# Mr. Robot (2015)

> A socially isolated young programmer who hacks people to connect with them gets pulled between a cybersecurity firm and a radical underworld bent on toppling corporate America.

Canonical page: https://ember.film/tv/55614

## Facts

- Seasons: 4
- Episodes: 45
- Episode runtime: 46 min
- Status: Ended
- Genres: crime, drama, thriller
- Created by: Sam Esmail
- Network: USA Network
- Cast: Rami Malek, Christian Slater, Carly Chaikin, Martin Wallström, Stephanie Corneliussen, Grace Gummer, BD Wong, Bobby Cannavale
- TMDB rating: 8.5/10
- IMDb: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt4158110/

## Ember's analysis

- Pacing: brisk
- Intensity: strong
- Complexity: dense
- Violence: moderate
- Tone: paranoid, tense, claustrophobic, dreamlike, unsettling

## What critics say

Viewers broadly acclaim the gripping first season and its unsettling, paranoid take on hacking and identity, with later seasons regarded as more uneven.

## Synopsis

Mr. Robot (2015-2019) is a US crime drama thriller created by Sam Esmail for USA Network, a four-season serialized drama spanning forty-five episodes. Rami Malek plays Elliot Alderson, a brilliant but socially debilitated programmer who hacks the people he cares about because that is the only way he knows how to connect. Christian Slater, Carly Chaikin as his sister Darlene, and Martin Wallström as the ambitious Tyrell Wellick orbit him. Elliot works for a cybersecurity firm while being recruited by an underworld hacker collective determined to bring down corporate America, so every episode becomes a tense balancing act between his day job, covert missions, and his own unstable mind. The engine is Elliot's need to protect people while facing a conspiracy that keeps shifting beneath him. The show is paranoid, claustrophobic, and dreamlike in its color and framing, with a restless electronic score that heightens the dread. Its atmosphere and psychological depth recall Homeland and Person of Interest for fans of conspiracy thrillers. Set in contemporary New York, the drama fixes on urban alienation and the fragile line between control and collapse, offering a bold, unsettling watch.

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