History YMMV / MrRobotS04E07

* SacredCow: Amongst many viewers, this is not only the best episode of ''Mr. Robot'', but one of the best hours of television '''ever''' thanks to its creative artistic merit in its play-like format and cinematography, some of the most ''relentless'' tension in the show, powerful use of Vera and Krista's roles in the story, and having [[SugarWiki/HeReallyCanAct undoubtedly some of the best acting on the show yet]], ''especially'' from Creator/RamiMalek. Fans and viewers often compare it to the unanimously acclaimed and equally [[WhamEpisode hard-hitting]] ''Series/BreakingBad'' episode "Ozymandias."

* SacredCow: Amongst many viewers, this is not only the best episode of ''Mr. Robot'', but one of the best hours of television '''ever''' thanks to its creative artistic merit in its play-like format and cinematography, some of the most ''relentless'' tension in the show, powerful use of Vera and Krista's roles in the story, and having [[SugarWiki/HeReallyCanAct undoubtedly some of the best acting on the show yet]], ''especially'' from Creator/RamiMalek. Fans and viewers often compare it to the unanimously acclaimed and equally [[WhamEpisode hard-hitting]] ''Series/BreakingBad'' episode "Ozymandias."
* TrueArtIsAngsty: Widely considered one of the best episodes of the show, it’s also undoubtedly one of its [[GutPunch darkest]] and quite possibly '''THE''' [[TearJerker saddest]].
* WhamEpisode: Probably the most heartbreaking one in the entire series, which is a statement in and of itself. Namely, [[spoiler: Edward is revealed to have been sexually abusive, and molested Elliot when he was a child, which led to Mr. Robot's creation as a guardian figure for him.]]
** The episode was such a wham that the show's Reddit board had several threads where [[spoiler: fans who are survivors of childhood sexual abuse]] [[SugarWiki/HeartwarmingMoments could talk about their feelings and past experiences after watching the episode.]]

** The episode was such a wham that the show's Reddit board had several threads where [[spoiler: fans who are survivors of childhood sexual abuse]] [[HeartwarmingMoments could talk about their feelings and past experiences after watching the episode.]]

* RealismInducedHorror: This episode basically depicted the horror of you and your therapist being trapped by your own stalker, being threatened, psychologically abused into remembering your childhood trauma and almost ending up ebing gaslit into StockholmSyndrome.

** And the ending is probably for the 2017 novel ''Literature/FinalGirls'' by Riley Sager. [[spoiler: Like Elliot, Quincy is forced to confront her real trauma and finds out that someone that she thought was a good guy turns out to be the bad guy. Both the villains Coop and Vera were obsessed with them because they are survivors and they share the same trauma. And later both of them get killed by getting stabbed.]]

** And the ending is probably for the 2017 novel ''Final Girls'' by Riley Sager. [[spoiler: Like Elliot, Quincy is forced to confront her real trauma and finds out that someone that she thought was a good guy turns out to be the bad guy. Both the villains Coop and Vera were obsessed with them because they are survivors and they share the same trauma. And later both of them get killed by getting stabbed.]]

* SpiritualAdaptation: Not confirmed but most of the episode's tones are similar to ''Series/You2018'' (mostly the season finale "Bluebeard's Castle"), especially the plot line where a psychopathic {{Yandere}} stalker (Vera and Joe) falls in love with a beautiful, shy and talented individual (Elliot and Beck). They later kidnap their object of affection and makes an excuse of doing dangerous and bad things to them in the name of "love" and claiming that since they both have a dark past and done terrible things, they are the same. Only difference is that while Beck is killed by Joe, Elliot survives and it's Vera who is killed.

* SpiritualAdaptation: Not confirmed but most of the episode's tones are similar to ''Series/You2018'', especially the plot line where a psychopathic {{Yandere}} stalker (Vera and Joe) falls in love with a beautiful, shy and talented individual (Elliot and Beck). They later kidnap their object of affection and makes an excuse of doing dangerous and bad things to them in the name of "love" and claiming that since they both have a dark past and done terrible things, they are the same.

* SpiritualAdaptaion: Not confirmed but most of the episode's tones are similar to ''Series/You2018'', especially the plot line where a psychopathic {{Yandere}} stalker (Vera and Joe) falls in love with a beautiful, shy and talented individual (Elliot and Beck). They later kidnap their object of affection and makes an excuse of doing dangerous and bad things to them in the name of "love" and claiming that since they both have a dark past and done terrible things, they are the same.

* DracoInLeatherPants: After this episode, there are some people who ended up adoring Vera, overlooking the fact that he is a rapist/murderer/stalker who was obsessed with Elliot and was willing to psychologically hurt him so that he is the only one Elliot could run to.