Many ahead of me have mentioned how the pilot engaged them and then the series started going downhill from there. For me, the first episode got me interested and Rami Malek is a perfect casting for the role. The series is very different in many ways and is quite relevant. Malek plays an anti-hero well and who doesn't love the takedown of the 1 percenters who are enslaving the world's populace for their own greed? However, the writer/director then used the series as yet another platform to spread propaganda, degenerating into filth instead of what this form of media should be...an entertainment. Instead of giving us an escape from what we endure, the series begins to become yet another depressing mirror of reality at it's worst. There is a balance between being "edgy" and being just plane vulgar. Similar to how the series Bones used gratuitous gore every episode despite having fine acting and dialogue, Mr. Robot unnecessarily overuses hard drugs and pandering which IMO greatly detracts from the stellar acting and the interesting plots to take down the bad guys.
Review of Mr. Robot
