Mr. Robot
No part of Mr. Robot should have worked. It was a thriller about hackers…on USA…co-starring Christian Slater. How, then, did this become one of the best, most relevant shows of the year? Everything about it worked: the claustrophobic cinematography, the hallucinatory portrayal of New York, the indecipherable tech jargon, and most of all Rami Malek’s commanding performance. Creator Sam Esmail presented a mesmerizing portrait of loneliness and addiction in the digital age, and managed to comment on mental health and the necessity of grieving.
Mr. Robot sunk its claws into you and refused to let go, and the most compelling thing about it was that, watching its menagerie of damaged, haunted men and women, you saw something of yourself in them.
Best episodes: “eps1.0_hellofriend.mov,” “eps1.3_da3m0ns.mp4”