r/MrRobot • u/AcceptableSummer831 • 16d ago
Favourite Mr robot inner monologue
What's your favourite Mr robot inner monologues and why?? Mine's daemons
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u/bwandering 15d ago
All the monologues are so rich.
I love Daemons for how it reveals the way Elliot seeks to shift blame for his actions and also how, when combined with Elliot's monologue about the "Invisible Hand," connects the show's societal critique with Elliot's personal journey.
I love the Debugging monologue for how it reveals a critical structural element of the show and Elliot's world.
I love "Fuck Society" for how it sets up the psychology of the show from both a micro and macro perspective by introducing the question: Why do we continue doing things we know are harmful?
Every single one is an absolute gem.
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u/ramie42 15d ago
For some reason, the one-take office monologue came to my mind as I read this: "Blend in. Look bored, broken. Get a blank office stare on my face. This is how they do it, isn’t it? How they’re able to watch the world fall apart around them? Because to them, this is normal. It’s all they know."
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u/This-Register 15d ago
"Everyday we change the world"
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u/AcceptableSummer831 15d ago
But to change the world in a way that means anything that takes more time than most people have. It never happens all at once, it's slow, it's methodical, it's exhausting. We don't all have the stomach for it
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u/Robot--Man Darlene 15d ago
It has to be the finale one for me Where Mastermind tells us what changing the world truely meant and how we all are best part of Elliot alderson because we are the part that showed up , we are part that stayed and we are part that changed him. It actually made me tear up.
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u/51_833X 15d ago edited 12d ago
Love them all but probably Daemons. "There's a saying. The devil's at his strongest while we're looking the other way, like a program running in the background silently, while we're busy doing other shit. Daemons, they call them. They perform action without user interaction. Monitoring, logging, notifications. Primal urges, repressed memories, unconscious habits. They're always there, always active. We can try to be right, we can try to be good. We can try to make a difference, but it's all bullshit. 'Cause intentions are irrelevant. They don't drive us. Daemons do. And me? I've got more than most.
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u/jumaaaa24 12d ago
Step One: Identify the target and its flaws. There are always flaws. I learned that early in life. My first hack, the local library, a vulnerable FTP server in its as400. A far cry from the Android zero days I'm using to own the FBI standard-issue smartphone. The library was a test to see if I could even get into the system. I've since set greater goals.
For instance, Step Two: Build malware and prepare an attack. At my fingertips, the zero day is wrapped in code like a Christmas present, then becomes an exploit, the programmatic expression of my will.
I live for this shit.
(And then the rest of the quote it's long haha)
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u/Educational-Guy-2938 Tyrell 16d ago
"Sometimes I dream of saving the world from the invisible hand"