Mr. Robot’s second season opens with less command line, more commanding plot

Things seem a bit dark for Elliot Alderson as S2 begins (and it's not some "change the lightbulb" thing). (credit: Peter Kramer/USA Network)

Warning: This piece contains minor spoilers for this week's episode of Mr. Robot

Has our hero left the grid for good? In two hours of Mr. Robot’s glorious return, Elliot Alderson touches only one computer. Technically, that brief interaction takes place within the timeline of season one.

The screenshot-able coding and tech accuracy that the show became known for last year only surfaces twice (and fittingly, Darlene provides the other moment). Instead of action, the second season’s two-part premiere, titled “unm4sk,” is much more interested in the state of our hackers and the hacked.

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