Mr Robot 4x11 12/15/19 "eXit"

I don't think it's that at all. This Elliott is the real guy. In typical Mr. Robot misdirection, everything else has been his alter ego. This is is "the other one;" the guy who wishes he could be the hacker we've seen for three seasons.

A headache always signals a multiple personality coming on (at least other movies/shows I've seen.).

 

I was just happy to see:

• Angela had a complete recovery from the gunshots to the head, just like WhiteRose predicted.
• Mr. Robot got less nerdy glasses.
• Elliot got over the recent disclosures of repressed issues with Mr. Robot.
• Elliot's theft all of the Dark Army money was part of the WhiteRose plan all along.
• Elliot got to meet his twin or alternate universe brother to help with his paranoia / anger / revenge issues.
• The future of the universe is controlled by an Apple II RPG.

It is a miraculous happy ending just like Game of Thrones.

I assume that next week will invalidate all my happy points.

 

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But unfortunately Darla isn't around in the new universe. Does she even exist there? Suddenly it went from December to May. Where's J.K. Simmons when you need him?

 

No, she's still alive in the real world.

 

Why was Dom there at the motel in the first scene? Was she a figment of Darlene's imagination?

 

Just finished the episode. I'm really not sure what to think. I really hope this isn't really an alternate universe because if that were the case, he couldn't just show up there because he died. That was the main flaw in White Rose's entire thing (assuming alt universes were to exist). My guess is, this is something to do with his mental issues, another branch of his illness has sprouted.

 

This is "at least" my hope. That's kind of what I started thinking as it played out. He even said something like, sometimes I wish I could be a hacker or something of that nature. My thought was that this seemingly "normal" Elliot has the alter egos of the "hacker" Elliot, a rebellious sister that he doesn't have IRL, a dad who's not the nice guy he seems, and so forth. I don't want to see a SciFi, alt-universe ending. To me that just doesn't fit the series. I think he made up the whole fantasy to try and be the opposite of what he is. And I think the Apple II part will play into this. Maybe he's writing a Mr. Robot game on the side, maybe his dad started it years ago on the old Apple II as an old school text based RPG.

Or, it could be none of that. Looking forward to the finale to see how it plays out.

 

Is there a reason some of you are referring to Darlene as Darla?
(Legit question; trying to determine if I missed something, which happens a lot in this show.)

 

Thanks. But you were not the only one. That's what made me think it was something I had missed in the show.

 

This was a really big WTF for me, and this from series which has been full of WTF moments. I enjoyed this side track, but I've got no idea where this thing is going, but I'm a willing passenger on the ride.

TBH, at this point I've got no idea what's true and what's not in terms of this show anymore.

Is Whiterose really dead? Is this all in Elliot's head or what? Ought to be an interesting two hours next week.

 

I was hoping to capture Elliot's response to WhiteRose RE not giving up on this world. Unfortunately, my husband has a touch of OCD when it comes to deleting things he no longer considers necessary. Unsatisfied with a show being moved to "Deleted Items", he goes in there and permanently deletes everything. So this episode was deleted from my TiVo before I could capture that scene. Does anyone still have it? I would be happy with a transcription of what Elliot said.

I googled and read all the reviews and recaps that I found, but none of them had the whole speech.

 

I can do that for you. Give me a bit to cut that scene and upload for you.

 

The first thing that gave me pause was when Darlene addressed Mr. Robot directly after saying goodbye to Elliot in the parking lot.

And then when we jumped to "the new reality" where I did not miss Angela saying that this Elliot was an only child, I started wondering if Darlene was another aspect or personality of Elliot's Disassociative Personality Disorder.
(And if so, what does that make Dom? )

Certainly this is a jump into "Twin Peaks" territory.
I recognize that the potential for this was always there but I gotta say that it was somewhat abrupt.

And yet, I still have to see how this plays out.

 

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