Tyrell Wellick quotes from Mr. Robot

Tyrell Wellick

"Give a man a gun and he can rob a bank, but give a man a bank, and he can rob the world." It's a bit of a silly expression, actually. A little reductive, but still I like it, for the same reason most people hate it, because to me it means that power belongs to the people that take it. Nothing to do with their hard work, strong ambitions, or rightful qualifications, no. The actual will to take is often the only thing that's necessary.

Tyrell Wellick

I've seen our waiter here for the last... seven years? Must be in his fifties. Divorced, second wife, more kids, and I wonder... What must he think of himself? His life's potential reached at a thirty grand a year salary... An economy car he still owes money on... Two-bedroom apartment, child support, coupons... I couldn't bear it, a life like that. The life of an ordinary cockroach whose biggest value is to serve me salad.

Tyrell Wellick

I just got it. Why you wear that hoodie. I've never seen you in anything else. Black hoodie, black jeans, black shoes, always the same. I've been wondering this whole time, but now I finally get it. You don't care. Sure, why not? Silk tie, $6,000 suit. I mean, it sounds pathetic to say aloud, but I actually care. And you know what? That's why I'm a failure. My entire life, I've been an outsider, worried what other people think of me, how I can make them happy, because I needed their approval and their acceptance. But you never cared. The first day we met, there we were, Allsafe's most important clients roaming through the office, and you couldn't care less.

Tyrell Wellick

So they tapped you for CTO, yes?

Tyrell Wellick

Don't be surprised.

Suspicious is more accurate. I was beginning to wonder why you set this dinner. Four people in the world know about my conversations. Somehow you're number five.

Tyrell Wellick

Then I'm exactly what you need in a right hand.

So that's what this is about.

Tyrell Wellick

Isn't everything about something?

If you were me, would you trust you as your right hand?

Tyrell Wellick

If I were you, I wouldn't have even let me in the house.

Tyrell Wellick

I know you framed Terry Colby.

Elliot Alderson

I didn't.

Tyrell Wellick

Your father worked at Evil Corp before he died. That's a matter of public record. I'm not turning you in, if that's what you're thinking. I don't even have proof, and even if I did, I don't care. Just wanted to know your weakness. Now I do. Revenge. How ordinary. Just like our waiter. But even extraordinary people, and I believe you are, are driven by human banalities. And unfortunately, we're all human. Except me, of course.

Look, I know you think you were a shoo-in for CTO, and you're pissed... probably wishing I'd fall onto the subway tracks. So how about you cut the bullshit.

Tyrell Wellick

I'm afraid your paranoia has gotten the best of you but, nevertheless, please excuse me, I'll leave you to review your notes before Spencer arrives. Oh, and thank you for dinner. Entire evening was enchanting, the food, the wine, your lovely Sharon. Please tell her I say hello.

[pauses] Did you enjoy the view... what, do you think she wouldn't tell me?

Tyrell Wellick

I, I'm not sure what you're trying...

You wanna watch me piss, too? I've had several glasses of water.

Tyrell Wellick

Scott, a misunderstanding...

Happy to pull my dick out for you if that's your thing, watching the Knowles family urinate. [unzips pants] Hell, I could fly my brother in from Miami, he has the bladder of a small child. You'd probably bust a nut watching him take a leak.

Tyrell Wellick

I'm not sure what she told you, but if I were you I would tell her to find more appropriate ways of managing her imagination.

Tyrell, I want you to accept the hard truth, right here, right now in front of me. You are not going to be CTO. I want to see that look wash over your face. It's the only way I'll know you'll stop playing these silly, silly games.

Tyrell Wellick

Oh, I'm fully aware you're CTO, Scott. I'm not sure what more I can offer you.

Wait... here. [removes the expensive watch from his wrist, extends it towards Tyrell, and gestures with it as he continues to speak] I feel bad, after all you've got a child on the way, you need all the help you can get. In fact, this would probably pay off the rest of your mortgage. Aren't you still in that neat little two bedroom in Chelsea... There. [points at Tyrell] That's the look I was looking for.

Tyrell Wellick

How long has this been going on?

Elliot Alderson

I don't know.

Tyrell Wellick

And what is it that you're doing exactly?

Elliot Alderson

Encrypting all the files, all the Evil Corp's financial records will be impossible to access. The encryption key will self-delete after the process complete.

Tyrell Wellick

What about the backups?

Elliot Alderson

I took care of that too. China...

Tyrell Wellick

Steel Mountain? Of course, even when we went redundant.

Elliot Alderson

I hacked the AirDream network. I was in all of them.

Tyrell Wellick

You really thought of everything. Who else was involved?

Elliot Alderson

Just me.

Tyrell Wellick

Well, now it's you and me. I've always told we'd end up working together, Elliot. But still, I have to know. Why did you do it? What did you hope to accomplish by doing all of this?

Elliot Alderson

I don't know. I wanted to save the world.

Tyrell Wellick

Don't tell me you're having second thoughts. You wouldn't want me to worry about you.

Elliot Alderson

I need to know what's going on.

Tyrell Wellick

It's not safe. I wish it were... oh how I wish, how I wish. I think about you a lot, Elliot. I think about that night, when we became gods.

Mr. Robot

Sometimes, lies can be useful, Elliot. Sometimes, they protect you.

Tyrell Wellick

And sometimes, they help you get away with murder!

Mr. Robot

When the truth is painful, son -- and it often is -- a lie is the only remedy. There's too much truth, too much honesty? That'll kill ya.

Tyrell Wellick

I know you've been under a lot of stress, but I've been under a lot of stress too. Can you even begin to imagine what it's been like for me? We can't talk out here. We're exposed. Let's go.

Elliot Alderson

Go where?

Tyrell Wellick

Enough of these games. Now, let's go. We're close.

Elliot Alderson

Close to what?

Tyrell Wellick

Have you forgotten everything? Dark Army told me that stage two is ready. When you see it, you'll be pleased. It worked Elliott. It's up to us now. Let me show you.

Angela Moss

[on the phone] Hello? Don't worry. It's Angela. Tyrell? Tyrell, are you there? It's okay. They told me you would be calling. This is a secure line. Are you with Elliott right now?

Tyrell Wellick

Yes.

Angela Moss

Okay, I'm on my way. Don't let anyone near him. I should be the first person he sees when he wakes up.

Tyrell Wellick

Okay.

Angela Moss

Tyrell, you did what needed to be done.

Tyrell Wellick

I love him.

Angela Moss

I do too.

Tyrell Wellick

Don't you see what just happened? [as Mr. Robot unjams the gun] Wait, wait, wait! Do you not understand what just happened?!

Mr. Robot

The only thing that happened is the gun jammed. It won't happen again.

Tyrell Wellick

No, no, no, this is proof! Don't you understand, this is proof!

Mr. Robot

Proof of what?

Mr. Robot

Proof. Of. What?!

Tyrell Wellick

When you told me I couldn't see what was above me, only in front of me...

Mr. Robot

What the fuck are you talking about?

Tyrell Wellick

We... are gods.

Mr. Robot

You really are a lunatic.

Tyrell Wellick

You held that gun point blank at me and fired. And yet, I'm standing right here talking to you. What are the chances?

Mr. Robot

I don't know, but shit happens all the time!

Tyrell Wellick

This wasn't chance! This was an act of God. And we have been invited into His circle to lead this revolution.

Mr. Robot

You haven't been invited anywhere! You forced yourself in--

Tyrell Wellick

There's more to your plan than this. You're smart enough to know that this hack alone isn't gonna kill EvilCorp. Once they realize they can't recover the data, they'll figure out a way to recreate it. And that's where you'll need me. Don't you see it yet? Now, the first time we met, I felt something between us. This is what I felt. An uncanny connection, a bond. We are meant to work together! That's what this is has all been about.

Mr. Robot

"Work together"? You're a psychopath. How do I even trust you?

Tyrell Wellick

Pull the trigger again. I'll accept whatever fate decides. Pull it!

Mr. Robot

Okay, Looney Tunes! You're right. There is a second stage to this. After tonight, I... I don't know what kinda support I'll have. I could use your help.

Tyrell Wellick

Thank you, Elliot. I love y--

Mr. Robot

Some things are better left unsaid. Subtext, you know?

Mr. Robot

Okay. But your not seeing the big picture.

Tyrell Wellick

There is no big picture! My son is in Denmark and my wife's dead.

Mr. Robot

Oh, come on! You know damn well you don't go from most wanted man to hero unless the Dark Army has got plans for you.

Tyrell Wellick

I earned my freedom. I played my part. That's the least they could give me.

Mr. Robot

Horseshit. Your being added like a puppet just like the rest of us.

Tyrell Wellick

No puppet. No puppet. You're the puppet!

Mr. Robot

Wake up! You made a deal with a force bigger than you!

Tyrell Wellick

This is a childish conspiracy.

Mr. Robot

Childish? Who's the one that said we were gods, huh? Wake up. There are no gods. Our closest deities are a society of the richest, most influential men in existence. I'm done with this. Men who fuck over the rest of us for profit, for fun, and then leave us in the streets for dead. Just like your Joanna.

Tyrell Wellick

You don't talk about my wife.

Mr. Robot

Wouldn't she want you to realize the truth and fight? Or would she want you to be their little bitch?

Mr. Robot

There you go! There's the fighting Tyrell, who won't be put in a choke collar, unless you're into that sort of thing.

Tyrell Wellick

I know what this is. You're embarrassed that you fired me. There's no shame in admitting the truth. You're out of moves and your company needs me. E Corp needs my image, the face of a hero. That's why you're here.

Phillip Price

Oh, Wellick, Wellick. It's not that I'm out of moves. It's that you're not worth one.

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.