Mr. Robot 2x12 Reaction
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Am I the only one who caught what Lola said in the review about Elliott? :-)
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One thing I love about this show is the amount of breadcrumbs that are all over the place in plain sight but subtle enough its hard to catch them all as you go thru the episode
yeah, it's one of the few shows I've rewatched like 4+ times and find something new each time. Andor and Mad Men are others (though Andor is just 1 season so far)
Joanna is such a good character. Just masterfully puts together a plan, puts herself at great risk for it and commits pure psychopathy, then probably goes home and sings lullabies to her baby. Her energy is just so wild, you have no idea what's gonna happen any time she's on screen and her not being affiliated with any major "faction" (so to speak) makes her even more unpredictable.
She's a brilliant actress too, I don't even think I blink when she's in a scene - just so focused and intrigued
Song rec wise, should check out anything from Run the Jewels, very good and their music videos are great/fun and their themes actually line up alot with Mr Robit. "Legend Has it" and "Nobody Speak" especially.
i think nobody speak was my most listened to song in january/december
The scene with Darlene and Dom always reminds me of STFU Friday, important legal advice- https://youtu.be/uqo5RYOp4nQ
Stage 2 was always in Elliot's subconscious. During his dream about the future he wants to fight for (earlier in the season), everyone sits at a table in front of the data storage building shown in this episode, and they applaud as it's blown up and collapses.
I love the way Elliot finishes Tyrell's explanation because OF COURSE he can
I love Tyrell's obsession with Elliot, despite literally shooting Elliot he tells Angela "I love him" - god that makes me laugh.
who among us hasn't met a cute guy on a work trip, become a lil obsessed, and decided to "become gods together" by blowing up a building. guilty!
Glad this one is out, though it was 5 days after the previous episode despite filmed on same day? Does this mean we are skipping an episode this week?
last one dropped a little early on Friday night when it was supposed to be saturday day. this one dropped late wednesday night (or very early thursday morning depending timezone). so they're on schedule, next one should be saturday, friday earliest or early sunday if late
This episode has some impressive long takes! The series, in general. I know you don't usually focus on that stuff but because there's multiple this episode I thought it'd get a mention (Dom and Santiago talking, Mr Robot and Elliot arguing, and of course the post-credits scene which is one take like last season). But I still want justice for the Angela hack scene in 2x6! I feel like that one is never talked about by fans, hahaha. It took me a couple rewatches to realize how long the camera was on them without cutting
The one shot where Mr Robot is "distracting" elliot is iconic. I think about how they would film it every time, with Christian Slater darting around the camera to his marks to casually appear lol. There's a cool behind the scenes video of a subway scene from an earlier episode, Christian Slater has to physically run off one subway car, run along the platform, jump onto the following train and then say his lines not out of breath. definitely hidden physicalities to the role, so good
could happen boom boom
If it was about to happen boom boom
can't watch the discussion right now because it's pretty late and shouldn't have even watched the episode but i was too eager. this was a fantastic season finale and, surprising no one, i'm confused as fuck. we finally got that dom/darlene interaction and it was really interesting to watch, can't wait to see how that develops. that scene with joanna and the guy from glee whose name i can't remember was perfect in every sense. both actors did a fenomenal job and it was so uneasy to watch. i'm not sure how mr robot did in terms of awards but i hope the actors got the recognition they deserve because honestly, there's not one single bad actor in this show. i'm sad cisco is dead, he was a great character and also gave us some funny (and needed) moments. also, what the hell did white rose did to angela in that 28 minutes? change her whole persona? wtf, she's a completely different person. and last but not least, let's all give a round of applause to tyrell's actor because i don't think anyone could have played tyrell as a creepy psycho but also pathetic and funny the way he did. that 'i love him' was a curve ball to my brain. my braincells are too tired to try to figure that whole plot right now.
Tyrell had a lot of fans on the discussion boards around when this episode came out. I think his hot/obsessed/insane/pathetic combo appeals to a lot of people haha. a very good believable performance
Wow surprised they know joey lol. I dont watch this show but had to watch to see that thumbnail
They don't. He's in previous episodes. I think they connected the name in the credits to him in between episodes
"The moth don't care when he sees the flame..." I think the Dom/Darlene and Elliot/Tyrell scenes are both really excellent this ep, and both dynamics are super fascinating to watch unfold. But I honestly think that the best individual scene of the episode is Joanna and Scott. It shows just how good she is at manipulation, and the camera shots showing her legs struggling just like Sharon's gets me, as if the cinematography is also helping to sell the lie. Joanna's machinations are always vastly entertaining. Season 3 is probably my favorite season, I'd say that it's probably the most streamlined season and after the surreal nature of S2 it is nice to "return to reality" so to speak. Tyrell shooting Elliot marks a turning point in the series and it'll be fun to see how it goes. And I really am glad that you find Tyrell so funny because he honestly really really is ROT13 s3 spoilers: V'z ubarfgyl zbfg rkpvgrq sbe gurz gb trg gb gur Gleryy sbphf rcvfbqr. Gung bar npgnyyl cebivqrf DHVGR n srj nafjref sbe Frnfba 2 naq vf ubarfgyl erserfuvat va gung ertneq.
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Did you realize that Romero’s death was just a lost bullet…much ado about nothing
Watching the season again, you just notice the clues they leave around about the FBI already being on the case for a while. Watching it after watching the whole show, some of the Whiterose stuff makes a lot more sense, but I won't go into that. It's a good cliffhanger at the end, shooting the lead character, Darlene in custody and finding out about the investigation, Trenton and Mobley with Leon. We had to wait more than a year for the story to continue and even longer to get answers to what happened to some of them
RIP Fry's Electronics...
I feel like watching the two episodes together makes sense, but people don't seem to realize when they suggest it to you that it means less discussion overall. Anyway I hope you enjoyed and really excited to see what you think of S3. Would love for a character ranking from your both since I feel like S2 is where you really started to watch for the characters
Another season down! For our rewatchers: What did you think of the season this time around? Curious what people think the highs and lows were
This is my 5th rewatch and I like season 2 more every time I watch it. I think it passed season 1 for me on my 3rd or 4th watch because I think it has a stronger finale. Still have 3 and 4 above it though Esmail ascended to another level in those seasons I'm so excited