Eps1.6 v1ew-s0urce.flv/Summary

This was then: Elliot comes home and starts setting up a line of morphine, when he hears sounds from a new girl moving in next door, she calls herself Shayla, and dashes in for help: she needs a glass of water to save her black beta fish. She sits down on his couch, notices the line or morphine, and says to let her know if he wants a "top-shelf hookup." She asks his help in moving a dresser, and then they go outside.

Elliot and Shayla make sometimes-awkward small talk. Elliot asks if Shayla can get Suboxone, her supplier doesn't have it, but she knows someone else who might. They take a few steps in getting to know each other, Shayla making the most effort. Oh, and Elliot can keep the fish.

That was then, and this is now: Elliot meets with Krista, thinking it's been a month since Shayla died, and he's annoyed that he's starting to get over her. Krista has some forms for him to sign, they say that he has completed the time with her that he needs; Elliot thinks she's trying to get rid of him. He wonders how much time he's spent with her and not listening to her. Krista says she does want him to keep coming, "We've got a lot more work to do," but Elliot gives her the signed papers and walks out.

Angela and Antara Naya meet with four lawyers working for Terry Colby. Angela wants a meeting with Colby, with no lawyers but Antara, to discuss information that Angela won't divulge but believes is beneficial to Colby. The lawyers are sceptical, but agree to pass the offer on to Colby.

Elliot is in Gideon's office at Allsafe, and Gideon wants to offer Elliot some time off, to get over Shayla's death; Elliot feels he doesn't need anything. Gideon advises him to find someone he can be his "honest self with." Elliot spends a while dreaming: in the old days of the web, kids like him could find someone else's website, view the source, and copy it into a new website, easy; so, what if you could "view source" on people? He imagines the other people in the office, with signs around their necks: "I got a nose job", "I pretend to love my husband", "I'm empty inside." Elliot finds the advice to find an "honest self" silly, but he thanks Gideon and leaves.

Darlene and Mr. Robot are in a bar, she drinking and he reading a paper; he's impressed by a story about "the hacker group fsociety", it's like they made an impact, and he thinks they should get the Dark Army working. Darlene says she's tried, no go, they are experts and can't be hacked. Anyway, the tape backups are now in place, they have no way to get around that. Mr. Robot says he's got a plan in motion.

Elliot is in his apartment, burning a CD with all of his Shayla files. "This is all I have left of her. I will miss her. I need to wipe again." He unplugs the computer's components, pulls the memory sticks, the hard drive, and carries the memory sticks to the kitchen to microwave. Unnoticed, a microSD card falls from the pile in his hands, and his dog snaps it up.

Tyrell Wellick is meeting in his office with three of his executives, he's not paying much attention as they talk casually about budgets and earnings, and then gossip about lower-level executives who "go gay to move up the ladder", and others who "go cock jockey" for promotion. Tyrell looks like he heard that, and asks one of the executives about his children. After getting a response ... Tyrell yells "You're fired!" Everyone is stunned, silent, then they smile, it must have been a joke. Tyrell says, "You two as well. I'm making sure you all receive the minimum severance packages." When the executives ask what they did, Tyrell shrugs: "Nothing."

Angela walks into Antara's office, and learns that Colby's lawyers wanted a promise of "total immunity" before the meeting, and Antara has just arranged that. So Colby has agreed to meet privately with Angela. But Antara warns Angela, this may not be a good idea: she'll be in the home of a very powerful man, with a lot at stake.

Mr. Robot visits Romero at his home, he's been busy making up THC-based skin cream, he's got lots of clients. Mr. Robot wants Romero back into the fsociety project, but Romero considers it a wasted effort. Mr. Robot alternates between threatening and cajoling Romero, and eventually Romero seems to accept that he has to get back with the group.

Angela meets with Terry Colby at his house, and he is initially dismissive of her, just asking how much money she wants. She says she has information than can help him, if he can testify about the E Corp executive meetings that dealt with the hazardous waste issue. He is mostly obscene in his responses. He gets up to leave, but Angela stops him with the idea that, if he leaves, people will be left with the idea that he's guilty, and he'll lose their respect, and she is a way for him to get out of that.

Elliot has taken the dog, named Flipper, to the veterinarian. She scans the microchip on Flipper's back, to satisfy her housekeeping, and then she looks at the xrays: Flipper seems to have eaten something, perhaps trash, that is big enough to upset her insides. She will keep Flipper for a few days until it passes normally.

Angela is walking along the sidewalk, when her phone rings: it's Antara, Colby's lawyers called and said that Colby agrees to talk, right now.

Darlene meets Cisco at the library, and Cisco is still pissed, Darlene's attempts to lean on Whiterose left Cisco looking like an expendable foot soldier: she hacked into Cisco's system and used Cisco's credentials on chat to talk to the Dark Army. So he doesn't want to see her again ... but Dark army says the meeting's on.

Angela meets Colby at his house again, and he's going to provide the testimony, but he wonders what's in it for her? She doesn't actually answer, but asks again the question she asked before: was Colby at meetings where the hazardous waste issue was discussed? He says, yes, many of them. The issue wasn't a big deal for them, it wasn't a vile assemblage of gloating evil conspirators, it was just board meetings, people running a business. Sure, there was some realization that this wasn't the "right" thing ... but then they moved on down the agenda.

The executives of E Corp, and families, are meeting at night in a festive room, as Philip Price toasts Scott Knowles as the new Chief Technology Officer. People mingle, many getting in line to congratulate Scott. In the background are Tyrell and Joanna Wellick; he is steeling himself for something, and she encourages him as she sends him off. Tyrell meets up with Sharon Knowles at the bar, and she expresses disappointment at how he still seems sore about what happened a month ago. Tyrell makes a bold suggestion: meet him, tonight, in his office, or better, the roof, the back stairwell cameras are out. She doesn't reply, but walks away.

Angela is in Gideon's office at Allsafe, and she recognizes that she needs to be fired, but his concern is that her revelations will ruin Allsafe, nobody will want to do business with them. And Angela needs to feel for the fates of all the Allsafe employees that will go down with it.

Sharon Knowles meets Tyrell on the roof, and they banter a bit. She says she came to see if Tyrell was really as gullible as he seems, with her husband downstairs getting the job that Tyrell wants. Anyway, she feels he's playing the game poorly. He says Sharon really needs Tyrell because she's dissatisfied with Scott, but she feels Tyrell is just desperate to cling to any chance to stay at E Corp once Scott takes over. Tyrell grabs her and kisses her, and she kisses back. They go to the ground, kissing and groping ... and he wraps his hands around her neck and starts to strangle her. She tries to yell, tries to struggle, but eventually she chokes and is still. Tyrell gets up, panting and sobbing; he stumbles away a few feet, then comes back to wipe her neck with a cloth. Then he runs.

It's day, and Darlene meets Trenton outside: the plan with the Dark Army is back on, and Darlene needs Trenton to be back with the group. Trenton wonders what it is that motivates Darlene, and Darlene has no real answer, she just knows that somehow they've gotten together with the tools and the people to do the right thing, right now.

Cisco waits by a storefront until Ollie walks by, and Cisco follows. Ollie is put out of shape by this, and wants Cisco to get gone, but Cisco says Ollie is in no condition to complain: Ollie put a malicious CD into his work system, and Cisco and his guys know it. Ollie just wants out of whatever this is, but Cisco says Ollie has to do what he's told, or "the giant shit storm that rains turds will leave a trail of clouds in the sky spelling out your name." Ollie nods.

Elliot goes and meets Krista at her office, it's before office hours but she lets him in. After she confirms that what he says will be kept confidential, he admits some things: He's been lying to her. All along. He doesn't actually take his pills, but Krista doesn't either. He's been keeping track of her online presence: she bought a hazelnut latte this morning, she texted her sister about it, she's not good with money, she seems to be encouraging her Thursday 2:00 to leave her husband, she's tired of being dumped. She cries sometimes, just like Elliot. He says he doesn't just hack her, he hacks everyone, his friends and coworkers. But he wants a way out of loneliness, just as Krista does. "Is that what you wanted to hear?"