User Reviews

This is only a review of part one. I will do part two separately.

Mr. Robot is back, and right from the first couple of scenes it proves to be just as out there and cinematically daring as the first season. This first part of the premiere episode mostly consists of checking back in with the characters, setting up places for them to go. It does a fine job.

Now that the identity of Mr. Robot has been revealed and Elliot is near total insanity, the episode (and this season) does face the risk of becoming overly abstract and/or incomprehensible. There were certainly times when the episode toed the line a little, but nothing was impossible to follow. Indeed, the constant doubt as to what is real keeps one on the edge of one's seat. So long as the season maintains the delicate balance that this episode established, it will be fantastic.

I love the little details that Esmail puts into the world. For example, Mr. Robot is seen reading a magazine with attractive women on the cover, but they have the fsociety masks on. I love the montage of Elliot's routine, complete with mention of the "local pyromaniac."

The performances are great as always. Rami Malek is ever the standout, although he doesn't have quite as much to do in this one because so much if it he spends blankly carrying out his day-to-day routine, in order to maintain his sanity.

Ultimately, there wasn't actually all that much that happened in this first part of the premiere, but it re-immersed us in the world, set up some directions for the show to go, and re-established the narrative style.

Season 2 starts with a bold premiere episode/episodes, it delves into Elliot's mind a lot deeper than the entertaining but surface level season 1 and gets a lot darker, almost apocalyptic which is fitting coming off of last season's finale. This episode without the context of the rest of season 2 is understandably confusing and messy but with that context it becomes a much weightier and more important episode. I'm not going into spoilers here but I will say that although I don't agree with some of the criticisms of season 2 I can at least understand them. I'm gonna give this first part an 8.7, it marks a turning point for the story of the show and sets this season's tone apart from the others.

After watching the first episode of the second season, even though it comes close, not going to lie, this was better than the first episode of the first season. My mom said it was an okay episode, but honestly, I consider her valid if she thinks the first two or four episodes are boring, cause nothing really happens, but this is my review of it. My favorite things about this episode were the Protagonist yet again, the pacing, and the music. My favorite characters in this entire episode were Elliot, Mr Robot, and Darlene. I am excited to see what my mom will think of what's in store for her in episodes 7 and 10, because they are some of the big episodez in this season, and I am also excited for Leon's potential.

I was so irritated watching the first episode of the second season. It reminded me of the TV series Hannibal where the creators had a good thing and decided they needed to go avant grade and drown the series in what they think is creativity. Well, it's not. It's just unwatchable and if it continues the series will surely wind up where Hannibal did, in the canceled bin.

I used to love Christian Slater in this but now I despise whenever he turns up. It's just too much. KEEP IT REAL! They are not and I just want to turn it off and throw it in the bin.

Basically, it's gone abstract because pseudo intellectuals think it makes them geniuses for doing so. It doesn't. And what's with the weird camera angles? Just stop it! Creators, please watch season one again and ask some people what made it great, because season 2 so far is a disaster.