Get ready to SQUEEEEE: Tonight marks the second season return of last summer's most intelligent and visually arresting series, Mr. Robot (Wed July 13, USA, 10 pm). Created by Sam Esmail, Mr. Robot tells the story of a mentally unbalanced computer genius who helps a gang of anarchy-lovin' hackers take down the global financial system. At the end of season one, they accomplished their task (just as we learned the mysterious identity of "Mr. Robot"), but now that they've destroyed the world's banking system... what's next? And did their efforts to help the little guy actually cause far more harm than good? WE SHALL SEE STARTING TONIGHT! And until then, let's check out some reviews for season two of Mr. Robot:
From Think Progress:
Series creator Sam Esmail is directing this entire season himself (he's also written every episode of the series) and brought back season one's director of photography, Tod Campbell. The result is a premiere that's as visually gripping as the show has ever been, unnerving and spooky and otherworldly even in the most mundane-seeming places.
From the Hollywood Reporter:
Esmail's camerawork — characters tucked into corners of the frame, among other nontraditional compositions — continues to give the sense of disorientation and never feels tired. In fact, there are some flourishes in the first two hours that are brilliantly conceived and, with the show's strong sense of sound (both pop songs and smothered, slowed-down and manipulated background noise), contribute to what is one of the most visually remarkable hours on television.
From Time:
[The] assured commitment to tone, engaged with the news as both source of both melodrama and scorn, is unlike anything else currently airing; it helps make Mr. Robot‘s good moments great and its weaker moments at least novel.
From Collider:
...the core of the series remains unchanged — that is, the focus on Elliot’s confusion, loneliness, brilliance, and brokenness. [Rami] Malek continues to be mesmerizing in the role, with [Christian] Slater a fantastic foil for Elliot’s personality. Ultimately, Mr. Robot so up-ends our expectations that despite all of the uncertainty and violent acts and personal damage the first episodes show us, nothing is as terrifying as Elliot laughing. In the normal world, it might be a nice thing. But here, like everything Esmail reveals in the series, it is warped through an unsettling prism.
That's Mr. Robot, season two, returning tonight on the USA Network, at 10 pm. DON'T MISS IT!
