And then it all pays off in explosive fashion.
But well get to that.
Angela doesnt sit alone for long.
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Robot, though certainly he wasnt called that back then, sits with her.
Its more about creating a contrast in tones.
Does Angela help Elliot or Mr.
Does Elliot truly want to stop Stage 2, or does he want a revolution, and Mr.
Robot is just the manifestation of his true feelings?
That push-and-pull is encapsulated in the wild swings in tone of the opening scene.
Angelas feelings swing from angry to accepting.
The living funeral itself is a mess of contradictions and conflicted feelings.
Theres only flawed humans making flawed choices.
Elliot cant believe that Angela is okay with blowing up a building and murdering a bunch of people.
Theres danger in that perspective though.
If anything can be changed, everything means nothing.
Darlene does, but Dom isnt given permission to go in with a team.
He texts Irving instead, informing him that Tyrells location has been burned.
They have nothing to say to each other.
These are people who can only converse when it involves notions of power and influence.
Cocktail chat is a waste of time.
Whiterose doesnt waste time.
Its a thrilling set of scenes.
Elliots hinges on a single interesting idea, and one the seasons been exploring all along: Is Mr.
Robot a welcome part of Elliot?
How much of Mr. RobotisElliot?
Throughout Elliots attempts to stop Stage 2, Mr.
Robot invades, causing Elliot to lose time.
He removes Elliot from the E Corp building in 15 minutes of lost time.
He trashes an entire computer lab in five minutes of lost time.
Eps3.5_kill-process.inc feels like the episode the whole season has been building toward.
Above them hangs a poster forRepulsion, a new play based on Roman Polanskis film.
There are layers in this moment, as everything collapses.
Kaitlin Doubleday is listed as the actress set to reprise the role played by Catherine Deneuve in the film.
Kaitlin Doubleday is the sister of Portia Doubleday, who plays Angela onMr.
Whats real and whats fabricated?
Everything everyone thought was stable is suddenly unstable.
Even the presence of Mr.
Robot is unstable and ever-changing.
Just when we think that Mr. A question for another day.
For now, all we know is that for a brief moment, the wants of Elliot and Mr.
Robot align, and thats really saying something when you consider that only moments earlier Mr.
Robot is flinging Elliot into every surface imaginable, bouncing his head off of walls and pipes.
He gets his moment of triumph, convincing Mr. Elliot has regained his balance, but as ever, its a fleeting moment.
Many cry, some look shocked.
He wanders over to a store where a number of people crowd around a TV.
He sees the headlines: 71 E Corp buildings targeted in a terrorist attack.
Elliot stopped a single attack, but he didnt stop Stage 2.
He was never going to stop Stage 2.
Hes been a pawn in this all along, just like everyone else.
Thats why Tyrell flees.
Thats why Elliot looks so stricken.
Soon enough, Angela will be reckoning with her role as a pawn too.
Elliot, Darlene, Tyrell, Angela, and Mr.
Robot once thought they were in control of their revolution.
eps3.5_kill-process.inc reveals that, perhaps, they never were.
