HOLY SHIT!!!!!

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Network: USA Network

Language: English

Awards: Golden Globe Award for Best Television Series – Drama, More



INTRODUCTION

This is by far one of the greatest show I’ve encountered since Breaking Bad. The other was the Fargo series. But this one, Mr. Robot, is no fucking joke. Season 2 premiered on Wednesday night with the first two episodes of the season and shook the world to its core. This series destroys anything made by Hollywood. This series puts mainstream cinema to shame. Shut the fuck up Hollywood and study this show. This is cinema. This is filmmaking. These are well written characters. This is flawless dialogue. Impeccable cinematography. Brilliant directing. The golden age of television is stronger than ever.

NON-SPOILER REVIEW

Season 2 begins where Season 1 left off. A lot of shit is going on. Elliot is off the grid. He’s living with his mom. Mr. Robot still appears to him. Constantly tormenting him. Tyrell is missing. Tyrell’s wife has a new boy toy who provides her with rough sex and then asks if it was too much. The premiere consisted of the first two episodes of season 2 and really took things to a whole new level. Gideon is asking Elliot for help because he’s being looked at as a serious suspect. In the last season, FSociety did it. They brought the world’s economy to it’s knees and now in this season will be exploring it’s aftermath. If you are not caught up, go back and watch season 1 and if you are fully caught up, season 2 looks like it’s going to be an insane fucking ride.

Now there’s also a very interesting theory going on in internetland about this season but you’ll have to watch the premiere and read my spoiler filled review to know more.

SPOILER REVIEW

So I’m guessing if you’re reading this you’ve seen the season 2 premiere. And we are seeing the aftermath of what fsociety did in season 1. The banks are running around like chickens with theirs heads cut off. At first, you would think this is a good thing, which for the most part it is, but as we see in one scene, the banks are now saying, “sorry there’s no way for us to verify you’ve made those payments” … so you’re liable to pay them all back. And if there’s no record of your debt, great, but what if there’s no record of how much money you have in your bank account, do you lose all your money? This entire cyber revolution sounds great in theory but in reality, it could have it’s drawbacks.

In the first two episodes of season 2 we see Elliot living a different life than we have before. He’s living with his mom and living a very routine life. Mr. Robot still haunts him, tormenting him and fucking with his head. Elliot for the most part tries to ignore him as he constantly writes in his notebook to keep track of time and things he’s done. He has breakfast, lunch and dinner at the same time everyday with the same person, his friend Leon, who talks about nothing but Seinfeld.

Now, a lot of shit went on in this episode that I can talk about in length. Awesome hack that fsociety does on the home of that lady who works for E Corp. Fsociety making the CEO of E Corp burn a bunch of money in public. Gideon getting shot (more like assassinated) in a bar by a random stranger. Yeah, this is all great shit but what I want to talk about is Elliot. If you watched the episode, you might have noticed something was a little off. It’s hard to put your finger on what, but everything just seemed… off. Well, let’s get into why things seemed off because apparently there’s a theory floating around out there that puts everything into perspective. Before I get into it, I wholeheartedly agree with this theory but in a slightly different way.

Since Elliot is living such a routined life, completely off the grid with no access to any technology whatsoever. Eating at the same time everyday, with the same person. Mother telling when to go to bed, watching his friend Leon play basketball…. the theory is that Elliot is in prison and what we see is the illusion that Elliot is projecting in his head. We are seeing shit through his head as he imagines himself free and not imprisoned.

Now, I completely buy this theory. There’s evidence to support it. It makes sense and it’s the Mr. Robot way to fuck with your head in this manner. Also, Elliot is not the most reliable narrator so we can’t take anything he says or sees or thinks at face value. After last season, we need to look a little deeper than what is on the surface.

The prison theory would mean that Elliot was captured, or turned himself in somehow and is being charged with the 5/9 attack. This is highly unlikely in my opinion. I believe Elliot, knowing he is fucked up in the head after realized he’s been talking to his dead father this entire time checks himself into a psychiatric facility voluntarily. Giving weight to this theory is a scene at one of the basketball games when Mr. Robot tells Elliot, “how long are you going to keep us in here?” Meaning Elliot is the one in control of whether he leaves or not.

He is also seeing Krista again. This could be something he decided on his own and wanted to keep seeing her due to his recent breakdown and she visits him at the institution. We also see him going to church group, which could be a mandatory thing of the place he’s in. Leon could be his cellmate/room mate that he shares a room with and has befriended him to the point where they eat all their meals together. And it’s more likely for patients of a clinical institution to be able to watch television as oppose as prison inmates. He mentions to Krista after she asks why he is living with his mother, to which he answers, “she is the strictest person I know” and this is someone he could be correlating with a guard of nurse of some sort. And the scene when he meets with Gideon as they sit across from each other is interesting because it’s very straightforward, facing each other as if they were in a controlled and supervised room while Gideon visits Elliot. Another small moment, is when we see a shot of a fish in a fishbowl, it’s something random and subtle but extremely telling of this theory when you put it into context.

Also, we see Elliot watching Leon and others play basketball on several different occasions. This could be outdoor time in the institution; recreational time. Another interesting thing about these basketball scenes is when this guy Ray (Daryl from The Office) constantly approaches Elliot (by name) and attempts to talk to him and get him to open up and become friendly with him. This could easily be a counselor of some type in the institution who is trying to speak with Elliot and get him to open up about what he’s going through. And the fact that Elliot is constantly writing in his notebook, this is something I can see him doing while committed (which is the word, Rami Malek, uses to describe his character this season on the after talk show, Hacking Robot).

Now at the same time, all this could just be speculative bullshit and everything is as simple as what we’ve seen. But I just have a feeling there’s something more going on here, something more than what meets the eye. I’m so fucking psyched for this season as it appears every single episode will be written and directed by it’s creator Sam Esmail. I can’t fucking wait for next Wednesday.

Thanks for reading you fuckin Film Canners. Leave your thoughts in the comments and share your own theories!

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