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 — 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.
~≈†≈~
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!
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