Mr. Robot · Season 1
Ma'am, if I may, why drug him? It would have been just as easy to shoot and leave.
Killing a man instantly robs him of explanation. He has no time to process his final moments. Now, even though he was paralyzed, his mind was still able to understand why his life was ending. We let him die with answers, otherwise we're nothing but ruthless murderers.
"Life is but a walking shadow, a poor player that struts and frets his hour upon the stage, and then is heard no more."
You've surrounded yourself with the constant reminder of mortality.
There is much work to do. Great work! As each second passes, I push myself to keep moving.
You're making me think I need to invest in a decent watch.
Now if I may ask, how does a young woman from New Jersey find her way into the FBI?
I was...I am disgusted by the selfish brutality of the world, but at the same time I am utterly fascinated by it. The FBI's the perfect place for that kind of contradiction.
Never trust a tech guy with a rat tail - too easy to carve secrets out of him.
Seriously, Elliot, it's been forever since that poor cop passed...
It's been twelve seconds!
Sometimes, lies can be useful, Elliot. Sometimes, they protect you.
And sometimes, they help you get away with murder!
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.
This is it, isn't it? You've won. You've taken over.
What's that, kiddo?
That's what this is. This road trip. This family vacation. I'm buried here.
Nobody's won anything, Elliot. Especially not me. I'm just trying to help you put it all in the rearview as painlessly as possible.
[to Elliot] Before she got sick, Maxine lived like her own operator. Didn't seem to cross her mind that she belonged to someone. But in that basement she needed human hands to give her every scrap of food, every pill... occasional light. For the first time, she realized that she continued to breathe because someone else allowed it. That she had a master. Now I'm no vet, but I think that realization may have killed her before the parasites had a chance... Anyway, I'm a quit yappin, let you get some rest. Big days ahead. Work to do.
[narrating] Every relationship is a power struggle. Some of us need to be controlled.
Drop the contingency. You'll get your money.
The inspections are there for a reason. Do you want what happened to your mom to happen again?
I'll make sure the inspections go forward internally.
Is that how they're suckering you?
Trust me, they value me over there.
[Mr. Moss laughs bitterly]
You laugh, but they respect me.
... I don't know who this person is in front of me, but I'm not agreeing to any of this. I don't trust them, and, to be honest, I don't trust you.
Just remember cuz, you're sittin' underneath the sword of Damocles.
You protecting some evil, secret agenda?
Don't we all protect our evil secret agendas?
[narrating] People always told me growing up that it's never about the destination, it's about the journey. But what if the destination is you? What if it's always been you?
[narrating] Control can sometimes be an illusion, but sometimes you need illusion to gain control. Fantasy is an easy way to give meaning to the world, to cloak our harsh reality in escapist comfort. After all, isn't that why we surround ourselves with so many screens? So we can avoid seeing? So we can avoid each other? So we can avoid truth.
Oh, the old malicious browser benchmark trick. I see you already owned this noob's whole system. I like it. Didn't your mom ever tell you not to surf websites that have an embedded stage-fright exploit? Can't drop the proverbial soap around a black hat bitch like this, Mobley.
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