Elliot Alderson quotes from Mr. Robot

Elliot Alderson

If one of us dies, everything gets leaked.

Well, we can survive a leak. You can't survive a bullet through your throat.

Elliot Alderson

No, that's not what happened.

Darlene Alderson

Trust me, I remember. You took your baseball bat and you smashed the window, and then you kept telling dad you were going to jump. Elliot you weren't pushed, you jumped.

Elliot Alderson

I don't remember any of that.

Darlene Alderson

Well I'm here to remember for you.

Elliot Alderson

It wasn't Romero. It was you who exported the keys. Why?

Mr. Robot

We're close, Elliot. You pull the ripcord now and everything will be for nothing. There was a huge cost to get to this point. I still believe if we hold out a little longer-

Elliot Alderson

No.

Mr. Robot

You do this, and they will have won. You really believe undoing this is gonna fix anything? Huh? Do you? I mean who is this really gonna help?

Elliot Alderson

Me. I'm doing this for me. I can't live with what I did anymore. And you're wrong. They won't win. Because one good thing came out of all of this. They showed themselves. The top one percent of the one percent. The ones in control. The ones who play god without permission. And now I'm gonna take them down. All of them.

Elliot Alderson

You tell that piece of shit that my anger won't die with me! And she can't hide from what's coming for her! You hear me?! You hear me?! DO YOU HEAR ME?! Say something...!

Goodbye, friend.

You got too reckless. Your job was to control him.

Mr. Robot

My job was to protect him.

Your job was to protect all of us.

Young Elliot

What's gonna happen?

The inevitable. We're all gonna go away. I just didn't think it was gonna be like this.

Elliot Alderson

You're wrong. I don't like being an outsider either. Maybe I'm just good at hiding it.

Tyrell Wellick

Why'd you come back? Why aren't you going?

Elliot Alderson

I guess it felt wrong to leave you. Besides, I think you're the only person I know that actually likes me. You were right about one thing. I've known that we're gonna die since we walked out of that gas station and the van was gone. I don't think there's a way out of this for us.

Tyrell Wellick

Why do you wanna keep going?

Elliot Alderson

My sister. I have to warn her. I have to at least try. I got her into this mess. Same as last time and the time before that. I've been a horrible brother. I treated her like shit. Least I can do is call her and tell her to run... Maybe she can still escape.

Elliot Alderson

Why-why-why-why would he do-

Fernando Vera

There is no why. You weren't the one in control. I know it's hard to go on when you're carrying this around, but you can.

Elliot Alderson

How?

Fernando Vera

You don't carry it alone. I'm here with you, bruh.

Elliot Alderson

You. You did this. You did this to me.

Fernando Vera

I did it for you!

Elliot Alderson

No. No, I don't believe you!

Fernando Vera

I did this because I could see this wound on your face! From the first time I met you, I just wanted to show you the light!

Elliot Alderson

This is bullshit!

Fernando Vera

Ain't no bullshit, bruh! The only thing that happened now is you finally faced the truth you've been looking away from your whole life! And now that you know the truth... You can use it. I know 'cause I done it. I been through it. My ma, she used to pass me around to her friends when she'd go out to get high. And let's just say, her friends... They took a lot from me. Your dad, he took a lot from you, too, but he didn't take everything. See, this shit you went through? Most people don't know pain like that. They never will. And if they did, it would end them. But the people who dig in, the ones who keep surviving, those are the ones you can't beat. Those are the ones no one can beat. Because once you've weathered a storm like yours... you become the storm. You hear me? You are the storm. And it's the rest of the world that needs to run for cover. Your power is beautiful, Elliot. It's special. Don't you believe that?

Elliot Alderson

I don't know.

Fernando Vera

Do you wanna believe it?

Elliot Alderson

I just... I don't wanna be alone anymore.

Fernando Vera

Hey. You're not alone. I see you now.

Mr. Robot

The only reason I'm here is to make sure no one ever hurts you. That was supposed to be your father's job, but he failed. He was too weak. [sniffles] But you. You were strong. You fought back... The only way you could. You brought me here, to protect you... From him. I tried to keep you safe. Only show you the memories when the two of you were friends before... I thought I could... store the truth so you'd never have to see it... or feel it. The fact is... I didn't wanna see it either. I made a terrible mistake. I was afraid. Afraid of what this would do to you... To us. This was never my secret to keep. And you deserved better than to live in darkness for so long. I'm so sorry. I failed you too. I understand if you can't forgive me or... If you decide to shut me out for good. Just as long as you know I am not your father. I never was.

Elliot Alderson

I know. You're nothing like him. That's why I created you. You're the father I needed, not the father I had.

Mr. Robot

If I could have stopped him. If I could go back in time, change everything that happened to you. Make it all go away.

Elliot Alderson

Then I wouldn't be me. And I wouldn't have you. I don't know if I can go through with the hack anymore. I don't know if I can do anything.

Zhi Zhang

I was hoping we could talk in person.

Mr. Robot

You once told me that we would never see each other again. What makes you want to see me now?

Zhi Zhang

Call it a change of mind. A realization.

Mr. Robot

Nah. If I'm hearing your voice on the other end of this call, I'm good.

Zhi Zhang

And what does that mean?

Mr. Robot

You'll know soon enough.

Zhi Zhang

A proposal. You stop whatever it is you're planning and I give you information that will prove to be very valuable to you.

Mr. Robot

You think I'm going to trust you?

Zhi Zhang

Let me earn your trust by sharing first. It is about your friend. Angela.

Mr. Robot

What about her?

Zhi Zhang

You see Elliot, you think Angela's dead. But she's not.

Mr. Robot

You sent me a picture of her dead body you sick fucking fuck.

Zhi Zhang

And you believe what most people believe? Only what is right in front of you. I expected more from you.

Mr. Robot

You think I'm gonna believe this bullshit? You killed her. Angela's dead.

Zhi Zhang

No Elliot. Angela's alive and if you allow me, I can take you to her. Would you like that Elliot? Would you like to see Angela again? To hear her voice? To hold her hand? (pause) Elliot, are you there?

Elliot

Yes

Zhi Zhang

I know you have regrets Elliot and pain. I know there are things in your life that you wish were different, just the same as Angela and I can show you a way you can make it all go away, just as I did for her. You can reset everything and live in the world you deserve, a world without all the pain you carry, without your past, without your regrets. Please Eliot. Let me show you the world that I showed your closest friend.

Elliot Alderson

No I saw what you did to her. Before you killed her. That wasn't Angela. You used her. You turned her into someone else.

Zhi Zhang

Then don't take my word for it. Ask her yourself. Elliot, we don't have to fight like this anymore. Let's finally make peace with each other as we were always meant to do. Let go of the anger and the hatred you've built up towards me. Understand I've only wished to help.

Elliot Alderson

Here's the thing. I don't need help right now. You do.

Elliot Alderson

Whiterose isn't dead until her machine is!

Mr. Robot

Since when did her machine become our goal? You don't get it, do you? That's where all of this started! You go down this path, it'll never end. It'll always be something else. Another symbol to destroy, more people to save. This is an endless war. At a certain point, we gotta move on.

Elliot Alderson

You don't want to help the world. You want to destroy it. You want to destroy it because you hate people for what they've done to you, and you can't look past that to actually see the good in it.

Whiterose

Elliot, please. [She laughs] Don't make me laugh. You think I'm the one that wants to destroy the world? I'm the one that hates people? That can't see the good in it? Look around you. Everywhere we turn, all we see is spite from our so-called "fellow man". Every day we turn on the news, we're constantly told by our leaders, our scientists, our religions that our world is crumbling and that we are the problem. We are the root of everything that is wrong, that we don't stand a chance. We are told this so much that self-hatred is no longer considered an anomaly but a given, and yet you dare point the finger at me when I try to bring order to its chaos? When I have sacrificed everything to make it better?! [She stammers, then laughs again] Please! Don't make me laugh. [She keeps laughing, then calms down] On the contrary, it is my love for people that drives me. It always has been, because I know, deep in every person's heart, they are trying to be good. They were just dealt a bad hand by a world that is unfit for us. So please, don't make me fucking laugh and accuse me of hating people when you, Elliot, wear that hate like a badge of honor! Shall I remind you of your group's name? Admit it. Hatred has been your anthem, not mine.

Elliot Alderson

You're right. I hate people. Scared of them. Been scared of them practically my whole life. People I loved... people I trusted... have done their absolute worst to me. And for a long time, that's all I ever knew. So yeah, I called my group fsociety. Because you know what? Fuck society. Society deserves to be hated for everything you said they did, and more. Fuck every last one of them for what we've all been through. But then there are some people out there -- and it doesn't happen a lot. It's rare. But they refuse to let you hate them. In fact, they care about you in spite of it. And the really special ones, they're relentless at it. Doesn't matter what you do to them; they take it. They care about you anyway. They don't abandon you. No matter how many reasons you give them. No matter how much you're practically begging them to leave. And you wanna know why? Because they feel something for me that I can't. They love me. And for all the pain I've been through, that heals me. Maybe not instantly, maybe not even for a long time, but it heals. And yeah, there are setbacks. We do fucked up things to each other. And we hurt each other. And it gets messy. But that's just us, in any world you're in. And yeah, you're right; we're all told we don't stand a chance and yet, we stand. We break, but we keep going. And that is not a fault! It's what makes us! So, no, I will not give up on this world. And if you can't see why, then I speak for everyone when I say "fuck you"!

Elliot Alderson

I love you.

Mr. Robot

I love you, too.

Mr. Robot

...it's an exciting time in the world.

Elliot Alderson

The files on your hidden partition. What are they?

Sometimes, when I get bored, I create people in my head. Like him. Y'know, someone with a more exciting life. Like a superhero. Except his power would be computers.

Elliot Alderson

Why did you create this person?

I guess... sometimes, I fantasize about being him.

Elliot Alderson

So, you wanna be him?

No, not really. Look at him. He's angry. He has no life. He's alone. He's not normal... Oh, shit, man. I'm sorry.

Elliot Alderson

[to the audience] He shouldn't be. He's right. I'm not normal. And I never will be. No matter what world I'm in-

What is that? Did you hear that?

Elliot Alderson

What?

It sounded like you were talking to someone.

Elliot Alderson

[to the audience] Shit. He can hear us.

There it is again. How are you doing that?

Elliot Alderson

You can't stop this. I'm going to marry Angela. Nothing else matters!

Mr. Robot

Think about what you're saying. Angela is dead.

Elliot Alderson

Not in this world.

Mr. Robot

That's not Angela.

Elliot Alderson

I talked to her!

Mr. Robot

No, you didn't.

Elliot Alderson

I thought things were fine between us, but it's still the same you, isn't it? You just don't want me to be happy! Why can't you just let me have this one thing?!

Mr. Robot

Elliot, you need to listen to me.

Elliot Alderson

No! I don't! Not anymore! I'm done listening to you. I just wanna be fucking alone! [Beat] That's... all I've ever really wanted from you.

Angela Moss

There was never gonna be a wedding.

Elliot Alderson

Why not?

Angela Moss

Isn't it obvious? He tried to tell you. You're not Elliot. You're the Mastermind.