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Mr. Robot series finale recap: The real Elliot Alderson

#MrRobot, #ElliotAnderson, #Darlene, #HelloElliot, #HelloFriend,  “If you want to keep a secret, you must also hide it from yourself”  –George Orwell,  1984 PART 1 “Wait, can you hear me again?” So begins the final two episodes of  Mr. Robot , as Elliot is once again talking to us, the viewer. He’s alive, and he’s amazed that he’s alive. He thought for sure he was going to die in the nuclear plant explosion. But something’s kept him alive. It’s Whiterose’s machine. It seems to have worked, and he’s back in Washington Township, but this time it’s a different Washington Township. He’s lying on the pavement in a parking lot where the nuclear plant should be. In this time and place though, there’s a community center in its place. Elliot can’t believe this is happening. He refuses to believe that Whiterose’s machine actually worked until he can find more proof. He leaves the parking lot as the show drops the needle on the song it  had  to eventually use: Styx’s “Mr. Roboto.