9.051 minSeason 4 • Episode 13
LatestGoodbye, Friend
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.
Acting
Rami Malek's eyes alone deserve their own Emmy category.
Direction
Sam Esmail's obsessive framing makes every shot a statement.
Writing
The twist that redefined what TV could do with perspective.
Creator
Sam Esmail
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Rami Malek's bug-eyed stare became so iconic that he struggled to book comedy roles afterward. The show also predicted real corporate hacks before they happened.
The 'fuck society' monologue launched a thousand Reddit threads and accidentally became the anthem for disaffected tech workers who missed that the show was critiquing them too.
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