Also, no mention of Shayla's body being found in the trunk of a car with Elliot's fingerprints all over it—nor the prison break.
Are we entirely sure that Shayla is even dead? Given how crazy Elliot seems to be, and how much of a White Knight scenario his whole relationship with Shayla was, I could easily see that as being a fantasy he's concocted to explain her dumping him or running off with the drug supplier, or any other possible reason for her no longer being around.
I mean, she's a drug dealer who operates with seriously shady people, but also has a heart of gold and a vulnerability that leaves her needing Elliot to save her? I never quite bought it as it was happening, and now I feel like we're being given even more reason to doubt it.
I've just mainlined all the episodes of this show so far, over the last few days. It's spectacular, and I feel like rewatching now to see if I can identify any more aspects of Elliot's life that have been misrepresented, forgotten, glossed over or dreamed up. It may not stand up to that sort of scrutiny, to be honest, but I don't really care. It feels so new and fresh, and it's such an immersive television experience. Rami Malek (who stole nearly every scene he was in in The Pacific) is fantastic, and the rest of the cast are excellent as well. I love unreliable narrator stories in general, because they invite you to think about what you've read or seen, and wonder whether your narrator missed something, or hid something. Very cool.
It was crappy casting to pick a "boy Elliot" who doesn't have big eyes like Rami. And all this time I thought he was Israeli....But great sibling casting, now Darlene has been revealed as his sister. They both have those big eyes and sharp jaw, the sallow, borderline unhealthy complexion. In the scene with the sitting on the bench, both smiling and happy, they could be nothing but siblings. In hindsight.
As for Mr. Robot, I think the best solution would be that he is real, but is not Elliot's dad. That Elliot has plastered his father's image over this guy who genuinely has an anti-corporate, anti-capitalist agenda, as a way of enabling him to trust and work for the guy. I don't know that Angela needs to be his ex, to have those wistful, melancholic feelings though. It could just be that she remembers Elliot as a happier, healthier guy who was a good friend, and it makes her sad that he seems to be so broken, and so difficult for her to reach.
Tyrell might well be complete fantasy, from top to bottom. Elliot dreaming up his own particular view of what an arrogant, entitled, amoral corporate asshole must be like (helped along by a few viewings of American Psycho).
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