"Mr Robot Is the Best Hacking Show Yet—But It’s Not Perfect" Topic

"It's easy to be cynical about yet another hacker drama. Hollywood has burned us before with the overhyped and improbable BlackHat, the cliched and boring CSI: Cyber, and the ? Scorpion. Given so many cyberflops, the bar was admittedly low for USA Network's new hacker drama Mr. Robot to succeed. And yet it does despite a few missteps, a convoluted plot that mashes together several headlines of the last few years, and a spotty supporting cast of hackers who so far show no evidence of hacking skills.

The primary reason for its success is Rami Malek, who provides a spot-on performance as Elliot Alderson, a high-functioning, seemingly Asperger-addled vigilante hacker. By day, Elliot spends his days toiling as a computer security whiz protecting the corporate clients of his cybersecurity firm employer, Allsafe; by night he exposes child-porn perps and cheating boyfriends. Elliot believes every problem can be solved with a hack, and he almost makes you believe it too.

But that's the side story, not the main event. The latter kicks in after Allsafe's biggest client, the conglomerate E-Corp, is struck by what appears to be a massive DDoS attack (distributed denial-of-service), and Elliot is called in to investigate—only to find that he's the target of the perpetrators as much as E-Corp is…"
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Amicalement
Armand

I like it.
I particularly liked that the stuff they type into their command prompts isn't complete bull pucky.

What I did not like was 5min of show, 4min of commercials. Then 6min of show, 5min of commercials.

Yes, I timed it…

I quit watching for that reason alone – I'll wait to see it on Netflix.

My wife and I are enjoying it. Stupid name but I've recommended it to several friends already. I hope they keep it up.

I always record shows so I can skip over commercials. Otherwise, yes, it would be unbearable.

I agree completely. DVR baby!

Me too!.

Amicalement
Armand