Mr. Robot Recap: eps1.7_wh1ter0se.m4v

Yooooooo, Mr. Robot just hit us with our first curveball, and boy was it a mind fuck. They set us up with the high heat all season then came in during the 7th inning to shut down any notion that we knew how the season was going to end. As far as episodes go, this one didn’t feel particularly amazing, but as I began to review the tapes, the jumper started to look more and more impressive. And as I already mentioned, the twist ending did more than enough to make this a memorable one. Let’s dig into a few key points of the episode.

Darlene, The Dangerous, First of Her Name: Darlene gets the pleasure of opening the episode for us. Following a brief introduction to the douchebag she slept with (a surprise), she finds then robs his safe (unsurprisingly). So we get a little insight into her promiscuous side, but I don’t particularly see why this gives us any more info on Darlene, besides quelling any possibility of her and Trenton being hot for each other. Wouldn’t that be something? A burqua wearing practicing Muslim hacker girl and a no-nonsense radical white girl getting intimate on one of the summer’s hottest shows?

Tyrell & Joanna, the Two Headed Dragon: Tyrell is feeling the pressure after blowing his lid on the roof and taking out Mrs. Knowles. Lucky for him, he has the most solid partner in the history of ride or die! Joanna doesn’t know exactly what’s going on but puts full faith in her man as he is questioning their focus of late. But it’s not until the boys in blue …