Mr. Robot Season 1 Episode 3 recap: Elliot finds his way back to FSociety

Mr. Robot is one of the more successful thriller series, running for four seasons from 2015 to 2019. The series follows the story of an introverted cybersecurity engineer Elliot Alderson (played by Rami Malek), who joins a group of hackers put together by Mr. Robot (played by Christian Slater) to bring down one of the biggest establishments in the world referred to as E Corp. Mr. Robot holds a Rotten Tomatoes critics rating of 94% and audience rating of 93%.

Mr. Robot’s Season 1 episode 3 titled ‘d3bug.mkv’ premiered on July 8, 2015. The episode sees Elliot learn that E Corp was behind the toxic leak that killed his father.

Mr. Robot Season 1 episode 3 recap

Tyrell’s obsession with the CTO position

Tyrell Wellick takes center stage in this Mr. Robot episode as he expects the coveted position of Chief Technology Officer for himself. However, he is in for a surprise when he learns that they have found another candidate. The news shocks and derails him. Unable to control his anger, he would pay a homeless man just to beat him up.

Following the last episode of Mr. Robot, where Elliot was pushed off the railing by Mr. Robot, he wakes up in a hospital, dazed, with Shayla and Krista Gordon visiting him. Elliot had hacked into the hospital records and changed his drug test report. He also owns up to the fact that he has been using morphine and agrees to get regular drug tests to avoid rehab.

Elliot returns to work at Allsafe, where Mr. Robot is sitting at his desk, awaiting his arrival. Mr. Robot and Elliot head to a nearby bar to discuss the events of the incident that led to Elliot being hospitalized. Mr. Robot shares that Elliot doesn’t need to be part of the FSociety anymore and can go and live an ordinary life.

Elliot invites Shayla to his boss’s party. He also low-key asks her to become his girlfriend. They meet Angela and Ollie and head to the party. Elliot feels entirely out of place. Nonetheless, wanting to lead a more regular life, he tries his best to fit in. He would tell Gideon that he was not sure about Colby, and it was the reason why he did not divulge the information about him.

Elliot heads back to FSociety

But as Mr. Robot twists go, Elliot learns that Colby was part of the cover-up that killed his father. Angela’s mother was also among the employees who were affected by the toxic waste leak. Mr. Robot has used the bug Elliot would rant about in the hospital and the information about his father to once again bring him to FSociety.

A hacker who had hacked Ollie’s computer a week ago blackmails him. The hacker asks him to corrupt Allsafe with the virus and threatens to reveal his affair with Angela. Ollie is reluctant and instead chooses to tell Angela the truth. Angela is scared as she suspects the hacker can get into her records. She decides to wait and see what to do next.

Meanwhile, Tyrell is searching for information on the new candidate. He has an intimate encounter with Anwar, the new CTO's assistant, and puts a bug in his phone. At home, Tyrell's pregnant wife advises him to gather more information about the new CTO so he can eventually secure the position for himself.

The episode ends with Elliot devising a plan to take down E Corp.

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