408 Request Timeout

One of my favourite things about this show is the way events get recontextualized over the course of the show. After every season (hell, every episode), you can rewatch all the previous episodes and they'll take on a completely different meaning - while still making just as much (and often more) sense. Every detail is so intricately and fully planned in advance - the experience is like zooming out of a painting. As you see more and more of the big picture, all the tiny incongruous details jump into place until everything finally fits. Time and again I am made to marvel at the exceptional planning behind this show, never more so than in this episode.

Request Timeout focusses on two storylines; Elliot dealing with the fallout of last week's revelations, and Darlene and Dom pleading with Janice. With the former, the big reveal has already happened and now we are picking up the pieces, as it were. We get a lot of great character development and we fill in some gaps created by last week's twist. In the latter storyline, we also get a twist, which has been set up very subtly throughout this season and which is incredibly satisfying to see unfold.

Incredible episodes are pretty much par for the course this season on Mr. Robot - we are racing towards the finish line - but however obvious it is, it still must be said that Sam Esmail really knows what the hell he's doing, and he has all along.

After last week's incredible capsule episode, full of emotional revelations and tension, this week deals with the fallout. It's not often that a TV show makes me cry, but the sheer tenderness and love that Mr. Robot shows was agonising is the face of everything Elliot has been through. Christian Slater has felt rather underused this season, but his short appearance in this episode blew me away. He's an amazing actor, and the chemistry and empathy he and Rami Malek have for each other is devastating.

I know the plot isn't exactly moving along at high speed, but this is Elliot's show and always has been. Bravo, everyone involved. Sam Esmail is a genius, and Mac Quayle again demonstrates his enormous range as a composer.

The final season of "Mr. Robot" has been getting almost everything right. The episode last week blew all of us away & continues to hold a 10/10 rating. So,it was a very tough act to follow. There is a huge recency bias when such episodes come up. I remember the episode after "Ozymandias" didn't get as many claps,even though it was terrific. Sam Esmail somehow manages to hold the chips for a brilliant follow up to the last ep. The stakes are high,the acting is fantastic & tension abounds in every frame with Janice. And all this while,the emotional threads stay intact.

Now to wait another week.

That sounds like a bad thing, but trust me it's a good thing.

Fast paced episode done everything perfectly once again. Ending was so emotional. No wonder Malek won Oscar for portraying Mercury. Hope he gets awarded for this too. Im out of words To describe how edgy, smart, original, Well acted, directed and writed This show is. It is just pure art of cinematography.