No it's never been established exactly how Elliot's father and Angela's mother got cancer. We were led to believe some kind of pollution because nobody mentioned the word "nuclear."

Esmail is also Egyptian.

Strange sets aside, we do know that there is a "plant" in Washington Township that 1) caused the deaths via pollution, 2) was started as an ambitious project by White Rose, 3) is critical to WR's dream of changing the world. I'd guess it's probably nuclear? Also the story of a foreign government using hacking to…

"This is the last time I'll keep things from you. I promise." I interpret that as Sam Esmail's assurance to the audience that he will not use the illusion/delusion trick again in the rest of the series.

Am I the only who had a Roger Ailes mental association when Price asked Angela to dinner? Of course it's not a simple case of sexual harassment, but as a representative of corporate soullessness somehow it fits.

You want "motivation, consequence, the details of real life"? They are all there in the books in abundance.

It's Sarella. Alleras is her alias in Old Town disguised as a boy (unconfirmed but pretty logical).

Seems like at least condoning to me (in the show). (Why are you so angry?)

I feel bad for GRRM. He said he was a feminist at heart. I do not believe he ever intended to glorify or condone rape in his books. Although some characters still somewhat resemble their counterpart in the books, many key characters have been abandoned in spirit by the show.