SummaryCyber-security engineer/hacker Elliot (Rami Malek) is recruited by an underground hacker group run by a man known only as Mr. Robot (Christian Slater) to bring down corporations including ones his company is hired to protect.
Created By:Sam Esmail
❮ Mr. Robot
Season 2
Season Premiere:
Jul 10, 2016
Metascore
Universal Acclaim
81
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Universal Acclaim
8.2
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Metascore
Universal Acclaim
93% Positive
26 Reviews
26 Reviews
7% Mixed
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Jul 12, 2016
100
[Showrunner and creator Sam Esmail is] a Kafka in the director’s chair, who sees alienation where everyone else sees a Facebook “like.” It’s as compelling and timely a vision as there is in a primetime series at the moment, and darkness is the price of admission.
Jul 13, 2016
90
There are moments (like the aforementioned withdrawal episode) where you think about giving up on it. But those thoughts disappear once the show's surprise is revealed and Elliot recognizes his true purpose. That leads to Season 2's premiere being a thrill ride. ... Mr. Robot has the potential to be [as good as "Breaking Bad."]
User score
Universal Acclaim
85% Positive
355 Ratings
355 Ratings
7% Mixed
28 Ratings
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8% Negative
34 Ratings
34 Ratings
Nov 1, 2020
10
Mr. Robot is one of the best TV series I've ever seen. I consider it to be on par with the likes of Breaking Bad. It blew my goddamn mind. It's original, unique, and unpredictable. There isn't any other show like this. The story is excellent and you're always wondering what will happen next. I cared about pretty much all the characters. Solid performances from the actors across the board, especially from Rami Malek. Mr. Robot starts on a high note, continues on a high note, and ends on a high note. The quality and the consistency never falter at all. I **** love it. Go watch it right now.
Nov 29, 2016
10
Season 2 of Mr. Robot was complex, deep and dark. It changed the formula of regular television by being different from Season 1. I loved Season 1 and Season 2 was better. Rami Malek, Christian Slater, Carly Chaikin, Portia Doubleday, Stephanie Corneliussen, Martin Wallström, and Grace Gummer are all truly amazing here and they prove Mr. Robot has one of the best casts on Television. Don't expect it to be like Season 1, this a continuation of the events after the Five/Nine hack, not a rehash to make everyone happy.
Jul 8, 2016
90
Esmail's camerawork--characters tucked into corners of the frame, among other nontraditional compositions--continues to give the sense of disorientation and never feels tired. In fact, there are some flourishes in the first two hours that are brilliantly conceived and, with the show's strong sense of sound (both pop songs and smothered, slowed-down and manipulated background noise), contribute to what is one of the most visually remarkable hours on television.
Jul 13, 2016
80
Mr. Robot and creator Esmail have earned this quirky, almost mild and studious, way to commence the second season; for fans, trust in the show has been established.
Jul 11, 2016
80
With just two episodes made available for review, it’s difficult to say yet whether or not Mr. Robot will be able to produce a second season as wild and seductive as the first. But the show remains an artfully constructed receptacle for our cyber-paranoia, whether directed at the government, or capitalism, or technology, or most pressingly, one’s ability to betray oneself, with hallucinations or selective memory or--worst of all--a self-serving notion of the right thing to do.
Jul 13, 2016
70
The show is vastly more interesting when it shows the dystopian consequences of Elliot’s actions than when it tries to litigate what, precisely, is happening between his ears.
Jul 12, 2016
50
As usual with Mr. Robot, there's a sense that the creators care only about establishing pretenses to mount their formally self-conscious kitsch. The series is too busy being cool to matter.
Oct 26, 2016
10
Unique series. Too much gratuitous sex, but even after deducting for that, this series is still a 10. Fantastic writing. Fantastic acting. Angela couldn't be creepier; Darlene is hilareous and a bad ass; Elliot is fascinating at all levels. Did I mention the writing was AWESOME -- story telling like never before.
Jul 25, 2018
6
Nothing like season 1, which is 10/10. It was confusing, like at all. To many fillers, too little actually happening. It just like they made something they invented it during the shooting process. I will admit that I skipped many scenes, because it was simply boring. Music and sounds - also disappointing.
Dec 23, 2017
6
I can't help but feel the Seinfeld references, with it being a show about nothing, was sort of alluding to how the first half of season 2 of Mr Robot would be. Because not a lot happens. Basically we get it pounded into our minds over and over again how the main character is crazy, which was already known since season 1 but I guess we needed to be shown that again. Over and over. Ignoring that we get these redundant scenes, I also feel there's a lot of padding in the sense scenes take longer than necessary. We need to be shown for almost 3 minutes that a smart house became a noise hell due to hacking. The same with a chess scene, where we find out you can't beat yourself playing chess........ There are a lot of these kind of scenes, which feel stretched out because frankly there was not much else happening to fill the time better with. Probably due to the big 'reveal' midway in the season which pretty much made most of what you saw in the first half of the season pointless. Because of this constraint they couldn't really further the story.. A reveal which made no sense at all, because why would he lie to his 'invisible firend' to begin with? Other than the writers wanting to force another "Fight Club"-esque reveal moment into the season. It's the 2nd half of the season which sort of saves it in my opinion. mainly because things actually happen and the story gets furthered along. Yeah some characters are turning into charicatures with their speeches or conversations which seem unrealistic. Especially the 'bad guy' and the sister. And we get some silly scenes with the girlfriend being tested by a little girl. But at least things happened, for real and not make believe,
Aug 4, 2016
3
I was so thrilled waiting for season 2, then I fell asleep watching episode 1... and, well, you know what that means. Disappointing, slow, with a nice, obscure touch and the awesome photograph we all know, but the feeling of already seen is poisoning my admiration for the whole project.
Jul 29, 2016
3
Season 1 was pretty darn good. Season 2 is pretty much unwatchable. It's "Mozart in the Jungle" all over again: the things that made the first season special are simply no longer there in the second.
