Mr. Robot Season One

The first season of this show started out as_The Matrix_ and ends up as Fight Club. As crazy as it sounds, I feel like I should have seen this switch coming several episodes earlier than I did.

The narrative here is gimmicky and the visuals and narration wallow in ostentation. Cramped framing of figures, disorienting jumps over key events, these are, I suppose, thematic. They are certainly expressive. At root though, they are a kind of stunt. And they work.

Someday—and I know what kind of day it will be: rainy or snowy, after a long week, when I'm feeling spent but alert—I'll surely click "play" on the first episode of season two. But I don't really feel much urgency about it.

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