Mr Robot: 10 Worst Things That Happened To Elliot Alderson
1. Being Abused By His Parents
From the beginning, we knew that Elliot and Darlene did not have a very good home life during their childhood. After their father died, their mom started to vent out her frustrations on her kids. She constantly emotionally and mentally abused Elliot and physically and emotionally abused Darlene throughout their whole life.
Elliot had looked up to his dad as his only best friend and hero. But he was crushed when he lost his father to leukaemia caused by a toxic leak due to E Corp's negligence. This is what made him start the revolution in the first place to avenge his death.
But unfortunately, all of this crumbled down when his stalker and drug kingpin Vera kidnapped him and Krista.To really punish him, Vera reveals Elliot's dad was no hero like he thought, but rather a predatory monster who molested Elliot as a child, which triggered the birth of Mr. Robot.
The revelation completely broke Elliot to the point that he was exhausted, nearly catatonic and on the verge of fainting. He lost all his will to fight back and with his rousing speech, Vera was about to take him in, only to be killed by Krista before he could.
It was also the reason why Elliot had a psychotic break and jumped out of the window, to escape from his father's abuse.
This plot twist was so shocking that it changed the whole narrative of the series.