Mr. Robot (2015)
Control is an illusion.
A young programmer, Elliot, suffers from a debilitating anti-social disorder and decides that he can only connect to people by hacking them. He wields his skills as a weapon to protect the people that he cares about. Elliot finds himself in the intersection between a cybersecurity firm he works for and the underworld organizations that are recruiting him to bring down corporate America.
| Type | TV series |
|---|---|
| First aired | 24 June 2015 |
| Status | Ended, last episode 22 December 2019 |
| Genre | Crime, Drama |
| Created by | Sam Esmail |
| Starring | Rami Malek, Christian Slater and Carly Chaikin |
| Seasons | 4 seasons, 45 episodes |
| Episode length | about 46 min |
| Time to watch it all | about 35 hours |
| Rated | TV-MA |
| Scores | TMDB users 8.3/10 |
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What kind of watch this is
Sam Esmail’s 2015 techno-thriller runs 35 hours across 4 seasons. It is a study in paranoia, where the line between reality and delusion blurs every time the screen glitches. Rami Malek anchors the cast, playing a man who connects with others by breaking into their digital lives. The premise is simple: hack the system. The execution is messy, anxious, and deeply personal. It feels less like a show and more like a shared nervous breakdown.
How it did with audiences
Mr. Robot landed on streaming services with no reported box office figures, so its financial footprint remains a mystery. What we have is a TMDB user score of 8.3. That is high enough to suggest the audience found the show’s descent into digital paranoia both gripping and worthy of their time. It is a rare case where the rating outshines the revenue data.
Awards
Mr. Robot collected 6 wins from 1 nomination. Christian Slater took the Golden Globe and Satellite for Best Supporting Actor in 2016. Rami Malek won the Primetime Emmy for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series that same year. The Writers Guild Award for Television: New Series went to the show. The Golden Globe for Best Television Series – Drama and the Emmy for Original Dramatic Score were nominations.
What came next for the cast
For Rami Malek, the path shifted from museum mummies and vampires to piano keys and atomic bombs. Christian Slater, meanwhile, kept moving through decades, swapping vampire bites for blinding sunglasses. Careers do not always look like ladders. Sometimes they are just two people walking different directions on the same sidewalk.
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Sources
- Mr. Robot on TMDB — synopsis, cast, ratings and recommendations
- Wikidata Q18844729 — review scores, box office and awards (CC0)
- “Mr. Robot” on Wikipedia, by its contributors (history) — reception, audience figures and legacy, summarised and adapted here under CC BY-SA 4.0
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