Mr Robot — Series 4: Episodes 7 — 407 Proxy Authentication Required — A review

18th November, 2019.

Right … I’ve had an interview, today.

Which you’d know about: if you’d read this morning’s Teaser.

To be frank?

It seemed to go well.   Although, looking back, I think that — during the role-play section — I could have mentioned extended warranties, rather than the case I did mention … 

If that makes sense … ?

At any rate … ?

It’s a Monday night.

And I fancied some TV.

You, you’ve guessed it … 

Episode 7 of Mr Robot, Series 4.

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Episode 7 — 407 Proxy Authentication Required — is organised into five acts.

Act One: Vera (Elliot Villar) ties Elliot (Rami Malek) to a chair and offers him a position by his side in taking over New York.

Act Two: Vera offers to free Elliot’s therapist, Krista (Grace Reuben): if Vera is introduced to Mr Robot (Christian Slater)

Act Three: Elliot attempts to shoot his way out of being a hostage: only to fail, as Vera’s men have emptied his gun.   Vera then threatens Krista, until Mr Robot intervenes

Act Four: Vera sits Krista and Elliot opposite each other and forces them to talk.   Elliot’s memory catches up to him, reminding Elliot that his father had abused him as a child: and that his blackout’s had started as a mental shield.

Act Five: Vera attempts to console Elliot, revealing his own past with sexual abuse from friends of his mother.   Krista, having broken free, stabs Vera in the back.

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With thanks, there to Wikipedia: my summary is, in fact, a potted summary of their descriptions of tonight’s episode.

At any rate … ?

Did I enjoy this episode?

Yes I did.

OK, granted: the big reveal — Elliot was abused as a child, by his father — wasn’t that surprising.

The ‘Fall from the window’ incident has been floating around for a while: as has the idea that dissociative identity disorder — split personality —is caused by childhood trauma.

I don’t know about you?   But I came across it in Julian May’s Galactic Milieu trilogy.

So … it’s not surprising.

What IS?

Is simply this.

407 Proxy Authentication Required is possibly one of the best episodes of Mr Robot, going: and that’s in a fourth series that includes 405 Method Not Allowed.

Mr Robot’s had it’s ups and downs, but, in all honesty?

407 Proxy Authentication Required is definitely an up!