Mr. Robot Recap: Eps3.6_fredrick+tanya.chk

Season: 3 / Episode: 7 / USA Another episode of Mr. Robot, another opening scene to go down in the absolute fire history books. You know what? I’m not even shying away from it anymore. Mr. Robot has the best opening scenes in tv history. Idgaf what you think, fam! Better than Breaking Bad, better than Sopranos, better than Thrones, better than ER, better than Friends, Seinfeld and The Wire. F*ck. What. You. Heard!! This episode’s opening scene gives us the return of a fan favorite. The conscience bars droppin, 90s sitcom loving, surprise acting beast Joey Bada$$. Leon returns just as the E Corp buildings go up in rosey white flames. This scene was so anxiety filled and tense. Homeboy on the ground with this throat opened up on that Colombian necktie flow. Trenton and Mobley flanking Leon, blade in hand, shitting the biggest bricks of their lives. But they can chill out cuz all Leon wants to do is break down the Academic failure that was not enough award season shine for Knight Rider and understandable disbelief that a balding white dude from Seattle could get as much “butt as ashtrays” as Frasier did, apparently. Cue Knight Rider theme song and a friendly drive to the desert. End scene. Phenomenal.

Dom and Santiago go at it once Agent D Nice begins to suspect that something isn’t adding up. She can smell a traitor from a mile away. As soon as his position is threatened, he chalks her insubordination up to being over worked, stressed or delusions of being a super cop (all pre…