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Just checking in to say that this is my favorite show on TV right now. It's technical without being nerdy. The first episode was amazing, the second episode was great, but the third episode was just okay. Starting to lose track of some of the characters already lol. Am I wrong about there being a second hacker guy besides elliot who's hacking angela's boyfriend?
 

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Man...that latest episode was so...ehhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh.

They're making it waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay too obvious that the Christian Slater character isn't even real. Like, it was more of a mystery the first couple episodes, then screwed it all up this one where the one time he's actually talked to directly by someone...it's in a dream.
 

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I love the posts so far.

"Episode one was great, episode 2 was worse, and episode 3 was worse than that. BUT I'M STILL EXCITED FOR THIS!" There are lots of other shows I can watch if I want to see a decent show rapidly decline in quality. None of you are selling me on this.
 

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I also saw the latest episode. Fantastic piece of film making but it almost felt like a filler episode, or 15 minutes of plot and 30 of filler. For a series with 10 episodes this does not seem ideal.

I love the posts so far.

"Episode one was great, episode 2 was worse, and episode 3 was worse than that. BUT I'M STILL EXCITED FOR THIS!" There are lots of other shows I can watch if I want to see a decent show rapidly decline in quality. None of you are selling me on this.

Declined in quality, sure. But still great quality. My absolute favourite TV show, especially in the crime/somewhat grounded setting, is The Wire. For me the first episode was up floating around in that rarefied air. The later ones are not that good but it is still doing better than most other things I get a chance to see.

What I am wondering is if this show is a network show designed for binge watching. I saw such a criticism levelled against some of Netflix's original content and I am not sure it held for that but for this it might be more valid. In fact I might actually watch these last three back to back to see what goes.
 
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I love the posts so far.

"Episode one was great, episode 2 was worse, and episode 3 was worse than that. BUT I'M STILL EXCITED FOR THIS!" There are lots of other shows I can watch if I want to see a decent show rapidly decline in quality. None of you are selling me on this.
not a rapid decline in quality, just an amazing first episode, and several great/good episodes after.
 
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Great fucking episode (S01E04), incredibly well made and kept me interested the whole 45 minutes. Only thing I didn't really like was the cliche hacker girl but the whole drug-trip sequence, usage of Schoolboy Q, the soundtrack in general, writing and cinematography made for a great episode.

This is definitely the Person of Interest replacement for the summer for me.

 
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So basically they're a bunch of junkies who happen to be hackers also, hm.. didn't really like this episode a whole lot. The whole drug use is being pushed too hard, imo.

And I agree about Slater's character, it does seem that way.
 

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I do not follow. It certainly does not help make the characters sympathetic, indeed I imagine that is why the screenwriters gave him a dog, but none of that is all that unrealistic or otherwise implausible -- you spend your days questioning authority and whatever else it is that hackers do and questioning whether drug law/attitudes is all that logical is often the next logical step.
 

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I've rewatched episode 4 and wow, everything about it made sense whereas on my first go I didn't quite get it and I assume other viewers were the same case. I'm pretty excited for the rest.

Btw, I fucking hope they don't cancel the show it'd be a travesty of modern TV because there's really nothing like it!
 

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was pretty hyped for this during the first episode, but it gets pretty boring over time, don't like it that much anymore, gonna give it 2 more episodes before i quit watching this
 

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Episode 5 appeared, quite enjoyable. I think my earlier ponderings of "made for binge watching" came more true. Alternatively the first episode was just over a hour long and that might be the better format for this show if they had cut some of the filler ish content and merged the two.
 
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Really liked this episode and the whole exercise into social-engineering concept. That whole act in the Steel Mountain HQ played out sort of like a hacker version of the traditional "heist" scene and I think worked pretty damn well. And I guess they made it a little more ambiguous this episode as to whether Mr Robot is real to the whole "team fake" proponents considering he directly talked to people here.

And that whole scene with Bill was kind of hard to watch too.

 

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Great episode it was overall. Elliot went out of his social awkward way and made Bill feel like shit although he intended to apologise but his other side said not to.

Can't wait for this week`s ep!
 

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I do not know if this last one was quite as tight as the first but if the rest could be as good as this one then I would be happy.
 

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Loved it.

One thing that kept ticking me off was bleeping everytime someone said "fuck". So saying shit's totally fine but not fuck. *sigh* If it were on cable there'd be no problem.

Then again, how in the hell is it okay to show a dead corpse and guy getting his head blown but a curse word is a no-no. It's ridiculous. x_x
 

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It is an American show, you know how this goes.

Also they had no problem swearing in the pilot so I am not sure what went with this one, maybe it was the particular broadcast that was ripped.
 

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