really good episode! I thought that there was so much different emotions in this one. 3 story lines where one is more critical than the other one! So much thriller which I enjoyed very much!

How far would you go?

[hunterboy-32399 · 10/10 · 17 December 2019]

Without spoiling, this episode is emotional. It makes you question how far you'd go to get what you want. Mr robot is on fire with these great episodes

Can't wait for the next one.

[DrunkenDeGroot · 10/10 · 11 November 2019]

I kind of hate the fact that I have to watch every episode so I don't get spoiled, but at the same time wait a week between every episode. This, especially is going to be hard for me to endure. I wonder how this all turns out.

There are some really really intense moments where I just didn't know what would or could even happen. The performances are all fantastic, cinematography is still really unique and amazing, what can I even really say?

Although I feel like some parts of the story will be detailed enough only when we see the bigger picture. I might lower the score because of that. Still, amazing filmmaking and script.

INSANE epidode

[matiasbockerman · 10/10 · 11 November 2019]

Just like whole series and this season. Every time I think this is it no show can't be any better than this epidode, it somehow manage To be more intense, edgier, more thrilling, and more captivating. Second best show right after Breaking Bad.

An expectedly great hour of television.

[maxglen · 9/10 · 12 November 2019]

Every episode this season has been an absolute joy. From the shocking premiere, to the surreal 404 not found and last week's silent heist thriller. This episode is no different. We get an extremely tense collection of vignettes, all equally disturbing as the last. Dom is ordered to kill Darlene, Vera interrogates Krista and Elliot drugs and blackmails Olivia. All of these plot threads go to the darkest of places we've seen in the show and Elliot's against the clock to set his plan into motion and bring down the Deus group once and for all but it seems there's a Vera sized cog in his machine which promises to be the focus of our conflicts next week. I'm gonna give Not Acceptable a 9.2.

Intense and powerful

[martrpeden · 10/10 · 16 November 2019]

This episode doesn't contain any of the 'biggest moments' of the series, but my god it's intense, powerful and emotional. Wow. Great writing, great acting - just great.

Is Elliot A Monster? [7.5/10]

[panagiotis1993 · 7/10 · 11 July 2023]

My Reaction / Review for Mr. Robot Season 4 Episode 6: Episode 5 was awesome and I gave it a rating of 8.8/10. Why Vera needs Krista though? Does he want important information about who Elliot really is? Let's see. Nice to see Leon again. Wow, what Elliot does to Olivia is brutal. Olivia tried to kill herself? Isnt that a bit too much? It's not like Elliot destroyed her life. Has Elliot become a monster? Now that's a good question. Vera enjoys torturing Krista too much. Wow so Vera is about to learn about Mr. Robot? This is good. Ok while this episode is good, well its not great. My rating is 7.5/10.

Not Acceptable is a fitting title

[chixie-64027 · 4/10 · 13 November 2019]

I feel the writers dropped the ball in a specific manner in this episode. The use of Krista as the pawn in a cooked up scheme by Fernando Vera to get to Elliot was an illogical plot twist at face value.

When a sweaty looking Fernando Vera, played by Elliot Villar, recounts a long winded parable of a "a bully and a lil bitch", a bound and gagged Krista squirms and moans in terror. I immediately wonder why Gloria Reuben the actor has been reduced to this BS. The torture in this scene is conveyed mostly through language. Sam Esmail and his writing staff (Amelia Gray) must think they created an "edgy" script with Vera's akward use of the N word for "dramatic" emphasis without any contextual reason provided for its use. Entitled tone deafness on behalf of the writers while crafting these scenes was most likely at a fever pitch.

The whole story line of Vera and Krista was full of double entendre. The image of 3 people of African descent (Krista and Vera's 2 loyal henchmen) in a room being fed the moral of the story, "...that is how you own a (insert racial slur)". So this elaborate return of Vera seems mad suspect. Is this monologue for Krista, continuing the momentum from the last episode or is this some not-so-crafty message to the audience. I saw it as an example of the latter.

Now we are talking

[boudybob · 9/10 · 11 November 2019]

Finally I feel Mr.Robot's Vibes again. This is the first episode that actually felt like Mr.Robot in this season. Mixture of dark emotions ,fast paced adventure, drama, action and hacking. You name it.

Rewatch, 9.7/10

[dcdude-26988 · 10/10 · 6 August 2023]

Very underrated episode. This was honestly the best episode I have seen that was rated a 9.1, because this was amazing. The should honestly be higher rated on this app. I didn't care for it much at first, but once I rewatched it, it felt more amazing than the first time I watched it. Anyways my favorite things about this episode were the action, the Cinematography, and the Protagonist. My favorite characters in this episode were Elliot, Olivia, and Fernando. I calculated the episode ratings that I charted so far, and literally 15 of the episodes were a 9.5 or higher, and 28 out of the 38 episodes were just a simple 9/10 or higher. Why? Because this is an amazing show.

Good, but the show is taking the slowest pace yet

[noalygh · 8/10 · 12 November 2019]

When Sam announced that the show would be reduced from 5 to 4 seasons, I thought that the pacing would be highly intense, but the show dragging even when compared to the beginning of season 2. Episode 1 would be whirlwind of mindfuck; episode 2 is gradual but mystery packed by Magda's death; episode 3 is Whiterose's backstory episode 4 is the meaningless Santa story and walk in the woods, which I still save my judgement till the end; episode 5 is solely for hacking Virtual Realty; and episode 6 is mostly spent for the setups of the next one.

We are half way through the season without any answers yet, and Elliot and Darlene's relationship still unthoroughly solved. The stories are there and the themes of each episode are awesome but I feel so sidetracked.

Stupid ending.

[tfoutoIMDB · 10/10 · 15 February 2020]

Never in life would Elliot go after _Krista in the end. He knew he would be caught and kidnapped. He had much more urgents things to do.

this episode is not as good as people are making it out to be. first episode of the series i wasn't wowed by.

[pandabear-89609 · 9/10 · 11 November 2019]

I don't want to spoil it, but this is the first episode of the entire series that i actually was disappointed in. it all felt too convenient and the things happening felt like mistakes elliot wouldn't make and same thing with decisions darlene made. i just felt like it was drama for the sake of drama and to make things harder for elliot to get stuff done later that night (which i still believe will be a success for elliot as it's his only chance so somehow it's going to end up working out.) so yeah, i tried to say this without any spoilers.

with spoilers :

i felt like it was unlike darlene's / dom's character to not shoot the 3 dark army peole when they walked in and just give the gun up. then elliot getting kidnapped.... come on, the only person he would actually take a chance messing up tonight's thing is darlene. so he conveniently gets kidnapped as well. i felt liek these things happened for two reasons....one to make it harder for elliot, two to bring together elliot with either vera or leon or possibly geting them both on his side. i 100% believe elliot will succeed in next weeks episode although he will have to deal with the fallout of what happens to darlene and dom. it may not all get figured out and he made not succeed by next week's episode because so little time is going by for all the episodes. the whole season hasn't been that much time if you aren't counting angela's death. hell 2 episodes ago i'm pretty sure was just last night. so yeah, idk i just felt like this episode was average writing and made things happen just to tie things together and make it so he doesn't defeat white rose with ease. as i said in the title this is the first episode of the entire series that i don't rate at least an 8 to. i hope in the last 4 episodes things aren't much more lame and simple than they appeared the entire show.

For whom the bell tolls

[ygwerin1 · 8/10 · 26 March 2022]

Elliot Alderson's shrink Krista Gordon received an unwelcome visit by a low life Fernando Vera who imagines that he has an issue with Elliot, and sees her as a means to an end.

For me his character is played like an atypical dipstick head banging yank, that quite literally litters American TV shows such as this one.

FBI Agent Dominique DiPierro received a tipoff about Darlene and Elliot Alderson and arrived on their doorstep to endeavour to force information out of them, regarding their recent nefarious activities.

To enable them to successfully complete their hack Elliot has to pay Olivia Cortez a social visit in an attempt to further ingratiate himself with her, as he needs vital information from her regarding her business clients.

But first he had to make a quantum leap from their initial harmless flirtations, to convincing her to help him without her blowing the gaff on him.

Darlene is facing the grim reaper and she feels it must surely be merely a matter for time he arrived for her, and then set off by in pursuit of her brother Elliot.