oh god, it was stomach churning to know what had happened and to keep watching as mr. robot frantically and desperately tried to keep elliot from remembering...and the whole shot of him remembering.
When Darlene first told him that he pushed her into the closet to hide, I had a feeling that there was some sort of past trauma that happened. I thought it was gonna be Darlene who would have been the victim (I mean, she still very much can also be), but once Mr. Robot was talking about being his "protector" and didn't want Krista to tell him anything, I then thought "No, not Darlene. Elliot."
I loved this past episode a lot. I love the way it was shot. It had kind of Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf meets Tarantino kind of feel to it.
I will say, I was/am a fan of Vera. He's a wild card and I enjoy how he puts a damper on Elliot's plan but I also don't want Elliot to live honestly.
the reveal wasn't a surprise to me at all. I'm a csa survivor and I have BPD, which has a surprising amount of overlap with DID and both are caused by severe trauma. I saw a lot of myself in Elliot from the beginning, so when he was having his "session" with Krista, I just knew it was coming. and Rami was so fucking amazing and real in that scene. I was honestly just sobbing all night after the episode ended, and even now thinking about it is making me emotional. it was so powerful and it really meant a lot to me to see how much care went into this. it's weird feeling that way? I don't know how to explain it.
honestly I did not like the reveal. I kinda feel like it came out of nowhere but I’m really bad at remembering things from older episodes so maybe there were hints and I just didn’t notice/remember.
There weren't hints per se but come on, the dude has split personalities, which means he created another personality to deal with whatever reality he couldn't. That's rarely ever not due to some major trauma. And it was revealed in earlier seasons that contrary to Elliot's belief, his father didn't push him out of the window, he jumped. And the fact that he didn't remember any of this made most viewers suspect it's because he started disassociating as far back as then. And again, why would a kid that young develop a multiple personality without something really fucked up happening to him.
it was a great episode, I kept thinking it was like a tragedy in 5 acts but someone commented that it could be the 5 stages of grief and that makes sense. I couldn't understand why we were having so much of Vera with his "I want new york" bullshit right at the end of the show but now I see that he was there to push Elliot, hope he's dead now. I'm happy that this season is not so dark but jesus christ, is it so hard to put some light on the screen, sam? sometimes I can't see anything.
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I loved this past episode a lot. I love the way it was shot. It had kind of Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf meets Tarantino kind of feel to it.
I will say, I was/am a fan of Vera. He's a wild card and I enjoy how he puts a damper on Elliot's plan but I also don't want Elliot to live honestly.
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I couldn't understand why we were having so much of Vera with his "I want new york" bullshit right at the end of the show but now I see that he was there to push Elliot, hope he's dead now.
I'm happy that this season is not so dark but jesus christ, is it so hard to put some light on the screen, sam? sometimes I can't see anything.
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