This is the end, beautiful friend This is the end, my only friend The end of our elaborate plans The end of ev'rything that stands The end

The enduring theme of heroes and villains comes home to roost in this latest episode of Mr. Robot, called "eXit." As Elliot comes closer to discovering the truth, things start to unravel pretty quickly.

Here's our long-awaited podcast review and recap of Mr. Robot Season 4 Episode 10. Enjoy!

Hello, Friends! fsociety made another appearance in this thrilling episode of Mr. Robot. Whiterose has lost her usual edge and is now on the defensive after unlikely characters went in together on the plan to overthrow the top 1% of the 1%. Lots of twists and turns! Hope you enjoy. Feel free to write us at [email protected] if you have …

Hello, Friend! We're discussing all things Mr. Robot Season 4 Episode 8 -- "Request Timeout" -- and this one was extremely fun to watch as we were taken back to 1995 and then to the present day to see how Dominique, Darlene, Elliot, and Krista are dealing with the fateful blows they've been dealt by the Dark Army. Elliot continues to grapple with t…

This is our review of Season 4, Episode 7 of Mr. Robot. A lot of interior shots, monologuing and dramatic moments among Mr. Robot, Elliot, Vera and Krista. Dominque and Darlene must be hanging out at the Shake Shack waiting for their turn in the story, hopefully next week. No hacking this week. Maybe next week? Will we ever find out what Whiterose …

Hello, friend! I want to tell you a story. Nah -- just kidding. We'll leave the storytelling to Vera. If you're here that means you probably want to listen to our podcast recap of "406 Not Acceptable" -- the sixth episode of the final season of Mr. Robot. What can we say about this momentous episode? Not all monsters are into the hacker way and wea…

At long last, we're ready to share with you our recap and review of "405 Method Not Allowed" -- the fifth episode of the final season of Mr. Robot. If silence is golden, this episode was solid gold -- there were only two lines spoken in the entire show tonight. While Phillip Price is sent on a cat and mouse game by Whiterose, Darlene and Elliot pul…

Hello, Friend! If episode 4 of the final season of Mr. Robot taught us anything -- it's that if you think your holiday is going really bad there's always someone else who is having a worse time of it. This episode contained many fairytale like qualities and our heroes in the show seemed more lost and disadvantaged than ever in terms of vanquishing …

As Whiterose might say -- you're just in time for our recap and review of this latest episode of Mr. Robot. We're just a few weeks away from this series finale. In this episode, we were treated to a ton of exposition and the perils and pleasures of online dating on Christmas Eve. We learned part of what drives Whiterose and that we ought to never t…

RE-UPLOADED - FULL-LENGTH -------------------------------------- Well, hello there, friend! We're back for our review of Mr. Robot S4E2, called "402 Payment Required." What did you think of this latest installment of the final season of the series? Did you find there were more questions than answers -- or are you starting to see where things are he…

Greetings and salutations! It's been a while. We sure have missed you. Join us, your fearless co-hosts, as we recap the happenings and goings on in "401 Unauthorized" -- the season 4 premiere of Mr. Robot. This is the final season and the general consensus is that episode 1 of season 4 had a distinctly different feel in comparison to previous seaso…

Helllllllllo, Friends! As 2018 quickly becomes a distant, dystopian memory and we hurtle into 2019, we thought it would be fun to drop this bonus episode of the Hello Friend Mr. Robot podcast. The theme of this podcast is “Zeitgeist review” — Henry and I took a deep dive around some of the themes found in Season 3 of Mr. Robot and how they relate t…

Hello, friend! Just when you thought it was safe to go outside, it’s time for another podcast review of Mr. Robot, Season 3 episode 9. We’re so close to the end of this season and we’ve seen Elliot make some bold moves against the Dark Army in an attempt to right what went wrong. White Rose gets some honesty from her assistant and apparent paramour…

Hello friend, it’s time for popcorn-filled podcast recap of Mr. Robot. This time your fearless co-hosts are here to discuss the 8th installment of season three of this incredibly prescient series. This whole episode is about deletion — deletion of files but also of oneself and things that are unpleasant to us. Imagine if that was possible in real l…

Hello, Friend! Just when you think you can escape the dystopian reality that is 2017, you realize another new episode of Mr. Robot has dropped and you are once again watching an excellent show — but at the same time, you wonder if this episode might be harkening to a near-future reality. We see some familiar faces as this compelling and yet bleak e…

Hello, friend. It’s Back to the Future over and over and over again as the sixth episode of this third season of Mr. Robot starts with a dramatic flashback and ends with a bang, well 71 of them. Sometimes the best laid plans all go awry. It doesn’t matter how much Elliot tries, success as well as happiness seem fleeting for him. If you like what yo…

Hello, Friend! Do you find it hard to believe that we are already at episode 5 for the third season of Mr. Robot? This episode, called “eps3.4_runtime-err0r.r00”, played as a continuous one-shot. However, as in real life, variable — so many confounding variables — got in the way to challenge Elliot’s plan to roll back the damage he’s done by shutti…

Hello, friend! Welcome to our long-awaited podcast review of Mr. Robot, Season 3 Ep 4 – called eps3.3_m3tadatapar2. If metadata is the story behind the data — then this podcast is the story behind this latest episode of our favorite dystopian drama. In spite of this shady logic, the podcast is great so give us a listen. Please subscribe, rate and r…

Grab a cozy seat — your favorite comfy chair or place of peace — and pour yourself a nice hot cup of tea and join us, your fearless co-hosts, for our review of Season 3 Episode 3 of Mr. Robot, ever so cryptically entitled “Eps3.2legacy.so” We saw a lot of Irving — the master engineer but not the ultimate puller of strings: He’s simply effective, ef…

What if we had the ability to undo things we’ve done in our lives? The power to go back and fix things that went horribly wrong might be something we all wish we had from time-to-time. In Elliot’s case, at least as far as he sees it, he’s burdened with having to try to undo a hack so effective that it brought down the world economy. He even goes so…

A bonus episode in anticipation of our full review of eps3.1_undo.gz – s3e2 — Season 3, Episode 2 of Mr. Robot.By superinducer

Faster than a red wheelbarrow on fire, careening down a steep hill — the new season of Mr. Robot started off at a frenetic, red-hot pace and did not slow down the entire time. The series got off to a fast start with the introduction of of a retro-style “Fixer” named Irving (part Columbo, part Harry Tuttle) who seems to be in the employ of the Dark …

This is our review of the Mr. Robot “Red Wheelbarrow” book. We start going down a a lot of proverbial rabbit holes as we discuss the Red Wheelbarrow book issued by the creators of Mr. Robot. The book is important for understanding Season 2 as well as Season 3 of the series. If you want to get in touch with us about the show or the podcast, please s…

Have you ever noticed that Mr. Robot show creator apparently has an affection for fish of all types — including Qwerty the beloved fish. We’re finally ready to share our recap of episode 11 of season 2 of Mr. Robot. As Tyrell says “The Dark Army told me that Stage 2 is ready. When you see it, you’ll be pleased. It worked, Elliot. It’s up to us now.…

Hello, Friend. Welcome to our review of episode 10 of season 2 of Mr. Robot. Phillip Price played his part as the evil villain: “I always asked the question, ‘Am I the most powerful person in the room?’ The answer needed to be yes. To this day I still ask that question. And the answer is still yes. In every room in the entire world, the answer is y…

Hello, Friend — Ready for a recap of episode 9 of season 2 (“eps2.7_init_5.fve”) of Mr. Robot?This is no time to be eating gyros — it’s time for the H3ll0 Fr1end podcast. We give all the low-down involving Elliot, Dom, Angela, Whiterose — even Cisco, who is lucky to be alive after his encounter with Darlene last we saw him. There were so many cool …

Beware when Darlene is on your case. That will only work out well for her. Cisco, Susan Jacobs, Angela, Mobley, Trenton and even Elliot have learned that. Is she a force for good or something more nebulous than that? Hello, Friend — in episode 8 of season 2 (“eps2.6_succ3ss0r.p12”) of Mr. Robot, we don’t get to see Elliot. Instead, we get to see wh…

Hello, Friend! In episode 7 of season 2 (“eps2.4_m4ster-s1ave.aes”), we see Ray and Elliot play a dangerous game of cat and mouse. Joanna may need to rethink her penchant for wearing white. Angela keeps rocking those fake eyelashes. Darlene remains determined. Mr. Robot and Elliot find an uneasy alliance. If you’re ever in a bind, here’s hoping we …

In an explosive episode all about masters and slaves — you know, typical slang for computer equipment — we got to see how Angela and Darlene attempt to carry out their plan to hack the FBI — with a little help from Mobley and Trenton. In episode 6 of season 2 (“eps2.4_m4ster-s1ave.aes”), we see Elliot finally embrace the idea that Mr. Robot is some…

Hello, Friend. Here’s our review of Season 2 Episode 4 of Mr. Robot, called “eps2.2_init1.asec” — in a lot of ways the origin story for fsociety and the beginnings of Mr. Robot the hacker. Elliot’s struggles are real — and we see the game of chess take front in center as a tool for improving his vision for the future and maybe exorcising Mr. Robot …

Hello, Friend. Please join us for our recap and discussion of the premiere episode of season 2 of Mr. Robot, called “eps2.0_unm4sk-pt1.tc” — where we pick up just a few short weeks after that fateful hack that took place on May 9, 2015 according to our best calculations. We get to check in and see that Elliot’s life is very different from where we …

Hello, Friend. To quote Mr. Robot: “Is any of it real? I mean, look at this, look at it! A world built on fantasy! Synthetic emotions in the form of pills! Psychological warfare in the form of advertising! Mind altering chemicals in the form of food! Brainwashing seminars in the form of media! Controlled isolated bubbles in the form of social netwo…

Hello, Friend: Hacking sure makes strange bedfellows. Who ever thought that Tyrell and Elliot would join forces — even if it was against Elliot’s will. With nothing left to lose, both Tyrell and Elliot comprise perfect mirrors of each other — which brings us to the to this next-to-last episode of season 1 called eps1.8_m1rr0r1ng.qt. Elliot is lucky…

Hello, Friend: According to the mysterious hacker only known as White Rose, “Every hacker has her fixation. You hack people. I hack time.” Well, fearless listener, you’re timing is perfect because now you can listen to our recap of eps1.7_wh1ter0se.m4v. There were more twists than turns this episode — and then there’s White Rose herself, quite a th…

View source. What if we had that for people? Would people really wanna see? You’re just in time to view the sources of this podcast — our recap of Mr. Robot — season 1 episode 7 — “eps1.6_v1ew-s0urce.flv”? Join us on this metaphorical journey through order and chaos as we recap and talk about Season 1 of Mr. Robot from the standpoint of technology …

Hello, Friend: Sometimes the universe aligns perfectly. Are you ready for this podcast recap of Mr. Robot — season 1 episode 6 — “eps1.5_br4ve-trave1er.asf”? Join us on this metaphorical road trip as we recap and talk about Season 1 of Mr. Robot from the standpoint of technology and our increasingly complex relationship to technology and each other…

Hello, Friend: You’re just in time for our podcast recap of Mr. Robot — season 1 episode 5 — “eps1.4_3xpl0its.wmv.” A major pat of the story this time was around the fsociety plan to penetrate and eventually destroy Steel Mountain — and Evil Corp along with it. One thing we did learn for sure: never attend a business dinner party with Tyrell and hi…

According to Elliot, our most unreliable narrator: “Most coders think debugging software is about fixing a mistake, but that’s bullshit. Debugging’s actually all about finding the bug, about understanding why the bug was there to begin with, about knowing that its existence was no accident. It came to you to deliver a message, like an unconscious b…

The central premise around the second episode of season 1 of Mr. Robot is whether you are a one or a zero. In computer parlance, one’s and zero’s are what comprise the basis of binary code. In this episode, it become a metaphor for choices in our lives — both choices real and imagined. Lots of questions, and dangerous ones at that, are explored in …

You’re just in time for our recap of the premiere episode of Mr. Robot season one — and the namesake for this podcast, “Hello Friend.” This is the story of Elliot Alderson, cybersecurity expert by day and hacker by night. Elliot — masterfully played by Rami Malek. Elliot lives in an in-between state, never really possessing a strong foothold in any…