Tyrell
"Give a man a g*n and he can rob a bank, but give a man a bank, and he can rob the world."
It's a bit of a silly expression, actually.
A little reductive, but still... I like it,
for the same reason most people hate it,
because to me it means that power belongs to the people that take it.
Nothing to do with their hard work, strong ambitions, or rightful qualifications, no.
The actual will to take is often the only thing that's necessary.
I'm sorry to bring you in like this.
Technically what we're doing might be considered illegal,
which is why I'm surrounded by eleven of our most annoying lawyers.
Elliot Alderson...
I want to offer you a position here at Evil Corp.
I want you to head our cybersecurity division.
Except I can't officially offer you anything since
we have this non-compete with your employer, Allsafe.
But if you do this of your own accord...
when you do this... you'll be a multi-millionaire within the next five years.
What do you say?
Elliot
Can I... Can I think about it?
Tyrell
Gentlemen, I need the room.
[indistinct whispering]
[Annoyed] Yes, thank you.
Yes, yes.
You know, Evil Corp has just named me interim CTO.
It won't be long until it's official.
I will be the youngest executive this company has ever seen.
I should track down these hackers
out there just to thank them. In a way, it's kind of, um...
What's the word in English? Serendipitous?
Right? [laughing] You know, by the end of the quarter, we're going to revamp our entire network
and consolidate our security protocols.
We're going to handle everything internally, which means all of our vendors, including Allsafe, will be cut loose.
And it's no secret that once Allsafe loses us as a client, they'll be fini.
And when that happens, I want you to be where you belong here with me.
This is an important choice you're making, Elliot.
I just wanted you to know all the facts before
you made your final decision.
Elliot
[Nervously]
I think I'm happy where I am.
[somber orchestral music] [Beethoven's Symphony No. 7 in A Major, Op. 92 playing] ♪ ♪
Tyrell
Well, I thought I'd ask.
♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ [music continues faintly inside car] ♪ ♪
Mr. Sutherland
Call this number if you need to get in touch with Mr. Wellick.
You can call me Mr. X. [laughs]
Come on, you've never seen JFK?
Oliver Stone movie?
Sir, I gotta be honest.
That's embarrassing.
Do yourself a favor and watch it.
And pay, for Christ's sake.
Anyway, you can call me Mr. Sutherland for now.
Don't hesitate to reach me when you're ready.
We're always close by.
Vera
I'm gonna set a date right now…
Shayla
No, we're not.
Vera
For later.
Shayla
I gotta go, thank you very much.
Vera
You gonna have me up?
Shayla
No.
Vera
Gonna have me up?
Shayla
No, stop.
Vera
I'm coming up.
Shayla
No, you're not coming up. Another time. Okay, I gotta go.
Vera
Come on.
Elliot
Everything all right?
Shayla
Yeah, he's just a creeper.
I hate it when your employers can't take a hint. [thumping bass from car]
Hey, is your radiator messed up?
Because it's like 3,000 degrees in my apartment.
Hey, are you okay?
You seem off.
Elliot
While we're here, you mind if I re-up?
Shayla
A little early to re-up, don't you think?
Elliot
I'm deviating from the schedule a little.
Shayla
Whoa, never thought I'd see the day,
Mr. Stricty Pants, but okie dokie.
Oh, yeah. sh*t, I'm out of the other ones.
Elliot
No, just the morphine. It's good.
Shayla
Uh, no, you made me promise never to give
you these unless I had your Subs.
Elliot
Shayla.
Shayla
No, Elliot. Promises matter, okay?
I take this sh*t to heart.
Oh, my God.
Fine, but you have to promise me you won't do a lot until I get your withdrawal meds, okay?
I'll go see Fernando later or something. No, you have to say it.
Elliot
I promise.
[snorting]
Elliot V.O.
Hey, man. What, you think I forgot about you?
Trust me, I need you now more than ever.
We gotta get to work.
Hacking Tyrell Wellick, you'd think it'd be tricky, but it wasn't... Evil Corp's corporate mail servers,
they haven't patched anything since Shellshock.
He doesn't even use two-step verification.
His password was just his wife's maiden name and Sweden's independence date, 6-6.
One six away from the obvious, but still, this is bad noob practice.
These emails... His life... it's nice, happy, perfect.
This doesn't make sense.
Did he know I was going to hack him?
Did he let me? I'm gonna need to wipe everything.
[beep] [drilling] [microwave beeps]
Elliot V.O.
I know, I know, taking more than I should.
I'm breaking my rule, but come on, it's an off week. [
soft clanking] [liquid trickling] [clanking continues]
Elliot to Flipper
Come on.
Yo. My man, you gotta...
You gotta deuce it out over here, all right?
Yo, you gotta do your business up in here, all right?
Hey... You got this.
You got this. [sniffs] [indistinct chatter, phone ringing]
News announcer
Terry Colby, the chief technology officer of...
Elliot V.O.
Terry Colby's arrest is on everyone's mind.
Screen. Might as well be the same thing nowadays. How do I go back to work after this?
How can I focus on anything?
And when's Mr. Robot going to contact me again? What's he waiting for?
Did I just destroy a man's life for no reason?
Gideon
I'm gonna talk to HR about a salary bump for you.
Elliot
Oh, please.
Gideon
No, please. Take the raise.
It's not gonna be much,
but it's the best I can do right now.
Elliot... You saved the company. Now... Why didn't you tell me about the DAT file?
You could've come in here at any time before the meeting to say you found something, but you didn't. I gotta be honest. I found that kind of curious.
Elliot
Yeah, I didn't know what I had. Could've easily been a junk file.
Gideon
C'mon... You're never sure about anything unless there's something to be sure about.
Elliot
Maybe you don't know me that well.
Gideon
Regardless, I still need you to stay on it, now more than ever.
I mean, who knows what these fsociety hackers are going to do next.
Elliot V.O.
What did he just say?
Elliot
What did you just say?
Gideon
The ones working with Colby. Who knows how deep these data dumps are going to get, and Evil Corp is--
Elliot
What're you talking about?
Gideon
There's a twist.
You're usually the one a step ahead of me. They hit the mother lode during the breach.
Potentially terabytes worth of emails and files. They're threatening to dump everything unless the FBI frees Colby. They released the video this morning.
Hello, Evil Corp. We are fsociety. Over the years, we have been watching you. Your financial abuse of the poor; your corruption of governments; your cover-ups of the m*rder of innocent, ordinary citizens, all for the sake of a profit. This is why we at fsociety have decided you must die. We are malicious and hostile. We do not compromise. We are relentless. We will not stop until every tentacle of your evil monstrosity is sliced off at the nerve. But we are also not without mercy. Our latest hack was our last warning. Meet our demands, and we will consider not destroying you. First, release our leader Terry Colby from your illegitimate prison immediately. Second, release all the people of the world from your even more illegitimate prisons of debt. Third, dissolve your corporation and donate all your assets to charities around the world. This proposal is non-negotiable. The people are realizing they don't have freedom of choice so long as you exist. The people are waking up, no longer accepting your economic sl*very. Meet these demands, or we will k*ll you.
Consider yourself warned. [sustained beep]
Elliot
Play it again.
Cisco
Yo, yo, yo, yo, my album just dropped. Yo, please buy my CD.
Only cost you 20 likes.
Yo, it'll give you the feels, y'all, I swear.
The CD's free. All's I ask is you Tweet. Help my social media outreach.
Ollie
You know, be like, "I want to set up this meeting. It's like a very, like a..." Oh, Elliot!
Ollie
Hey, congrats, man. AllSafe is all over the internet today because of you.
Dude, we should celebrate. We have this Groupon for four at Morton's on Thursday.
This other couple we were going with totally with bailed.
Why don't you come with? Their steaks are badass. It's $29.95...
Angela
I'm not sure that Elliot would like that.
Elliot
Yeah, okay.
Ollie
Yeah?
Okay. Awesome, man.
And, hey, why don't we make it a double date? I heard that you had a girlfriend.
Angela
Ollie, you weren't supposed to say anything.
Ollie
Babe, it's cool. Elliot's okay with it.
Elliot
Yeah, okay, sure. I... gotta to go.
Um, my neighbor's complaining about the dog barking again.
Angela
Since when does he have a dog?
Cisco
Yo, yo, yo, yo, yo.
You look like a beautiful couple.
Yo, my album just dropped, you like rap, hip-hop?
Yo, this sh*t is deep, lyrical, poetic.
Yo, your girl will like this, my man, I swear.
Ollie
Come on, bro, you've been outside our building for two weeks now.
All right, you know, I'll take it, if you leave us alone.
Thank you, thank you, man, thank you.
And I'll tweet, but only if I like it, all right?
I only have 48 followers, but it's growing.
Cisco
No doubt, no doubt.
Ollie
Some tastemakers in there so…
Cisco
I feel you, I feel you.
Ollie
Yeah.
Cisco
All right.
Yo, I appreciate it, man, really. You guys have a good day.
Ollie
Yeah, you too.
Cisco
Thank you so much. Check track two out.
Ollie
Track two.
Cisco
All right, man.
Elliot V.O.
This was never part of the plan.
Data dumps?
Releasing Terry Colby?
None of this makes sense.
Need to cut off all ties with fsociety.
Need to disconnect.
We need to call in sick and lie low for a...
[dog whining] [shower running] [door shuts]
Darlene
Dude! Jesus Christ! I am naked, assh*le! Don't stare at me!
Elliot
Why the hell are you in my shower?
Darlene
Well, I was waiting for you.
You were supposed to come last night.
Did you forget?
Elliot
Come? Where?
Darlene
It's fine, everyone's coming later. [Darlene sighs] I'm stealing your clothes.
My dress has cum stains on it. [laughs] Jesus, I am just messing with you.
My stuff is just in the wash. 'm gonna borrow this for the time being.
Oh, by the way, your dog shat on your bed. You gotta walk that thing.
Elliot [to Shayla]
Hey, please take Flipper for a while.
She probably needs a walk or something.
She keeps sh1tting everywhere.
Shayla
Of course she needs a walk, Elliot. She's a friggin' dog.
Darlene
Yo, I want to stop and get some froyo before we go. [hip hop music playing over headphones]
Elliot
Uh, I'll be back later.
I owe you.
Shayla
Yeah, big time.
Elliot
How do you know where I live?
Darlene
Why wouldn't I know where you live?
Elliot
I don't know. I don't know where you live.
Darlene
Well, I don't live anywhere at the present.
The douche I was dating proposed to me, can you believe?
I mean, what an assh*le.
Anyways, we got into this huge fight, and...
Elliot V.O.
What the hell am I doing?
This chick is out of her mind batshit crazy.
I gotta go back, tell Gideon everything.
He'll understand, right?
He'll know what to do.
Darlene
It's whatevs. He'll take me back.
He's just gotta get over this whole "love is forever" bullshit.
I'll do my disappearing act for a minute,
and then he'll come to his senses.
Announcer Stand clear of the closing door.
Darlene
You know, it's our thing. Quick! [indistinct announcer over intercom]
[Darlene pushes Elliot into a different subway car]
Elliot V.O
Can she see them, too?
Darlene
What? I like to stay on my toes. Speaking of, that's, like, one of the most annoying things...
Elliot V.O
But what if Tyrell finds out?
What will he do? sh*t, there's basically no scenario in which I'm not getting k*lled or going to jail.
Darlene
Because I wanted a turtle,and he was like, "No..."
Darlene
I might need to crash with you for a
couple of nights. That's cool, right?
Seriously?
Fine! I'll crash at Mobley's. Don't love dogs anyway.
Especially ones that sh*t in your bed. I mean, how do you live like that, honestly?
How do you go to sleep when you know that there's…
Elliot V.O.
For all we know, I could be walking into a trap right now. We could be dead the second I walk through that door.
Darlene
Come on, kid. We got big things in store. Big things. [clapping]
Darlene
Man of the hour. Take a curtsy.
Mr. Robot
g*dd*mn ducks. [three g*nshots]
Mobley
Hey, hey, man!
What's...
[Mobley touches Elliot and he moves back. He doesn’t want to be touched]
Oh. sh*t, sorry, sorry, dude.
Um, okay. Anyway, just, awesome work, man. Really awesome.
Romero
Right on, man. Right on. Real cool.
Darlene
Great. So now that we're all done going down on each other, can we please hear the plan? Where are we at with Steel Mountain?
Mr. Robot
If I'm not mistaken, these lines aren't 100% safe yet, and we still haven't made the Colby project disappear.
Darlene
Seriously? It's been weeks. Any links or traces would have been owned by now.
Mobley
The lines are clean, Boss, I swear.
Darlene
Thank you.
Mobley
I mean, um... if it makes you feel better, Romero and I can check...
Mr. Robot
Great! Make me feel great. I'm gonna hang back over here, collect my thoughts.
Darlene [groans]
UGGH!
Elliot
What's her deal?
Mr. Robot
Ah, she's a complicated woman. Most malware coders are. Am I right?
Elliot
She showed up at my apartment. Why does she know where I live?
Mr. Robot
Let's not focus on her. That'll be like entering a bad K-hole you'll never wake up from. Instead,
I need you to focus on the next phase of our project. Comet, the natural gas plant up around Albany? We're gonna blow it up.
Elliot
Why would you blow... Comet plant's right next to Steel Mountain.
Mr. Robot
Which, as you know, is the off-site and
data storage facility for every corporation in the S&P, including everyone's favorite...
Elliot
Evil Corp.
Mr. Robot [snaps fingers]
Bingo!
Elliot
You're gonna destroy their tape backups.
They're gonna be looking out for something like that.They've been on high alert ever since the hack.
Mr. Robot
From what I heard, they've caught their hacker. Haven't they?
Elliot
No, they haven't. Tyrell Wellick knows.
Mr. Robot
What they want him to know! He's a corporate robot just like the rest of them.
Besides, the entire company is gonna be reeling from all the data dumps we've got in store for them...
and man, do we have some goodies. Some good old-fashioned executive racism, sexism, fascism.
Trust me, we are gonna "ism" so much all over them they won't be able to see straight.
And asking for Colby's release as ransom was genius.
That'll only make his spotlight bigger, keeping it off us.
That neat little ditty was Trenton's idea.
She may look innocent, but I'd be careful.
She's got some Allah Akbar in her.
And while all that's going on, you will use your AllSafe security clearance to hack the Comet PLC.
Increase the pressure, causing a gas pipeline expl*si*n making Steel Mountain go kablooey along with Evil Corp's soul.
Elliot [Almost whispering]
They know about all this?
Mr. Robot
You're the first.
Elliot
Workers? Anyone living around the plant... They all die?
Mr. Robot
We'll give them a head start. Sound some alarms. They'll be fine.
Elliot
You're blowing up a gas pipeline.
Mr. Robot
The world is a dangerous place, Elliot!
Not because of those who do evil, but because of those who look on and do nothing.
This is w*r. People will die.
C'est la mort.
And once we blow up the pipeline,
Darlene's worm will kick into high gear at the U.S. data center which you helped us to install, thank you very much. The redundant backups at their eastern data center in China... the Dark Army is covering us on that.
Elliot
Dark Army? Why, man? They got no code. They hack for anyone t*rrorists, North Korea, Iran, Russia...
Mr. Robot
Which means they hate U.S. capitalism just as much as anyone.
Last but not least. Steel Mountain. The hacker's dilemma.
What to do when a bunch of data you want to destroy is completely off the grid? [expl*si*n noise]
Elliot
I'm not k*lling anyone.
Mr. Robot
Tell me one thing, Elliot. Are you a one or a zero?
That's the question you have to ask yourself.
Are you a yes or a no? Are you going to act or not?
Elliot
Yo... you've been staring at a computer screen way too long, homie. Life's not that binary.
Mr. Robot
Isn't it? Sure, there are grays... but when you come right down to it,
at its core, beneath every choice, there's either a one or a zero.
You either do something or you don't.
You walk out that door, you've decided to do nothing, to say no, which means you do not come back.
You leave, you are no longer a part of this.
You become a zero.
If you stay, if you want to change the world, you become a yes. You become a one.
So, I'll ask you again are you a one or a zero?
Elliot
An innocent man is in prison because of what I did.
Mr. Robot
Come on, let's not kid ourselves!
This has nothing to do with Colby.
This isn't even about my revolution.
This is more than that for you.
This is about how those bastards slowly k*lled your father and how you wished he'd done something about it. But he didn't.
Because he was a zero, just like you're being right now.
Elliot
f*ck you.
Darlene
Disappearing again?
Elliot
I'm not k*lling anyone. Leave me out of this.
Darlene
You don't get to disappear from this.
We can do it with or without you, but you're a part of it either way!
Yeah, even your stupid hoodie can't protect you, bitch!
Elliot V.O.
This was a mistake.
I've gotta turn them in.
Should I turn them in?
Will I get into trouble? sh*t, she's right. I'm culpable now.
No, we're culpable. You're in this with me, so start thinking of solutions now.
[muffled electronic music]
Elliot [knocking on door]
Shayla?
Yo, Shayla.
Vera
Yo, bro.
Can I help you with something?
Elliot
I, uh... just need to talk to Shayla.
Vera
Oh, your girl.
She in the tub.
Elliot [knocking on door]
Shayla.
Vera
Yo, she'll be out in a minute. Can sit and wait if you want.
Elliot
I think we should check on her, to make sure she's all right.
Vera [laughs]
You a funny dude.
I like you.
Don't be rude.
Sit down and chill.
No, that's right.
You only do this.
Only n---a I know that take withdrawal meds while he using.
That's smart. Probably even convinced yourself you ain't an addict. [laughs]
Oh, sh*t. Forgot to introduce myself. I'm Fernan…
Elliot V.O.
Fernando Vera, Shayla's supplier. One of the worst human beings
I've ever hacked. His password? "eatadick6969."
Aside from the massive amounts of money he spends on p*rn and webcams, he does all his drug transactions through emails, IMs, Twitter.
The fact that the cops haven't caught him yet is beyond me.
If they had half a brain cell, they'd be able to cr*ck his g*ng's simplistic code, if it can even be called that.
After only a couple of hours of timing his tweets with related news articles, I figured out that
"biscuit" and "clickety" clearly referenced g*ns.
"Food," "sea shells" or "gas" for b*ll*ts.
And the ultimate "rock to sleep early."
I haven't made the direct connection to a hit yet, but the math of g*ns plus b*ll*ts usually adds up to one thing.
I've thought about turning him in, but he's Shayla's only supplier.
I take him down, I lose my dr*gs, and with everything going on right now, I can't have that.
Vera
You get that, though? [inhales] [laughs]
Anyway, bro, I ain't nothing to worry about.
Just making a drop for you. What's your name, anyway?
Elliot
Elliot.
Vera
What it mean? What, you ain't never Googled it?
Man, you gotta do that.
The meaning of a person's name is important, bro.
Elliot looking to the bathroom worried about Shayla. She didn’t answer is she…
Vera
Yo, she good! She good.
Trust me.
Took care of that sh*t myself.
You remind me of me when I was younger, depressed and sullen.
Matter of fact, tried to k*ll myself, a couple of times.
Never could get that sh*t right.
Biology wasn't my strong suit.
I hated myself, man. Still do.
Thought that sh*t was a weakness for a long time.
Then I realized that sh*t was my power.
People walk around, act like they know what hate means.
Nah, no one does, until you hate yourself.
I mean... truly hate yourself. That's power.
You ain't scared of me, are you?
That's good. Means I didn't waste my time making friends with you. [chuckles]
You don't really need these, do you?
Man of your courage can last through a little withdrawal.
Ya know, you the only reason why I met Shayla.
I'm the only n---a in town carrying everything, including your precious Suboxone.
So, in a weird way, I should be thanking you.
You brought her to me.
Your star orbiting with mine, gravitationally, brought me the love of my life,
Elliot. I mean, this, us?
Being here? This has... beautiful meaning.
But make no mistake, that girl in there... is mine.
I don't know what I'd do without her.
Now, I don't know what kind of arrangement you had with her before, but now that we friends...
I trust you respect this boundary.
Feel me? [chuckles]
A dude earlier today gave me that same look.
Only thing I gotta say is, there's a smart time to be scared, bro...
And a stupid time.
[Vera leaves the apartment]
Elliot
Shayla?
The bathroom door is locked
Elliot V.O.
The lock pick. Every hacker's favorite sport.
The perfect system to cr*ck, mostly because unlike virtual systems, when you break it, you can feel it.
You can see it.
You can hear it. [metal clatters]
Elliot
Shayla.
Hey. Wake up.
Elliot
Shayla
Shayla
Mm. What happened?
Elliot
You okay?
Shayla
Why am I in the tub?
Elliot
Why was that assh*le here?
Shayla
I don't know, um... I told him I needed your pills.
He came over.
We smoked a little.
Elliot
You remember having sex with him?
Shayla
What? No.
Elliot V.O.
But he definitely does.
Elliot
Okay, let's go.
Get your purse and make sure you have your I--
Shayla
Stop. I'm not going anywhere, okay?
Elliot
What do you mean?
Shayla
Oh, he's just gonna get away with it.
Elliot
You can't go back to him.
Hey, I don't need the pills.
Just find someone else.
Shayla
I can't.
He gives me a really good deal on the split.
I make good money.
Elliot V.O.
There it is again, the invisible hand at work, controlling us, even if it pushes us past our threshold of pain.
Elliot
It's not gonna stop.
What if he does it again?
Shayla
Promise me you won't do anything?
I'm serious, Elliot.
There's nothing to be done here. It's not like I have a choice.
Hey... Would you mind sleeping here tonight?
Elliot V.O.
Choices. Maybe Mr. Robot's right.
That's what this is all about, the yesses and nos of life.
But do we decide them or do they decide us?
Fernando Vera. I get rid of him
I get rid of my drug dealer's supplier.
I get rid of the morphine.
And the pain I've been holding in comes rushing out.
Sure, I can try to find another dealer, but like Vera said, no one on the streets deals Suboxone.
I could go back to digitally counterfeiting scripts, but pharmas spend a lot of dough protecting their wares.
Most places only take paper scripts.
Continuously getting legit refills isn't realistic, and neither is being a junkie.
So I quit cold turkey or let Vera exist.
I know what you're thinking.
The answer's too obvious.
Vera may have been groping Shayla before, but he's graduated to r*pe.
Just like Shayla, he's left me no choice.
He can't be allowed to exist anymore.
THERAPIST OFFICE WAITING ROOM
Krista
Perhaps we should start with how you're feeling.
Elliot
Not good.
Krista
What's not good right now?
Everything.
Humor me with some specifics.
Elliot
How do we know if we're in control?
That we're not just making the best of what comes at us, and that's it.
Trying to constantly pick between two options.
Like your two paintings in the waiting room. Or... Coke and Pepsi.
McDonald's or Burger King?
Hyundai or Honda? Hmm. It's all part of the same blur, right?
Just out of focus enough.
It's the illusion of choice.
Half of us can't even pick our own... our cable, gas, electric.
The water we drink, our health insurance.
Even if we did, would it matter?
You know, if our only option is Blue Cross or Blue Shield, what the f*ck is the difference?
[indistinct radio chatter]
In fact, aren't they... aren't they the same?
No, man... our choices are prepaid for us, long time ago.
Krista
I'm sorry you feel you have no control.
Elliot
Thought I was doing something good.
I was a part of this... project. Thought I was going to be a part of something special.
Krista
And now?
Elliot
Now... It turned out to be a mistake, like everything else. What's the point, right?
Might as well, just... you do nothing. Might as well do nothing.
Krista
You've brought up this issue before, this issue of not feeling like you're in control.
Do you remember?
When we spoke about your father.
You talked about how he chose to do nothing when he was battling his cancer.
You told him he could have fought the company that caused it.
He could have told people about it.
He could have sought better care than what he was getting.
Instead, he did nothing.
Maybe your father felt the same way as you do now.
After all, like you said, what's the point?
Elliot
It's different.
Krista
What's different is you've found options, Elliot.
That's the power you have.
That's the control you own.
You don't have to just take what life gives you.
Come on.
Tell me what is going on with you.
I cannot help you if you keep me in the dark.
Elliot
Shut up! Shut up!
Krista
You've got bags under your eyes.
You're yelling.
You're jittery.
For the last month,
I have seen you slip into old patterns, old behaviors.
What is going on?
Elliot writing on a CD. His latest hack
[metal pipes clanking quietly] [thud]
[clanking continues] [cell phone vibrates] [line ringing] [stops ringing]
Angela
He's still not answering.
Ollie
Well, we'll just have to ask him tomorrow.
Every time I try to play it or rip it, it just freezes up my computer and spits it back out again.
Angela
He's not okay.
He was acting so out of it at work today.
Ollie [Distracted. DM’ing with Stella B.]
Um... Are you saying something, babe?
Angela
Something's wrong. Should I go over there?
And just... Check in on him?
Uh... come on. That's ridiculous.
You know he's always been a weirdo, right?
Ollie
I'm really worried about him.
Um... My Arizona buddy Fred hit me up.
He wants to grab a drink.
Shouldn't take too long.
Angela
Okay.
[line ringing] [shower running] [line ringing] [shower water running] [stops ringing]
Someone watching Angela through the webcam.
It’s the guy that was selling CD’s.
CONEY ISLAND
Kids skateboarding
Nice one, bro. Nice. [hip-hop plays] ♪ ♪ [indistinct chatter] ♪ ♪
Mr. Robot
"Deep passions, longing...
The two of them had never felt such a love, such closeness, such a connection."
Elliot
Found a way to do it without—
Mr. Robot
Shh! Sit down.
Elliot
I know how to take out the backups without blowing up the pipeline.
Mr. Robot
You know, Elliot, I really feel like we resolved this thing between us.
Didn't you walk away?
Elliot
I did.
Mr. Robot
Didn't I say that if you walked away, you were no longer a part of this?
Elliot
I have a real plan--
Mr. Robot
If you want me to let you back in, there's an understanding we have to come to, a debt you have to pay, because,
remember, you walked away.
Elliot
I thought you didn't believe in debts.
Mr. Robot
Not true. I believe in debts. I believe in erasing them.
Elliot
What do you want?
Mr. Robot [exhales]
I want you to tell me about your father.
Elliot
You're not gonna get into my head, man.
Your David Koresh sh*t isn't gonna work on me.
Mr. Robot
Tell me how he d*ed.
Elliot
Why, man? Something tells me you already looked that sh*t up anyway.
Mr. Robot
I wanna hear it from you.
Elliot
So I do this... we go back to the arcade, discuss the plan with the rest of them?
I don't know what you want me to say.
We were close. Very close.
He was my best friend. Worked at Evil Corp his whole life.
He was one of the best computer engineers they had.
And out of the blue, he got fired. No one knew why. Then one day he told me.
He had leukemia.
Made me swear to never tell anyone, especially my mom. So I didn't. A few months go by... he got sicker and sicker.
Finally, I got so worried... told my mom.
When he found out, he got pissed.
Started yelling. I remember I tried to hug him, tell him I'm sorry, and... kept shoving me away
and shoved me so hard I fell backwards out the window.
I fell, and I broke my arm.
Never spoke to me after that.
Couldn't even look at me.
Even the night he d*ed. We good?
He lets Mr. Robot touch him
Mr. Robot [sighs]
I understand what it's like to lose a parent.
It's heartbreaking.
Did you ever think he was right?
Elliot
About what?
Hurting you that day?
For what you did to him?
You ever think you deserved it?
Elliot
I didn't do anything to him. I was trying to help him.
Mr. Robot
For betraying his trust.
Elliot
I was eight years ol—
Mr. Robot pushes Elliot off the rail.
Mr. Robot
You didn't commit to the sacred pact you'd formed.
This script was corrected and submitted by Coda.
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"Mr. Robot" is a psychological thriller that follows a young programmer, Elliot, who works as a cyber security engineer by day and a vigilante hacker by night.
"Mr. Robot" is a psychological thriller that follows a young programmer, Elliot, who works as a cyber security engineer by day and a vigilante hacker by night.