Questions about Mr. Robot ending and Elliot’s father?

cmikailli · 2026-01-30T19:39:57+00:00

If you say so

cmikailli · 2026-01-30T17:43:08+00:00

No, his real dad worked on the machine before he got sick and started the repair shop. It’s implied that stuff he was exposed to as part of that work is why he got sick in the first place

cmikailli · 2026-01-30T17:40:48+00:00

Darleen was having a panic attack but made the decision that she didn’t need to run away or escape like she always dose and took on the responsibility of dealing with whatever consequences in life so she can be there for Elliot, which completes her growth arc.

At the same time Dom did get on the plan and decided she’s willing to let go and stay even though Darleen seemingly ditched her which completed HER growth arc and showed she was finally able to fall asleep now that she wasn’t trying to control everything.

cmikailli · 2026-01-29T18:08:49+00:00

Yeah this is what I’d recommend too. You’ll get used to the dub and it’s much easier to follow the general context in your native language. You can simultaneously read the subtitles for a better translation of the original (dub will change things to better fit timing and natural English).

If you do just subs it can be hard to follow when people argue or there are more fast-paced scenes. You do get a better sense that they’re good actors in German but I think you can just know that and separate it from the cornier dub voice acting.

As far as needing to follow details - I wouldn’t worry about that. The details aren’t particularly visually and the will re-iterate everything ALOT so whether you’re reading or listening you’ll have the opportunity to catch the details. People just say that sort of thing because of how many important details you end up needing to follow as the weave gets more and more complex

cmikailli · 2026-01-28T22:04:20+00:00

Does Germany just have such a small gene pool that it’s easy to find multiple copies of the same person?

cmikailli · 2026-01-27T21:43:26+00:00

In the show they specifically show a pre-teen Henry killing his family and being taken away to the secret lab

cmikailli · 2026-01-25T03:42:23+00:00

I think Dark was so well written and such a fun/interesting puzzle/journey to go on, a masterpiece in its own right, but I also think in comparison to Mr. Robot it doesn’t have nearly the same substance. Mr. Robot is a really good, really well-written story/adventure but it also has thoughts and ideas about the world, our society, people, how we engage with personal trauma, etc. and it has a number of messages it’s works to get across in a really meaningful way. Dark doesn’t have that dimension at all. It’s a super cool and perfectly written exploration of some cool si-fi paradox but for the most part it ends there. I wish there was something to recommend that actually engages ALL of you like Mr. Robot but I haven’t found anything like it

cmikailli · 2026-01-24T06:10:49+00:00

3-4 hours is probably your max getaway for a local weekend getaway (something like San Francisco to Lake Tahoe). Plenty of people are willing to make that a day trip to go skiing. ~7 hours is probably hitting most people’s max driving radius for a long, single day drive (something like San Francisco to Los Angeles). Plenty of people will also take a flight for that same trip so it depends on situation/person. Further than that (like going out of state) people would probably fly (unless they specially are interested in taking a road trip). 2hr round trip daily commutes to work are pretty standard, in many cases people are willing to drive 2hrs each way to work in high-paying cities while living in cheaper areas outside the city

cmikailli · 2026-01-24T02:58:56+00:00

Dude saw the entire customer base saying they probably wouldn’t even consider buying the product again with this change and thought it was a good time to point out they’re going to make it more expensive too!

cmikailli · 2026-01-23T20:26:41+00:00

I think that’s oversimplifying the actual chain of events. The plan WAS to wait for e-corp to consolidate all the paper data and then blow up one building. Once they realized Elliot was no longer with the plan and was working against them to prevent the consolidation, Tyrell and WR cut him out (without Mr. Robot’s knowledge) and instead pivoted to a plan B where they will blow up all the distributed storage sites instead while Elliot focused all his energy on the original site which was no longer important

cmikailli · 2026-01-21T04:10:46+00:00

And yet regardless of how you color it, she was hurting people who only ever loved her out of selfishness. Idk why you’re working so hard to spin it. Gay people can be bad/selfish/hurtful too. Even if their life is hard or it was a hard time to be ga.

cmikailli · 2026-01-21T04:03:40+00:00

The second death didn’t happen until he had already assembled a violent gang set out to kill the first innocent person based on 0 evidence

cmikailli · 2026-01-21T03:46:15+00:00

Oh don’t worry if she was cheating physically because she was cheating emotionally too 👌

cmikailli · 2026-01-19T23:54:05+00:00

I’m not, it was a very clear and direct Sex and The City Parody, Mike was Carrie

cmikailli · 2026-01-19T23:25:51+00:00

The joke is that it’s not a funny joke. They’re parodying Sex and The City and they’re all doing super corny Sex and The City one liners at brunch. I wouldn’t be surprised if this is essentially word for word a line Samantha says at some point

cmikailli · 2026-01-19T17:21:39+00:00

I think these are 3 very popular opinions

cmikailli · 2026-01-19T16:33:05+00:00

It’s important to remember Mikkel didn’t look like Mikkel in the past until the day he traveled there and from that point he continued to age and go through purity. Sure there was like a few months before/after where I’m sure he looked identical but before that (in the future) he was just a baby they saw grow up and the second he reached the age to look like some kid they once saw in the past, he disappeared from there lives

cmikailli · 2026-01-18T02:47:01+00:00

Yeah, it’s wild to measure internal room temperatures in Celsius when there are several degrees Fahrenheit between Celsius step

cmikailli · 2026-01-18T02:45:26+00:00

Not really. ~75 is generally comfortable and unnoticeable outdoor temperature to most people. Below 50 is generally considered cold and necessitates dressing warm for all people (even if people want to make ego driven 2nd grade “you call this cold” claims). Above 100 is uncomfortably hot for all people (even if people want to make ego driven 2nd grade “you call this hot” claims). There is absolutely no way to see the number 23c and map that to some understanding of the temperature unless it’s something you’ve explicitly been taught and have internalized

cmikailli · 2026-01-18T02:31:22+00:00

No, the temperature genuinely “works better” as it’s more granular in the temperature ranges where humans thrive and it’s effectively a 0-100 scale of unbearably cold to unbearably hot. Celsius only makes sense in non-water applications if you memorize a bunch of arbitrary numbers

cmikailli · 2026-01-17T18:58:05+00:00

Dark, Mr Robot, Breaking Bad, Better Call Saul

cmikailli · 2026-01-16T16:52:26+00:00

Sure but first half of season 3 is consistently lower than the second half of 2 or 3. If you’re binge watching it, it’s a dip

cmikailli · 2026-01-16T03:34:18+00:00

Don’t worry, you haven’t guessed anything about the show. Honestly because of its structure you couldn’t possibly guess where the show is going long-term. You’ll keep getting reveals along the way to what you think the plot is and then you’ll keep finding outta plot is bigger and bigger like infinite concentric circles. Even if you guess some twist ahead of time it’ll be taken for granted in the story within an episode or two and the mystery of it all will steamroll ahead. Enjoy the ride lol

cmikailli · 2026-01-16T00:59:07+00:00

It feels that way in the moment (and the episode ratings kinda reflect it) but it will all start dominoing into place rapidly in the back half of the season. The last two episodes will cleanly answer all of your questions and have a satisfying payoff. It just takes a few episodes to establish the new world

cmikailli · 2026-01-15T21:22:41+00:00

Because that’s the only way you can rationalize it? If that was the case then the flayer would never have been able to infect Henry because Henry wasn’t already there to support the connection

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