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I very rarely, if ever, have seen an episode hold a suspenseful moment for as long as as well as Mr. Robot did in this episode. With each minute gone by, the suspense was able to build more and more, leading to a mind boggling final scene. The final two minutes had you glued, knowing how screwed Darlene and Cisco were, but you couldn't resist but to watch. What happened at the diner was nothing short of breathtaking.

This show is one of the best shows I have watched in a long time, due to how unpredictable it is, it's character development, and it's ability to bring suspense to it's viewers. Elliot Alderson is one of the most intriguing, interesting and unique characters I have ever seen. I cannot wait to see more of them. I am so grateful that I have started watching this show.

This to me is the best episode of season 2 and can hold its own against anything else the show has to offer. Mac Quayle's score (ph4se.vox) kicks in halfway through this episode and what follows is some of the tensest television I've ever seen. Esmail expertly cuts between our 3 story lines in the back half and never stops building suspense. We know something big is coming, but as to what? Who? It's impossible to say who or what will be involved, but once the episode ends, maybe we can say it was obvious all along. Add in Phillip's Price's best monologue in the beginning, one of Elliot's most creative hacks, more Darlene lore, and you have the amazing surprise climax of season 2.

I think I like how this episode is shorter than most; Sam definitely wastes no time in this one and the episode benefits greatly. You wouldn't think there would be 3 longer monologues in this tight suspenseful thriller, but they work very well to add to the richness of the filmmaking. Darlene's story is haunting us while we witness Elliot flex his hacking muscles. I love this episode and it's a shame a lot of people gave up before they got here.

Finally something interesting. After almost two dozen episodes. Maybe it starts to get more and more watchable. The last part of this episode will blow your mind.

Woah. The entire back half of this episode is a marvel in suspense. All the major story lines are in play, and they finally start to connect. Three parallel narrative streams inter-cut with tense music for a good twenty minutes. I just kept waiting for something to happen. When the big moment came, it somehow managed to be something that I never would have expected. Like pretty much everything in this show, this climax has some degree of ambiguity. When I first watched the scene, I thought it would probably be revealed as a fake-out in future episodes. But then I watched it again. I went frame by frame, paid attention to details, and did some zooming. I still don't think that the scene will turn out to have been exactly what it appeared to be, but there is ample evidence proving that something major happened.

It's hard to think about anything other than the explosive, disturbing conclusion to episode, but there is actually quite a bit of other stuff to it. Pryce, Joanna, and Darlene each have their own long, anecdotal monologue. Each one is powerful in its own way, and very illuminating in terms of character. Pryce's finally begins to show us his motivation, Joanna's demonstrates her ruthlessness and connection with Tyrell, and Dalrene's is surprising to say the least.

I was really hoping for answers on the Tyrell front, and the episode seemed to be setting us up for the big reveal. But then, just like last episode, we didn't get it. This episode did have some pretty big clues, however. Clues that make me reconsider every theory that I've been able to come up with. For the first time, I'm starting to think that Tyrell may actually be dead, that something more sinister and mysterious is going on than we've even been willing to consider. What if all the mysterious messages and strange gifts were set up ahead of time with Tyrell, to execute automatically? What if he and Mr Robot planned the whole thing out on the night of the hack? What if this has something to do with stage 2? What if Tyrell is essentially acting from beyond the grave through a program, as a sort of digital ghost? This is pretty crazy stuff, and probably wrong. But that's how good the show is! It makes me think of things like that.

This episode is the best. I can't see anything but full of excitement, fear and sadness. It is really hard to watch it and I think this one is a turning point of the whole series.