Mr. Robot Recap: eps2.1_k3rnel-pan1c.ksd

Season: 2 / Episode: 3 / USA Bon soir Elliot. Au Revoir Elliot. Tyrell Wellick on the hotline bling with Elliot Da Hack GAWD but Tyrell ain’t no snitch…and damn sure ain’t no self-snitch so he doesn’t reveal his location just yet. But one thing he does do, is highlight the night he and Elliot became “Gods”. CLICK! Mr. Robot puts the kibosh on that conversation before the NSA puts a ear to the streets and starts listening in. Remember last season when Elliot got fed up and frustrated with his inability to remain in control a handful of times? Then he immediately followed up that frustration by going out and doing the most reckless shit he could come up with at the time? Yeah…the homie bout to regress again, because he meets up with Leon his lunch buddy the plug for a batch of those good ol narcotics! Adderall is the weapon of choice this time around and Elliot wastes no time showing Mr. Robot exactly who’s in charge of this body when he methodically accentuates the popping of each pill into his mouth. Felt like I was watching a fucked-up hybrid mash-up of Sesame Street and the old Flintstones vitamin commercial. 1 pill, 2 pill, 3 pill, 12!!!

While Elliot has gone the addict route, Angela the confidante has gone full fuck it mode. Philip Price, the E Corp CEO, summons her into his office and tells her that she needs to make the interview with FOX happen despite her impressive strong arm tactics that got them the Bloomberg interview. With her new instructions, she begins to…