C'mon, c'mon, c'mon, I know I'll find something! He can't be this happy. No one is. Haven't you been paying attention? Everyone has a secret. People are always hiding something. Their vulnerabilities. Their fears. Their shame. I don't care how happy he looks. Everyone has a monster. Question is... what's his?
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S1 E15Unfinished Business
The files on your hidden partition. What are they?
AEAlternate Elliot
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.
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Why did you create this person?
AEAlternate Elliot
I guess... sometimes, I fantasize about being him.
So, you wanna be him?
AEAlternate Elliot
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.
[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-
AEAlternate Elliot
What is that? Did you hear that?
What?
AEAlternate Elliot
It sounded like you were talking to someone.
[to the audience] Shit. He can hear us.
AEAlternate Elliot
There it is again. How are you doing that?
Please, don't judge me. This was inevitable. You saw the earthquakes. Both of us can't exist here in this world. I had no other choice.
You can't stop this. I'm going to marry Angela. Nothing else matters!
Think about what you're saying. Angela is dead.
Not in this world.
That's not Angela.
I talked to her!
No, you didn't.
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?!
Elliot, you need to listen to me.
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.
There was never gonna be a wedding.
Why not?
Isn't it obvious? He tried to tell you. You're not Elliot. You're the Mastermind.
I'm not going anywhere, kiddo.
In order for you to fully hear the truth, first we need to discuss Elliot's Dissociative Identity Disorder. The first personality was created the day Elliot jumped out the window -- the protector personality. The one Elliot created to replace his father. To protect him from intolerable situations. Mr. Robot. Later in life, Elliot created the Mother personality. The persecutor, blaming Elliot for the abuse. Insisting that he needed to pay for it. Not long after her came Elliot's younger self, who emerged to handle the abuse he couldn't tolerate. And with that, he created his own family... of sorts.
[to the viewers] I guess she doesn't know about you.
[looks to the camera] I know all about them, too. The voyeurs who think they aren't a part of this despite being here for all of it. And for a while, we thought we had identified all of Elliot's personalities. But there's another one who came about not too long ago.
I don't wanna hear this again.
The truth about who you are? I think it's time. [to camera] Even they agree with me.
I know where you're going with this! It's not true!
It's okay. I know why you did it. Your heart was in the right place. You wanted to shelter him, which is why you changed his past.
I... I wasn't changing anything, that's... What I thought happened.
But it was his future you really wanted to protect, wasn't it? That's why you went to such great lengths to take down all the evil that surrounded him in the real world. That's why you formed fsociety. You loved him so much, you wanted to save the entire world so you could make it better for him, no matter the cost. That's why you hid him here. Turning his harsh reality into a fantasy. Trapping him an endless loop, to keep him safe until you were ready.
I don't remember any of this? Why should I trust you? You've been wrong before...
You're right. She was wrong. Krista never quite figured it out, did she? She never realized she was talking to the real Elliot. She didn't realize she was always talking to you. A personality created to carry Elliot's rage. The vigilante hacker Elliot always imagined being. The one that sought vengeance. The personality that had gained so much control, he forgot. He forgot he was only just another personality. The Mastermind.
Darlene, I'm not Elliot. I'm only a part of him.
[sighs] ...I know. I know you're not him. Not the Elliot I grew up with, at least. I've known since we started fsociety. You don't act like him. At first, I thought maybe it was you but different. But then when you forgot who I was again, it wasn't hard to figure it out from there.
Why didn't you say anything?
I don't know. We were hanging out. We were spending time together. It felt like we were finally getting close. I guess I didn't want that to stop.
Hello, friend. God, that's always been lame, hasn't it? Sorry I never came up with a better name for you. Then again, I don't even have a name. Just a guy trying to play God without permission.
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This whole time, I thought changing the world was something you did, an act you performed, something you fought for. I don't know if that's true anymore. What if changing the world was just about being here, by showing up no matter how many times we get told we don't belong, by staying true even when we're shamed into being false, by being true to ourselves even when we're told we're too different. And if we all held onto that, if we refuse to budge and fall in line, if we stood our ground for long enough, just maybe... The world can't help but change around us. Even though we'll be gone, it's like Mr. Robot said. We'll always be a part of Elliot Alderson. And we'll be the best part, because we're the part that always showed up. We're the part that stayed. We're the part that changed him. And who wouldn't be proud of that?
Come on. This only works if you let go too.
[Last lines of the show] Hello, Elliot.
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