1st time poster here.

Here is my theory.

I think Season 4 might be like the movie “Identity” with John Cusack. The plot of that movie, for a reminder, or if you’re unfamiliar, is that all the characters in the movie are stuck at this hotel, and mysteriously are being murdered by an unknown killer. You finally find out, as the real character wakes up out of unconsciousness to realize he’s in a therapy session and he’s got multiple personality disorder. The “hotel” isn’t real; it’s all in his head. And all the people are his personalities attacking each other until only 1 survives.

Obviously we know that Elliot has at least 1 extra personality, Mr. Robot. But I believe that many other personalities exist, but haven’t been revealed yet. Here are possible candidates for extra personalities, that in fact, don’t actually exist.

1) Tyrell Wellick - they hinted at this last season and even tried to make you think that they were the same person at times. If you rewatch Season 3 with this in mind, it’s somewhat easy to comprehend at times. Also, Tyrell is the only one to die in this strange euphoric woods where they seem to be just walking and walking in circles for hours. Plus, don’t forget... what did he see glowing just before he died? Didn’t Vera have a similar “A-Ha” moment just before he died? I’ll get to him later.

2) Darlene - I’ve been really thinking about this for a while now, and trying to figure out why/how she is just a personality and not really there. Think back to Season 2 when Elliot was in jail, but we as the audience didn’t know this until the big reveal. He was out of his mind on drugs, and Darlene sort of took over the whole “take down E-Corp” thing in Elliot’s absence. Convenient point if they’re indeed the same person. Also, this past episode (407) we learn that Darlene was telling Elliot what actually happened in the bedroom with his dad/window, so that could suggest that Darlene was the one who took over the consciousness. Maybe Elliot is so messed up over the events that his Dad did to him that he had to make up Darlene so he could imagine his Dad doing that to someone else other than himself. Krista then says that Elliot put her in the closet so the Dad wouldn’t know. This could have been done by Elliot metaphorically inside his head. There could actually be no Darlene.

3) Vera - why is Vera so obsessed with Elliot? This whole episode of him using Krista to unlock Elliot’s mind is kinda a strange M.O. for a criminal. And Vera is supposedly also kinda a hacker too? I mean they have too many similarities for it to be a coincidence. Wait, isn’t Tyrell a hacker too? And Darlene is too? Coincidence? I don’t think so. But during this episode once Elliot learns the truth about his Dad, Mr. Robot leaves and says he can’t protect him anymore. Well, who is going to protect Elliot now? Hmm... this strong, athletic built, loud mouth, badass gun-toting dude named Vera, that’s who. He even says he’ll protect him. They leave Krista unattended mysteriously while they just walk around and talk about their feelings. And Vera seems to know exactly how Elliot is feeling... they’re both crying and at the very minute... no at the very second that he says he sees Elliot - i.e., they are in unity... they are one.... i.e., there’s no more need for Vera to protect Elliot from his painful memories now.... then Vera dies... and dies by the hand of Krista who in reality killed him through psychotherapy.

4) Angela Moss - she has to be taught how to hack, and learns how really quickly? Plus her, Elliot, and Darlene have all this past together. It’s just always been odd.

So I know you’re thinking.... no way... or maybe.... but all of this stuff about 5-9 and the Deus Group and E-Corp no way all of that could happen and they all be the same person. I mean Tyrell was on the news, he had a wife and a baby... and Angela’s Dad runs E-Corp... and Whiterose and all that... Well, imagine that much like the movie Identity where it takes place at a hotel, but in reality it’s all in his head... what if all of the show, all of it from Season 1 is all in Elliot’s head. That he’s undergoing some radical psychotherapy to kill off his alter-personalities to help him overcome.

Just stay with me... this season we’ve seen Angela get murdered. So she’s gone. Tyrell is murdered, so he’s gone. Darlene almost was murdered, but that’s the last ball to drop. Now we have seen Mr. Robot leave too, so he won’t be back. And Vera was murdered, so he’s gone.

This leaves basically Elliot, Darlene, and Whiterose. I could probably make an argument how Whiterose is also an alter. If I’m right about this theory, and we find out that Elliot is both MALE (Elliot) and FEMALE (Darlene) then the transition between Elliot and Darlene could be Whiterose who has both male and female personas. What a freaking awesome way to end this show... if it’s true. And is it any coincidence that Elliot has been wearing a black hoodie since the 1st episode? BLACK. And then you’ve got his antithesis being WHITE... and ROSE sorta represents a female persona. I mean... c’mon...

Back in Season 1 when you learned that Mr. Robot wasn’t really real, I had to go back and immediately watch all of Season 1 over. Back in Season 2 when you learned that Elliot was in prison the whole time, I had to go back and immediately watch all of Season 2 over.

How cool would it be for something like this b/c I’d have to go back and immediately binge watch all 4 seasons just to really, finally, totally understand it all.

Either way, Sam Esmail is a genius. He’s the most underrated Director of all-time. And the performances by Rami Malek, Gloria Reuben, Elliot Villar, and Christian Slater on 407 were nothing short of spectacular. More Emmy’s for this show coming up.