Another huge discovery for Elliot surrounding his family and fsociety, Tyrell's world starts to close around him and Angela has a rather unexpected visitor.Another huge discovery for Elliot surrounding his family and fsociety, Tyrell's world starts to close around him and Angela has a rather unexpected visitor.Another huge discovery for Elliot surrounding his family and fsociety, Tyrell's world starts to close around him and Angela has a rather unexpected visitor.
- Tyrell Wellick
- (credit only)
Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaElliot (Rami Malek) watches a Vimeo of his fall at the boardwalk. That clip can be watched online on the Vimeo website under the same user, sk8r904.
- GoofsDuring the protest scene in Times Square, a woman is seen holding a misspelled sign saying "we do not comromise" rather than "compromise."
- Quotes
Mr. Robot: Is any of it real? I mean, look at this, look at it! A world built on fantasy! Synthetic emotions in the form of pills! Psychological warfare in the form of advertising! Mind altering chemicals in the form of food! Brainwashing seminars in the form of media! Controlled isolated bubbles in the form of social networks. Real? You want to talk about reality? We haven't lived in anything remotely close to it since the turn of the century! We turned it off, took out the batteries, snacked on a bag of GMOs, while we tossed the remnants into the ever expanding dumpster of the human condition. We live in branded houses, trademarked by corporations, built on bipolar numbers, jumping up and down on digital displays, hypnotizing us into the biggest slumber mankind has ever seen. You'd have to dig pretty deep, kiddo, before you can find anything real. We live in a kingdom of bullshit, that even you have lived in for far too long. So don't tell me about not being real: I'm no less real than the fucking beef patty in your big mac. As far as you are concerned, Elliot, I am very real. We are all together now, whether you like it or not.
- Crazy creditsThere is a scene after the credits depicting the CEO of E Corp and Whiterose
- ConnectionsReferences The Devil Wears Prada (2006)
- SoundtracksWorld Destruction
(uncredited)
Written by Bill Laswell and Afrika Bambaataa
Performed by Time Zone featuring John Lydon
Now for the main event This finale has presented the aftermath of a somewhat successful revolution. Fsociety & Ass. have done their worst and the world is now a better place to live in. Well is it? Is that it? The world shall now rise from the ashes and be reborn anew? What did you expect? You know it couldn't be
This finale goes all out in an hour and half episode showing a realistic depiction of the world Year Zero after the fall. Two themes are strongly exploited through it all and they are: confusion and darkness. Oh yes. This episode is fifty shades darker than the rest of the season and by that I do not mean kinky you filthy reader. I mean DARK.
The opening scenes make a great and subtle job putting us in context and do make use of recent covered real-life events which I find lacked after the first episode. The rest of the episode is a search for answers and oneself from both Angela and Elliott. This part of it gets dark and "real" very fast. Real footages are shown, brand names are dropped – some censored but hey – and USA Network prove that they do not lack on resources. New environments, great use of the public spaces and of public/extras, everything is there to make it feel real. The episode concludes into the greatest/realest monologue since Elliot's "Why do I despise society" monologue and with an after-credit scene very much worth watching.
The cameras work is loyal to itself and as always do not disappoint. The actor's work is in my opinion flawless and even minor characters are given a time to shine in for some reason always the darkest way possible. Fsociety members are shown too but really it is more to cover plot holes than anything else. No menaces, no nothing But trust me that will come later (in Mr. Robot's voice). One thing however that might have went overboard is the use of music. In previous episodes, it occurred that actual music was used in often subtle ways to provide more to the scene but this time, despite the fact that they were well-chosen, there was too much and they were too loud in my opinion.
In conclusion, a great season ending to a great new and very promising show, setting up a very mature second season that I am expecting very much.
Now let's play Jeopardy "The emergence of a totalitarian world government operated by an elite of organizations and corporations"
- ddracine
- Sep 5, 2015
Details
- Runtime54 minutes
- Color
- Sound mix
- Aspect ratio
- 1.78 : 1