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The pilot is really well crafted and manages to find a balance between Elliot's mental illness, his attempts to cope, his good intentions, and the "oh society is so terrible" stuff that makes him engaging and not nearly as grating as the whole "vigilante hacker" thing could have been. I'm on board for the rest of the season, though I'm worried the show might end up launching itself off the rails really fast if they can't keep up this level of quality; it'd be way too easy to go too far with all the edgy antisocial hacker stuff or to horribly botch the portrayal of Elliot's mental health problems and I hope they can keep dodging those pitfalls.
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That scene in the bar is the thickest dose of "yo mr. robot ain't real" we've had yet.
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Autonomous Monster posted:Also: opening sequence with Wellick? Was loving great. I think it's interesting that in both episodes since the pilot the title has come up over Wellick, not Elliot. I don't know that there's anything to read into there but if the trend continues I'll have to assume it's significant, at least thematically if not necessarily as some kind of foreshadowing.
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Lascivious Sloth posted:No she asked him and he said no, and she was trusting in that. I dunno, the read I got on that scene was less "I believe you" than "I'm not going to push the issue" or "I don't believe you but I"m choosing to act like/tell myself I do." I don't think she knows Elliot is a vigilante hacker whatever guy but she has reason to be suspicious and those suspicions probably didn't go away just because Elliot said he didn't do it.
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Jul 12, 2015 19:47
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So have we passed the Bechdel test yet?
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