I thought the season finale was really disappointing, all the way down to the unnecessary brain blowing out on live TV. It seems pretty clear the finale was added to the real ending (of the movie version), and they just left a bunch of threads open to explore however they want to go next season.
I thought the shot of Elliot choking himself was A+.
To me, and maybe I have this wrong, the real problem is that everyone is now poor. They got rid of the credit card debt and I guess other debt, but it sure appears no one has access to anything other than hard cash, since I doubt banks would let anyone withdraw money. Way to play into all the crazy psychos' dreams of armageddon and putting money in mattresses, Sam.
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Originally Posted by Andrew Beal
so the guy who was cheating with the psych lady put together that elliot is a member of fsociety bc of the estonia connection with the proxies he used and the news report he watched when he got home?
This initially made no sense as the scene was unfolding, but it turns out Elliot blew it by taking his dog to the vet under his real name. Elliot has no presence anywhere, but he has a name and they just need to find him. With the Estonia thing happening, it now meant that they'd be able to trace back the connection to him. Of course, ain't no one gonna give a sh** about what happened to this guy after what happened. It actually made Elliot more anonymous, not less. That cheater is essentially the Chandra Levy of pre-9/11. He was interesting yesterday, but not today.
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Originally Posted by FlyWf
The implication of that scene was the Evil corp guy knew who did it(Elliot, which is why he's so confident and why he's buttering up Elliot's friend), but didn't know that he was talking to someone who was also involved.
So basically I guess fsociety is secretly a pawn of the Dark Army, and this whole thing has something to do with mines in the Congo? Or maybe even a level deeper?
I'm fairly sure the Wong character already has the decryption key. So, E Corp will let people riot, and then come in and save the day when everyone is at their darkest...with a lot of interest, of course.
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Originally Posted by MidWestSide
Is tyrell real?
He has to be real, because Elliot went to his office, and the secretary didn't recognize Elliot. The only counter theory to Tyrell being real is that Elliot could be Tyrell. Everything about that idea works EXCEPT for his secretary not recognizing him.
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Originally Posted by Iconoclastic
I wish there was a solid theory out there about what happened to Tyrell so that I don't have to wait a year to find out.
Good luck with that. The show is so fractured between what's real and what isn't, it's actually hard to believe there haven't been numerous mistakes made already that undermine what's really going on. I can't imagine 3 years of waiting to find out what's going on. I'll give an "interesting" idea in response to someone else, but it doesn't work because of a scene I mentioned above.
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Originally Posted by Absurdas
Andrew,
Na he didn't put together the fsociety connection. He said that the only way they would get to any real evidence of Eliot's hacks is if Estonia would fall apart, which is happening.
Yeah, I don't think there was anything connecting him to fsociety in that conversation. It was just that his dog was chipped, and Elliot took the dog in under his real name. All he has is a name, and conjecture about what he's likely done. He has no evidence of anything, and even the fall of Estonia won't help him with what's going on in the big picture right now. It's just kind of a funny joke the show had.
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Originally Posted by SretiCentV
Tyrell is going to tell the e-corp guy that fired him how to unencrypt everything. Good plan to land CFO imo
Very doubtful, and you you mean CTO.
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Originally Posted by imjosh
Angela is oddly attractive in a way that I can't describe. Something about the mannerisms of her character.
Caught up now, what an amazing finale. That was white rose at the end right? What was the beep? Who was at Elliot's door? Pretty much a perfect season imo
Go back and watch the scene at the computer store. White Rose explains how he manages time. It was actually interesting that he realizes there's no point to his timing system anymore. There's nothing for him to do at this point. He likely has the decryption key.
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Originally Posted by trontron
yes.
i assume it was his watch that was beeping after 3 minutes.
Yes, my guess too, for more background, Josh can go back and look at that earlier scene.
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Originally Posted by esad
The weird thing I got from the wife scene is that Tyrell and Elliot are the same person.
I got distracted from making this post, earlier and am distracted now, but that was the vibe I got from the scene, as well.
If you remove the scene with the secretary of Tyrell and Elliot, I think you could make a very strong case that Tyrell is really the "guy", and everyone is a figment of his imagination. Play the scene with Tyrell's wife and Elliot as if it's really Tyrell talking to her. It would make that scene play A+. But, the secretary scene means that Tyrell has to be real, or EVERYTHING is fake. That's a massive slippery slope they really don't want to start going down.
And again, we had a mention of Elliot being "God". Mr. Robot said "I'm supposed to be the prophet, you're supposed to be God." (or whatever the exact quote was) In an earlier episode, Tyrell said he needed to go see "God". In the actual context of the scene with him and Mr. Robot in the car, if that had appeared after Tyrell said that, it would give big credence to everything being inside Elliot's head, but they didn't order it that way. So again, there's zero anchor in this show, other than that we know we're seeing Elliot have massive delusions. In other words, there is still nothing in the show that makes any sense...yet.