In the broader culture, "Mr. Robot" is known as the show that started off great but quickly devolved into a meandering mess. You can see this with how the ratings plummeted sharply with the second season. By the time season 4 aired in 2019, the show was averaging a little more than a quarter of the viewership it was getting back in 2015. Seasons 3 and 4 may have been well-received by critics and the show's remaining fans, but that wasn't enough to convince viewers to return. 

Among the fans who've stuck to the very end, season 2 is still known as "the bad one," the season they warn new viewers about ahead of time. The narrative is that this is the season you have to struggle through to get to the reward of seasons 3 and 4. But I for one think that's a flawed narrative. If I leave this Earth having accomplished only one thing, let...