eps3.1_undo.gz 

Elliot becomes encouraged trying to undo five/nine; Darlene gets stuck between a rock and a hard place; Mr. Robot sparks a panic.

Director:

Sam Esmail

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
Michael Cristofer	...	Phillip Price
Stephanie Corneliussen	...	Joanna Wellick
Martin Wallström	...	Tyrell Wellick (voice)
Grace Gummer	...	Dominique DiPierro
BD Wong	...	Whiterose
Christian Slater	...	Mr. Robot
Gloria Reuben	...	Krista Gordon
Ramy Youssef	...	Samar Swailem
Omar Metwally	...	Agent Santiago
Erik Jensen	...	Frank Cody
Jeremy Holm	...	Mr. Sutherland
Chris Conroy	...	Derek

Storyline

At his new job, Elliot works his way through incompetent managers to get E Corp's paper records digitized while secretly shipping away the tangible ones; Joanna successfully frames Scott for his wife's murder, but karma quickly catches up with her; After Mr. Robot lashes out, Elliot has Krista talk to him in therapy; Darlene reaches out to Elliot and reluctantly cooperates with the FBI; Whiterose and Price clash over a UN vote and an economic accord and Whiterose decides to execute Stage 2 specifically to hurt him; Lenny gives Flipper back to Elliot.

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Genres:

Crime | Drama | Thriller

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Did You Know?

Trivia

Origin of the Title:

• Undo is a computer command that erases the last change to a document reverting it back to an older state or negates the last change to the file being edited.
• The extension: The .gz file refers to Gnu Zipped file archives used on Unix systems to compress large files.

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Goofs

At the end of this episode, the male FBI character (Rizwan) admits to clicking on a link (a .rar file) in an email of a known hacker! Basic computer users in companies are taught not to click on links in emails, therefore an FBI character with expertise in cyber crimes, would never do that.

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Quotes

Frank Cody: Get up. If you retract your statement, you will die. I'm not being overly emotional about this. It's just that's how little we care about your life. Forget this night ever happened, move on. Marry a nice, young lady who actually finds whatever you are charming. But understand one thing: as certain as the pain you're feeling right now, there is no option where you and Joanna see each other again.

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Connections

References Home Alone (1990)

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Soundtracks

Listen to Your Heart
(uncredited)
Written by Per Gessle and Mats Persson
Performed by Roxette

User Reviews

Shocking, engrossing, and insanely well-paced; almost too much to take in.

There were a lot of great things about the premiere, but it also kind of felt like an episode of a totally different show; it had little of the intriguing visual style or beguiling mystery of the first two seasons. I was worried that either I or the show had changed. Then this episode came along, and completely blew me out of the water. If the first episode was toned down from the previous seasons, this one was amp-ed up. In 45 minutes, Sam Esmail managed to double down on the violence, the comedy, the tension, and the drama. It's almost too much to process.

From the moment the opening montage kicked off, this episode was playing on a completely different field from the premiere. It's hilarious, it's satisfying, and it hearkens back to the pilot in a number of subtle ways, tying in to the episode's overall theme of trying to hit "undo" on past mistakes. One of these callbacks was the return of Elliot's intense attacks of loneliness (which he hasn't had since the pilot). This leads us into his sessions with Krista, who not only makes her season 3 debut in this episode, but plays a larger role than she has in a long time, maybe ever. She convinces Elliot to show her Mr. Robot, and her conversation with him is absolutely engrossing.

While Krista gets to play a larger role in the episode and hopefully the season, some other major characters got massively blindsided in shocking ways. Aside from the violent, sickening, and unexpected scene that came in the middle of the episode and permanently derailed some major characters (which I'm sure will be the main talking point of the episode), Phillip also got hit with a good one-two punch. I expected him to clash with Minister Zhang (Whiterose) this season, but I didn't expect it to come so soon and be so extreme. Their scene in this episode is an exhilarating showdown between two masterclass actors delivering incredible dialogue. In short, it's the Littlefinger-Varys reunion we never got.

The fact that the return of my favourite character (DiPierro) and the fantastic development of the relationship between Elliot and Darlene don't even warrant more than a mention in comparison to the rest of the episode is a testament to just how great it is. It had me gripped from start to finish, and delivered several twists I never would have seen coming despite my intense analysis of this show. In short, "Undo" is definitely among the series' best.

Details

Release Date:

18 October 2017 (USA)

Company Credits

Technical Specs

Runtime:

47 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

16:9 HD