Sunil Markesh

Sunil Markesh
Name	Sunil Markesh
Affiliation	fsociety
Status	Alive
First appearance	“eps1.0_hellofriend.mov”
Played by	Azhar Khan

Mobley, real name Sunil Markesh, is a member of fsociety. supporting character, played by Azhar Khan.

Background

Mobley was a fan of an obscure DJ from whom he took his hacker name. He even made an Angelfire page in his honor.

By Thanksgiving of 2014, he is working with Trenton under Darlene, meeting in a Ron's Coffee Shop. In December, he secures the abandoned Fun Society Arcade as base, while also recruiting experienced hacker, Leslie Romero. He meets Elliot some time in between these events. He works at Bank of E and often visits Romero at his home.

2015

Season 1

In February, Mobley is involved in the attack on E Corp's servers. He is seen at the arcade when Elliot is led visits the morning after the attack. (“eps1.0_hellofriend.mov”) After Terry Colby is arrested, Mobly tries to shake Elliot's hand at the arcade, but is quickly embarassed. (“eps1.1_ones-and-zer0es.mpeg”)

On March 29th, Mobley is in the arcade when the group decides to alter the Steel Mountain plan and infiltrate ASAP. He has already downloaded the floor plans of the facilities and is confident he can map out their route in the car. He helps steal a minivan with Romero, who expresses a lack of trust in Elliot while Mobley trusts in how far they've come. The group makes a stop at a motel to battle Elliot's detox. (“eps1.3_da3m0ns.mp4”)

Mobley helps Elliot plant the Raspberry Pi, as he crucially distracts the supervisor standing in Elliot's way with a forged text. (“eps1.4_3xpl0its.wmv”) Later on May 8th, he is with fsociety at the arcade as they alter the plan to hit all five Steel Mountain facilities. Mobley wants to reroute the thermostat company's traffic to erase all signs of their activity. (“eps1.7_wh1ter0se.m4v”)

After the 5/9 hack, Mobley helps burn the equipment and then DJs the End of the World Party at the arcade. (“eps1.9_zer0-day.avi”)

Season 2

Mobley is the close confidant of Darlene when she takes charge of fsociety. He is with her when they take over the smart house of Susan Jacobs as their new base. (“eps2.0_unm4sk-pt1.tc”)

Mobley is the one who discovers Romero murdered. He voices concern about the danger to Darlene, wondering if it was Dark Army. When Darlene dismisses his fears and threat to hide with a friend in Arizona, Mobley confides in Trenton that he doesn't trust either of the Aldersons. He disagrees with Darlene and her "crazy hijinks" for forcing Scott Knowles to burn money and thinks Elliot is "half-crazy" for pulling a gun on Romero. (“eps2.1_k3rnel-pan1c.ksd”) He attempts to teach Angela how to hack when she is brought into the group to hack the FBI. (“eps2.4_m4ster_s1ave.aes”) On July 4, he and fsociety are discoverd by Susan Jacobs when she returns home. After she is tied up and subsequently killed by Darlene, he expresses his plan to flee to Trenton. He pays a pizza guy to check out his apartment, although the FBI do eventually take him in for questioning.

Agent Dominique DiPierro discovered a flyer for the End of the World Party at the Romero residence. She found the Angelfire page and tracked it back to Mobley. He succinctly asks for a lawyer. Upon being released, he texts Trenton to meet him before discarding his phone. (“eps2.6_succ3ss0r.p12”) As of August 7, neither Trenton nor him has been in contact with Darlene.

Notes

• In the original version of the pilot Mobley was played by James Rees. The role was recast prior to the broadcast of the pilot, and his scenes reshot.
• He has an Android phone.