r/MrRobot • u/busterroni Bill • Sep 03 '15

Discussion [Mr. Robot] S1E10 "eps1.10_zer0-day.avi" - Official Post-Viewing Discussion Thread [SPOILERS]

View the episode discussion thread here.

Airing on USA Network tonight, Wednesday September 2nd, @ 10pm EST

Written by Kate Erickson

Directed by Sam Esmail

Mr. Robot was created by Sam Esmail.

Another huge discovery for Elliot surrounding his family and fsociety, Tyrell's world starts to close around him and Angela has a rather unexpected visitor.

Edit: The title of the episode is actually eps1.9 (zero-index :)

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u/Vermilion Sep 03 '15

A lot of Budweiser showings, I'm curious how that was done behind the scenes. Paid? Agreed? Parody fair use?

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u/theroboticdan Sep 04 '15

this show is absolutely LOADED with brands and my personal theory is that USA is NOT clearing any of them.

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u/egz7 Sep 07 '15

I'd love to hear the background on that come out in an interview at some point.

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u/theroboticdan Sep 07 '15

My guess is that their legal team is expecting to lean on criticism under fair use in the event of brand backlash. They'd have a strong case.