Before I get started on my prediction for this week, a few thoughts on the Emmy nominations.

I generally don’t care too much about award shows but sometimes I get irrationally angry about silly popularity contests (Full disclosure, I have been known to go a bit crazy on the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame from time to time...Okay, TBH I go crazy on the RARHOF every year).

In that spirit, bear with me as I rant.

But first, huge congratulations to B.D. Wong for the well-deserved nomination as Whiterose/Minister Zhang.

As many of you probably suspect, Whiterose is one of my favorite characters (congrats also go to Ron Cephas Jones who is a Mr. Robot alum).

Second, no Rami Malek?

So, he is good enough to win last year and the Emmys are famous for nominating people over and over again even well after the performance justifies the nod, but he doesn’t even get a nomination this year?

WTF?

As I have stated publically many times, Season Two was superior to Season One in every way and that includes the performance by Rami Malek (who dealt with much more complex and challenging character situations in every single episode but the one episode that he didn’t appear in).

Third, the show is literally built around the performances of three really strong female characters but not one nod for either Carly Chaikin, Portia Doubleday, or Steph Cornelussen?

I know Angela Moss is a divisive character in the Mr. Robot universe, but I personally think Portia Doubleday had one of the hardest jobs on the entire show in Season Two and was consistently brilliant.

Fourth, how in the hell does Sam Esmail not at least get a nod for Directing or for writing (at least they used to throw Woody Allen nominations for writing and directing when they chose not to nominate his casts).

For directing, feel free to peruse the many inciteful YouTube videos detailing the genius of how Sam directs the show,

And for writing, you just have to be kidding me (I hope to get to the point where I am able to write one-tenth as well as Sam Esmail on a regular basis).

I have personally watched and participated with hundreds and thousands of people on Reddit for over a year now just parsing the incredibly rich and detailed writing of Season 2.

Name another show that creates so much never-ending discussion over dialog, inference, and innuendo (aside from Twin Peaks which wasn’t eligible)? I write about television almost every day of my life and I am flabbergasted by the total lack of respect shown to Sam Esmail’s work.

I guess B.D. Wong’s nomination was the "Allen Award" for Mr. Robot?

But, the snub that made me the most furious had nothing to do with Mr. Robot.

How in the world can you ignore Michael McKean (much less Rhea Seahorn) in Better Call Saul? I love Jonathan Banks but this was NOT his season at all, for this season to work Michael McKeon had to deliver a flawless performance as Chuck and he was absolutely brilliant.

I mean what does Michael McKeon have to do (was absurd he wasn’t nominated last year too)? He grew up in the business. For goodness sakes, he played Lenny on Laverne and Shirley. Dude paid his dues. If you watched Halt and Catch Fire this season you know how ridiculous this snub was.