{"id":4861,"date":"2016-07-14T12:39:10","date_gmt":"2016-07-14T04:39:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/people.utm.my\/murtadha\/2016\/07\/14\/mr-robot-season-2-could-be-as-captivating-thrilling-and-jarring-as-its-first\/"},"modified":"2016-07-14T12:39:10","modified_gmt":"2016-07-14T04:39:10","slug":"mr-robot-season-2-could-be-as-captivating-thrilling-and-jarring-as-its-first","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/murtadha\/2016\/07\/14\/mr-robot-season-2-could-be-as-captivating-thrilling-and-jarring-as-its-first\/","title":{"rendered":"&#039;Mr. Robot&#039; Season 2 could be as captivating, thrilling and jarring as its first"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Https%3a%2f%2fblueprint-api-production.s3.amazonaws.com%2fuploads%2fcard%2fimage%2f142266%2fnup_172825_0518\" src=\"http:\/\/i.amz.mshcdn.com\/4xjqG8R3-Nw1_Dkh6BzeVCJtkKM=\/575x323\/https%3A%2F%2Fblueprint-api-production.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fuploads%2Fcard%2Fimage%2F142266%2FNUP_172825_0518.JPG\" \/><\/p>\n<div style=\"float: right;width: 50px\"><a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/share?via=Mashable&amp;text=%27Mr.+Robot%27+Season+2+could+be+as+captivating%2C+thrilling+and+jarring+as+its+first&amp;url=http%3A%2F%2Fmashable.com%2F2016%2F07%2F13%2Fmr-robot-season-2-review%2F%3Futm_campaign%3DMash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial%26utm_cid%3DMash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial\" style=\"margin: 10px\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Feed-tw\" border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/a.amz.mshcdn.com\/assets\/feed-tw-f7c0a094d16b7ee7c91a1e50839a8e00.jpg\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=http%3A%2F%2Fmashable.com%2F2016%2F07%2F13%2Fmr-robot-season-2-review%2F%3Futm_campaign%3DMash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial%26utm_cid%3DMash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&amp;src=sp\" style=\"margin: 10px\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Feed-fb\" border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/a.amz.mshcdn.com\/assets\/feed-fb-c0a21e8841794479b8086c32c6f24ba1.jpg\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div>\n<p>It doesn&#8217;t take long for <em>Mr. Robot<\/em> to establish just how dark its sophomore season will be.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Its two-episode premiere brims with cringe-inducing scenes. Like Elliot Alderson (Rami Malek) standing hunched over \u2014 head tilted, eyes bulging \u2014 and laughing maniacally like something out of <em>One Flew Over the Cuckoo&#8217;s Nest. <\/em>Or that same Elliot taking a bullet point-blank to the forehead, only to stand up seconds later while oozing blood down his face, deadpanning the line, &#8220;Are you done?&#8221;<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>SEE ALSO: <a href=\"http:\/\/mashable.com\/2016\/06\/06\/mr-robot-decoded-season-2\/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&amp;utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial\">Hackers, experts decode the magic of &#8216;Mr. Robot&#8217; ahead of Season 2<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>None of it makes sense \u2014 and it&#8217;s not supposed to. At least not yet. These are the same kind of mind-numbing twists and turns that made USA Network&#8217;s breakout hacker drama a hit. 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