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| Mr. Robot - Episode 10 - The Finale |
Some Reddit threads during the early episodes of Mr. Robot had been speculating that Mr. Robot was just in Elliot's mind, and that the show has a bit of a 'Fight Club' vibe going on. In the early episodes, mainly the first three, the writers of the show were still on the ball, and Mr. Robot only showed up when Elliot did. That fell apart quite quickly later on (as covered in 'Who is Mr. Robot?') and I was not convinced.
The quality of the plot aside, we now know that Mr. Robot is Elliot's imaginary friend and that's that. Or is it? Maybe White Rose is in just in Elliot's mind. We (the viewers) are, so why not any of the other characters? Picking apart the plot won't change whatever random twist the writers choose to introduce in the future. I'll just have to deal with that when it comes, but I know that my secondary school teacher would not have been amused if I handed her an assignment with such glaring inconsistencies. Anyway, moving on!
Micheal - or Lenny - the guy who Krista had been dating, tugs on Krista's heartstrings with some nonsense story about him dying, and tricks her into a meeting him again. He was sore about being hacked by Elliot, but now that his wife has found out about his infidelity anyway (thank you Ashley Madison) and his family has fallen apart, Lenny figures he's got nothing to lose by going after Elliot and taking Krista with him. Talk about a sore loser! Rather than taking a good look in the mirror and sorting his life out, he needs someone to blame.
This whole hacking scenario is very convenient for Lenny, because he can now move the goal post from his lying and cheating ways, to Elliot's illegal activities. Lenny even tries to get Krista to break the professional trust that her clients expect from her. "I'm not the enemy here. He is." Really! What a creep! Thankfully Krista does not sink to Lenny's level, and she walks away.
"Who am I?" That is the question! Who are you, Elliot Alderson? Elliot wakes up in Tyrell's car, in some random car park, and he has now idea where he is, or how he got there. It appears that some days have passed, and he doesn't know about the global economic melt down, or anything else really.
When Elliot gets back to fsociety HQ, he finds that he'd been gone for three days, and that the coordinated hack with The Dark Army had been executed at some point during that time, but he has no recollection.
All debt (and financial data) has been destroyed and everybody's happy! Yay! There's no mention of what happened to people's savings, but hey, it's America and everyone is drowning in debt right? Anyway, credit cards are not working, so people have to spend what they actually have. What?! They want people to live within their means? That's the fsociety dream apparently.
"We are finally awake!" Hmm, yes, but what now? Old habits die hard. People will always want what they cannot afford. The loss of legitimate financial institutions has left a void and something has got to fill it. The revolution will open the way for a new regime. But will it be better? Loan sharks and the mafia will undoubtedly make their move. The Dark Army will swoop in.
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Elliot is retracing his steps in search of Tyrell. He finds a pair of sunglasses in Tyrell's car and one of the arms is also a USB key. Hello Dr Who sonic sunglasses! Maybe Mr. Robot is Dr Who! The USB contains a video file that shows Elliot falling off the railings at the seaside. Mr. Robot is not there. Elliot wasn't pushed. He jumped.
Angela had asked Colby what the meeting was like, when he and the other Evil Corp executives had discussed the industrial accident that lead to the death of her mother. He just described it like it was any other day. And now we see Angela, in a shop, buying shoes, after James Plouffe (E Corp EVP of Technology) has just committed suicide, right in front of her. Like it was any other day. She has blood on her shoes! When confronted by the shop assistant, she shuts him down like a corporate pro. Well done Angela, you are now one of them.
In each of the previous episodes, no one bats an eyelid when Elliot interacts with Mr. Robot. It's only at the end of the last episode, by the graveside, that Darlene asks Elliot who he's talking too. But now, Elliot is in a coffee shop, supposedly talking to himself, and the other customers are all having a good look. They do a 'now you see him, now you don't' thing when they show Elliot pinning himself up against a wall, when he thinks he's having an altercation with Mr. Robot. It's weird. But Mr. Robot does make a good suggestion: "I recommend you get yourself one of those bluetooth headsets. That way people just think you're the local douche."
fsociety throw an open-house 'End of the World' party at their HQ so they can cover their tracks with loads of random finger prints. Only time will tell if that was a good idea.
In Elliot's final hallucination, he sees his whole family. His mum, his dad, his younger self; but where is Darlene? Why does he only hallucinate about her once in the entire series? And we never actually find out where Elliot's mum is.
In Elliot's final scene, he gets home and watches the news. Knock knock Elliot. Who's there? Maybe Tyrell? Only time will tell.
White Rose makes a second appearance at the very end of this episode and has a meeting with Philip Prince of Evil Corp. Prince says he knows who's responsible for the hack, which implies that he knows about Elliot. But does he know about the part played by The Dark Army? White Rose likens Prince's inaction thus far to emperor Nero watching his city burn. Who are the real winners and losers? I'm hoping we'll find out in the next series.
