I'm 27. I have a six-figure salary at the biggest conglomerate in history. And I'm just getting started. That's who I am.
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S1 E15Unfinished Business
[to Susan] The first time I saw you I was four. Still remember it. On the news, in the courtroom where they cleared E Corp of all the bullshit they put my family through... And you were in the back, behind a sea of suits, and you laughed. It was so quick, no one noticed. No one but me. Four-year old little me. So I am happy that I get to look you in the eye. I have taken down your company, taken over your home, and now I have you.
CSCisco Shaw
Well, if this is the part of the conversation where you start throwing out ideas like acid and wood-chippers, I ain't obliging.
Getting into the mind of a woman is the toughest route for even the best sources.
You don't want to be alone in a place like this, cuz.
The next time you threaten my plant--
What? What? The only move left in that scenario is a third World War. You see, I'm a mercenary. I don't play fair. I play what I want! When you deal with a mercenary, then all decorum gets tossed out the window. So you go ahead with your cute threats and your watch beeps. Order will not protect you anymore, my friend. I will reign chaos! Even if it hurts me. Because I would rather see you lose than win myself. Oh... that's all the time I have.
[to Angela] And that dream I had, when I was being drowned? It was when I stopped fighting it. When I finally let go and stopped struggling so much. That's when I survived.
[narrating] For me, there's no such thing as normalcy. My dead father appears and disappears at will. I talk to you, an invisible friend. I'd ask if you're normal, but you never talk back.
TCTerry Colby
That's my last advanced copy. It's trending on Amazon's Movers and Shakers. It's ahead of Trump's latest. Can you believe that cocksucker is actually running this time?
Politics is for puppets.
TCTerry Colby
Is there a pocket of the world you don't have your hand in? You're trading countries like playing cards.
Isn't that what history is all about? Politically, economically, and geographically? Imaginary lines being drawn and redrawn, over and over again.
TCTerry Colby
Yeah...uh, Phillip, I gotta know. What do you do it for? I mean, all of it?
Honestly?
TCTerry Colby
Yeah.
In my life as I was making my way, I always asked the question; am I the most powerful person in the room? The answer needed to be yes. To this day, I still ask that question. And the answer is still yes. In every room in the entire world, the answer is yes. With the exception of one. Or two. And that drives me. I intend to leave a legacy. The standard of which was set by God, when he created the earth, and man after his own image. Anything less is... not worth mentioning.
[narrating] Is this the future I was fighting for? The system is hung, frozen in limbo. Did we lose the fight? Maybe wars aren't meant to be won, maybe they're meant to be continuous.
You know I always thought it was crazy we got away with this plan.
CSCisco Shaw
C'mon. Let's just get some rest.
I thought there was something special about me that made it happen. But it wasn't me. It's always been him. Never any of us. When I was five, our parents' took us to Coney Island, my dad's idea of an Alderson family outing. I remember looking up at this roller coaster thinking it was the highest thing I'd ever seen. Of course I wasn't tall enough so my dad went with Elliot while I waited with my mom. I don't remember how exactly but I ended up getting lost. Most kids get scared shitless when they're alone but... I loved it. All of a sudden I felt someone grab me by the waist and pick me up, and I didn't fight back. It was this old woman, she was skinny and tall, she had this smeared, almost pink lipstick. We went to Nathan's and she said I could have whatever I wanted. It was the first time I ever felt special. We started driving to her house, and I definitely remember thinking something wasn't right, but I just looked at her and her lipstick and let it happen. And so we got to her house and she showed me my room where it had one of those beds with curtains around it. And I did feel like a princess, and kept thinking that I didn't have to leave and see my parents ever again. It was like a wish I had that all of a sudden came true. And I went to bed hoping that this wasn't all a dream and I was going to wake up in my own bed. And sure enough the next morning I was still there, but then the police barged in and when they took me downstairs, there were police everywhere so I didn't get to see the woman again, or say goodbye. And then they took me to their car and drove me home. I keep thinking what my life would have been like if I stayed but then I wouldn't have Elliot.
[narrating] How am I supposed to protect the ones I care about when every step I take puts them in greater danger. This was my plan, and I hid in a cage while everyone else took all the risk.
[narrating] Angela's right. We can't beat them, but we don't have to lose to them either. Maybe there's a way to stop them from winning. Mr. Robot, the ever present silent observer, watching me at all times, even when I can't see him, listening in on our conversations. He's always a step ahead of me...cause he is me. Maybe he's the key to this. Maybe he's always been the key to this. What if I could be the silent observer?
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