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"You're going to make me say it, aren't you?"

Elliot Alderson already knows the answer, standing in the middle of a New Jersey cemetery, pacing back and forth in front of his dead father's grave. But before he voices the heartbreaking truth out loud, he needs the go-ahead from his "friend" — which is to say you, me, and everyone else watching USA Network's Mr. Robot.

Needless to say, he got the go-ahead, and much more than he ever bargained for.

The computer hacker drama from creator Sam Esmail was a surprise breakout in summer 2015, and now it's on the precipice of its second season, premiering July 13. Ahead of that, it's worth taking stock of everything came before: Elliot as an individual, Elliot as multiple individuals, and the new world order those individuals created by the end of season one.