She was not lying.

My continuing theory is that BAD Elliot is Magda (because Elliot’s memory of his mother is that she was brutally effective and capable of great cruelty). But it is certainly possible that Tyrell was right and Elliot (or at least most of Elliot) really doesn’t care about anyone but himself and his anger.

Remember, even as a kid, Elliot was doing things that were right in our face, go back and watch the episode when he tells his dad - who is dying - to basically go to hell before going and watching a movie after Edward collapses on the floor.

But, at the same time, there is the Elliot who is tortured and alone. The last episode one of the most powerful moments in the entire “silent” episode was when Elliot was falling apart in the corner until Darlene showed up, which forced him to put on his social mask and quickly pretended that everything was perfectly okay.

We have even recently heard Sam talk about how his own loneliness had something to do with the creation of Elliot.

I am sure at the end of the day, we will see the whole Elliot, and I suspect it will answer a lot of questions. I suspect knowing the instigating incident, the thing that caused his personality to become fragmented, would help.

I do think and have for a long time theory that Elliot was not all good (or bad), but that there was something really dark working within Elliot Prime.

It is sad to see that Olivia was a real and regular citizen of the world and not a Dark Army operative. Her story seemed too perfectly tailored to what would work to draw Elliot in. I did think setting the razor blade up several episodes ago was a nice (sad) payoff. There was a lot of good writing in this episode (even if I said to myself as it happens, don’t let her go into the bathroom alone Elliot).

It is heartbreaking that Elliot has both potentially gotten her back on drugs (remember addiction to Oxy is such a national crisis that overdoses have become one of the biggest causes of death in the United States). As you look back on Elliot, remember she was a really nice person.

I particularly like that she called out Elliot’s ethics, he believes that if you have done anything wrong, you deserve what is coming to him. Elliot himself has hurt countless thousands, tens of thousands, maybe even hundreds of thousands of lives. Tyrell more or less chose to commit suicide rather than live in a world knowing that Elliot didn’t love him back.

Olivia had a kid, and 8 years sober, everything could be okay for her, but Elliot risked everything in her life to serve his plan.

And, it is a little cheap to suggest guilt through the transitive process of having “worked for monsters” as an acceptable response. Given Elliot’s view of capitalist entities, virtually everyone has transitive guilt to pay down and his logic fully whitewashes his vigilanteism. Having her acknowledge her small part in the chain of agency in whatever her employers did seems a cheap excuse for the things Elliot did to her and has always done to others.

I should also probably mention that the coffee shop is familiar because it is the same location from the beginning of the first episode (the more things change…)

“We All Have A Purpose In This World”