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Rami Malek | ... |
Elliot Alderson
(22 episodes, 2015-2016)
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Carly Chaikin | ... |
Darlene
(22 episodes, 2015-2016)
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Portia Doubleday | ... |
Angela Moss
(22 episodes, 2015-2016)
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Martin Wallström | ... |
Tyrell Wellick
(22 episodes, 2015-2016)
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Christian Slater | ... |
Mr. Robot
(22 episodes, 2015-2016)
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Stephanie Corneliussen | ... |
Joanna Wellick
(19 episodes, 2015-2016)
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Michael Cristofer | ... |
Phillip Price
(16 episodes, 2015-2016)
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Sunita Mani | ... |
Trenton
(14 episodes, 2015-2016)
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Azhar Khan | ... |
Mobley
(13 episodes, 2015-2016)
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Grace Gummer | ... |
Dominique DiPierro
(12 episodes, 2016)
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Michel Gill | ... |
Gideon Goddard
(11 episodes, 2015-2016)
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Vaishnavi Sharma | ... |
Elliot's Mother
(11 episodes, 2015-2016)
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Michael Drayer | ... |
Cisco
(11 episodes, 2015-2016)
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Ron Cephas Jones | ... |
Romero
(9 episodes, 2015-2016)
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Jeremy Holm | ... |
Mr. Sutherland
(9 episodes, 2015-2016)
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Mr. Robot follows Elliot, a young programmer who works as a cyber-security engineer by day and a vigilante hacker by night. Elliot finds himself at a crossroad when the mysterious leader of an underground hacker group recruits him to destroy the corporation he is paid to protect. Written by USA
Did USA really just do this? They have managed to give me a combination of the best parts of Swordfish AND Fight Club and managed to make it coherent, suspenseful and a joy to watch. And Christian Slater gives yet another go at TV-Land and may have finally hit the mark!
The premise: A young man working at a security firm by day, and an elite hacker vigilante by night.
Sounds like it would be a bore-fest full of misplaced techno jargon, dry suspense (remember BlackHat?) and poor acting, right? Wrong! Not only was I amazed at how the story was presented, but I fell in love with the main cast with some spot on character development, GOOD use of technological aspects of hacking and a great use of voice over.
Color me impressed! I am a computer geek by trade and they hit the nail on the head with almost every aspect of security and defense without making grievous errors (think The Net & the worst aspects of Swordfish). This is a must see for geeks of all ages and even hits the mark for those not so tech savvy.
While the show is littered with clichés, they are all so well done and accurate that I could not find this an actual fault with the show. Try as I might, I could not find any glaring faults with the dialog, character development or even the subtle "Big Brother" aspects that they were going for.
This is a MUST continue for USA and I will be ecstatic if it gets picked up and more episodes are made (at the time of this review it appears only 1 episode has been made). Kudos for USA for taking a risk!
To sum it up; if you are a tech savvy user of the internet, smart phones or computers this is an absolute MUST see. Even for those of you not so tech savvy please give this a go!