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405 is among the greatest episodes of television ever created. Darlene with the "It's cool dude. We don't have to talk" at the beginning. Then the episode progresses without any character ever talking to each other. The choice of music at every moment is brilliant. The direction and cinematography, the smooth transitions between different story lines, the acting - it is all mind blowing. And the final "It's time we talked" at the end is just unbelievable. I created an account solely to review this episode - that is how good it is. Sam Esmail, take a bow. You're an absolute genius.

This episode is very reminiscent of season three's "eps3.4_runtime-err0r.r00". Both episodes take a ground-level, tension-heavy focus on a hack that needs to get done in a very short window of time, and both episodes are structured around an impressive stylistic gimmick. Where the former episode tells its entire story in one continuous shot, this episode is almost entirely without dialogue. Once you pick up on what the episode is doing, it's fun to catch all the clever ways the writers work maintain the silence.

Yet as fun as it is to watch the episode, with all of its stylistic flourishes, the filmmaking never undercuts the tension. Quite the opposite, really. Aside from a couple brief scenes focussing on side characters, the action is sufficiently fast-paced and intense that idle chit-chat would just break things up unnaturally. Instead, you get a 49-minute unrelenting edge-of-your-seat experience. There were points in the episode where I was getting faint because I wasn't breathing enough.

This is a stellar episode of Mr. Robot, one of the best in the show's impressive resume. Where last week's episode was slow and dialogue-heavy, this one is lightning-fast and almost totally silent.

...that - with the exception of eight words spoken in the opening seconds of the episode and, 48 minutes later, four words in the last seconds - NOT ONE WORD IS UTTERED?

A perfect complement to the last two episodes, which were unusually rich and introspective in character development/backstory and very talkative.

This continues to be the most innovate, intelligent, and enthralling show on TV, and in four seasons this was, to date, perhaps the most edge-of-your-seat, breathtaking action/suspense roller coaster ride.

I also have to add that, given the absence of dialogue, Mac Quayle continues to be a major player in the show with his brilliant musical contributions. I especially loved the sort of deconstruction and remix of the fourth movement of Beethoven's Ninth Symphony. I hope he releases a sixth album of his score for the show's final season.

And the cheesy Christmas music adds the right touch of irony.

Dare I even say this: Hitchcock could have learned from Sam Esmail!

Yet again, a 10 out of 10 episode!

It's started with 'we don't have to talk' and ended with 'it's time we talk'. Sam Esmail is pure genius

Everything in this episode was perfect. Only two lines of dialogues in entirety of this episode. Episode begins with "It's cool dude, We don't need to talk" and ends on "It's time we talk". Probably the best Mr.Robot episode till date

Who needs dialogue when you can craft an amazing episode like this? Hey, D&D: take notes!

Elliot was in such a great shape that he can run for a few miles at full speed?

Who could have known that there was a gym on the main floor of the building?

If they wanted access to the building for sure faking a gym id card is a lot easier than faking a company card. Why did they went through so much trouble to get in?

I still like how well the episode was shot. Sam Esmail still mixing Kubric and Lynch styles but also hints of Gaspar Noé's movie "Enter the Void".

The fact that the episode has one line at the beginning and another at the end makes this brilliant Masterpiece a resson for the Actors and the music producer to be proud of

I don't understand how this episode is rated so high. Elliot is protected by an impenetrable plot armour. I can't believe how everything went in Elliot's favour especially how he managed to outrun the cops and how all those injuries didn't have any impact on him at all. For a moment, I felt that Mr. Robot is the greatest TV show of all time and this episode ruined it.