Elliot lets his imaginary friend in on some secrets and Angela gets in way over her head.
Robot: Season 2, Episode 9
The days of me rewatching full TV seasons are all but over.
But man, do I want to binge this entire second season ofMr.
Not because its necessarily been worthy of a rewatch, though it is quite good.
Its because no other non-bingeable show demands to be binged quite like this one.
Sam Esmail originally viewedMr.
Robotis definitely not a movie.Mr.
Robotis a TV show and a damn good one at that.
Its inhabiting the wrong kind of TV show, however.
As unlikely as it sounds, were almost done with season 2 ofMr.
Robot(one more episode will air before the two-part finale in two weeks).
We finally see who knocked on his door at the end of season two.
And this is all fine and good.
Its hard to quantify or explain exactly whyMr.
Robotwould be better suited to a binge-ing all-at-once experience.
Robotis only delivering on two of those three narrative possibilities.
The series remains strong and this season might actually end up being superb when ts all said and done.
Its just the episodes where the quality is slightly lagging.
*One of my favorite examples of this three-tiered successful storytelling is Justified.
At least that puzzle is shaping up to be pretty dope.
Elliot is out of prison now so everything should hypothetically be brighter, clearer, happier.
Instead the world seems just as bleak as always.
Robot are going through…something weird.
Elliot thinks hes taking a nice, relaxing pee but is instead inhabiting Mr.
Robot while in front of Darlene and Cisco, telling them to calm down.
Robot realizes that something is up and says he feels like theyre overheating.
The comparing Elliot and Mr.
Robot to a computer almost always is fascinating and this is no exception.
Its just a shame we dont get to see where its going yet.
Meanwhile, Angela is starting to change her allegiances yet again.
Via a threatening conversation between Whiterose and Price it seems like their plan is progressing as expected with Angela.
One of the surest ways to see thatMr.
Lets pull back the curtain for a moment: Tyrell Wellick is coming back this season.
This isnt based on any inside casting information but rather an understanding of Chekovs Missing Chief Technology Officer.
When Tyrell reappears onscreen, its entirely possible it will be disappointing.
Hes been teased for so long that it would take a lot for the eventual reveal to pay off.
That doesnt mean, however, that the phantom Wellick hasnt already been paying off all season.
Robotis pulling it off like crazy here.
The longer Tyrell stays offscreen, the larger the boogeyman grows.
Robotis similar in that aspect.
The longer it goes the bigger and better it gets, even while the individual episodes stagnate.
Rating:
3 out of 5
