Almost from the start, people were wondering whether Mr. Robot was real or a figment of Elliot's imagination, and debating whether you thought you were getting over on us, or understood that we were going to figure this out way ahead of time. When Elliot finally figured it out, he asks how long we had known, and the episode ends with the Pixies song from "Fight Club." How much, and/or how quickly, were you expecting the audience to deduce about Mr. Robot's true nature?
Sam Esmail: I did everything in my power to actually telegraph it. I honestly was not trying to keep it from the audience. I wanted the audience to be ahead of Elliot on this. Because in the moment that he realizes he is Mr. Robot, I didn't want that moment to be about the audience being shocked. I wanted the moment to be about Elliot being shocked. I wanted the audience to be with Elliot, to look at Elliot. I wanted the scene to be about that, and not about some twist we're trying to get over on you. I felt great that people were kind of on to us. Honestly, that was the point. We were pretty blatant about it. A lot of people were confused by that. To an extent, it disarmed them a little bit. I read people going, "This can't be the twist. It's too obvious!" But that also worked in our favor. A lot of people took their eye off Darlene, and that twist impacted them in a more traditional surprise reveal way. But whenever I envisioned the moment of Elliot's discovery, I wanted it to be more about Elliot's reaction than anything else. I didn't want the audience to have that reaction. I actually thought that would have been too distracting for watching Elliot's character progression.
This is what it actually meant though
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when she went to buy shoes after witnessing a suicide
, wheres Tyrell? 
@ elliot being tyrell... dudes aint watching the show thinking that shyt
