Executive Producer: Sam Esmail Executive Producer: Chad Hamilton Executive Producer: Steve Golin

Episode 101 eps1.0_hellofriend.mov

Written By Sam Esmail

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1 BLACK. 1 ELLIOT (V.O.) Hello friend. Hello friend? That’s lame. Maybe I should give you a name? But that’s a slippery slope. You’re only in my head. We have to remember that. (then) Shit. It’s actually happened. I’m talking to an imaginary person. Loud, violent jazz RISES on the soundtrack. Within the black of frame, silhouettes begin forming. ELLIOT (V.O.) What I’m about to tell you is top secret. A conspiracy bigger than all of us. There’s a powerful group of people out there that are secretly running the world. (then) I’m talking about the guys no one knows about. The guys that are invisible. The top one percent of the top one percent. The guys that play God without permission. CUT TO BLACK. ELLIOT (V.O.) And now I think they’re following me. 2 INT. NYC SUBWAY (MOVING) - MORNING 2 We finally meet ELLIOT (late 20s) in a hoodie. He sneaks looks at two mysterious MEN DRESSED IN BLACK, one on either side of the train. One reads the NY Post. The other looks straight ahead, suspiciously so. ELLIOT (V.O.) This is about last night. I should have gone to Angela’s birthday party. Instead I went to -- 3 INT/EXT. RON’S COFFEE - NIGHT - FLASHBACK 3 A small coffee shop with a few patrons. Elliot sits by himself, hoodie on, no coffee. He watches a mild-mannered Indian with a mustache walk into the shop. This is RON (40s).

(CONTINUED) MR. ROBOT PILOT 2. 3 CONTINUED: 3 A BARISTA brings Ron a latte, which he sips as he reads his iPad. Elliot musters up the courage to walk over. He sits across from Ron without saying a word. Finally, Ron looks up. ELLIOT You’re Ron. He nervously gestures to the cheesy sign. Confused, Ron just offers a quick smile in return-- ELLIOT But your real name is Rohit Mehta. You changed it to Ron when you bought your first Ron’s Coffee Shop six years ago. Now you have seventeen of them with eight more coming next quarter. An awkward silence. Ron licks his lips, concerned. RON May I help you with something? ELLIOT I liked coming here because your WIFI was fast. You’re one of the few places that has a fiber connection with gigabit speed. It’s good. So good, it scratched that part of my mind-- the part that doesn’t allow good to exist without condition. So, I started intercepting all the traffic on your network and that’s when I noticed something strange-- (looks down) That’s when I decided to hack you. Another awkward silence. Ron goes to say something-- ELLIOT I know you run a website called Plato’s Boys. RON Pardon me? ELLIOT You’re using Tor networking to keep the servers anonymous, you made it really hard for anyone to see it. (beat) But I saw it. (MORE)

(CONTINUED) MR. ROBOT PILOT 3. 3 CONTINUED: 3 ELLIOT (CONT'D) The onion routing protocol is not as anonymous as you think it is. Whoever’s in control of the exit nodes is also in control of the traffic which makes me the one... (beat) In control. RON I must ask you to kindly leave. Ron turns to the man working the register-- ELLIOT I own everything. Ron turns around and discovers Elliot’s pulled out a manila folder from his bag. Elliot pushes it across the table towards Ron. Ron trembles as he opens the folder. ELLIOT All your emails, all your files, all your...pics. Ron sees that pictures of naked boys fill the folder. He snaps it shut and looks around nervously. RON Get out of here right now, or I will call the-- ELLIOT Police? Do you want them to find out about the 100TB of child pornography you serve to your 400,000 users? For a moment, all that can be heard is the soft musak and quiet sipping of coffee from the other patrons. Ron looks down, cornered and speechless. Elliot looks genuinely sympathetic. ELLIOT Personally, man, I was hoping it was just gonna be some BDSM stuff. You realize how much simpler that would have been? RON I did not hurt anyone, I never did-- that’s my personal life. He wipes his eyes as emotion begins to fill his face.

(CONTINUED) MR. ROBOT PILOT 4. 3 CONTINUED: 3 ELLIOT I understand what it’s like to be different. I’m very different too. I mean, I don’t jerk off to little kids, but... I don’t know how to talk to people. My dad was the only one I could talk to. But he died. Sensing an opportunity, Ron nods sympathetically. RON I’m sorry to hear that. How did he pass, may I ask? ELLIOT Leukemia. Definitely got it from radiation at the company he worked at, though I couldn’t prove it. Now he’s dead. The company’s fine though. Ron can’t help but cry. Elliot genuinely feels for him. ELLIOT Hey, it’s okay, Rohit. You don’t have to worry anymore. RON I don’t understand. (off Elliot’s silence) Are you blackmailing me? So that’s what this is about. Money. That’s all you care about. No. If I pay you now, you will want more and more. No matter how much I give, you will inform the police anyway. I won’t pay you, sir. Remember, you also broke the law. Elliot notices something outside the window and nods. ELLIOT Actually, you’re right. Partly. (beat) See, I usually do this kind of thing from my computer. This time, I wanted to do it AFK-- in person. I’m trying to work on my social anxiety. But there’s always the threat of you fleeing after I call you out. You’d tell your sys admin to take the servers down, wipe all the data. (MORE)

(CONTINUED) MR. ROBOT PILOT 5. 3 CONTINUED: 3 ELLIOT (CONT'D) So I made sure to include the current time and location on my anonymous tip- RON Wait, hold on! I will give you the money. I will pay. How much do you want?! I’ll pay you. Sirens can be heard. Lights swirl outside the windows. ELLIOT That’s the part you were wrong about, Rohit. I don’t give a shit about money. FBI AGENTS race into the shop as Elliot breezes past them, heading out, leaving the chaos to surround the destroyed Ron. 4 INT. NYC SUBWAY (MOVING) - MORNING 4 Back to present day, Elliot snaps awake. He eyes the two MEN IN BLACK who still sneak looks at him. ELLIOT (V.O.) Now I’m being followed. The higher ups don’t like someone with my powers. In three short minutes, I destroyed a man's business, life, existence. I deleted him-- On the far end of the packed train, a MAN yawns loudly. He’s disheveled, wears cargo pants and what looks like a gas attendant shirt that reads: Computer Repair With A Smile. Below it, a logo reads MR. ROBOT. He looks at Elliot with a stoner’s smile as he brushes his beard. Across the crowd of people, the man shouts: MR. ROBOT Hey you! Heya kiddo, what’s happening? Elliot pretends he doesn’t hear him. MR. ROBOT Exciting time in the world right now. Exciting time... Mr. Robot lies on his back, returning to his homeless slumber. MR. ROBOT PILOT 6.

5 EXT. ALLSAFE NEIGHBORHOOD - DAY 5 Elliot walks through the streets, carefully avoiding the touch of other humans. He carries a huge bookbag on his back. 6 INT. ALLSAFE OFFICES - DAY 6 He walks into the modest offices of AllSafe Cybersecurity, as announced by the boring, corporate logo. ELLIOT (V.O.) But I’m only a vigilante hacker by night. By day, just a regular cyber security engineer, employee number ER28-0652. GIDEON (O.S.) Elliot, in here! Elliot drops his bookbag, nods hello to his coworker, LLOYD, and heads towards an office. 7 INT. ALLSAFE OFFICES - GIDEON’S OFFICE - CONTINUOUS 7 The AllSafe boss, GIDEON, sits while ANGELA, a blonde girl- next-door, looks at him sternly. ANGELA Gideon, I can totally handle it. Elliot nervously walks in, curiously looking at Angela who pretends he’s not even there. Gideon passes a file to him. GIDEON They were hacked again last night. ANGELA Gideon, I can do it. ELLIOT (V.O.) That’s my childhood friend Angela. She can be a bit high strung sometimes but trust me, she’s one of the good ones. Elliot leafs through the file. ELLIOT What am I looking at? Is this the log file? This was a RUDY attack. Concerned, Gideon nods. Elliot shakes his head, impressed.

(CONTINUED) MR. ROBOT PILOT 7. 7 CONTINUED: 7 ELLIOT This is awesome-- ANGELA Gideon, will you please answer me? GIDEON (to Elliot) Awesome? You think that’s awesome? This is killing us, Elliot! ANGELA Gideon, I’m not leaving-- GIDEON Angela! Let’s just see how this meeting goes today. Their networks are getting attacked every week. Who knows if they’ll still even be a client. ELLIOT They’re coming in? Gideon’s look confirms it. He looks at Elliot’s hoodie. GIDEON What’d we say about the dress code? Elliot sheds his hoodie, revealing an oversized, button-down dress shirt underneath. He hates it. GIDEON Look over those logs and be ready this afternoon in case they have any questions. Angela sighs. ANGELA Okay. 8 INT. ALLSAFE OFFICES - HALLWAYS - CONTINUOUS 8 Elliot and Angela walk out. Elliot smells something on her. ELLIOT Did you start smoking again? ANGELA Did you not get my texts last night? I sent you exactly thirteen of them.

(CONTINUED) MR. ROBOT PILOT 8. 8 CONTINUED: 8 ELLIOT Yeah, sorry, I couldn’t make it-- ANGELA You promised me that you gonna try this time. 9 EXT. BAR - LAST NIGHT - FLASHBACK 9 Elliot nervously walks up to the entrance of the bar. Through the windows he sees Angela, laughing and drinking with friends. His hand goes for the door, but it trembles-- 10 INT. ALLSAFE OFFICES - HALLWAYS - BACK TO SCENE 10 ANGELA Stop thinking about something else when I’m talking to you. I hate when you do that. ELLIOT Sorry, I was thinking about work. ANGELA Maybe that’s why Gideon loves you so much. He thanks me all the time for bringing you in. But for some reason, I think you secretly hate it here. ELLIOT (V.O.) She was right. I liked most of the people, but our business-- a cyber security firm that protects corporations-- I can’t think of anything I hate more. ELLIOT No, I love it here. Angela shoots him a suspicious look before breaking into a smile. ANGELA I’m sorry. I’m just in a bad mood. I’m late on my last two student loan payments and I can’t get Gideon to give me a raise-- The slick, handsome OLLIE (20s) walks up and kisses Angela.

(CONTINUED) MR. ROBOT PILOT 9. 10 CONTINUED: 10 OLLIE (to Elliot) Yo, buddy. Missed you last night, where were you? ELLIOT Gotta go. Big meeting today. He disappears into the maze of cubicles quickly. OLLIE (to Angela) Did you find out what happened? ANGELA Yeah, he said he was working. OLLIE Come on. You gotta talk to him-- ANGELA We’re gonna be late for the staff meeting. OLLIE He can’t stand me and you know why, Angela. I can’t have that kind of negativity in my life-- Angela glares at him. Ollie points. OLLIE Exactly what I’m talking about. 11 EXT. NYU AREA - DAY 11 Elliot shiftlessly walks through the streets once again, big bookbag in tow. He eats fries from the bag. 12 INT. PSYCHOLOGIST’S OFFICE - DAY 12 Elliot sits across from his psychologist, KRISTA (40s). KRISTA What are you thinking about? ELLIOT Nothing. KRISTA You wanna know what I’m thinking about? First time you came to me...

(CONTINUED) MR. ROBOT PILOT 10. 12 CONTINUED: 12 ELLIOT (V.O.) I didn’t exactly come to Krista, I was forced here. But I do like her. Hacking her was simple, her password: Dylan_2791. Favorite artist and the year in which she was born, backwards. (beat) Though she’s a psychologist, she’s really bad at reading people. But I’m good at reading people. My secret? I look for the worst in them. 13 INT. ELLIOT’S APARTMENT - NIGHT 13 Elliot browses through Krista’s Gmail, Facebook, iTunes, eharmony profile. ELLIOT (V.O.) I know she went through a divorce four years ago. I know she was devastated by it and has been dating losers on eharmony ever since. A profile pic of a salt and pepper handsome gent. His name is listed as Michael Hansen. ELLIOT (V.O.) Her most recent foray... Michael Hansen. I searched for him online but nothing came up. No LinkedIn, no Facebook, nothing. Something about him bugs me, scratching that part of my mind again. But I’ll hack him soon enough, I always do. 14 INT. PSYCHOLOGIST’S OFFICE - BACK TO SCENE 14 KRISTA I know you’re not yelling like before, which is good. But I can tell you’re still holding onto it. We need to work on your anger issues, Elliot. You’re angry at everyone, at society-- ELLIOT (V.O.) Fuck society.

(CONTINUED) MR. ROBOT PILOT 11. 14 CONTINUED: 14 KRISTA I know you have a lot to be angry about, but keeping it to yourself and staying quiet like you’re doing, it’s not going to help you. There’s pain underneath. That’s where our work needs to go. Elliot says nothing. Krista leans in. KRISTA What is it about society that disappoints you so much? Elliot holds back as his eyes wander to the Apple insignia glowing off of Krista’s laptop on her desk. ELLIOT (V.O.) Oh, I don’t know, is it that we collectively thought Steve Jobs was a great man even when we knew he made billions off the backs of children? His eyes shift to the glass framed Tour De France poster hanging on the wall featuring Lance Armstrong. ELLIOT (V.O) Or maybe it’s that it feels like all our heroes are counterfeit, the world itself just one big hoax. His eyes refocus on the reflection of the glass frame, seeing that Krista’s browser from her laptop is on Twitter. ELLIOT (V.O.) Spamming each other with our running commentary of bullshit masquerading as insight, our social media faking as intimacy. Krista still eyes Elliot, waiting for him to respond. He returns his stare back at her, noticing the “I voted” sticker on her blouse. ELLIOT (V.O.) Or is it that we voted for this? Not with our rigged elections-- His eyes now notice the expensive accessories of Krista. Her earrings, watch, shoes, her Hunger Games book on her desk.

(CONTINUED) MR. ROBOT PILOT 12. 14 CONTINUED: 14 ELLIOT (V.O.) But with our things, our property, our money. I’m not saying anything new. We all know why we do this. Not because Hunger Games books makes us happier. Krista crosses her legs, still waiting on Elliot to respond. That’s when Elliot spots a prescription bottle next to Krista’s purse on her desk chair. ELLIOT (V.O.) But because we want to be sedated. Because it’s painful not to pretend. Because we’re cowards. Fuck society-- but I’ve said that already. He finally responds to Krista: ELLIOT Nothing. Krista leans back, frustrated she’s getting nowhere. ELLIOT Don’t be frustrated. KRISTA (confused) Why shouldn’t I be? ELLIOT You’re different than most. You at least try... you at least understand. KRISTA (intrigued) Understand what? ELLIOT What it’s like to feel alone. You understand the pain. You want to protect people from it. You want to protect me from it. I respect that about you. KRISTA Why do you think I know what it’s like to feel alone?

(CONTINUED) MR. ROBOT PILOT 13. 14 CONTINUED: 14 ELLIOT (V.O.) Shit! From her emails. KRISTA Elliot? ELLIOT I don’t know... Krista lets it go. KRISTA Let’s talk about last night. Did you go to Angela’s birthday party? 15 EXT. BAR - NIGHT - FLASHBACK 15 Last night, we pick up where we left off. Elliot’s hand trembles as he reaches for the door to the bar. He sweats as he closes his eyes and tries to force himself to go in, but can’t. The door opens, three people file out. Elliot quickly moves out of the way, avoiding physical contact at all costs. He takes a breath and looks through the windows again. Angela is happy, surrounded by friends, enjoying her birthday. Ollie walks up to her. They kiss. This is enough for Elliot to wrap his head in his hoodie and walk away-- 16 INT. PSYCHOLOGIST’S OFFICE - BACK TO SCENE 16 ELLIOT Yeah. It was nice. KRISTA Did you try to talk to anyone? ELLIOT Sure. I got a girl’s number. KRISTA (impressed) You did? ELLIOT She’s cute. She likes The Hunger Games. KRISTA (back to suspicious) You’re hiding again, Elliot. When you hide, your delusions come back. It’s a slippery slope. (off his uneasy shift) (MORE)

(CONTINUED) MR. ROBOT PILOT 14. 16 CONTINUED: 16 KRISTA (CONT'D) Let’s talk about the men in black you’ve been seeing. Are they still there? ELLIOT No, I told you, they’re gone. The meds you gave me are working. Krista doesn’t buy any of this. 17 INT. ALLSAFE OFFICES - CUBICLE - DAY 17 Elliot’s cubicle is as vanilla as a cube could be. He furiously codes on a Linux command line, earbuds plugged in. Ollie interrupts him. Elliot removes his earbuds. OLLIE Yo, man. Wanna do lunch today? ELLIOT Oh, um, yeah, I have other pla-- OLLIE Plans, yeah, that’s what you said the last three times I asked you. Look, bud, you and Angela have been close for a long time. And that’s even more reason why I want us to be on good terms. I just feel like things have been awkward between us, don’t you? ELLIOT I’m okay with it being awkward between us. OLLIE (scoffs) Uh, I’m not okay with that. Look man, I love Angela, and I want us to try to get along for her sake-- As Ollie drones on again, Elliot’s stream of consciousness interrupts: ELLIOT (V.O.) Am I that crazy not to like this guy? Among some of his Facebook likes are-- 18 INT. ELLIOT’S APARTMENT - NIGHT 18 Ollie’s Facebook likes.

(CONTINUED) MR. ROBOT PILOT 15. 18 CONTINUED: 18 ELLIOT (V.O.) George W. Bush’s Decision Points, Transformers 2: Revenge of the Fallen, and the music of Josh Groban. Must I really justify myself any further? (beat) His was the easiest to hack, password was 123456Seven. Ollie’s Gmail account. ELLIOT (V.O.) I witnessed his first “I love you” with Angela over Gchat. Profile pic of a trashy woman named Stella B. ELLIOT (V.O.) Then I witnessed the first of many infidelities with Stella B. 19 INT. ALLSAFE OFFICES - BACK TO THE SCENE 19 Ollie’s in the midst of his phony plea. ELLIOT (V.O.) I’ve thought about telling Angela, but she has shitty taste in men and I’m not quite ready to see what comes after this just yet. Plus, I can manage Ollie easier than the others. For now, anyway. OLLIE ...and that’s all I mean. I just want you to know that. I like you, bro. And I want you to like me too. ELLIOT I understand. I’ll try harder. OLLIE That’s cool, man. Hey, whenever you’re ready, I’d love to just...chill... Elliot cringes but forces himself to nod. Ollie puts his arm on Elliot’s shoulder-- but Elliot, not comfortable with the physical contact, brushes it away.

(CONTINUED) MR. ROBOT PILOT 16. 19 CONTINUED: 19 OLLIE Sorry, forgot about your no- touching thing-- Elliot ignores him and sinks back in his cubicle. Frustrated, Ollie gives up and leaves. Elliot goes back to typing. ELLIOT (V.O.) Truth is, I shouldn’t hate Ollie. He’s not that bad a guy. He’s too dumb to be bad. In fact, when I think about the really bad people... As if sensing it, Elliot peeks out of his cubicle. He sees Gideon greeting business SUITS. Angela is among the greeters. They take the SUITS around the office. ELLIOT (V.O.) E Corp. The largest conglomerate in the world. They’re so big, they’re literally everywhere. INSERT: Laptops, desktops, smartphones, televisions, nuclear power plants, farms, all with the Evil Corp logo. ELLIOT (V.O.) A perfect monster of modern society. The E might as well stand for Evil. In fact, after a thorough, intensive self- reprogramming, that’s all my mind hears, sees or reads when they pop up in my world. (beat) Evil Corp. Krista would have a shit fit if she knew I did that. But that’s what they are, INSERT: Evil Corp’s logo, which looks like the Enron “E” logo. ELLIOT (V.O.) A conglomerate of Evil. And now I have to help them. Angela forces a smile as they walk towards him. GIDEON ...we’ve got seven on-site engineers on your account plus a few off-site at the ISPs...

(CONTINUED) MR. ROBOT PILOT 17. 19 CONTINUED: 19 Elliot sneaks a peek at the head suit. ELLIOT (V.O.) There he is, Terry Colby, the CTO. TERRY COLBY looks around with a doofus smile. ELLIOT (V.O.) Even though he’s the head technology guy at one of the biggest companies in the world, he owns a Blackberry. Elliot’s eyes shift to Terry’s Blackberry on his belt. Terry looks at Elliot’s desktop with confusion. ELLIOT (V.O.) It also looks like he doesn’t see a terminal very often. He’s not a techie. He’s a moron. The suits, led by Gideon, keep on walking through the office. ELLIOT (V.O.) An arrogant moron. The worst kind. Elliot’s eyes return to his terminal, but a person from the pack lingers behind him. He’s good-looking, sharply dressed and has a rock star smile. His name is TYRELL WELLICK (30s). He reaches his hand out to Elliot. Elliot painfully takes it. TYRELL Tyrell Wellick. Senior Vice President, Technology-- Elliot quickly takes his hand back. Tyrell notices. ELLIOT I’m...Elliot. Just a tech. TYRELL Don’t be so humble. You know, I started exactly where you are and to be honest, my heart is still there. (looking at his screen) So I see you’re running Gnome. I’m on KDE myself. I know this desktop environment is supposed to be better, but you know what they say, old habits, they die hard.

(CONTINUED) MR. ROBOT PILOT 18. 19 CONTINUED: 19 ELLIOT (V.O.) An executive running Linux? But-- TYRELL I know what you’re thinking, I’m an executive, why am I even running Linux? Again, old habits. Elliot uncomfortably smiles. TYRELL It’s going to be fun working with you. I should join the rest of the group. Bonsoir, Elliot. He takes off with an earnest smile. Elliot turns back to his cubicle with a resigned sigh. ELLIOT (V.O.) Sometimes I dream of saving the world. Saving everyone from the invisible hand. He looks at Lloyd who is busy paying a Verizon bill online. ELLIOT (V.O.) One that brands us with an employee badge. Elliot eyes his fellow employees, all looking like enslaved serfs with their company badges hanging off them. 20 EXT. MIDTOWN - NIGHT 20 Elliot walks through the streets as GROUPS OF FRIENDS laugh while walking in and out of bars. Credit cards are swiped, dollar-tips are thrown. ELLIOT (V.O.) The one that forces us to work for them. The one that controls us everyday without us knowing it. But I can’t stop it. 21 EXT. ELLIOT’S NEIGHBORHOOD - NIGHT 21 A homeless man begs for change. ELLIOT (V.O.) I’m not that special. MR. ROBOT PILOT 19.

22 INT. ELLIOT’S APARTMENT - NIGHT 22 Elliot enters his messy small apartment. ELLIOT (V.O.) I’m just anonymous. I’m just alone. He drops some fish food in a small bowl belonging to QWERTY, a Betta fish. ELLIOT (V.O.) If it weren’t for Qwerty, I’d be completely empty. 23 INT. ELLIOT’S APARTMENT - NIGHT 23 Elliot crouches in a corner, crying hysterically. ELLIOT (V.O.) I hate when I can’t hold in my loneliness-- this crying has been happening too often, every other week now. What do normal people do when they get this sad? They reach out to friends or family, I think? He looks over and sees a YOUNG ELLIOT (8) sitting at the kitchen table. His MOTHER (30s), pretty but cold. She methodically smokes a cigarette. Young Elliot looks like he’s been scolded. His mother digs her nails into his arm-- ELLIOT (V.O.) That’s not an option. Elliot snaps out of his flashback. He crushes up morphine pills. He puts the crushed powder on a small glass table and cuts it with a credit card. ELLIOT (V.O.) I do morphine. Elliot snorts a line of morphine. He lies back down on the couch as it takes effect. He smiles. ELLIOT (V.O.) The key to doing morphine without turning into a junkie is to limit yourself to 30mg a day. Anything more just builds up your tolerance. I check every pill I get for purity, I have 8mg Suboxone for maintenance in case I go through withdrawals--

(CONTINUED) MR. ROBOT PILOT 20. 23 CONTINUED: 23 Elliot notices an Rx bottle on the table. It’s empty. His eyes grow wide. ELLIOT (V.O.) Shit! I’m out again. 24 INT. ELLIOT’S APARTMENT - MOMENTS LATER 24 SHAYLA (30s) hands over an Rx bottle filled with pills. ELLIOT How much? SHAYLA On the house. ELLIOT No, Shayla, not doing that. This is just a regular drug deal, like it always is. Elliot offers her cash. Shayla resigns herself and takes it. SHAYLA Fine. (beat) Oh yeah, so what are you up to tonight? Cause I tried to post something on your Facebook and couldn’t find you. ELLIOT I’m not on Facebook. SHAYLA Why not? ELLIOT Because I hate Facebook. SHAYLA (offended) That’s crazy. Elliot shoots her a look, “I guess I’m crazy.” Disappointed, Shayla pulls out two white pills from her pocket. SHAYLA Well... you wanna do these together then? Pure Molly. The last line piques Elliot’s interest, though his look is already regretting the decision. MR. ROBOT PILOT 21.

25 INT. ELLIOT’S APARTMENT - LATER 25 Elliot lies naked in his bed, smoking a joint, while a nude Shayla lies next to him, fast asleep. He wears a dumb look. ELLIOT (V.O.) Don’t ever make decisions when you’re on morphine. (off his phone’s beep) Instagram check-in for Krista at Pierre Loti. Okay Michael Hanson, time to find out who you really are. 26 EXT. PIERRE LOTI - NIGHT 26 Elliot, in a hoodie, walks by Bar None across the street. He pulls out his phone and uses the camera to zoom in through the bar’s big windows. The camera finally lands on Krista and Michael drinking. Next to the bar, two MEN IN BLACK are having coffee at a cafe. 27 EXT. PIERRE LOTI - AWHILE LATER 27 Elliot’s camera is still on Michael from across the street as he watches them kiss passionately. They part ways. Elliot follows close behind as Michael walks through the streets. Michael hails a cab. Elliot memorizes the cab’s number. He quickly dials a number on his phone. ELLIOT Yes, hi... I think I left my keys in one of your cabs-- Number 56Y2... sure. Elliot looks back at the cafe at the men in black. Suddenly, the MR. ROBOT bum from the subway walks up to their table, begging for money. Elliot shoots a confused look-- but gets interrupted when the operator returns. ELLIOT 306 Hawthorne. Thank you. He hangs up and returns his gaze back to the two MEN IN BLACK. Mr. Robot is nowhere to be seen. He lets it go for now. 28 EXT. 306 HAWTHORNE AVENUE - NIGHT 28 Elliot walks up to 306 Hawthorne as Michael begrudgingly walks his dog. It’s as if Michael has completely dropped his cheery, nice guy act.

(CONTINUED) MR. ROBOT PILOT 22. 28 CONTINUED: 28 MICHAEL Come on, asshole, piss already. He chokes the dog, causing him to YELP. Elliot charges from across the street. The cowed dog looks up sheepishly. MICHAEL GO! He goes to choke the dog again, when Elliot finally gets there-- ELLIOT Hey! Michael stops and turns. Elliot looks at the dog with sympathy, but then back at Michael. ELLIOT Can I borrow your phone? Mine’s dead and I need to call my mom. Michael reluctantly nods and pulls out his cell. He slides it unlocked with his passcode and hands it to him. Elliot takes it, immediately memorizing all the apps on his homescreen, specifically the Bank of E app. He dials his own number and calls. From within Elliot’s back pocket, we see his phone light up and vibrate. He hangs up, quickly deletes his call log. ELLIOT No answer. Thanks anyway. Michael takes his phone back with a shrug. 29 EXT. NYC SUBWAY - NIGHT 29 Elliot walks out of the subway station, smoking a joint. His phone immediately vibrates. ELLIOT Angela? Everything okay? INTERCUT WITH: 30 INT. ALLSAFE OFFICES - CUBICLE 30 Angela stands apart from Lloyd, who is desperately trying to tackle a tech issue on his desktop. ANGELA I need you to come to AllSafe.

(CONTINUED) MR. ROBOT PILOT 23. 30 CONTINUED: 30 ELLIOT You’re there? It’s three in the morning. ANGELA They attacked Evil Corp’s servers again. But it’s bad this time. It’s a DDoS attack. ELLIOT Did you call Lloyd? He’s on call-- ANGELA Yeah, he’s here. Lloyd slaps himself out of frustration as he types. ELLIOT Is he talking to their tech department? ANGELA He’s online with them, but so far, nothing. This is bad, Elliot. It’s been down for almost an hour. (lowered) I don’t think Lloyd can fix this. Look, Gideon just put me on this account. I can’t screw up the first week. I need you. Please. ELLIOT I’ll be right there. Elliot looks back into the subway. He tosses his joint. 31 INT. ALLSAFE OFFICES - NIGHT 31 Elliot races in. Angela walks up to him, panicking. ELLIOT Calm down, it’s only been an hour. ANGELA Yeah, well, an hour in Evil Corp’s time is like 13 million dollars in revenue. Approximately. Actually, I calculated that. That’s exactly how much they lost. ELLIOT Don’t worry, I got you.

(CONTINUED) MR. ROBOT PILOT 24. 31 CONTINUED: 31 They approach Lloyd who is sweating bullets in his cubicle. ELLIOT Lloyd, what’s up? No response, Lloyd is locked in on his terminal. ELLIOT Lloyd! Lloyd snaps out of his trance and looks at Elliot. LLOYD Elliot. This is bad. Worst DDoS attack I’ve ever seen-- ELLIOT Did you reconfigure the DNS? LLOYD Yes. ELLIOT Stop the services. LLOYD I already stopped the services, tried to reboot the servers, but they’re not coming back up. Dude, someone is straight up fingerblasting their entire network right now. Elliot gets to work at his own terminal. Angela checks her cell phone. ANGELA They just started reporting on the outage. Lines of code fly by as Elliot logs into different terminals, typing, checking, looking... Until he notices something really bad. ELLIOT (V.O.) Shit, this is worse than I thought. They’re in the network. Gideon storms in. Even though he’s angry, he keeps his cool.

(CONTINUED) MR. ROBOT PILOT 25. 31 CONTINUED: 31 GIDEON What’s the status update-- I thought we set up security protocols so this doesn’t happen-- where is the attack coming from? ELLIOT Everywhere obviously. USA, Finland, Thailand, Kuwait-- GIDEON Start restarting the services, load sharing, redirect the traffic and call Prolexic for help. Everyone takes their orders, but Elliot shakes his head. GIDEON What? ELLIOT I don’t think this is just a DDoS attack. (off their looks) I think they’ve got a rootkit sitting inside the servers. It starts to register to Gideon that this is bad. Very bad. ANGELA What’s a rootkit? LLOYD It’s like a crazy serial rapist with a very big dick. ANGELA Jesus, Lloyd! LLOYD Sorry! It’s malicious code that completely takes over their system. It can delete system files, install programs, viruses, worms-- ANGELA How do we stop it? LLOYD That’s the thing, it’s fundamentally invisible. You can’t stop it. (looking at the screens) (MORE)

(CONTINUED) MR. ROBOT PILOT 26. 31 CONTINUED: 31 LLOYD (CONT'D) All of their servers are timing out, none of them are coming back up-- Elliot jumps from his computer and takes over Lloyd’s. ELLIOT That’s because every time we restart a server, the virus replicates itself during boot up then crashes the host. LLOYD How are we supposed to bring up the network if we can’t restart the servers? Elliot sits back at his desk. ELLIOT We can’t. Which is what they wanted. By defending ourselves, we ended up spreading the virus everywhere. (beat) Only thing we can do is-- we gotta take the whole system offline. Wipe the infected servers clean, then bring them back up. A moment as the harrowing thought sinks in. Gideon takes out his phone, looks at Elliot. GIDEON You’re coming with me. (to Lloyd) Lloyd, tell everybody to start taking everything offline. (into the phone) The server farms, in Dulles... we’re gonna need the jet... He marches out with Elliot in tow. 32 EXT. TARMAC - DULLES AIRPORT - LATER 32 The private jet lands. 33 EXT. TARMAC - PRIVATE JET - NIGHT 33 Elliot and Gideon leave the private Evil Corp jet led by SECURITY and into a black sedan. It takes off. MR. ROBOT PILOT 27.

34 INT. SERVER FARM - NIGHT 34 Elliot and Gideon speed-walk into the loud WHIRRING of the large arrays of servers. Elliot scans the arrays until he sees the right stack of firewalls. He pulls out his laptop and jacks in. He starts furiously typing. Gideon walks back after talking to a tech. GIDEON They’re booting the network back up. Now, you’re downloading the logs, right? We have to know who-- ELLIOT Stop! Tell them to stop. GIDEON What? Elliot gets up and runs up to a NERVOUS TECH. ELLIOT Don’t start the boot sequence. You guys missed one. There’s an infected server up and running. Elliot points at an icon for server “CS30” on a monitor. He looks back at the tech. ELLIOT What’s the ETA before it hits this server? The nervous tech shrugs. Elliot goes back on his laptop and starts typing. Gideon joins him. ELLIOT Is the backup server up and running? NERVOUS TECH It's ready, but not configured for auto switch. Elliot plugs his laptop in. ELLIOT We need to redirect the traffic, need to switch DNS-- (to himself) You got this, you got this, you got this.

(CONTINUED) MR. ROBOT PILOT 28. 34 CONTINUED: 34 Elliot furiously types. Gideon walks closer. GIDEON Oh this is impossible. (to everyone) It’s almost at the bad server! Elliot sweats as he types-- finally, he finishes and enters a command. They wait with bated breath. Elliot listens to the whirr of the servers. ELLIOT We still up? Gideon looks at a network health monitor on the wall. He exhales a sigh of relief. GIDEON We’re okay. Gideon squeezes Elliot’s shoulder proudly. Elliot pulls away. ELLIOT I’m gonna take a look at the infected server. Give me a minute. GIDEON I’ll meet you at the elevators. Gideon leaves. Elliot continues typing. ELLIOT (V.O.) They must have left a mark or something. Every hacker loves attention. They don’t just do DDoS attacks for no reason-- That’s when Elliot stumbles upon a file in the terminal that reads simply: fsociety. He /dir’s it and unhides the file, 1 file shows: fsociety.dat.01. ELLIOT (V.O.) This is it? Fsociety? Is that supposed to be a joke? This was way too easy. They didn’t hide it well at all. A thought occurs to him and opens a new terminal window and connects to the new server. He searches for the same directory, /dir’s it and unhides the files, this time 2 files show up: fsociety.dat.00 and README.TXT. He opens the README and it reads simply: leavemehere

(CONTINUED) MR. ROBOT PILOT 29. 34 CONTINUED: 34 ELLIOT (V.O.) This note is for me. They’re telling me to leave it here. But why? It doesn’t matter, time to shut them down. Elliot steps out of the directory and types: rm fsociety/*. He hits enter. Are you sure you want to delete? He hesitates. ELLIOT (V.O.) Why can’t I delete it? (he can’t) I don’t want to delete it. I want it to stay. What’s wrong with me? He hits no to deleting it. ELLIOT (V.O.) I’ll reconfigure the access to the root directory so only I can use it. No one will know. He types quickly, looks around nervously. He closes the terminal and walks away. 35 INT. PRIVATE JET (MOVING) - DAWN 35 Exhausted, Elliot and Gideon sit silently together. Though Elliot is used to the all-nighters, Gideon isn’t. He has a glass of wine as he sits back, deep in thought. GIDEON Did you know that I’m gay? ELLIOT Uh...no. After an awkward pause, Gideon uncomfortably nods. GIDEON Consider this me coming out to you then, okay? It’s hard, because I don’t like to talk about my sex life. But my partner-- he gets very paranoid, he thinks I’m ashamed of-- He wants me to be more public about it. So, anyway, I’m gay. ELLIOT (awkward pause) Thanks.

(CONTINUED) MR. ROBOT PILOT 30. 35 CONTINUED: 35 GIDEON Yeah. Deep in thought again, Gideon sighs. Elliot notices the troubled look on his face. ELLIOT Don’t worry about it. Hackers have a short attention span. They’ll get bored, harass someone else-- GIDEON Evil Corp is thinking about leaving us. And, I don’t know if I can blame them... ELLIOT They could’ve called their other security teams. They called you. GIDEON Someone over there likes us, but Terry Colby, he’s getting the pressure-- and he calls the shots. Evil Corp is eighty percent of our business. If we lose them, that’s gonna be it for us. That’s gonna be it for me. Gideon takes another sip of his wine and leans back in his chair. He looks up, hopeless, unsettled. He looks over. GIDEON I feel like I can talk to you. I mean, more than the others, anyway. They share a comfortable moment this time. GIDEON I’m sure, in a weird way, you’ll be happy if we went under. (off his look) Oh, come on. I know you hate wearing those stupid shirts. As Gideon lists off the things he supposedly hates, Elliot finds himself sincerely worried he’ll lose them. ELLIOT Gideon? I promise I’ll find them. MR. ROBOT PILOT 31.

36 INT. NYC SUBWAY (MOVING) - DAY 36 Elliot’s drained face stares stoically out, trying to piece together the mystery of the recent hacks. He shakes his head. ELLIOT (V.O.) Evil Corp’s servers should be back up soon enough. I’ll take a look at the dat file. I’ll ask my IRC contacts about fsociety when I get home. I’ve never seen their name on the boards though. They’ve gotta be new. But they’re good-- Elliot’s train of thought is interrupted when Mr. Robot sits across from him, donning the same gas attendant shirt. MR. ROBOT Rough night? Shocked, Elliot’s eyes grow large. MR. ROBOT I’m getting off here. I think you should come with me. But, only if you didn’t delete it. If you deleted it, we got nothing to talk about. Mr. Robot stands and waits by the doors. Elliot sits there, paralyzed, not knowing what to do at all. ELLIOT Are you talking to me? Mr. Robot says nothing, but the empty car states the obvious. The subway finally screeches to a halt. Elliot stands as it stops. Mr. Robot walks off the subway. Elliot stands there for a moment, wondering if he should follow him. He does. 37 INT. SUBWAY PLATFORM - CONTINUOUS 37 Mr. Robot sits on the other side of the station. Elliot slowly walks over and sits next to him. ELLIOT Who are you? MR. ROBOT We gotta wait for the Q. ELLIOT Then what?

(CONTINUED) MR. ROBOT PILOT 32. 37 CONTINUED: 37 MR. ROBOT Then we’re going to Brooklyn, out by Coney Island. ELLIOT Why? What’s there? MR. ROBOT Obviously you’re gonna ask a lot of questions. It’s weird what you’re doing right now. I get it. (lowered) I can’t tell you anything until we get there. Mr. Robot pulls out a cigarette and lights it. ELLIOT You can’t smoke in here. (he ignores him) You’ve been following me. Why? What do you want from me? MR. ROBOT My dad was a petty thief. Never could hold down a job. So, he just robbed, convenience stores, shops, small-time stuff. One time, he sat me down and told me something that I never forgot. He said, “Everyone steals, that’s how it works. You think people out there are getting exactly what they deserve? No. They’re getting paid over or under, but someone in the chain always gets bamboozled. I steal, but I don’t get caught, that’s my contract with society. Now if you can catch me stealing, then I’ll go to jail. If you can’t, then I’ve earned the money.” (then) I respected that, man. I thought that shit was cool as a little kid. But a few years after that, they finally caught him, sent him to jail. Dies five years later, my respect goes with him. I thought he was free, doing what he did but he wasn’t. He was in prison. (looks at Elliot) Just like you are now, Elliot. But I’m gonna break you out.

(CONTINUED) MR. ROBOT PILOT 33. 37 CONTINUED: 37 Elliot shoots him a quiet, puzzled look. 38 EXT. CONEY ISLAND - STREETS - DAY 38 An impoverished, ghetto block. Elliot cautiously follows Mr. Robot down the street. An old Ferris wheel can be seen slowly spinning in the distance. They finally reach a rundown, boarded up arcade. The sign reads: FUN SOCIETY ARCADE (but the U and N are faded). Mr. Robot walks up to the door and grabs the key from under a dead plant. He walks to the back, gesturing Elliot to follow him. 39 EXT. FSOCIETY ARCADE - ALLEYWAY - CONTINUOUS 39 Mr. Robot opens the backdoor. Blue, green, and gray Ethernet cables run from all sides of the door. The sound of KEYBOARD STROKES and CHATTER emanate from within. Mr. Robot walks in. Elliot follows. 40 INT. FSOCIETY ARCADE - CONTINUOUS 40 An arcade with very few working games left. Using fallen games as tables for computers, four hackers type away: MOBLEY (30s) - an obese man with shaggy hair. TRENTON (16) - a nerd eating Ramen straight from the Styrofoam bowl. DARLENE (20s) - an aggressive yet striking hipster who chain smokes. She wears a fur coat and blue Ray Bans. ROMERO (50s) - a long, gray-haired hippie with a fanny pack. ELLIOT Why would you guys actually meet IRL? None of them look up, all of them with earbuds plugged in as they type away. A Depeche Mode song plays over the loud speaker. Mr. Robot gestures for Elliot to follow him around the corner, into the kitchen. He makes himself a glass of beer from the tap. MR. ROBOT Remember that hacker group O-Megz? They got outed by their own leader to the FBI, and six hackers went to prison for it. You know how they got ‘em? They went into the dude’s computers and tracked all of them down through e-mails, VPN sessions, chat messages, texts-- one guy, and the whole thing comes down. It’s what you call--

(CONTINUED) MR. ROBOT PILOT 34. 40 CONTINUED: 40 ELLIOT A central point of failure. MR. ROBOT (smiles) Right. Because they refuse to meet in person, they compromise each other every time they send so much as a smiley face. The rule here is, it’s done here, and only here. It ends when you walk out that door, and begins when you walk in. Our encryption is the real world. ELLIOT How do you talk to each other then? Mr. Robot walks over to the popcorn machine and starts eating straight out of it. MR. ROBOT We don’t. We come and go, work on the project when we can. ELLIOT (discreet) How do you trust them? MR. ROBOT I give them an exercise. If they pass, they join us. If they fail... ELLIOT (realizing) The DDoS attack...last night...you were testing me? Mr. Robot takes off his jacket as he smiles yes. Elliot peers back to the hackers. ELLIOT You said there was a project. What’s the project? MR. ROBOT That’ll come later. I just wanted you to see the place. They walk back into the main room. Mr. Robot sits down with the hackers, puts his earbuds in and slaps on a pair of sunglasses. He picks up a beast of an Evil Corp laptop and begins typing. Elliot stands there, unsure of how to proceed.

(CONTINUED) MR. ROBOT PILOT 35. 40 CONTINUED: 40 MR. ROBOT (pulls out an earbud) Not much for you to do without a CPU. 41 INT. NYC SUBWAY (MOVING) - DAY 41 Elliot’s mind swims in the mystery of what he just witnessed. ELLIOT (V.O.) I’m crazy. I have to be crazy. Because, that didn’t just happen, right? This is a delusion. Is this a delusion? Shit, I’m a schizo. 42 EXT. ELLIOT’S NEIGHBORHOOD - DAY 42 Elliot doesn’t walk the streets so carefully this time. ELLIOT (V.O.) Have I really lost it this time? No, no, last night happened. It was real. Angela called me. I was at AllSafe. Evil Corp’s servers were compromised. Those are facts, not delusions. I know, I know, I realize I’m saying all of this to an imaginary person-- but I created you. (takes a breath) I didn’t create this. 43 EXT. ELLIOT’S APARTMENT BUILDING - DAY 43 Elliot walks towards his building and sees Angela by the door, smoking. She quickly puts it out when she sees him. ANGELA Thank God you’re here. I was just about to go wait in a Starbucks. You live in a bad neighborhood, do you know that? ELLIOT I do know that. She shows him a BACK TO THE FUTURE II DVD. ANGELA Wanna get high and watch our favorite movie? You saved our asses last night. I thought Gideon was definitely going to fire me. (MORE)

(CONTINUED) MR. ROBOT PILOT 36. 43 CONTINUED: 43 ANGELA (CONT'D) Where have you been? I thought you’d be sleeping. ELLIOT I-- fell asleep on the train. ANGELA That sounds like such a lie but, whatever, I don’t wanna get into that right now. (then) So, you wanna do this? I miss Qwerty, I hope she still loves me. Elliot unlocks the door and they walk into the building. 44 INT. ELLIOT’S APARTMENT - DAY 44 Shayla rolls over, still sleeping, still naked. ELLIOT Shit. Angela, looking at Shayla’s tattoos, doesn’t register Elliot’s embarrassment. He takes her by the door and whispers: ELLIOT She wasn’t supposed to be here, give me a minute and I’ll get rid of her-- ANGELA It’s okay. This is great, Elliot. I’m happy for you. ELLIOT No, it’s not like that. ANGELA Well, maybe it should be. You know, it’s good that you’re... dating. Shayla shifts with a loud snore. ANGELA I’ll see you on Monday. We can do movie night next time. I promise. Okay? (re: Shayla) Have fun.

(CONTINUED) MR. ROBOT PILOT 37. 44 CONTINUED: 44 Elliot nods as she leaves. He SLAMS the door shut to wake up Shayla. She sits up abruptly, confused. SHAYLA Elliot? Oh shit, is it Wednesday? I have to move my car. ELLIOT Shayla. Leave. NOW. 45 INT. ELLIOT’S APARTMENT - NIGHT 45 INSERT: Google, news sites, IRC, blogs, hacker forums, etc. ELLIOT (V.O.) No mention of Mr. Robot anywhere. No mention of fsociety. Not on any of the hacker boards. Not on IRC, forums, blogs, no one’s heard of them. INSERT: Google maps on the fsociety arcade. ELLIOT (V.O.) Property was owned by Fun Society Amusement, LLC for thirteen years, owner was shot and killed a year and a half ago, no owner since. And the ownership history before that is sparse to nonexistent. This guy is good. Very good. Doesn’t matter. Their arcade network’s IP is in the dat file. That’ll be enough to turn them in. Elliot prints out the incriminating pages and files them in a white manila envelope. Elliot sits back down, looking at the Google Maps picture of the fsociety arcade. ELLIOT (V.O.) What’s your ask, Mr. Robot? 46 EXT. FSOCIETY ARCADE - NEXT MORNING 46 Elliot marches through the slums of Coney Island, back to the fsociety arcade. Outside, Darlene stands outside and smokes. She has fuzzy pink ear muffs on to protect her from the cold air. Elliot walks up to her. She doesn’t say anything. ELLIOT Hey man, where’s your boss?

(CONTINUED) MR. ROBOT PILOT 38. 46 CONTINUED: 46 DARLENE (shoots him an odd look) Cut the bullshit. When are you gonna give us back access to the root directory. ELLIOT What? DARLENE Dude, come on, I wrote that rootkit. I still have to put Colby’s IP in the dat file. Darlene shakes her head with disgust and flicks her cigarette. DARLENE Dickhead. She gets up and walks towards the back, leaving Elliot perplexed. Mr. Robot enters from the street, through the gate, holding a grocery bag full of goodies. MR. ROBOT Elliot! Good news, I scored the last batch of twinkies from Gristedes. Want one? ELLIOT She just called me a dickhead. MR. ROBOT (smiles) Yeah, that’s Darlene. (re: Ferris wheel) Hey, you like Ferris wheels? 47 EXT. CONEY ISLAND - FERRIS WHEEL - DAY 47 Elliot and Mr. Robot stand in a slow-moving, empty Ferris wheel car as it does its circular motion up. Mr. Robot looks down at the sparse crowd with a grin. He lights a cigarette. MR. ROBOT Ah, it’s beautiful. It gets better the higher up you go, you know. I love it up here. (then) You like it?

(CONTINUED) MR. ROBOT PILOT 39. 47 CONTINUED: 47 ELLIOT I’m here to tell you I’m turning you in. I’m giving them all the information. MR. ROBOT Let me tell you why you’re really here. Confused, Elliot says nothing. MR. ROBOT You’re here because you sense something wrong with the world. Something you can’t explain, but you know it controls you and everyone you care about. ELLIOT What are you talking about? MR. ROBOT Money. Money hasn’t been real since we got off the gold standard. It’s become virtual. Software. The operating system of our world. And Elliot? We are on the verge of taking down this virtual reality. (off Elliot’s silence) Think about it. What if you could take down one conglomerate? A conglomerate so deeply entrenched in the world’s economy, that too big to fail doesn’t even come close to describing it. ELLIOT You want to create another financial meltdown? Like the one we just had, but way worse? Why would I want that? Everyone would lose their money-- MR. ROBOT What if I told you that this conglomerate just so happens to own seventy percent of the global consumer credit industry? If we hit their data center just right, we could systematically format all the servers, including backup--

(CONTINUED) MR. ROBOT PILOT 40. 47 CONTINUED: 47 ELLIOT That would erase-- MR. ROBOT All the debt we owe them. Every record of every credit card, loan and mortgage would be wiped clean. It’d be impossible to reinforce outdated paper records. It’ll all be gone-- the single biggest incident of wealth redistribution in history. Elliot realizes what he’s talking about. To underline this, he sees an Evil Corp logo proudly displayed on top of a building in the horizon. ELLIOT Evil Corp. The conglomerate. (off his look) That’s why you picked me. Because I work at AllSafe. Mr. Robot hands him a slip of paper with an IP address. MR. ROBOT Tomorrow, AllSafe is going to get a visit from the FBI and the US Cyber Command. You are gonna modify the dat file and put Colby’s terminal IP address in there. ELLIOT Terry Colby? You’re gonna frame him? No one’s gonna believe that. I met him, he’s a moron. MR. ROBOT So are the FBI. Even if they don’t believe he did it, they’ll believe he gave someone access to it. ELLIOT He’ll just go to jail. What good will that do? MR. ROBOT You don’t take down a conglomerate by shooting them in the heart. That’s the thing about conglomerates, they don’t have hearts. You take them down, limb by limb. And as they unravel... (MORE)

(CONTINUED) MR. ROBOT PILOT 41. 47 CONTINUED: 47 MR. ROBOT (CONT'D) (gestures out to the people) Their illusion of control unravels. Elliot takes a hard look at Mr. Robot, questioning his seemingly altruistic motives. ELLIOT Who are you? Mr. Robot lights a cigarette. MR. ROBOT That’ll come later. Right now, you have a lot to think about. You have to change the dat file, put Colby’s IP in there. You do that, and you’ll have set in motion the largest revolution the world will ever see. Elliot’s look of doubt is all but whittled away. 48 INT. SUBWAY CORRIDOR - NIGHT 48 Elliot walks fast as a small smile begins to grow on his face. He listens to Neil Diamond’s “If You Go Away.” Elliot can’t contain the flurry of emotions pulsing through his entire body. Sensing Elliot’s excitement, a CHILD smiles at him. Touched, Elliot smiles back. The MOM, noticing the exchange, shoots a friendly look at Elliot. He stops short to see a billboard of a college student with a sad face. The copy reads: “How am I ever going to pay back my student loans?” Underneath: EVIL CORP 49 INT. ELLIOT’S APARTMENT - NIGHT 49 Elliot’s browser: HuffPost - Mortgage lenders now have more equity in U.S. homes than Americans. BBC - The global gap between rich and poor is at its highest level for 20 years and growing. NY TIMES - Debt Slavery, The New American Dream. He pulls up another browser window and logs into Bank of Evil’s site. We see that the account belongs to Angela. He clicks through her statements and lands on her private Evil Corp student loans. She owes $197,455.64. Elliot looks over at Mr. Robot’s slip of paper next to him. He opens a terminal window and accesses the infected terminal, then modifies the dat file. He opens the sublime text editor and begins typing up the report. MR. ROBOT PILOT 42.

50 INT. ELLIOT’S APARTMENT - DAWN 50 The final pages of the new diagnostic report print out. Elliot places the report in a blue manila envelope as a big smile grows on his face. 51 EXT. NYC SUBWAY STATION - MORNING 51 Elliot walks to the subway station. The MEN IN BLACK waiting for the bus sneak Elliot looks. Elliot stops to look at an ad for a blockbuster movie called VILLAINS, the tag line reads: Evil Always Wins. 52 INT. ALLSAFE OFFICES - CONFERENCE ROOM - LATER 52 Gideon, AllSafe account executives, FBI, Evil Corp execs, Tyrell and Terry Colby himself surround the expansive table. The blue manila envelope sits in front of Elliot. He’s sweating profusely as he swaps the blue back into his bag for the white. He shakes his head in disappointment. Tyrell Wellick notes the folder swap. TERRY COLBY So, what do we got? GIDEON So, if you take a look at the first page of your agenda-- Everyone flips over one page of their packet. Terry looks over at Elliot. Elliot nervously looks back. TERRY COLBY You’re the one who stopped the hack. (off Elliot’s nervous nod) The gals in analysis said this was a tough one. All things being equal, should have shut us down for days. So, you did good. ELLIOT Okay. GIDEON We should start with our account executive, Angela. Angela awkwardly waves. Terry isn’t impressed.

(CONTINUED) MR. ROBOT PILOT 43. 52 CONTINUED: 52 ANGELA We first noticed the breach at 2:07 A.M. Eastern Standard on Friday night-- TERRY COLBY You mean, Saturday? ANGELA Sorry, yes, technically, Saturday morning. TERRY COLBY Yeah, Angela, that’s what we’re here for. The technicals. Noting the condescension, Angela hides her anger. ANGELA Right, yes. Anyway, he arrived at the office at 2:35-- TERRY COLBY So, almost a half hour after the initial breach? Why didn’t anyone pipe in from their laptops? ANGELA It’s not protocol-- ELLIOT It wouldn’t have been secure if someone terminaled in on this. It was the smarter move to have someone come in so they can login on a secure line. ANGELA (annoyed) Exactly. Then Lloyd was able to-- TERRY COLBY Actually, one sec, hon. Terry gestures to Tyrell. Tyrell leans in and Terry whispers something in his ear. From the look on Tyrell’s face, it’s not good. He nods to Gideon to follow him outside. Angela looks like she’s gonna flip out. Terry looks out the window. TERRY COLBY You know, I always loved this view.

(CONTINUED) MR. ROBOT PILOT 44. 52 CONTINUED: 52 After the brief exchange, Gideon walks back to Angela and relays the message. Angela angrily collects her papers and walks out of the conference room. TERRY COLBY Now that that’s taken care of, let’s pick it up where we left off. ELLIOT What happened to Angela? She knows more about what happened-- TERRY COLBY She’s not gonna work out for us. Not on this level. We need to stick to the more tech savvy here. Now, let’s get to the heart of this thing, because I can’t sit here and look through a packet for the next twenty minutes. Who did this? Elliot’s eyes shift back and forth between the embarrassed Angela who is leaving, the blue manila envelope still in his bag and Terry Colby’s curious look. Elliot instantly gains courage. He swaps the white manila for the blue. ELLIOT I found the configuration file of the rootkit with a pattern of IP addresses. Once you decrypt it, you’ll know where the hack came from. CUT TO BLACK. 53 INT. ELLIOT’S APARTMENT - MORNING 53 Elliot hasn’t slept and it shows. He quickly checks his phone. Google alerts: 0. ELLIOT (V.O.) Nineteen days... no news, no arrests, no revolution. 54 INT. ALLSAFE OFFICES - DAY 54 Elliot walks in, he sees Angela ahead of him. He tries to catch up and say hi, but she walks away. He eyes the empty conference room. ELLIOT (V.O.) No FBI, Colby, Evil Corp. MR. ROBOT PILOT 45.

55 INT. FSOCIETY ARCADE - DAY 55 Elliot walks into the fsociety arcade, but it’s abandoned. ELLIOT (V.O.) No Mr. Robot. No fsociety. (then) I need to take my mind off things. 56 INT. ELLIOT’S APARTMENT - NIGHT 56 Elliot sits in front of his rundown, stickered up Evil Corp desktop as a command line program runs password checks with the keywords Elliot has inputted. A picture of Michael Hansen, Krista’s boyfriend, is pulled up. He’s on the phone. ELLIOT Hi, this is Sam from Bank of E security fraud department. Unfortunately, I have to inform you that your account has been compromised. MICHAEL (O.S.) What? What happened? ELLIOT First, before I can answer any questions, I need to verify some information. Are you still at 306 Hawthorne Avenue? MICHAEL (O.S.) Yes. Apartment 2C. Elliot types in the information. ELLIOT Great. And your security question, favorite baseball team? MICHAEL (O.S.) Umm...Yankees. Elliot types it in. MICHAEL (O.S.) I don’t remember this being a security question-- ELLIOT And lastly, your pet’s name...

(CONTINUED) MR. ROBOT PILOT 46. 56 CONTINUED: 56 A painful pause on the phone. MICHAEL (O.S.) Flipper. Whom am I speaking to? Can I get your name and num-- Elliot hangs up as he types it in. ELLIOT (V.O.) With those details plus a dictionary brute-force attack, it’ll take my program maybe two minutes to crack his password. While he waits, Elliot goes on Facebook and looks up Angela. He scans through the pictures of her and Ollie. Christmas vacations, Halloween, beach parties, barbecues, etc. ELLIOT (V.O.) What I wouldn’t give to be normal. To live in that bubble, the reality of the naive. He switches Facebook accounts to Krista, his therapist. More happy pictures of families, vacations, friends. ELLIOT (V.O.) That’s how I justify this. To keep their optimism intact. To protect them. His password program BEEPS. He switches screens hurriedly and discovers the program didn’t come up with a single match. ELLIOT (V.O.) How? He’s too old to have a complicated password. It had to have been a combination of these things. Elliot puts his head down and thinks, like he’s praying. ELLIOT (V.O.) I’m missing something. I’m missing something. I’m missing something. He closes his eyes. He slouches as he rocks back and forth in his chair. His leg twitches rapidly as he mumbles thoughts to himself. Finally, he looks up at his screen. ELLIOT (V.O.) Michael Hansen isn’t his real name. MR. ROBOT PILOT 47.

57 EXT. 306 HAWTHORNE AVENUE - NIGHT 57 Michael walks down his street carrying a baby in his stroller. His WIFE walks next to him. They exchange words before she heads into the corner convenience store and he walks towards their apartment building. Elliot sits on his stoop, in his hoodie, smoking a cigarette, waiting for him. Elliot’s silhouette takes Michael by surprise. ELLIOT Lenny Shannon? Michael Hansen? Which one are you playing right now? MICHAEL (confused) Who the f-- ELLIOT You’re gonna stop seeing Krista. The sound of her name immediately makes Michael’s eyes grow wide. Elliot stands and faces him. The baby cries. ELLIOT You’re gonna break up with her and never see her again. MICHAEL (recognizing him) You’re the guy that used my phone-- ELLIOT You cheated on your current wife with seven different women and I have digital proof of all of it. Stunned, Michael remains still. His wife stands in line at the checkout. ELLIOT Ashley Madison, online escorts, fake Facebook pages. I own it all. And if you don’t stop seeing her, your wife will know everything along with the police. MICHAEL The police? ELLIOT One of the escorts was fifteen.

(CONTINUED) MR. ROBOT PILOT 48. 57 CONTINUED: 57 Elliot shows a picture of her on his phone. Michael puts his head down with a wince. The baby screams. ELLIOT (V.O.) That fifteen part I made up. But he did have a proclivity for young escorts that helped the lie. ELLIOT But I’m not going to do any of that as long as you break up with Krista. Tonight. Michael looks up at him, now out of fear. His wife is putting away her wallet and is about to walk out. MICHAEL Done. ELLIOT You’re also gonna tell her the truth. That you’re married, you cheat on your wife, you hire hookers. That you never had any intention of being serious with her. MICHAEL Why? That would destroy her. She thinks we’re in... love. ELLIOT (V.O.) Exactly. Krista needs to avoid dickheads like you in the future. Her radar needs fixing. ELLIOT I’ll know if you skip any detail, so don’t. Michael nods quickly as his wife exits the store. ELLIOT And one more thing. I’m gonna need something from you. 58 INT. ELLIOT’S APARTMENT - NIGHT 58 Elliot brings Michael’s dog, Flipper, home. ELLIOT I like you, Flipper. You’re cool.

(CONTINUED) MR. ROBOT PILOT 49. 58 CONTINUED: 58 Elliot gives him some food. 59 INT. ELLIOT’S APARTMENT - NIGHT 59 Elliot is on his computer burning a CD while he’s deleting Michael Hansen’s files from his computer. The folder he’s copying is called MICHAEL HANSEN. ELLIOT (V.O.) I never want to be right about my hacks, but people always find a way to disappoint. Once the burn is complete, he pulls out a sharpie and labels it PINK FLOYD - WISH YOU WERE HERE. He grabs a large CD Case from underneath his bed and flips it open. Several other CDs labeled everything from the BEATLES to ZEPPELIN are in there. ELLIOT (V.O.) Michael Hanson now gets filed away among the others. Forever buried in my digital cemetery. He files the newly fake-labeled CD and sends the envelope back under his bed. 60 INT. PSYCHOLOGIST’S OFFICE - DAY 60 Elliot sits in his usual chair. He looks at Krista, who looks disheveled and completely out of it. ELLIOT (V.O.) The look of disillusionment. He told her. She cried all night. Now comes the sadness. I don’t like seeing her sad. ELLIOT You okay? KRISTA Sorry. Go on. ELLIOT I think Angela blames me for what happened at the Evil Corp meeting. What do I do? I need to talk to her. KRISTA I think you just answered your own question. Talk to her.

(CONTINUED) MR. ROBOT PILOT 50. 60 CONTINUED: 60 ELLIOT She won’t respond to any of my texts or emails-- KRISTA Go to her, in person. Tell her you need to talk. Communication is key, Elliot. Real human interaction. That’s what’s important for you right now. 61 INT. ALLSAFE OFFICES - LATER 61 Elliot ambushes Angela as she enters the office. She immediately turns away when she sees him. ELLIOT Do you... do you think we can talk? ANGELA What? ELLIOT You won’t talk to me. You haven’t talked to me since the meeting-- ANGELA I don’t want to talk to you, because I feel embarrassed. Every time I think about what happened. It’s fine, I’ll get over it. ELLIOT It’s been three weeks-- ANGELA I have to get back to work. ELLIOT You’re just going to ignore me? Angela stops and faces him: ANGELA You didn’t have to stick up for me in there. I know you were trying to help, but just don’t do it again. Even if I’m losing. Let me lose. Okay? (off his confused look) Don’t look confused, just say okay.

(CONTINUED) MR. ROBOT PILOT 51. 61 CONTINUED: 61 Elliot nods. She puts her head down, disappointed in herself. Though this is awkward for him, Elliot slowly hugs her. ANGELA Elliot... A momentary hesitation as they eye each other. The moment quickly feels like it could be a kiss. But then Elliot realizes Angela’s eyes are looking behind him. He turns. ON A TV MOUNTED ON THE WALL, CNBC PLAYS: Terry Colby is arrested by FBI and taken into custody. A CNBC banner reads: BREAKING - CTO of Evil Corp, Terry Colby, has been arrested for his alleged role in Evil’s high-profile hacking. Elliot’s eyes go wide. NEWS REPORTER FBI agents claim that Colby either used hacking groups or worked in conjunction with them to pressure Evil Corp during his contract negotiations. After a long and exhaustive investigation, sources close to the FBI have confirmed that the hacks were in part tied to Colby’s terminal. Everyone in the office starts peeking out of their cubicle to watch the news. Elliot is blown away. 62 EXT. TIMES SQUARE - DAY 62 Elliot walks down the street, no longer in a zombified, shiftless state-- but with life and purpose. He looks at his phone’s news alert: EVIL CORP’S STOCK DOWN ON NEWS OF CYBERCRIME. ELLIOT (V.O.) It’s happening. It’s happening. It’s happening. It’s happening. Elliot stops in Times Square and looks at the TV’s around him announcing news of the disastrous Evil Corp scandal. He stretches his arms out like he’s just won the gold-- an escalade screeches to a halt in front of him. A MAN IN BLACK jumps out and opens the door. Elliot’s smile is long gone. MAN IN BLACK Sir, step inside the car.

(CONTINUED) MR. ROBOT PILOT 52. 62 CONTINUED: 62 Other MEN IN BLACK stand behind Elliot. Sweating immediately, Elliot even notices POLICE looking the other way. MAN IN BLACK Sir. Get inside the vehicle. Now. Helpless, Elliot slowly climbs in. The Escalade peels out. 63 EXT. EVIL CORP HEADQUARTERS - DAY 63 An Escalade screeches to a halt in front of the headquarters. Elliot is ushered into the building by the MEN IN BLACK. 64 INT. SKY RISE - ELEVATOR (MOVING) - DAY 64 A nervous wreck, Elliot stands in the high speed elevator as it quickly climbs several stories into the air. The elevator DINGS when it reaches the top floor. The MAN IN BLACK by the doors opens the digital latch with his phone. The doors open and almost immediately we hear LOUD ARGUING. MAN IN BLACK Go ahead. (off of his non-response) Sir, go on in. 65 INT. SKY RISE - TOP FLOOR - CONTINUOUS 65 Elliot enters alone. He sees a number of MEN circle around a grand conference table. We only see their silhouettes, as they bicker and argue with one another. Elliot’s silhouette now joins them, dead center in the mess of black outlines. Their arguing hushes into an abrupt silence. The dark shadows now face Elliot, Tyrell Wellick among them. What follows is the longest silence of Elliot’s life, then-- TYRELL WELLICK Bonsoir, Elliot. ELLIOT (V.O.) Please tell me you’re seeing this too... Loud, violent jazz RISES again as we push into the darkness of the menacing silhouettes, until the screen is filled with... BLACK.

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