If you missed âeps2.8_h1dden-pr0cess.axxâ (the tenth episode of the second season of Mr. Robot), and feel strongly about not having a few of its surprises spoiled, then do not read this brief but very positive post.
The star of this episode is Dominique "Dom" DiPierro (Grace Gummer), the FBI agent who is piecing together the puzzle of 5/9, the hacking event that brought down the too big to fail and jail E-Corp. For most of this season, Dominique has been hanging around doing not that much. Progress in the case has been painfully slow. Her bosses seem interested in playing politics and not that interested in solving 5/9.
In this episode, she realizes that a key figure in 5/9, Cisco (Michael Drayer), who is associated with China's mysterious Dark Army (Cisco is white and speaks Chinese) must be near a hospital he was last seen in. He was there with a friend. Both brought a wounded man (a foot soldier of the revolution instigated by fsociety) into the emergency room and, until just a moment ago, were waiting for word on his condition in the lobby.
Dominique leaves the hospital on her own, walks down a street, and comes a across bar/restaurant that's about to close. She gives a description of Cisco to an employee. She is informed that no such person was seen in the business while open. She learns that the only other restaurant that's not closed is five blocks away. When Dominique runs across the street, following the directions she has just received, we see that night has not yet fallen on New York City. There is still some light in the sky, which is deep blue with small black clouds. These are the remains of the magic hour.
We enter evening with Dominique, enter the end of things. This is the moment when the sheepherder can't distinguish between the dog and the wolf. The deep twilight blends friend and foe. Ghosts also roam this zone of uncertainty. What is living becomes confused with what is dead. The episode ends with a barrage of bullets and three possible deaths (only one is certain). The music in this episode is stunning and its images are all crepuscular. Everything we love about cinema (its defining stimmung) is filling the end of this great season of TV.