It's straight up Chinese opera.

Wellick's hubris and seeming downward spiral is going to lead him straight to assisting fsociety, and probably taking the fall for a major miss-step, calling it now.

Props for the awesome and honest reply. I'd guess that within the world of the fiction, Eliot doesn't want the RX because it would put him in the system; he'd be exposed. I think he'd much rather suffer on his own (for a myriad of reasons) and obtain the drug free of paperwork.

They have that threat - it's Tyrell. Just like the FBI cyber-security guy; the sell out.

Dude, home turf, the woman checking in and wiping down the table could easily have been their Aunt.

"Wtf was Elliot thinking by sending pics that could ONLY have come from HIM when he sent in the anonymous tip on Vera?!?! "

Hell the show is presented from Eliot's perspective before being filtered down to us, it could very well just be the song that he'd heard earlier that was stuck in his head.

Totally disagree. Yo have someone struggling to not feel the effects of the drug. Meanwhile, all of the scenes from Ani's vantage correctly conveyed the colors and blurs of the aural side effects.

Which is spot on for the viewer seeing things from the perspective who is on MDMA. The blur from the rapid eye movement, and the yellow drenched lighting from the dark scenes viewed from overly expressed pupils. It was totally spot on.

Absolutely agree - the entire scene oozed Hitchcock in a very wonderful way.

Woah, I didn't even consider the age of the show. Great catch!

Bingo! Exactly the sort of thing that someone who was well versed in the effects of the drugs would know. Shayla's acting as both guide and psychopomp here, providing the aid that Angela needs to unencumber herself.

There was ecstasy involved, it's assuredly a one time, very non-sexual, thing. Remember the mission statement of the experience. Now pump a shit ton of serotonin into the situation.

I don't know how to phrase this without sounding very tinfoily, but maybe Elliot, the one with a job and the doubt, is a construct of the real Eliot, who is Mr Robot. After all, that Eliot is only a month old.

I think there are 2 issues left.

The whole season is a love letter to Ellroy. While I'm guessing that you're referring to the film, I'd suggest grabbing both LA Confidential, and the previous book in the LA Quatrain, The Big Nowhere. The Big Nowhere is easily this season's big inspiration.

Maybe it's an Armenian Jewish grandma thing. My Jewish grandmother had no such soup hangup, not did the grandmas' of my various Armenian friends. Maybe it takes a double dose of Diaspora to create such a strong soup eating affinity.

And this is why I stuck to the comic book adaptation. As the story was originally meant to be filmed, comics come a lot closer to TV/film than a novelization. Plus, its a 5 minute commitment per issue, so when it gets silly, it's much more palatable.

As if he's been living in a desert and then rising around on a motorcycle without any face shield - get that man to a shrink and then to Sephora for some lotion!

They even used the Vernon water tower, placing the Vinci name on it.