Skipped after the first paragraph where the author hilariously confessed to perceiving the “Intermission” gag as pretentious. Not exactly the sign of a developed critical mind or an appropriate sensibility for irony and tongue-in-cheek gestures that I’d expect from someone critiquing TV shows in the void that Andy Greenwald left behind. I hope The Ringer can do better in the near future.

Sam Esmail has some pretty big cojones to take a big swing and try to do something that stands out. It might lose him some popularity contests in the media and maybe even in the short term ratings, but I’m gonna spare myself the articles that cry that Mr. Robot isn’t more like everything else.