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Elliot attempts to lead a normal life, but cannot escape fsociety, while Gideon grows suspicious, and Tyrell plays dirty.

Director:

Jim McKay

Writers:

Sam Esmail (created by), Sam Esmail

Stars:

Rami Malek, Carly Chaikin, Portia Doubleday

Cast

Episode cast overview, first billed only:
Rami Malek	...	Elliot Alderson
Carly Chaikin	...	Darlene
Portia Doubleday	...	Angela Moss
Martin Wallström	...	Tyrell Wellick
Christian Slater	...	Mr. Robot
Gloria Reuben	...	Krista Gordon
Michel Gill	...	Gideon Goddard
Ben Rappaport	...	Ollie Parker
Frankie Shaw	...	Shayla Nico
Michael Drayer	...	Cisco
Randy Harrison	...	Harry
Michele Hicks	...	Sharon Knowles
Michael Cristofer	...	Phillip Price
Stephanie Corneliussen	...	Joanna Wellick
Jeremy Holm	...	Mr. Sutherland

Storyline

Tyrell is refused a chance to convince the company he is the right one to replace Colby. To get some comfort, he pays someone to take a beating. Then he gets closer to his boss' secretary to obtain information about the new CTO. Elliot wakes up in the hospital with Krista and Shayla watching him. He needs to convince Krista he's alright but that's no problem since he easily gets in the database of the hospital. Elliot thinks fsociety are done with him and plans on starting a new life - a normal life. Hence he brings Shayla with at a dinner at Gideon's. Since some more information is being revealed about Colby by fsociety, Elliot learns the game is not over. In the meantime Ollie is being blackmailed.

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Plot Keywords:

gay | beating | blackmail | bowling arcade game | tied to a bed | 

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Genres:

Crime | Drama | Thriller

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Certificate:

TV-14

Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English Danish Swedish Spanish

Release Date:

8 July 2015 (USA)

Company Credits

Production Co:

USA Network, Universal Cable Productions, Anonymous Content

Technical Specs

Runtime:

46 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

16:9 HD

Did You Know?

Trivia

The picture of the dog shown being liked on Instagram is from the page of creator Sam Esmail's girlfriend, Emmy Rossum. The dog is called Cinnamon.

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Goofs

Elliot's drug screen misspells marijuana as "marrijuana".

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Quotes

Mr. Robot: Without you, there is no plan.
Elliot Alderson: That's it? It's over? You expect me to believe that? See you in another life. Did you hear that? I can't believe it. Is that really happening? Fsociety's finally over. The recent glitch in the otherwise neat reality I created over the years, I'll never slip up like that again. I'm gonna be more normal now. Maybe Shayla could even be my girlfriend. I'll go see those stupid Marvel movies with her. I'll join a gym. I'll heart things on Instagram. I'll drink vanilla ...
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Connections

References From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler (1973)

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Soundtracks

Steal My Sunshine
(uncredited)
Written by Marc Costanzo and Gregg Diamond
Performed by Len

User Reviews

A distinct drop in quality from the previous episodes.

The first two episodes of Mr. Robot are absolutely incredible. With Rami Malek and Christian Slater's great performances, the unique direction, and the thought-provoking commentary on society; I was thinking that this show was simply too good to be true. This episode makes me think I was partially right.

Now don't get me wrong; this episode was still good in many ways. Rami Malek and Christian Slater are still very strong performance-wise; as are basically every other actor except maybe Portia Doubleday as Angela. I got no emotion from her in a scene where there should have been quite a lot. The direction was also just as, if not stronger, than the last two episodes.

However, the thing that really made this episode not work for me was the focus on other characters besides Elliot. The previous episodes really thrived on you seeing the world through Elliot's eyes, but this one decided to have entire story lines that had absolutely nothing to do with that narrative. If you're reading this review you are probably arguing that this was just character development. I'm fine with there being character development, but the way they did this, with Tyrell especially, just bored me. I feel like there are other ways to show you what's going on behind the scenes. I'm not specifically suggesting anything, I'm just saying that they could have done it better.

You had a connection to Elliot as a viewer in the first two episodes, but that connection was lost in this one. However that does not mean that this still isn't very good television and that I won't continue watching the rest of this series.

I give Season One, Episode Three of Mr Robot a six out of ten.