1. This Is Happening, Isn't It? You Knew All Along, Didn't You?
In episode nine, the latest episode to date, all is revealed. Mr. Robot is indeed Elliot's father. In a flashback, he is shown to be a man that loves his son and tries to bring him up in the right way. In the present, Elliot demands answers. Why wasn't he told? How did he forget? What is going on? His father agrees to show him everything, but confirms that they must be careful. People are watching them. People have been drugging Elliot to make them forget about his past. People don't want Elliot and his father to team up. They return to Elliot's childhood home, and in a rush of blood Elliot shoves his father through the same window that he had been pushed out of in his youth. Meanwhile, his sister Darlene and friend Angela are searching for him. They're worried that he's going off the rails. The injured Mr. Robot leads his son to a cemetery, and tells him that he'll never leave him again. He says that no-one can force them to be apart. As Mr. Robot collapses to the ground, Darlene and Angela arrive and demand to know: "who are you talking to?" The show is self-conscious enough to know that many fans have already worked out what is going on. Elliot speaks to his imaginary friend, the viewer, and realises "This is happening, isn't it? You knew all along, didn't you?" He glances down, and Mr. Robot isn't there. Instead, there is a grave marked with his father's name. Elliot had invented Mr. Robot as a way of dealing with his repressed sadness about his father, and as a way of justifying his own actions with fsociety. What is exceptional about the scene isn't the revelation itself (there were many clues in the show), but the way in which Elliot himself works it out. It may not be a shock to the viewer, but there is no doubt that it's a shock to the lead character. The episode concludes with the enlightened Elliot and the fired Tyrell joining forces in fsociety. Who knows what could happen in this crazy show's finale?!
