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1 Focusing on a single character is a fatal flaw."

"All the secondary characters-the therapist, the sister, friends, enemies-exist only to serve Elliot. They have no private lives, no independent motives, no existence outside the scope of helping or confronting him."

"This is dramatic laziness. Some justify it with 'multiple personalities, but that doesn't excuse the absence of a life for a full sister who abandons her world just for her brother." "Is the director mocking us?

2.Krista the therapist is a character without roots.

How did she even come into Elliot's life? Why is she here?

Why doesn't she have a single patient other than him?

Why doesn't she take any money from him? Why is she failing in her relationships? The story of her ex-boyfriend was mentioned once and then disappeared.

Her tears and her distress were never truly understood except as 'a tool to extract a confession.'

This is a dramatic void that is only convincing toto those who do not ask questions. It is unfortunate that she was used as a 'yogurt container' for him to vomit into."**

3.The sister (Darlene) is not a character, but a function.

There is no sister in the world who would completely abandon her own life and become just a shadow for her brother.

Why no emotional life? Why no ambitions? Why no internal conflict outside the scope of Elliot?

Darlene exists only as a 'helper tool.' This is not character building; this is reductionism

  1. The 'Elliot is another personality' twist is flimsy.

I myself asked you a question in episode 10 of season two: 'What if Elliot is another personality, and the real one hasn't appeared yet?'

Then the series came and said: 'Yes, the Elliot you saw isn't real; there's another behind the wall.'

But this isn't brilliant, because I predicted it on my own back in season two.

You, as a series, do not surprise me with something I built myself before you said it, especially when you rely on it as a central twist.This is flimsy."**

5.Not mentioning the reason for the father's abuse.

No one sexually abuses their son unless they are mentally ill. We did not see his illness.

We did not see his motives. We did not see why he reached this point. Was he a previous victim? Does he have a disorder? Is there a

reason?

The series presents the father as a 'passing monster, and then he disappears.

This is not psychological depth; this is an escape from genuinely dealing with the issue

of abuse

6The death or disappearance of the Swedish man (Tyrell).

Where did he go? Did he die? Is he still alive in the forest? No one knows, and no one in

the series cares.

This is an abrupt end for a character who was central. It is not beautiful ambiguity; it is dramatic negligence7.....The deeper critique: What if a child who was abused by his father watched this series?

He would find:

An abusive father with no reason and no psychological depth.

A trauma used as a 'tool to create multiple personalities,' not as an open wound.

An ending ('The Mastermind') that marginalizes his pain in favor of a clever twist.

No moment that touches his real pain directly and honestly.

That child would say: 'Where am I in this story? This is not my pain; this is entertainment for the viewers.'And this is a moral failure in dramatic writing

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u/Bubbly_Mud_1386 — 9 days ago

Mr. Robot is an American psychological techno-thriller television series created by Sam Esmail for USA Network. It stars Rami Malek as Elliot Alderson, a cybersecurity engineer and hacker with social anxiety disorder, clinical depression, and dissociative identity disorder. Elliot is recruited by an insurrectionary anarchist known as "Mr. Robot", played by Christian Slater, to join a group of hacktivists called "fsociety". The group aims to destroy all debt records by encrypting the financial data of E Corp, the largest conglomerate in the world.

The pilot premiered online and via video on demand services on May 27, 2015. In addition to Malek and Slater, the series stars an ensemble cast featuring Carly Chaikin, Portia Doubleday, Martin Wallström, Michael Cristofer, Stephanie Corneliussen, Grace Gummer, BD Wong, Bobby Cannavale, Elliot Villar, and Ashlie Atkinson. The first season debuted on USA Network on June 24, 2015; the second season premiered on July 13, 2016; and the third season premiered on October 11, 2017. The fourth and final season premiered on October 6, 2019, and concluded on December 22, 2019.

Mr. Robot received critical acclaim, particularly for the performances of Malek and Slater, its story and visual presentation and Mac Quayle's musical score. The series has gained a cult following. Esmail has received praise for his direction of the series, having directed three episodes in the first season before serving as the sole director for the remainder of the show. The show received numerous accolades, including two Golden Globe Awards, three Primetime Emmy Awards, and a Peabody Award.

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u/IdonoDev — 12 days ago
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Heads up, spoilers present for the finale and spoilers welcome in the comments. If you know, you know.

By the way, if you're asking "that's a weird choice for a picture". Most pictures I found didn't work lol.

u/Brooke_set_a_fire — 14 days ago