Mr. Robot Recap: eps2.7init5.fve

Season 2 / Episode 9 / USA Ya know, Mr. Robot has always done an excellent job of misdirection and surprise knock-your-socks-off twists. So much in fact that I had to go back and watch a few episodes from season 1 after that big ass jail twist two eps ago. Remember the scene where Elliot tries to kiss Darlene and she forces him to remember that she was his sister? Remember the scene in the cemetery where Elliot is forced to confront his schizophrenia once Angela and Darlene realize how far he’s traveled down the rabbit hole?

Guilty as Charged The opening scene of init5.fve was kinda like those joints, minus the outside influences forcing him to come to terms with his psychosis. It’s all Elliot this time around. No Darlene to slap some sense into him. No Angela to console him and let him know he’s got a friend to the end. Nope, Elliot da Hack Gawd out here on his own gettin arrested for the pettiest of the gargantuan crimes he’s committed in the past year. Remember that little prick of an ex-boyfriend that Karla used to have? The one who was cheating on the therapist? The one who had the dog that Elliot stole? Yea that fuck boy. He got the homie pinched and Elliot…well…Elliot admits his guilt straight up and down. No plea. No groveling. Just realness. The judge was looking at da homie like, “Da Fuq?! Is this cat serious with this admission of guilt? I must be buggin.” But he wasn’t buggin. Elliot got his ass sentenced to an 18-month bid. And now we find out exactly what t…