Mr. Robot

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Season 1
Season #: 4, 3, 2, 1
Metascore
79

Generally favorable reviews - based on 24 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 23 out of 24
  2. Mixed: 1 out of 24
  3. Negative: 0 out of 24
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  1. New York Daily News
    Reviewed by: David Hinckley
    Jun 24, 2015
    40
    It’s a mildly interesting fantasy, but the story has too many holes to feel really compelling.

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#31 Best TV Season of 2015
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#8 Most Discussed TV Season of 2015
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#20 Most Shared TV Season of 2015

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User Score
8.7

Universal acclaim- based on 1060 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 963 out of 1060
  2. Mixed: 49 out of 1060
  3. Negative: 48 out of 1060
  1. Ygor323
    Jun 24, 2015
    10
    A really interesting show, with a very strong performance by Rami Malek. As a techie I really relate to the story, it really feels like anA really interesting show, with a very strong performance by Rami Malek. As a techie I really relate to the story, it really feels like an instant classic and it the production quality, GOSH! It will be very interesting to see where the show goes.… Full Review »
  2. smb12321
    Jul 10, 2015
    0
    (This is an update of a review after the first episode.) What began as a great idea has devolved into confusion and bewilderment. It's(This is an update of a review after the first episode.) What began as a great idea has devolved into confusion and bewilderment. It's already tiring - the drug-addled, meandering, spaced-out "action" and jerky "dialogue" begging for irony yet sounding juvenile. When the shock elements appear (vs intricate plotting, dialogue and characterization) you know something is up. The last episode with our rambling, disoriented, Proust-like hero, graphic gay sex involving a married man whose wife approved, same couple preparing for S&M, violence, trite social commentary heard in middle school or street corners - they're throwing it all on the screen in the hopes that something sticks. Return to clever plotting, get Malek off drugs (or get him to stop slurring) and build an arc!… Full Review »
  3. Raven25
    Jun 24, 2015
    5
    The writers clearly read Marx's Capital and a Linux handbook before they came up with this. Half the plot is an exposition of a critique ofThe writers clearly read Marx's Capital and a Linux handbook before they came up with this. Half the plot is an exposition of a critique of capitalism which is used as justification to destroy the banking system. This has already been done in Fight Club, it was just done better in Fight Club. The other half simply focuses on the means by which to accomplish the goal - hacking (rather than explosives). The series has so far been unoriginal because of this.

    The lead is a solid actor but his love interest is a caricature, and so is her boyfriend. The plot has been rather one dimensional - basically the main character falling through a rabbit hole into a new world. Nothing terrible about this but nothing original. Also - and perhaps this is the point the writers are making, the character used as the criticizer of society is no angel himself - he is a drug addicted, mentally ill womanizer who deems himself to be judge, jury and executioner of all injustice in the world. Perhaps people who live in glass houses shouldn't throw stones.

    The problem that the plot faces is the same problem that Fight Club faced and it is the fundamental problem with all Marxist rhetoric - what happens after the grand revolution and why is this brave new world better than the one in which we live? Why is it worth fighting for? Fight Club had a poor ending - a bunch of buildings falling down - probably a lot of people losing their jobs and their lives. Revolutions have inherently bloody characters and always end up with a new order that just oppresses different people in different ways (see: France; Russia). The writers are going on a Marxist and egalitarian crusade - they provide valid criticisms of society but offer little in the way of solutions. If the writers are going to improve the show over Fight Club, they should consider this.

    Overall, the show has thus far been unoriginal but decently executed.    … Full Review »
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