Mr. Robot: eps2.4_m4ster-s1ave.aes (2016)
Season 2, Episode 6
10/10
A ballsy move, and I loved it
11 August 2016
Man, some people will absolutely hate this episode, at least the first 20 minutes of it. I personally grinned throughout all of it, but I tend to always like when a bleak and dark TV-show decides to suddenly switch on an humour button or do a complete 180 in style and mood, and this was amping it up to the max. I'll even admit that it went on for a bit too long, but I can see how Sam Esmail could have been like "let's troll the hell out of my audience and drag this out". That's why I give this episode a 10, because he actually went there, the dark comedy was perfectly executed, I found it incredibly amusing and it will definitely become one of those memorable episodes that will pop up in everybody's head whenever someone mentions the TV-show, whether you liked it or not.

As for the rest of the episode, the long one-shot scenes were amazing, especially with how they handled the music. Some will probably say there wasn't a lot plot progression, which is true, but it's unfair to call it a filler episode. I found the ending particularly to be a big moment for our two main characters. Let's not forget that character development is just as important as plot.
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