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Originally Posted by fidstar-poker
Having not checked weren't there several scenes with Tyrell and people that work with Elliott (e.g. - his boss), which would make them being the same person pretty hard to believe.
Yes. Tyrell and Elliott talk around other people during the AllSafe walkthrough. And They are in the room together when AllSafe is presenting about the original fsociety/E Corp hack.
I'd be shocked if they're the same person.
Sam Esmail was on Andy Greenwald's podcast after the finale and was very clear on the "we're not trying to be a 'gotcha' show" line. He felt like they were pretty open with the Mr Robot isn't real plot point (Pixies song, Planetary, etc) and wanted people to understand that so that the cemetery scene was a more emotional "oh wow, Elliott realizes this character he's so invested in isn't real" scene and not a "whoa, Mr Robot is fake!" scene.
BTW, I would 110% suggest fans listen to the Greenwald podcasts with Malek and Esmail, and the Nerdist podcast with Malek/Slater (where we also learn that Rami dated Christian's step-sister in high school).