Mr. Robot Recap: eps1.4_3xpl0its.wmv

Season: 1 / Episode: 4 / USA Network We start this episode off with Fernando the drug lord receiving some bad news from his lawyer.

His future is grim, and he wants to hurt somebody to make things right with the universe. He has some climactic epiphany..and I’m assuming they must want us to believe Fernando was able to decipher that photo he was shown by his lawyer when she said it was an anonymous tip that got him locked up. Also, that Elliot was the anonymous tipper. But he don’t seem that smart, considering he posted every one of his drug transactions on Twitter, but I digress.

Mr. Robot, Elliot and the gang get to Steel Mountain and Elliot suits up and by suits up, I mean puts in an ear piece. They hatch a horrific plan to get into the facility, luckily they’re fast enough at writing a 60 billion dollar wikipedia page for Elliot. As soon as the tour guide looks up Elliot’s fake fat stacks he invites him in swiftly. After a few questions, Elliot needs to ditch the tour guide (Bill) and begins to absolutely shred the plump little nice guy to pieces.

A previous hack showed his vulnerability to break down and eventually bypass regulation and let him in. They encounter a slight problem with a woman who they can’t find online. This is all another ploy to show us how good these guys are at hacking any and everything. They send the woman a text from her husband’s cell saying he’s in the hospital, and she runs away in tears. Pretty grimy. Elliot bolts for the stairs. When he…