'' Mr. Robot'' is an American drama–thriller television series created by

Sam Esmail Sam Esmail (born September 17, 1977) is an American film and television producer, director, and screenwriter who runs the production company Esmail Corp. He is best known as the creator, writer and director of the award-winning USA Network televi ...

. It stars

Rami Malek Rami Said Malek (; , ; born May 12, 1981) is an American actor. He is known for portraying computer hacker Elliot Alderson in the USA Network television series '' Mr. Robot'' (2015–2019), for which he received the Primetime Emmy Award for Ou ...

as Elliot Alderson, a

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engineer and

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who has

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and

clinical depression Major depressive disorder (MDD), also known as clinical depression, is a mental disorder characterized by at least two weeks of pervasive low mood, low self-esteem, and loss of interest or pleasure in normally enjoyable activities. Introdu ...

. Alderson is recruited by an

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known as "Mr. Robot", played by

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, to join a group of

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. The group aims to cancel all debts by attacking the large conglomerate E Corp. The pilot premiered on multiple online and

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services on May 27, 2015.

Series overview

Episodes

Season 1 (2015)

First-season episode titles have a suffix corresponding to a type of

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Season 2 (2016)

Second-season episode titles have a suffix corresponding to a type of

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Season 3 (2017)

Third-season episode titles are in the form of coding library files, compressed archives and a torrent file, while the season finale title is in the form of a computer command (" shutdown -r").

Season 4 (2019)

The first ten episode titles are HTTP status codes in the 4xx range. ;Notes

Specials

Supplementary content

In June 2016, USA Network announced ''Hacking Robot'', a live aftershow hosted by

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. The first episode of ''Hacking Robot'' debuted after the season two premiere, with guests

, Carly Chaikin and Portia Doubleday and received 376,000 viewers. The second installment aired on September 7, 2016, after the tenth episode of the second season, and received 320,000 viewers. In addition, a weekly web-only aftershow titled ''Mr. Robot Digital After Show'' premiered on ''

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'' and

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's websites after the third episode.

Ratings

Overview

Season 1

The first episode of ''Mr. Robot'' was released across multiple digital platforms in advance of its first broadcast. It had a viewership of 2.7 million prior to the first broadcast of the episode.

Season 2

Season 3

Season 4

References

External links

* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Mister Robot Episodes, List Of Lists of American drama television series episodes