I spent most of yesterday and this morning talking theories back and forth with bknapple, the guy who solved last year’s Mr. Robot ARG (because the Mr. Robot community is awesome), and he was talking about the relationship between Angela and her Mom and then the very first scene tonight was the first visual we have ever had of Emily Moss.

I was virtually certain his theory (which I am not going to share) was right and mine was wrong.

Still, there was some important stuff happening there:

* The dialog between young Angela and Edward seems to kill the longstanding “Lolita” theory that suggested Edward and Angela might have had a relationship (there was none of that vibe at all and Edward was totally helpful and not creepy to her). However, there still has to be a reason that both Darlene and Angela have a connection to the Nabokov book.

* The scene did an amazing job of providing the backstory to why Angela now believes in the ‘whiterose’ plan. Her Mom explained it:

“What I believe, what, that this isn't the end, that there is a different world out there for both of us and we'll play and dance and sing, doesn't that sound beautiful, will you believe with me.”

Angela clearly has a ton of guilt about being cynical about ignoring her Mom (and maybe even being mean to her) so, she tries to embrace the faith that they can be together again. You can actually see her face soften and her start to embrace the future where she can be with her Mom again.

Of all people, ‘whiterose’ made her believe again. The entire discussion that follows with Elliot is Angela putting her dream of reconnecting with her Mother between her and Elliot’s anger and frustration. It was actually a pretty wonderfully acted scene from both the girl playing young Angela and the scene with Portia Doubleday (in fact, Portia has killed it the last two weeks).