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- Episode aired Jul 27, 2016
- TV-MA
- 1h 5m
Elliot vows to beat Mr. Robot, Angela gets a glimpse behind the curtain at E Corp and fsociety stirs up trouble.Elliot vows to beat Mr. Robot, Angela gets a glimpse behind the curtain at E Corp and fsociety stirs up trouble.Elliot vows to beat Mr. Robot, Angela gets a glimpse behind the curtain at E Corp and fsociety stirs up trouble.
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Did you know
- TriviaThe movie that Darlene (Carly Chaikin) and Elliot (Rami Malek) watch, The Careful Massacre of the Bourgeoisie, is not a real film. It borrows its title and plot from Luis Buñuel's 1972 surrealist film The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie (1972), reinterpreted as a 1980's low-budget slasher film. USA Network has released an eight-minute version of the film online (Available here outside the U.S.). The film was distributed by E Corp Home Entertainment, and is a VHS rip (Careful.Massacre.of.the.Bourgeoisie.1984-VHSrip.mp4) that Elliot has torrented.
- Quotes
Leon: So what are you waiting on?
Elliot Alderson: What?
Leon: Do you dream, Elliot? You scraping so hard like you ain't ever asked yourself this before. I said, do you wanna be here right now? And I don't mean, like here-here, but I mean here in the cosmic sense, bro. Like, existence could be beautiful, or it could be ugly, but that's on you.
Elliot Alderson: How do I know which one's for me?
Leon: Dream. You got to find out the future you're fighting for. Sometimes you got to close your eyes and really envision that shit, bro. If you like it, then it's beautiful. If you don't? Then you might as well fade the fuck out right now.
- ConnectionsReferences Citizen Kane (1941)
Perhaps the most interesting scene in the episode is the flashback in the first ten minutes. I appreciated the way the sequence gradually ramp-ed up the tension from a casual conversation to the big moment at the end of it, accompanied by a score straight of Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets.
Some other scenes that I liked in the episode were the surprisingly heart-warming scene between Joanna and her boy-toy, the return of the BD Wong character, and Elliot's chess game with Mr Robot. I was mostly indifferent towards the rest. I am finding it increasingly implausible that Leon would be spending his time hanging out with Elliot, and increasingly irritating that I have literally no idea what is going on with Ray and his black-eyed business partner.
I did not enjoy this episode nearly so much as I had hoped that I would, but I recognize it as a necessary instalment, and still eagerly anticipate the next.
- TouchTheGarlicProduction
- Jul 26, 2016
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- Filming locations
- WNYC Transmitter Park, Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA(dream scene of Darlene being proposed to)
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- Runtime1 hour 5 minutes
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- Aspect ratio
- 1.78 : 1
- 16:9 HD