Finding your next obsession
Finding your next obsession

Control is an illusion.
A young programmer, Elliot, suffers from a debilitating anti-social disorder and decides that he can only connect to people by hacking them. He wields his skills as a weapon to protect the people that he cares about. Elliot finds himself in the intersection between a cybersecurity firm he works for and the underworld organizations that are recruiting him to bring down corporate America.
LUXEN Decision Guide
Mr. Robot turns hacking and corporate conspiracy into a psychological story about isolation, control, identity, and the stories people tell themselves to survive. Its visual style can be flashy, but the real hook is how closely the series keeps the viewer tied to Elliot's unstable perspective.
Best fit
Who it is for
A strong fit for viewers who enjoy psychological drama, tech-driven conspiracies, unreliable narration, and slow reveals that reframe earlier scenes.
Commitment
Long-form commitment · 4 seasons
Use the season and episode count to judge how much time you want to invest.
Start here
Read the synopsis, then check the trailer.
Treat Elliot's point of view as evidence rather than absolute fact; the series gets more interesting once you question what he thinks he understands.
The series

10 episodes
2015

12 episodes
2016

10 episodes
2017

13 episodes
2019
Cast
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