All September long, IGN is highlighting the best TV coming your way in the 2019-2020 season . Today we're readying ourselves for Mr. Robot's final season - which kicks off October 6 on USA - by talking to Darlene Alderson herself, Carly Chaikin. Season 3 ended with a bang (and a few axe chops!) when Rami Malek's Elliot, along with Chaikin's Darlene and Grace Gummer's Dom, found themselves captured by Whiterose's forces and forced to comply with her demands. But if you're looking for a refresh on Season 3, or even for episodes before that, look no further because we've got an exclusive video recap, chronicling the entire show up to this point, by Mr. Robot's cast.

One of the most stylish, layered, and cerebrally challenging shows of the modern era, Mr. Robot, is closing up shop, wrapping up its serpentine story with a fourth season that's sure to drop our jaws and blow our minds. What started as Elliot Alderson's cryptic crusade to take down E Corp - for the purposes of both benefiting the entire world and avenging his father's death - has now spiraled into a war with the Dark Army that's left many bodies in its wake.

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We spoke to star Carly Chaikin, who plays Darlene, about what to expect from Mr. Robot's final run. Elliot and Mr. Robot might be on the same page these days, but that doesn't mean that their directive isn't a futile one. And Darlene? Well, she's about to experience her toughest challenges to date.Check out this exclusive video featuring the cast of Mr. Robot attempting to recap the entire series so far:The Aldersons might not be in a great place at the start of Season 4, but at least they can put a name to their pain: Whiterose. "The way it's all unfolded," Chaikin said, "we've met many different enemies and allies along the way. And some you might not have expected. But it definitely seems now that she is at the root of everything."But can Elliot and Darlene pick themselves back up and form a front to oppose Whiterose? "We see Darlene spiraling hard," Chaikin explained. "The end of last season ended with the mystery of 'Will the 5/9 Hack be undone or not?' And she was also very unsure about Elliot and that led her into a really dark place. We come back this season to find out that we did end the hack, entering back to that world, and Darlene's once again in a dark place and she's really struggling in her relationship with Elliot.""She's trying to figure out her next steps and where to go from here, because she's lost," she added.Elliot and Darlene's bond is going to be tested more than ever during these final episodes and, as Chaikin said, "they go on a really fun and dangerous and exciting ride together. There's a lot of turmoil, of course, because nothing can be all happy in Mr. Robot land, but I think their relationship is really special."Naturally, Chaikin would love to keep working with the cast and creators, but she also knows when it's the right time for a story to wrap up. "It's ending the way it's supposed to end," she stated. "Where the story still feels fresh and not dragged out. We're not just coming up with stuff to come up with stuff. Sam [Esmail] has always had this story in mind.""I can't wait for everyone to watch," she continued. "I feel like this season is so good. It really answers all of your questions. It comes to such an amazing end. It's not like The Sopranos where it just drops you and cuts to black and you're like "What the f*** just happened?" It ties everything up in such a great way and it's a wonderful place to end the story."Over the past few seasons, given Whiterose's secret tech projects and her claim to be able to "undo" past events, Mr. Robot has hinted at time travel. Chaikin couldn't readily talk about this, of course, but she did say the ending was everything fans could have wanted. "Yeah, we all end up on Mars," she joked. "No, seriously though, there are so many moving parts to this and it's really beautiful the way everything unfolds. I think that people are going to love it."Chaikin recalled sobbing during the final table read for the series, overcome with emotion that it was all ending. "Everyone in the cast was in there for the last one," she said. "It was very surreal. It's crazy to think that I'll never be Darlene again or wear those clothes or be in that hair and makeup. That I'll never be in that world again."At the end of all of the finale scripts, it will read 'End of Season 1' or 'End of Season 2', right? Well, this one read 'End of Series' and I just burst into tears."After four seasons of playing Darlene, Chaikin loved how she got to run through a gamut of emotions. "In Season 1, she was a very balls-to-the-wall careless type," she said. "Like nothing could catch her or stop her. In Season 2, we saw her trying to hold everything together and be the leader. She was trying to be strong and put on this whole act. Then, in Season 3, we saw her be vulnerable and we got to examine how damaged she is by all this."Without a doubt though, Chaikin's favorite moment from the series came back in Season 2 when Darlene killed Susan Jacobs, who was played by Sandrine Holt. "I loved that moment so much and I could probably recite it all for you right now," Chaikin shared. "And that's something that never happens. That scene was just so much about the reasons why Darlene was doing everything she was doing. And how she'd always daydreamed about what would happen if she came across this person. It was such an amazing scene to work on."I also love Grace [Gummer] and she's one of my favorite actors to work with," she added. "Any time I get to have scenes with her, it's incredible."Chaikin said she will always appreciate just how much fans have embraced the show, digging deep and developing theories about, well, just about everything. "We had a puzzle last season," she said, "that Darlene was doing, just because I really like doing puzzles. So we thought it'd just be really cool to have one at the safe house. It was glued together and we'd pulled some pieces off, just enough to make it seem like she was working on it. And there was a full thread on Reddit about the puzzle and about what pieces were missing and what it all means. But we'd really just randomly broken bits off.""And there've been times when, on set, we're like 'We can't do that because people will think X, Y, and Z.' But it is really great to know that people are paying close attention to what we're doing. It makes the show feel more interactive when you're watching."

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