Mr. Robot 1x05 Reaction

Watching along for the first time, and catching up on reactions. I have to admit, I'm not sure how I'll feel if it is revealed that Elliot and Mr. Robot are the same person. There's someone in my immediate family who has Dissociative Identity Disorder (DID, the more recent and accurate term over "split personality") and...I'm wary of the way it's portrayed here if that's what's happening. Overall I'm enjoying the show a lot, but that part is making me feel a bit hesitant.

I'm going to assume they're already in the midst of episode 6, but Shayla's drug dealing boss is Fernando Vera (just to clear any confusion with Fernando not being his name for Lola).

I also love how uncomfortable Tyrell makes you, haha. It's such a funny contrast because the last reaction I watched of the show was of two girls who loved him in every scene and found the bathroom scene hot XD. He's definitely one of those characters that causes different reactions depending on the person. Personally I find him kind of endearing. I know it's bad to infantilize psychopaths but I can't help but find it cute how he wants everyone's approval so badly. He's like a little boy in a big business suit trying to impress everyone.

The first time I watched this episode I was cringing so much from the scene where Elliot insults Bill. It was like I was watching a horror movie, I was covering my ears and trying to drown it out, lol. so much second-hand embarrassment And yeah, a lot of dark stuff happens in this show but that in this episode is probably the worst crime

Living for the gasps when Angela said "I also ruined yours"

Just to explain one more time: The hack done at Allsafe in the very first episode means fsociety could theoretically wipe out Evil Corp's data whenever they wanted -- that's their entire goal. But Evil Corp has backups: In Steel Mountain, and overseas in China. That's why they need to cover both bases, because otherwise they won't completely destroy them

I love how these two will be unable to recognize a character that the show went out of its way to remind them of in the recap XD. First Darlene's ex and now Vera. Don't change a thing, girls

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Thanks for the editing work. Mr Robot is a difficult show to upload with the copyright troubles. I hope you stick with it.

Thank you!! With these occasional copyright troubles are you gonna be able to publish the episodes on YouTube somehow?

Shoutout to Adam (unsure his patreon name but found each other in random comments on YT) for letting me know that LM are finally doing Mr. Robot - so I'm back with a resub. So stoked these ladies are doing Mr. Robot, also - these two ladies are analyising this show superbly - when one of them (won't say which) used the term "MM" (won't say the abbreviation because well... You know why (for those that have watched it)) - I was like OH DAMN. Anyways, so glad to see Mr. Robot finally getting it's love!

Just to play devil's advocate and to emphasize what it was like for those of us that watched it live while it aired. You both seem to want to binge it to get to the plot points you want, could you imagine how much information you think you would actually retain if you did end up doing that? 😂 Not trying to be rude but every single scene in every episode is jam packed with so much detail, while I would love for all my favorite reactors to make it their sole show to watch when they pick it up, the other part of me is like...no absolutely not you're going to miss wayyyy too much. It actually is a better experience that you do 1 or 2 a week and have it brew in the back of your mind (in my opinion at least). To quote Elliot, in one of my favorite quotes in the whole series - from this episode no less! 😊 "It never happens all at once. It's slow, it's methodical, it's exhausting. We don't all have the stomach for it." 😁

I just got through your FMAB reactions and now see you're doing Mr Robot! Great stuff, those two, mob, and BCS are my fave shows of all time so you're going four for four! Thanks for doing this even with the copyright troubles

Thank you to both Lola and Milena for all the hard work you do with all the editing, in addition to the time spent filming! You two deserve way more praise and appreciation! I'm never unsubscribing ever.

i even talk to telemarketers on the phone because i don't want to be rufe and hang up... i could NEVER look at a person in the eye and say something nearly as cruel as that. i've obviously fought with friends or siblings and said things that were hurtful, like everyone. but being purposely cruel with the intent of hitting someone where it hurts? i could never. i'm also afraid for sheila and yeah, this show is really confusing.

Great reaction and discussion! Angela's job at AllSafe is Account Executive, in an earlier episode her main account was Evil Corp (before the asshole CTO removed her) and she helped liaise between the client and internal teams including engineers like Elliot etc. This is usually more of a "making people happy", communications job than a technical one.

BoB today?

Thanks, saving ASAP XD