@fly_ You obviously don't get it, Elliot was about to kill himself by overdosing on the morphine pills, but then when the kid arrived, he stopped Elliot, then Elliot kept trying to get rid of him but he couldn't, then he went to the movie theatre and relived the same experience he had with his father that we can see in the beginning of the episode. I also loved how the day of this episode was October 21st 2015 and how Elliot talked about Back to the Future and all the references they made to this movie in the episode. And, at the end, Elliot manages to cure Angela's madness by using old memories. The music matched just perfectly with the scenes and this is another reason why this episode was one of the best of this season. The "I wish you were dead" dialogue doesn't come out of nowhere, Elliot says "So do I" because at this point he wishes he was dead, Elliot felt very guilty after the terrorist attack because he knew that he played a big part in it and that without him the attack would have never been possible. Elliot feels very guilty and this is why he tries to kill himself but the kid saves him in the end. In the end of the episode, Elliot realizes that Mr. Robot/his father is a part of him and that there are some things you can't get rid of. It's completely obvious, you are just too stuck in your head to understand what is going on, in some shows, you just have to feel to understand. There was nothing out of place in this.
Review by FLYVIP 2BlockedParent2018-01-07T13:58:48Z
Filler episode, boring. I guess it was supposed to be emotional sentimental stuff, but I really really didn't get into it. The kid is annoying af. I kept hoping that he wasn't real, that it would be Eliott's self projection or something, no luck. Be it with the kid, Angela, his sister or the families, Eliott displays here levels of social skills way above anything he's ever done. It's probably meant to be touching, but it feels extremely out of character and out of place. Like the I wish you were dead/So do I dialogue. Again I get the goal of it, Eliott, not thinking and admitting it, supposed to be a real emotional scene. But why in the world would the kid ever say that ? It really comes out of the blue with no reason at all, only to justify the answer. The scene with Angela is even worse. It just feels weird.
This type of scene does not fit with the character, does not belong in this show, and so they clearly don't know how to make it work. Well, unless the point was to make us feel these human interactions as fake and awkward as they are to Eliott. In this case, bravo. But somehow I doubt that was it.
The one brief good moment was when he was himself and displayed his hacker/blackmailer skills. Good stuff on the BTTF references though I suppose it's hinting more and more to a future rewind, not sure how it would really fit into the whole.