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Mr. Robot – Season 2, Episode 7 eps2.5h4ndshake.sme

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Mr. Robot – Season 2, Episode 7

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Aired Aug 17, 2016

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Mr. Robot and Elliot try to get along; Joanna is given an ultimatum.

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Paul MacInnes

Guardian

08/19/2016

We will (un)learn more over the coming weeks, but I think it's fair to say that this little coup de theatre is not a Bobby Ewing moment. We've learned that Elliot's actions this season took place in a different context, but they still happened. I think.

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Inkoo Kang

MTV

08/19/2016

That Grace Gummer's government agent Dom, a Season 2 addition, has so quickly become the show's highlight is telling: The show is failing not just Elliot, but pretty much every other character as well.

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Jenna Scherer

Rolling Stone

08/18/2016

It's tricky to decipher whose side [Angela's] really on at this point, but her position makes her the series MVP right now - and that's thanks in no small part to Portia Doubleday's slow-burning performance.

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Charles Mudede

The Stranger (Seattle, WA)

08/22/2018

What all of this tells us is that though Mr. Robot is strong when it comes the science of hacking, it is weak (and even dry) when it comes to the social science of economics.

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Ja-Quan Greene

Black Nerd Problems

06/25/2018

DAMMIT THIS SHOW IS SO GOOD.

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Sean Fennell

PopMatters

08/22/2016

3/10

All we can hope in the wake of this overstuffed reveal is that these answers come fast and hot, and we finally get Elliot out of prison and back into the big game.

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Synopsis

Mr. Robot and Elliot try to get along; Joanna is given an ultimatum.

Executive Producer: Sam Esmail, Steve Golin, Chad Hamilton
Network: USA
Rating: TV-14
Genre: Drama, Crime, Mystery & Thriller
Original Language: English
Release Date: Aug 17, 2016