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'''''Mr. Robot''''' is an American drama thriller television series created by Sam Esmail for USA Network. The main character is Elliot Alderson, a cybersecurity engineer at AllSafe Security and a vigilante hacker who deals with both social anxiety disorder and clinical depression<ref>https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mr._Robot</ref>. The show is mainly filmed from his point of view, with his voice overs used to provide inside into his mental state, the opinions of the people he encounters, and general interpretation of the world. One day, Elliot is recruited by "Mr. Robot", a mysterious, middled-aged man to join a hacker organization named "fsociety". Their goal? To take down corporate America, including E Corp, the largest conglomerate in the world who they believe are running and ruining the world. Elliott is quickly presented with a moral dilemma: continue working for AllSafe and protect these large corporations or risk his life to change the world. | '''''Mr. Robot''''' is an American drama thriller television series created by Sam Esmail for USA Network. The main character is Elliot Alderson, a cybersecurity engineer at AllSafe Security and a vigilante hacker who deals with both social anxiety disorder and clinical depression<ref>https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mr._Robot</ref>. The show is mainly filmed from his point of view, with his voice overs used to provide inside into his mental state, the opinions of the people he encounters, and general interpretation of the world. One day, Elliot is recruited by "Mr. Robot", a mysterious, middled-aged man to join a hacker organization named "fsociety". Their goal? To take down corporate America, including E Corp, the largest conglomerate in the world who they believe are running and ruining the world. Elliott is quickly presented with a moral dilemma: continue working for AllSafe and protect these large corporations or risk his life to change the world. | ||
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=== Season 1 === | === Season 1 === | ||
| − | When we first meet Elliot, we see that he has a hard time connecting with other people. In his free time, he hacks people to bring justice but also hacks his co-workers, friends, and therapist too in an attempt to find a way out of loneliness<ref>https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Mr._Robot_episodes#cite_note-episode_titles-5</ref>. For most of his adulthood, Elliot has had unreconciled vengeance against the company E Corp. This is because he believes they are responsible for a leak from a power plant in his hometown, resulting in his father getting cancer and eventually leading to his death. One night on the subway, Elliott meets this man who only goes by "Mr. Robot" who takes him to an arcade called "fsociety". There, he meets a few hackers who are planning to take down E Corp. "The single biggest incident of wealth redistribution in history", as they describe it. The main idea of the hack is to encrypt all of E Corps financial records as well as destroy their backups. Once the encryption is complete, the encryption key will self-delete, making it impossible for anyone to recover the data, essentially removing all the debt owned to them. In collaboration with another hacker organization based | + | When we first meet Elliot, we see that he has a hard time connecting with other people. In his free time, he hacks people to bring justice but also hacks his co-workers, friends, and therapist too in an attempt to find a way out of loneliness<ref>https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Mr._Robot_episodes#cite_note-episode_titles-5</ref>. For most of his adulthood, Elliot has had unreconciled vengeance against the company E Corp. This is because he believes they are responsible for a leak from a power plant in his hometown, resulting in his father getting cancer and eventually leading to his death. One night on the subway, Elliott meets this man who only goes by "Mr. Robot" who takes him to an arcade called "fsociety". There, he meets a few hackers who are planning to take down E Corp. "The single biggest incident of wealth redistribution in history", as they describe it. The main idea of the hack is to encrypt all of E Corps financial records as well as destroy their backups. Once the encryption is complete, the encryption key will self-delete, making it impossible for anyone to recover the data, essentially removing all the debt owned to them. In collaboration with another hacker organization based in China called, "Dark Army", Elliot and his team eventually carry out the hack, throwing the world into chaos and gathering cheering crowds throughout the city. The hack is officially given the name "Five/Nine". |
=== Season 2 === | === Season 2 === | ||
| + | Although it may seem like a huge positive that millions of dollars in debt have been cleared, another result of Five/Nine is that the world economy goes into disarray. Many E Corp customers are rushing to the banks in order to withdraw money, but due to the hack, E Corp is low on cash and isn't able to pay everyone in full. The FBI is now involved in order to find those who are responsible for the hack, leaving fsociety members no choice but to hide and cover their tracks. Suspicions are already increasing around Elliot's employer, AllSafe and their CEO, resulting in his murder. The Dark Army also begins to take matters into their own hands, killing three other fsociety members, leaving only two remaining. In an attempt to fight back, Elliot along with his sister Darlene try to hack the FBI and remove their connections to Five/Nine. Near the end of the season, we find that their battle with E Corp is far from over: Five/Nine has a stage 2. | ||
=== Season 3 === | === Season 3 === | ||
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Mr. Robot is an American drama thriller television series created by Sam Esmail for USA Network. The main character is Elliot Alderson, a cybersecurity engineer at AllSafe Security and a vigilante hacker who deals with both social anxiety disorder and clinical depression[1]. The show is mainly filmed from his point of view, with his voice overs used to provide inside into his mental state, the opinions of the people he encounters, and general interpretation of the world. One day, Elliot is recruited by "Mr. Robot", a mysterious, middled-aged man to join a hacker organization named "fsociety". Their goal? To take down corporate America, including E Corp, the largest conglomerate in the world who they believe are running and ruining the world. Elliott is quickly presented with a moral dilemma: continue working for AllSafe and protect these large corporations or risk his life to change the world.
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Technical Overview
Season 1
When we first meet Elliot, we see that he has a hard time connecting with other people. In his free time, he hacks people to bring justice but also hacks his co-workers, friends, and therapist too in an attempt to find a way out of loneliness[2]. For most of his adulthood, Elliot has had unreconciled vengeance against the company E Corp. This is because he believes they are responsible for a leak from a power plant in his hometown, resulting in his father getting cancer and eventually leading to his death. One night on the subway, Elliott meets this man who only goes by "Mr. Robot" who takes him to an arcade called "fsociety". There, he meets a few hackers who are planning to take down E Corp. "The single biggest incident of wealth redistribution in history", as they describe it. The main idea of the hack is to encrypt all of E Corps financial records as well as destroy their backups. Once the encryption is complete, the encryption key will self-delete, making it impossible for anyone to recover the data, essentially removing all the debt owned to them. In collaboration with another hacker organization based in China called, "Dark Army", Elliot and his team eventually carry out the hack, throwing the world into chaos and gathering cheering crowds throughout the city. The hack is officially given the name "Five/Nine".
Season 2
Although it may seem like a huge positive that millions of dollars in debt have been cleared, another result of Five/Nine is that the world economy goes into disarray. Many E Corp customers are rushing to the banks in order to withdraw money, but due to the hack, E Corp is low on cash and isn't able to pay everyone in full. The FBI is now involved in order to find those who are responsible for the hack, leaving fsociety members no choice but to hide and cover their tracks. Suspicions are already increasing around Elliot's employer, AllSafe and their CEO, resulting in his murder. The Dark Army also begins to take matters into their own hands, killing three other fsociety members, leaving only two remaining. In an attempt to fight back, Elliot along with his sister Darlene try to hack the FBI and remove their connections to Five/Nine. Near the end of the season, we find that their battle with E Corp is far from over: Five/Nine has a stage 2.
