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Summary[]
The episode covers events immediately after the final episode of Season 3. Angela continues the conversation she had with Phillip in that episode, and it does not end well for her when she states her intention to seek retribution on the Whiterose for deceiving her into being complicit in the 71 Buildings attack.
Dominique is living with her mother, has not been to work for weeks and is extremely paranoid. WIth good reason, it turns out, when a guest of her mother relays a message from the Dark Army to get back to work.
Elliot has one week before the Whiterose enacts her plan, after which she will have no use for Elliot and he will be killed. He attempts to find a weak point in the financial network of the Dark Army by blackmailing a lawyer who facilitates their transactions. While attempting to follow up on a lead that Freddy gave him, he is kidnapped and injected with a recreational drug in order to fake a death by overdose. However Phillip appears before it's too late.
Tyrell is CTO of E-Corp and although Phillip told him he was only a figurehead he is overwhelmed with meetings and public appearances.
Episode Notes[]
Technology[]
Music[]
Don't Worry, Be Happy by Bobby McFerrin is heard playing on the doorman's iPod.
Trivia[]
The episode is dedicated to Steve Golin, founder and CEO of Anonymous Content, a production studio behind Mr. Robot. Golin died of cancer on April 21, 2019.
Emmy Rossum, the real-life wife of Sam Esmail, made a cameo as one of the singing carolers.
Sam Esmail appears briefly as the man who injects Elliot and tells him: "Goodbye, friend".
