User Reviews

This episode was reviewed perfectly by GUY2026!! With that said having seen this season but forgotten specific details and the ending (I watch A LOT OF TV), I usually wait till a show is about to start its next season to rewatch, but Mr. Robit is my favorite TV series on air the past three years!

This episode was a directorial masterpiece! Between the monologue speech to the hackers in the club and capturing everything, this show proves it's one of the best series directed today and also with the best music to go with it!!! The creator Sam Eshmail wanted to create an overall atmosphere and we can feel the mood so perfectly, whether its through the candle light because of the lack of power from the power outage from the end of season 2, or just the cinematography! The best!

Now, this episode teased a lot. Mostly everyone, including me had the theory that there is another reality besides this or timeline. Something was going on. The back to the future homage and everything up with white rose and time has made this theory very popular leading up to this premiere. So, the creator upon rewatching it, toys with it. Like blue balls he dangles it for us like we might get the twist afterall. We even see a time machine in the beginning with white rose and his buddy talking about elliot and his dad. Whatever that thing was who knows, but her being obsessed with time indulged us in the theory. It's also mentioned in dialogue. Especially when Angela says, "What if we can go back..." ugh huge tease but these moments were few and far between. (Upon the rewatch I noticed outside of the hacker club it said 1984 worth an eyeball??? White rose and the time machine scene then fleshed out into coming out of elliot's eye!)

So, you see this right? But as anyone knows one of the twists of 3 is this theory doesnt happen, at least it was a twist to me. But begs the question, is season 3 a set up for a HUGE season 4???? Yes, I believe it is. These episodes are very unique and this first one especially indicated how differently it is then the usual until it. We see mr. Robot communicating with another character by himself, that has only happened once with Tyrell on season 1 towards the end. It tells us this season there will be a lot of character development between mr. Robot and elliot which is the theme of season 3 essentially. I'm happy a out it bc Christian slayer got to showcase his talent!

Also, Bobby cannavale appears for the first time almost right away with a great first impression. What an actor (heres to boardwalk empire season 3)! He makes the season for me a 10!

Elliot was extremely sharp at the red wheel Barrow (which is cause for more questions. Red wheelbarrow franchise? What are the chances?) He is terrific even hearing him talk is so m.k much fun and you wonder, a man like that, hes writing a book right? I have to read this book!

The monologue reminded me of Edward Norton in 24 hours with Philip Hoffman spike Lee. Outstanding dialogue and acting.

I loved this episode and appreciated how elliot was all black and dark and Angela was white and light when they met at the end and knowing the famous door scene to come similar.

As the bus drives away, maybe Elliot is right about Angela going into power saver mode, as the lights in buildings begin to turn on as she drives by making a fantastic shot!!!

10/10

The episode is a Cinematic masterpiece, it's timing, music and story beats are all excellent.

Linking it to real world events is done so perfectly that it's the freshest 4th wall breaking perhaps ever done. Real perfection in matching both the fictional and real worlds.

I doubt it will see a wide viewership as its messages are hard hitting and not for the faint of heart, but i'm so immensely excited to see where it goes.

Eliot survives being shot. Eliot gets back together with Darlene. Eliot needs access to the internet to 'Stop It' and for some reason Darlene doesn't have internet at her place??

I enjoy this show but.....lets move along shall we???

Ahh I do love Eliots camera rant where he talks about how the media and places like ECORP turned everything against the movement. Altho I do say that the rant about the wall is wrong. He got some of it right however. +1 Star.

And so this one moves along a bit. 6/10.

Compared to the slow pace of its earlier season, season 3 immediately redeems itself with the fast pace first episode, 'Power Saver Mode'. The characters have become more intense - one terrified to the point of breakdown - by the results of their actions from season 2, inherently providing a much more entertaining show which has you hooked from the beginning. My favourite scene being a brief look at underground hackers competing against each other in a part-club-part-LAN-party style venue. I'd love to see more of this culture within the series.

As another reviewer has already mentioned however, writer and director Sam Esmail has decided to throw an immense amount of unnecessary political bias into this episode, by associating the collapse of the entire world economy with Donald/Ivanka Trump, Fox News, and other conservatives, who - along with Elliot - have inherently kickstarted the entire downfall of human civilisation. These types of references are ridiculous at best, and destroy what is essentially a good show. The writers would be better off sticking to what is essentially a fictional story and not adding in propaganda for the sake of pleasing their Hollywood-bubble buddies.

My Reaction / Review for Mr. Robot Season 3 Episode 1: Who is this new guy? Does he work for White Rose or something? White Rose wanna use Elliot and then kill him, no surprise there. So Elliot wants to stop Tyrell, are they enemies now? Elliot is about to teach these hackers how its done, yes. That new guy seems like an interesting character. Why is Elliot lying to Darlene about what's going on? Making things more complicated for no reason. Seems like Elliot hates what was created with his help. Another kiss between Elliot and Angela, interesting. Mr Robot is shocked that Elliot is sabotaging what he is doing. A bit confusing at times but still good overall. My rating is 7.5/10.

when a fictional show based in a fictional universe I'm wholly immersed in makes me pause it to google what the frack is going on with political digs hammered in like a shoehorn being jack-hammered into the space between two atoms it becomes awful.

Likening Trump's ENTIRELY legal and methodical election victory to the results of complete society-breakdown is so far out there that the only conclusion is that Sam Ishmael suffers from complete TDS.