"Mr. Robot" Season 4 Official Thread

[AnonymityX1000]

Looking back at it... it had to be Vera. Vera and his goons were not part of Dark Army so it was a different kind of threat to divert Elliot's obsession to take down White Rose.

Not only that as psycho as Vera was he saw clear as day there was something dark lurking inside Elliot and only he could bring it out. Though it seems like Krista somewhat knew which makes me question why she didn't bring out this revelation to Elliot in the first place.

Last part I all I'm saying. Could have used Krista alone but whatever.

 

[DaylitoJames]

Last part I all I'm saying. Could have used Krista alone but whatever.

They could have but they had her shook from Elliot's erratic behavior around the 5/9 Hack. They could have used Darlene as well but Darlene too busy running around acting a damn fool

 

[PlayerNinety_Nine]

Yo when Elliot told Angela

he was quoting Marcellus Wallace.... the same line Marcellus said after he got molested by Zed and friends

In the flashback at the beginning of that episode, he asked his Dad to take him to watch Pulp Fiction too.

 

[choc_cardigan]

Bruh.

That was just The atmosphere, the setting, that fukking twist. Everything just crazy.

Thinking back to the heroin dream from Season 1, The final part was Elliot in a dark room and you could hear the sound of children's voices. That could have been a foreshadowing to the revelation they just gave us.

Mr. Robot saying he couldn't protect Elliot anymore if he heard the truth is , because any positive image or memory that Elliot based Mr. Robot on would have been destroyed.

This season is just an ever escalating staircase of madness. I don't even know how we get crazier than that. but I'm pretty sure it's coming.

We still don't know what WR "plan" is













This show gives the perfect definition of a unreliable narrator

 

[DaylitoJames]

In the flashback at the beginning of that episode, he asked his Dad to take him to watch Pulp Fiction too.

I hope Elliot's dad bought him a Royale With Cheese at McDonalds afterwards

 

[TheDarceKnight]

From r/MrRobot

"In 405 Darlene uses Dolores Haze as a fake name, which is the Lolita’s real name in the book."

 

[TheDarceKnight]

Wow. Also from r/MrRobot

Anyone else think the Acts corresponded with the stages of grief?

Stage 1: Denial - Elliot is in denial about the whole situation

Stage 2: Anger - Mr. Robot goes in on Vera

Stage 3: Bargaining - Elliot bargains for Krista's life

Stage 4: Depression - The whole twist

Stage 5: Acceptance - Vera helped him accept what happened


By the way, for the few people that don't really like the twist. This is my big take away.

The seeds have been planted since literally the first episode of the show. That tells me that Sam Esmail had a very clear vision from day one. The fact that he's had a plan on how to end the show gives me a lot of confidence, by simple virtue of the fact that he's not winging it.

 

[The War Report]

Looking back at it... it had to be Vera. Vera and his goons were not part of Dark Army so it was a different kind of threat to divert Elliot's obsession to take down White Rose.

Not only that as psycho as Vera was he saw clear as day there was something dark lurking inside Elliot and only he could bring it out. Though it seems like Krista somewhat knew which makes me question why she didn't bring out this revelation to Elliot in the first place.

Because you can’t bring that shyt up that quickly like that on a dude like Elliot. He would of had to made significant progress in his therapy to get there. Vera was the catalyst that accelerated that process. That was his purpose and after that purpose was fulfilled, he was of no use to the story.

 

[PlayerNinety_Nine]

Wow. Also from r/MrRobot

Anyone else think the Acts corresponded with the stages of grief?

Stage 1: Denial - Elliot is in denial about the whole situation

Stage 2: Anger - Mr. Robot goes in on Vera

Stage 3: Bargaining - Elliot bargains for Krista's life

Stage 4: Depression - The whole twist

Stage 5: Acceptance - Vera helped him accept what happened


By the way, for the few people that don't really like the twist. This is my big take away.

The seeds have been planted since literally the first episode of the show. That tells me that Sam Esmail had a very clear vision from day one. The fact that he's had a plan on how to end the show gives me a lot of confidence, by simple virtue of the fact that he's not winging it.

Pretty sure Vera was talking about either shamanic or ego death when he tripped out off the blood/titty milk powder in DR as well.

 

[jwinfield]

Because you can’t bring that shyt up that quickly like that on a dude like Elliot. He would of had to made significant progress in his therapy to get there. Vera was the catalyst that accelerated that process. That was his purpose and after that purpose was fulfilled, he was of no use to the story.

Yup, even when Krista was forced to bring it out of him, she took as much time as she could to do so.

 

[jdubnyce]

On my 3rd rewatch of this episode

I'll be back later

 

[TheDarceKnight]

Pretty sure Vera was talking about either shamanic or ego death when he tripped out off the blood/titty milk powder in DR as well.

100%. I assumed they were talking about Ayahuasca or something like that, since puking and/or shytting sometimes happens before the trip begins.

Not to make this too personal, but when he mentioned to Elliot to "let that poison out" in the final Act, it reminded me of a psychedelic experience I had this year. I was tripping Psilocybin mushrooms on the beach to give the old brain a 'hard reset' and I was laying on the sand, I started looking down at myself from above. My head cracked open, and all of this black liquid (that seemed to be my fears, insecurities, and my ego) started coming out of my head and ran down the sand and into the ocean, where it got washed away. Then my head sealed back up and it was like I was reborn. It felt like ego death, but it also felt beautiful, and it was a life-changing experience.

Anyways, that's what I thought too about Vera. I know he said it was "blood and titty milk" but I just took it to mean that what he got from the shaman was weird and that he didn't fully understand what it exactly was, so he just chose some wild/weird shyt to describe it. But I definitely took it to mean that Vera had a psychedelic experience.

 

[TheDarceKnight]

Because you can’t bring that shyt up that quickly like that on a dude like Elliot. He would of had to made significant progress in his therapy to get there. Vera was the catalyst that accelerated that process. That was his purpose and after that purpose was fulfilled, he was of no use to the story.

yes!

I also really like that we as the audience (or at least most of us I think) realized before Elliot that he was molested. But the way the scene was acted really gave Elliot the time to realize it and let it sink in.

A lot of sows would've showed him have the realization almost simultaneously with us, the audience. I'm not sure how long the scene played out. I'd have to go re-watch. But it felt like forever, which I thought was not only appropriate and realistic, but dramatically it was perfect!

 

[steadyrighteous]

Wow.

Just wow.

This is really all I got.

Wow.

Holy shyt, this episode.

First 15 minutes felt meh, but it just started escalating.

At first when Krista was getting to the reveal and I (like most of you) figured it out, I was really against it.

But honestly, thinking about it and reading this thread makes me OK with it. It really is one of the few things that can truly explain how Elliot is and how we/he got to this point.

In a way, my denial at first was his denial. Now as an audience we’ve gotta come to terms with it, and then pick ourselves up and finish the story along with him.

But, does this mean no more Mr. Robot (Christian Slater)?

Wow.

 

[IVS]

I was really captivatied by the paintings on the walls of Krista apt. Shyt is crazy how they setup that set