EPISODE 301 - Power Saver Mode
The season 3 premiere introduced us to a number of new characters and settings.
INT. RED WHEELBARROW BBQ #3.01.01#
R.W.B. EMPLOYEE
Looks like you’re going to get a free milkshake, you lucky Dog.
IRVING
I’ll take chocolate, please.
R.W.B. EMPLOYEE
Oh, sorry, sir. That offer is only valid On your next visit.
IRVING
I don’t understand. I got my punches. Didn’t you just say I could have a free milkshake?
R.W.B. EMPLOYEE
Yes, and you can redeem it On your next visit.
IRVING
What’s the difference? I’m here now.
R.W.B. EMPLOYEE
I’m sorry, sir. That’s not the way it works.
IRVING
Okay, should I just get out of line and then get back in?
R.W.B. EMPLOYEE
No, sir. You would have to redeem it On your next visit here.
IRVING
Okay. What qualifies as a visit? Do I have to leave the premises and come back? Do I have to go home? Is it time-based? You see the faulty logic here, don’t you?
R.W.B. EMPLOYEE
Sir, those are the rules. You can speak to the manager, or I’d be happy to add a milkshake to your order for .95.
IRVING
It’s not about the money. It’s about the principle.
R.W.B. EMPLOYEE
Sir, there’s nothing I can do.
IRVING
(into Phone)
Uh-huh. Calm down. No Screaming isn’t going to help this situation, is it? Uh-huh. Yeah, well, I agree. It’s not good. Is he dead? Uh-huh. All right. Be there in 15 minutes.
He hangs up.
IRVING
When we lose our principles, we invite chaos.
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INT. RED WHEELBARROW BBQ #3.01.01#
R.W.B. EMPLOYEE
Looks like you’re going to get a free milkshake, you lucky Dog.
IRVING
I’ll take chocolate, please.
R.W.B. EMPLOYEE
Oh, sorry, sir. That offer is only valid On your next visit.
IRVING
I don’t understand. I got my punches. Didn’t you just say I could have a free milkshake?
R.W.B. EMPLOYEE
Yes, and you can redeem it On your next visit.
IRVING
What’s the difference? I’m here now.
R.W.B. EMPLOYEE
I’m sorry, sir. That’s not the way it works.
IRVING
Okay, should I just get out of line and then get back in?
R.W.B. EMPLOYEE
No, sir. You would have to redeem it On your next visit here.
IRVING
Okay. What qualifies as a visit? Do I have to leave the premises and come back? Do I have to go home? Is it time-based? You see the faulty logic here, don’t you?
R.W.B. EMPLOYEE
Sir, those are the rules. You can speak to the manager, or I’d be happy to add a milkshake to your order for .95.
IRVING
It’s not about the money. It’s about the principle.
R.W.B. EMPLOYEE
Sir, there’s nothing I can do.
IRVING
(into Phone)
Uh-huh. Calm down. No Screaming isn’t going to help this situation, is it? Uh-huh. Yeah, well, I agree. It’s not good. Is he dead? Uh-huh. All right. Be there in 15 minutes.
He hangs up.
IRVING
When we lose our principles, we invite chaos.
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INT. STAGE 2 HQ WAREHOUSE #3.01.02#
TYRELL
Thank God you’re here. I I don’t know how it got to this. Please, tell me you can help him. He he can’t I can’t
IRVING
Well, he’s kinda still alive. Uh, this wasn’t What I meant by “safekeeping.“
TYRELL
Please, just tell me, I need to know. Is he going to live?
IRVING
The doctors are On route. And they’re about two minutes out. Camera Uh You know, pushing On his stomach like that That’s, uh, That’s not helping things. You might want to stop that.
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EXT. IRVING’S AUTO SQUARE #3.01.03#
IRVING
(into Phone)
Uh-huh. Well, our people are working On him as we speak. Uh-huh. Uh-huh. Just went in to surgery. Uh-huh. Well What do you want me to do about the Swede? Uh-huh. And as far as the kid goes? Uh-huh. Ready when you are.
IRVING
Okeydoke.
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INT. WASHINGTON TOWNSHIP E-CORP POWER PLANT – DAY #3.01.04#
LAB DIRECTOR
I love a great mystery. And I’m fascinated by the greatest unsolved mystery. Do we see reality as it is? If I close my eyes and imagine That, ladies and gentlemen, is why it’s always smart to have backup generators at a nuclear Power plant. And as I was saying, if I close my eyes, I can imagine that everything we experience, everything we see, think, and do, is unfolding simultaneously in a parallel universe. And if so, how many copies of our cells exist? And might our mental states be conjoined? For better or worse.
ZHANG
He really is a crazy little goose, isn’t he?
Grant speaks in Chinese.
ZHANG
No, no, no. Remember What we said. Practice makes perfect.
GRANT
(Accented)
Sir, I think they are Both incredibly unstable people. Let me run Stage 2 for you. I am more than capable.
ZHANG
Have I ever told you that Mr. Alderson’s father used to work for us On this project? Unbeknownst to him, of course. In fact, it was his great engineering work that led to some of our early successes. What an extraordinary coincidence. And now his son works for us after so many years.
GRANT
But you don’t believe in coincidence.
ZHANG
Yes, I don’t, which is why you misunderstand Mr. Alderson’s value. It was his impassioned plea to destroy E Corp that presented us with the opportunity to set our plan in motion, and it has taken his relentless determination since to continue it. We may possess the necessary tools, but What we do not have is his unadulterated focused rage. Time presented us Mr. Alderson when we needed him. Therefore, his will must be our guide. And after Mr. Alderson completes the great work that we need from him, then he can die for us. Just like his father.
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INT. ANGELA’S APARTMENT – GUEST ROOM #3.01.05#
Often I see This sad old world Is whistling in the Dark Just like a child Who late from school Walks bravely home through the park To keep their spirit soaring
ELLIOT (V.O)
Are you still there? Am I? What Did we miss? Did you see anything? I blacked out. If I’m alive, I must have been right. None of it was real. I’m the one in control. The one with the Power. But why doesn’t it feel that way?
ANGELA
You’re awake. The electricity’s still out. It’s been out a week now.
ELLIOT
What am I doing here?
ANGELA
They brought you here yesterday. You don’t remember.
ELLIOT
What are you talking about? Who brought me here?
ANGELA
The people that you’re working with. They called me. They told me that you Were hurt.
ELLIOT
What people?
ANGELA
I don’t know who they are. I only recognized one of them.
ELLIOT
Who?
ANGELA
Tyrell Wellick.
ELLIOT (V.O.)
Shit. It was real. It actually happened. The gun.
ANGELA
Slow down. You’ve been shot.
ELLIOT (V.O.)
And like that, my Power is gone too.
ANGELA
I just Did What they told me to do. I was scared.
ELLIOT
Angela you have to tell me how I got here.
ANGELA
I was On my way to turn myself in to the FBI, and I was stopped by the Dark Army. They sent a man to my apartment. Elliot, you can’t get up.
ELLIOT
I have to warn the Police.
ANGELA
You can’t do that.
ANGELA
If you tell the Police anything, they’re going to kill me.
PHONE
911 center is experiencing high call volume. For Power outage updates, use 511.
ANGELA
They made that very clear.
PHONE
911. What’s your emergency? Hello?
ELLIOT
Then I have to go there.
ANGELA
Go where?--
ELLIOT
I need to find him.
ANGELA
Who?
ELLIOT
Tyrell.
ANGELA
Are you crazy? He shot you.
ELLIOT
They’re trying to Blow up Evil Corp’s recovery facility.
ANGELA
Hold On.
ELLIOT
I have to stop them.
ANGELA
How can you be so sure that That’s What they’re doing? You’ve been unconscious for the past six days. Maybe you’re wrong.
ELLIOT
What if I’m not? Do you have something I can wear?
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INT. STAGE 2 HQ WAREHOUSE
EXT. ELLIOT’S BUILDING #3.01.07#
SUPER
Oh, Elliot. Hey. Let your visitor know I got plenty of vacant apartments. We got to get some of these things rented, or else we’re all going to get screwed. That’s why I upgraded the facade. You know. It used to be this ugly red. Now it’s this chrome. I think it’s very inviting.
ELLIOT
What visitor?
SUPER
Whoever’s in your apartment. Just tell him we’re running a special. Utilities included.
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INT. APT 4E #3.01.08#
DARLENE
Where the Fuck have you been?
ELLIOT
You shouldn’t be here.
DARLENE
Why are you walking like that? You can’t just disappear On me for days and not say anything.
ELLIOT
Shut the Fuck up. There are men outside. They might be listening. We have to go.
DARLENE
I need to talk to you about something.
ELLIOT
It’s not safe for you here.
DARLENE
Cisco’s dead. Dark Army turned On us. They killed him, and I think I’m next.
ELLIOT
What happened?
DARLENE
We Were having Dinner, and all of a sudden, gunshots went off. The slowest three Seconds of my life. The FBI even questioned me. So yeah, it’s not safe for me anywhere. In fact, everywhere for me is pretty much fucked.
ELLIOT
What Did you tell them? The FBI?
DARLENE
God. You’re a shitty brother, you know that? I could’ve been dead, Elliot.
ELLIOT
Sorry.
DARLENE
What is this about, anyway? Stage 2? The Phone we hacked before you Did your vanishing act. The hot mic picked it all up. Stage 2 is your plan, isn’t it? Elliot? What is Stage 2?
ELLIOT
The femtocell you had Angela install.
DARLENE
Yeah, so? That was for a hack On the FBI.
ELLIOT
That wasn’t the only reason. It created a backdoor inside Evil Corp. It was to get access to the UPSs inside one of their buildings.
DARLENE
What building?
ELLIOT
The building That’s housing their recovery program. All their backup paper records, titles, deeds, loan documents
DARLENE
Jesus. Oh, you Were you Were just going to Blow it up? This is What you meant by “finishing off Evil Corp.” They’d have no chance at rebuilding their database.
DARLENE
You Were planning this with them all along behind my back.
ELLIOT
No, no, it wasn’t like that.
DARLENE
Because you didn’t think I’d go along with it? Killing all of those people?
ELLIOT
It wasn’t me! Wasn’t me.
(Whispers)
I can stop it. I can stop this. I can stop it. I can stop it.
DARLENE
You’re not going to get online here. Internet’s been down for days.
ELLIOT
If I can close the backdoor, I can stop it. Darlene please help me.
DARLENE
I know a space that has access. But you’re not going to get in there wearing that shirt.
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INT. HACKERSPACE #3.01.09#
ELLIOT
Looks a little busy.
DARLENE
The only hacker space with a dedicated fiber connection. Stay here, I’ll find us a way to get On.
ELLIOT (V.O.)
A CTF tournament. Capture the flag. It’s like the hacker Olympics. Teams around the world compete to solve challenges.
Reverse-engineering protocol exploitation, forensics. The entire city’s suffering an energy crisis while they’re here, exercising their inner anarchy. It’s times like these I really wish I had a mute button for life.
CROWD
Whoo! Whoo!
ELLIOT
Isn’t that better?
DARLENE
We’re fucked. All the machines are taken. They’re in the middle of the final round of the qualifier for a CTF. It’s them versus nine other countries, and from the scoreboard, the Koreans are ride or die. It’s going to take forever before this is over.
ELLIOT
Or I could just win it for them.
ELLIOT
They let you save and load your game, restoring all the mines you found and all the shells you cleared. That’s the weakness. The game trusts whatever data you give it to recreate the board. Poison the data. You can make it run whatever code you want.
HACKER
Yeah. We already thought about that. It won’t work. There’s a server-side key used to verify the game saves. And without it, you just get a checksum error--
ELLIOT
Which is why you play the game until you find the mines first.
Once you know the full board, you can derive the key.
And you already spotted the code injection vuln in the save handler function, right?
HACKER
Shit. I never thought of that.
OTHER HACKER
Dude, just let him On.
HACKER
No way, man. Need I remind you, I was a CyberPatriot finalist.
OTHER HACKER
Yeah, in middle school. If we don’t make the top three, we’re not going to Vegas. And he knows this shit better than you.
HACKER
Fuck it, I’ve been at this for four fucking hours. I gotta deuce it out anyway. This Soylent ain’t for the Faint-hearted.
ELLIOT
I see them. Stay calm.
DARLENE
It’s Dark Army.
ELLIOT
It’s me they want, not you. You having an attack?
DARLENE
It’s okay. Don’t stop, okay? I’ll be fine.
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INT. HACKERSPACE – RESTROOM #3.01.10#
DARLENE
Fuck!
(Into Phone)
You need to help me. There’s Dark Army everywhere. I saw them.
They have guns. Please.
DARLENE
Shit.
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INT. HACKERSPACE #3.01.11#
HACKERFAN
Dude! Dude, I can’t believe it only took you two minutes to win the final round.
ELLIOT
Can you please take your hand off me and leave me alone?
HACKERFAN
Yeah. Dude, I I was just Thank you.
ELLIOT (V.O.)
The backdoor had a hard-coded C2 domain pointing to a listener On Tyrell’s machine. All I have to do is hack the registrar and change the name server configs. Once I hijack the domain, I can shut down their access before the Dark army notices.
DARLENE
Elliot.
ELLIOT
I’m almost done. I shut the backdoor. I just have to uninstall--
DARK ARMY 1
Stand up and walk with us.
DARK ARMY 2
Do it.
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EXT. HACKERSPACE #3.01.12#
DARK ARMY 2
Go down Cortlandt Alley.
DARLENE
What are you doing? This is them.
ELLIOT
It’s them I want to see.
IRVING
Get in.
ELLIOT
– We’re good, man.
IRVING
No, you’re not. That Car she’s eyeballing is FBI. They’re following you. Been following you since you left the apartment. You’re gonna want to get in.
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INT. IRVING’S CAB #3.01.13#
IRVING
Hey, miss, grab my laptop. Should be On the floor right below you there. Pull up the motor vehicle lookup tool, would you? Sorry about the mess. Been a while since I had time to clean it. But hey, gas prices What they are right now, taxis are a premium, so, you know, you’re welcome for the free cab ride. Uh, now, Elliot, do me a favor, would you? Read her the license plate of the Car That’s been tailing us.
ELLIOT
UVM 7482.
IRVING
All right, good. Uh, now, miss. Input that plate number. Grab the VIN number. Put it On a sticky note. I got ‘em in the side Door there, along with a pen.
ONSTAR REP
OnStar center. This is Debbie. How may I help you?
IRVING
Yeah, I need to report an emergency. This is Detective Robert Abernathy, badge number 8301, out of the 19 precinct.
(Aside)
Get that number? Yeah, I got a stolen vehicle. Driving erratically, and almost hitting pedestrians during the outage here. Yeah, I’m gonna pursue for about ten minutes. Yeah, I have line of sight of the vehicle. I need to initiate a slowdown. Okay. VIN number, here we go: 1, H, G, C, M, 8, 2, 6, 3, 3, A, 0, 0, 4, 3, F as in Franklin, Uh-huh. Yeah. Uh, okay. I see the lights blinking. Thank you, guys.
(To Elliot & Darlene)
All right. Who wants barbecue?
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INT. RED WHEELBARROW BBQ #3.01.14#
ELLIOT (V.O.)
Red Wheelbarrow. Did they get that from me? Or Did I get it from them? However it happened, it’s clearly a Dark Army front now. This must be the guy that sent me that fucking menu.
IRVING
Do me a favor, miss. Go get us a couple of number fours. On me. Oh. And make sure they punch my card.
DARLENE
I’m not going anywhere.
IRVING
Well, I got business with your brother, here. Now, the faster we get that rolling, the faster you two can leave.
ELLIOT
It’s okay.
DARLENE
I’ll go stand over there, but I’m not getting you a fucking number four.
IRVING
What about my punch card?
DARLENE
And don’t call me “miss.“
IRVING
Well, she’s full of life, huh? Let’s get to What this is about. Well (sighs) We hear you’ve been running around town. The doc says you should be resting.
ELLIOT
I had shit to do.
IRVING
Well, you want to catch me up On where we’re at?
ELLIOT
I shut the backdoor.
IRVING
Now, why would you go do a thing like that?
ELLIOT
I’m calling this operation off.
IRVING
You sure you want to do that? We’ve gone to great lengths
ELLIOT
It’s not negotiable. And if there’s a problem with my request, you can deal with me. And only me.
IRVING
Ah, I suppose our employer will be disappointed.
ELLIOT
I don’t have an employer.
IRVING
Uh-huh. Well She believes that a plan lives or dies by its creator, so if you want it dead, so be it.
ELLIOT
Where are you going?
IRVING
Oh, I want to go home. And they canceled the Mets game, so I’ll probably end up working On my book a little.-
ELLIOT
So That’s it?
IRVING
That’s it.
ELLIOT
I want confirmation. From her.
IRVING
You know that bullet we took out of you? We can easily put it right back in. You won. Go home. Before you end up losing again.
DARLENE
What happened?
ELLIOT
It’s over. They’re calling off Stage 2.
DARLENE
Just like that?
ELLIOT
Just like that.
DARLENE
I don’t buy it.
ELLIOT
We’d Both be dead if they wanted to stop us. That tends to be their response when they disagree with you.
DARLENE
And who are “they,” exactly? Is this just Dark Army, or is Tyrell Wellick involved in all of this, too? I know a lot more than you think, Elliot. Answer the question. Is Tyrell Wellick involved? Has he been a part of this whole thing from the beginning?
ELLIOT
No. Look, even if they Were lying, I closed their only access.
DARLENE
You want to bury your head in the sand, be my guest. But my eyes are staying wide fucking open.
ELLIOT
The only thing that matters is that we survive this thing. We got out alive, which happens to be a luxury right now. We don’t know where Trenton and Mobley are, but they’re probably dead. And we know What happened to Cisco.
DARLENE
Go Fuck yourself.
ELLIOT (V.O)
Darlene’s right. I can’t trust them. This was too easy. But at least I stopped them for now. I can go home knowing that. But was she right about me? Am I sticking my head in the sand? Did my revolution just bury our minds, instead of freeing them
ELLIOT
Encrypting Evil Corp’s data was meant to empower us. Instead, it left us powerless, scaring us into even more submission. I am not going to get rid of the invisible hand. Turned it into a fist that punched us in the dick. And like a botnet, the fear I created is spreading so fast, it’s practically airborne.
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EXT. NYC STREET #3.01.15#
ELLIOT
It’s swallowed us whole, digested us, and now we’re stuck in its asshole, waiting to be dumped out. And while we’re here, they’re having their way with us. They packaged a fight into product. Turned our dissent into intellectual property. Televising our revolution with commercial breaks.
ELLIOT
They backdoored into our minds and robbed our truth, refurbished the facts, then marked up the price. This is What they do. It’s What they’re good at. This is their greatest trick. To try and bring the truth. They’re trying to take that away. And now they’re moving to the next step. Yeah, next step. You know What the next step is? Lobotomizing us into their virtual reality horror show. Why? So they can take away your Power, and I am not talking about your Electricity. And this all started because I tried to hide from society. Remember? Fuck society. Yeah, well, I fucked society, all right. I reset it to zero, and if I don’t do anything about it, it will continue to grow in this malignant way. And That’s What I’m afraid of the most. This Dark future that I set into motion. Who knows What could come from this? Thank you, thank you very much. What if instead of fighting back, we caved, gave away our privacy for security, exchanged dignity for safety, and traded revolution for repression? What if we choose weakness over strength? These are not the people that made our country great. These are the people that are destroying our country. They’ll even have us build our own prison. This is What they wanted all along. For us to buy in On our worst selves.
ELLIOT
And I just made it easier for them. I didn’t start a revolution. I just made us docile enough for their slaughtering. And I can stand here and blame Evil Corp and every other conglomerate out there for taking advantage of us, blame the FBI, NSA, CIA, for letting them get away with this, blame all the world’s leaders for aiding and abetting them, blame Adam Smith for inventing modern-day capitalism in the first fucking place. Blame money for dividing us, blame us for letting it. But none of That’s true. The truth is I’m the one to blame.
ELLIOT
I’m the problem. This was my fault. All of it. I Did this.
ELLIOT
Fuck me.
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INT. RED WHEELBARROW BBQ #3.01.16#
R.W.B. EMPLOYEE
Sir? We’re closing up. I’m going to have to ask you to leave.
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INT. ANGELA’S APARTMENT #3.01.17#
ELLIOT
I need a job at Evil Corp.
ANGELA
What?
ELLIOT
I need to find a way to fix What I Did. You need to give me a job there.
ANGELA
I don’t know that I can just do that.
ELLIOT
With everything they’ve been through, they must need people to work On their recovery program. I need you to try. This is important.
ANGELA
Okay. I’ll try.
ELLIOT
One more thing. I need you to keep an eye On me. I need you to tell me if I’m ever him. If anyone can tell It’s you.
ANGELA
Why do you think I can tell?
ELLIOT
You know me better than anyone. Right now You’re the only person I can trust.
ELLIOT
Sorry.
ANGELA
What happened before, when we kissed, that was a mistake.
ELLIOT (V.O.)
If you’re wondering if this hurts Yeah. It hurts a lot, but I get it. I’ve known Angela since I was eight. This is What she does. She doesn’t love the people who love her. She loves the people who don’t. This is her Power-saver mode.
ELLIOT
What’s wrong?
ANGELA
I have to tell you something.
ELLIOT
What?
ANGELA
What if I told you we could make it like none of this ever happened?
ELLIOT
You mean 5/9?
ANGELA
No, not just that. I mean, everything. Including What happened to our parents. If we could take it all back, from the beginning What would you be willing to sacrifice for that?
ELLIOT
Angela, What are you talking about? That’s not possible.
ANGELA
What if I told you it is?
ELLIOT
How?
ANGELA
Never mind. I’m just tired. I think I should go to bed. Can you stay here tonight? It’s been a rough couple of months. Just make me feel safe.
ELLIOT
Yeah.
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INT. ANGELA’S APARTMENT – LATER #3.01.18#
ANGELA
Elliot?
MR. ROBOT
It’s me.
ANGELA
Come closer. I need to get dressed. And then we’ll go.
MR. ROBOT
Did you convince him Stage 2 is over?
ANGELA
That’s been taken care of.
MR. ROBOT
We need to pick up Darlene. She should be a part of this.
ANGELA
No. In fact, you need to stay away from her. We can’t trust her. She helped Elliot close the backdoor.
MR. ROBOT
Come again? She Did What? The backdoor is closed?
ANGELA
Yes.
MR. ROBOT
(Scoffs)
Why are you so calm about this?
ANGELA
We’re going to find a way to get back On the network.
MR. ROBOT
Is that all?
ANGELA
We’ll be fine.
MR. ROBOT
This isn’t about the backdoor. It’s about him. Anything we do, he will try to slow us down. As long as he exists, he will stop us.
ANGELA
Then we’ll find a way to redirect his energy.
ANGELA
Come On. They’re expecting us.
MR. ROBOT
What’s that for?
ANGELA
In case Elliot comes back.
MR. ROBOT
How can you tell? That it’s me? How do you know that you’re not talking to him right now?
ANGELA
Your eyes. You’re never trying to look away.
IRVING
Are you all right? When I saw him earlier tonight, he was all hell-bent On not doing this. How’d you change his mind?
ANGELA
You have to remember, he woke up with a Gunshot wound in his stomach. He’s still getting his bearings, but he’s fine now.
IRVING
Uh-huh. Something’s rotten about all this. When we spoke earlier, he was looking at me like we’d never met.
ANGELA
You brought me in to manage him. And That’s exactly What I’ve done. Nothing else matters, does it? Thank you for getting me the time before checking in with her.
IRVING
Don’t thank me too quickly. We’re behind schedule now, and we Both know how she feels about punctuality.
ANGELA
One more thing. I’m going to get him a job at Evil Corp. Doesn’t hurt to have him On the inside, given our situation.
IRVING
Are you sure he’s good to go?
ANGELA
Yes.
TYRELL
You have to understand, I thought you Were dismantling our project. You Were ruining our whole mission that we sacrificed and worked hard to build.
MR. ROBOT
It’s okay. You Did What I asked of you. Still could’ve had better aim, though. It takes a lot to miss every vital organ. That’s some pretty piss-poor marksmanship. What? I’m messing with you. Just trying to break the ice a little. Come On. Still have plenty of work to do.
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INT. BUS
Touch I remember touch Pictures came with touch A painter in my mind Tell me What you see A tourist in a dream A visitor it seems A half-forgotten Song Where do I belong Tell me What you see I need something more
FARAWAY VOICE
We reestablish access that tunnels us right back in Evil Corp’s internal network.
RADIO
Suddenly alive Happiness arrive Hunger like a storm How do I begin Tell me What you see
MR. ROBOT
I got to ask, What is in this for you? Why are you doing this?
ANGELA
Like I told you before, I’m not going to talk to you like I talk to Elliot. You and I, we are not friends.
MR. ROBOT
It’s precisely that you’re besties with him that I’m trying to understand how you can lie to him so blatantly.
ANGELA
How could I be lying to him? I’m literally looking right at him.
MR. ROBOT
That’s certainly a creative way to get out of this. But let’s be real. You are taking advantage of Elliot’s let’s call it “unique” condition.
ANGELA
He started this, didn’t he? I’m just helping him finish it. I’m pushing him along. Isn’t that What you do? That is What I do. If you want me to keep On doing What it is that I do, we’re going to have to trust each other.
MR. ROBOT
Right now, Angela, I do not trust you. So I’m going to ask you one more time. Why, exactly, are you doing all of this?
ANGELA
Evil Corp killed my mom. And my whole life I’ve always wanted justice for her death. But how do you bring justice to a conglomerate as untouchable as Evil Corp? I thought I would never win. Even after I found out about your crazy plan, I still didn’t believe it was possible. Not until I met Whiterose. It wasn’t until she opened my eyes that I could see how all of the damage that they’ve caused Could finally be undone. When we succeed A whole new world will be born.
Looks like the power’s back On.
Touch Sweet touch You’ve given me too much to feel Sweet touch You’ve almost convinced me I’m real I need something more I need something More
End of episode.