Jesus, this is easily one of THE ugliest trailers I have seen in years. Everything about this show's visuals is REMARKABLY ugly.

I didn't know Nathan Fielder was playing The Flash! So cool!

I'm on EP 5. Much much improved indeed. Thanks for encouraging me to keep going. Was well worth it.

I feel strange, because I was really looking forward to this, having really enjoyed seasons 1 & 2, but I really didn't like this episode. It felt…network-TV-ish, & the humor felt stale & flat. Worse, the dramatic moments felt forced & stiff. Hmph. Am I alone in feeling this way? A-? Really?

I don't think it has anything whatsoever to do with Mishima's authoritarianism & Emperor fetish; it's just a really snazzy Philip Glass score that most people haven't heard, from a fantastic & hallucinatory film.

I'm curious how Sam Esmail came to think of him. Such great casting, perfect for the part.

If anything, the mental hospital/rehab/facility theory was given more legitimacy this week (for many reasons, some of which I wrote about above). Of course, Ray is the wild card in the equation. But everything about his house, office, mannerisms, & relationship to Elliott screams counselor/social worker/therapist.

Okay, so, I know I said this last week too, but Elliott is DEFINITELY in a mental hospital (or possibly a rehab), no?

Every review keeps mentioning that big FINALE, some effusively, others derisively, but everyone seems struck by the ending. One thing that isn't exactly clear from any review (not that, I suppose, I'd want it to be if I'm to eventually see the movie) is whether that finale's success (or, otherwise, failure) is due to…

Ohhhhhh I'm a moron. Yes I see it now.

A William Carlos Williams (WCW) reference?

Um…when the screenplay has some random girl at a party comparing your protagonist to Danny Devito, you might want to rethink the line when you hire an actor who looks like Hailee Steinfeld.

I thought he might be in rehab. The entire energy/feel of the place is very rehab-y or treatment community-ish: the strict wake-up time (by a mother-like nurse), the mindless chats over meals with a new friend, the mindless sitting-around-watching-stuff, the one-on-one therapy with a counselor or therapist or shrink,…

I think the YOU is & will always be the audience. I think it's clever-but-not-so-clever-it-becomes-cute; it's handled with enough subtlety & with as few winks as possible. Like in this episode, when he points out that the audience knew who Mr. Robot was & never spoke up to tell him. I liked that acknowledgement of…

I totally agree with your second point (see my post below). I cringed a little the moment they showed Elliott with open eyes in bed, because I knew (not patting myself on the back for this; it just felt so very obvious, to the point that I was hoping it wouldn't be the case) that Mr. Robot was taking-over while…

Brief assessment (if anyone cares), from a big fan of last season:

Apparently the QR code in his notebook, if scanned, leads to here: http://www.conficturaindust… (the internet told me so, so don't blame me if it lied).

For more information, Google Image search "Christopher Coppola" et voila: all the answers.

& MISSISSIPPI GRIND, too.

For cringing, see: Tarantino in DJANGO