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Episode 2 was very good. The pilot left us off with a cliffhanger as the Linux guy (Tyrell) had Elliot brought to him. Why? To offer him a position at E Corp. Elliot has to decide. He has no interest in working there.

On the other hand, Mr. Robot is moving more and more toward his plan of toppling a conglomerate and deleting debt. He wants to do something that will be bad for a lot of people that Elliot wants no part of.

There are little subplots involving Portia and her boyfriend. A lot of people have mentioned Mr. Robot being like Fight Club. It very much is with him being inside his head a lot. They will probably tell you the truth before the end of the season.

Episode 2 does leave us with...another cliffhanger. USA is doing Mr. Robot right and hope it lasts for 5-8 seasons.

We continue to explore the Eliot character and his affinity for women who shower in his place when he doesn't even know how they know where he lives....and also about his dog that 'shats' in his bed.

Tell me something Eliot, are you a 1 or a 0 ???

Eliot ponders all his dislikes in life as he also sabotages his drug dealers' supplier. Getting him arrested. Putting his own supply in jeopardy to help his dealer get out of a jam was interesting for the character. +1 Star

ECorp wants to recruit him and he puts that idea to bed as well. +1 Star

7/10.

It has been one month since the pilot aired and it caught me by surprise. I am a kind of movie freak that has watched a lot of movies and TV and doesn't get impressed easily. The feeling the pilot gave me was similar to what i felt when i watched the first episode of Game of Thrones or Breaking Bad or The Twilight Zone (Original); i would also add MASH but its a comedy.

It mesmerized me, the lead actor seems almost tailor made for the role, great casting choice and Christan Slater......., saw him after a long time and must say that the way he is handling the part, I am starting to wonder why has he not been working in better movies. The sisterish friend of the lead may be considered a bit weak but not by much. Anyways, the point was that i was in awe of the pilot and during last month saw it 3-4 times.

I was apprehensive that the followup episode may not be able to carry the momentum. We have all seen shows that show promise in the beginning but then very soon stoop down into driveldom, or at-least loose our interest.

This is not one of those. The second episode was at par and maybe even a bit better then the first. The characters are fleshed out during the course of the 46 odd minutes. The absolute power image of the pilot is brought up against the absolute powerlessness that the characters sometimes feel.

I loved it too much, so ill keep on chattering..... you guys go see this. But remember..... you need your brains about you with this one... in-fact you may even need to borrow some from the local chop shop.

Have fun.

The second episode of "Mr. Robot" is not as amazing as the first, and the flaws are more clearly seen, but is an enough good episode. We repeat the same mistakes as in the first episode: way too "smart" people that seem to live above everyone else. Sadly, it all becomes a little bit repetitive, as the story barely advances. Mr. Robot does an "offer you can't refuse" to Elliot and that's basically everything that happens. The cliffhanger from the pilot is dealt in a very childish way (let's come here, Elliot, I'm going to talk to you in private and show you a whole new world...). That Elliot seems to be able to say "no" to all the offers he is getting is the best part of all.

The other part of the episode, the "lonely vigilante", is quite lame. That Elliot is a great hacker seems obvious. But all the story and how is dealt with reeks of laziness. A "Sherlock hacker" deserves better.

Where the pilot presented Elliot with the chance to start a revolution by eliminating debt's stranglehold on the 99%, this episode shows the violent sacrifices Mr. Robot's fsociety is willing to make for their mission. Elliot's personal relationships also get darker and more complex as his dependency on morphine reaches a new level. One scene with his therapist came off as a little too presentational, but everything else this episode sets up made Elliot's world a lot more intense.