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Mr. Robot – Season 2, Episode 4 eps2.2init1.asec

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Mr. Robot – Season 2, Episode 4

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Aired Jul 27, 2016

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Crime

Mystery & Thriller

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89%

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Elliot befriends Ray, hoping he can finally delete Mr. Robot; Dom makes a discovery; Darlene considers whether the FBI or Dark Army are the bigger threat.

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From the riveting opening scene to its electrifying final moments, "init1.asec" is packed with consequential moments that set the stage for Elliot's future.

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Rami Malek

Elliot

Christian Slater

Mr. Robot

Portia Doubleday

Angela

Carly Chaikin

Darlene

Martin Wallström

Tyrell Wellick

Grace Gummer

Dominique "Dom" DiPierro

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Jenna Scherer

Rolling Stone

07/28/2016

This week's hour-long episode, entitled "eps2.2_init1.asec," (because Mr. Robot, people) is about as bright and shiny as this show is ever likely to get. We even see a real smile out of Elliot - no Adderall involved.

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Emily St. James

Vox

07/28/2016

The first few episodes... have done a good job of setting up the rest of this world outside of Elliot's paranoid viewpoint. That was probably a necessary thing for Mr. Robot to do. But the show needs him at its center, not dithering away on the edges.

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Paul MacInnes

Guardian

07/28/2016

Elliot is back in. A return to hacking was inevitable, of course, but here creator Sam Esmail lays out why it has to be so.

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Randy Dankievitch

TV Over Mind

02/11/2020

3/5

Hopefully, a return to hacking will put the pieces of Mr. Robot back in the places they belong.

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Sean Fennell

PopMatters

08/01/2016

6/10

There are times which the long runtimes of the episodes and endless stalemates can become a little tiresome, but if Mr. Robot is able to pay off on all the exquisite build-up, then it'll surely be worthwhile.

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Jordan Alsaqa

TV Equals

07/29/2016

Watching Elliot fight so hard last episode was great; here, he'd lost his fight, and it was a more lethargic hour for it.

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Synopsis

Elliot befriends Ray, hoping he can finally delete Mr. Robot; Dom makes a discovery; Darlene considers whether the FBI or Dark Army are the bigger threat.

Executive Producer: Sam Esmail, Steve Golin, Chad Hamilton
Network: USA
Rating: TV-14
Genre: Drama, Crime, Mystery & Thriller
Original Language: English
Release Date: Jul 27, 2016