The First Mr. Robot Season 3 Trailer is Here
It’s weird we went through the entirety of SDCC just two weeks ago without one single peek at the third season of Mr. Robot. But it’s here now; the first trailer with the first footage. Until today we didn’t know a single thing about what would happen next. And as of now….we still don’t. Well, you try to make sense of it:
https://youtu.be/CmtaZ8sOfbk
In typical Mr. Robot fashion, the trailer is little more than a big mystery. All the major players are confirmed to be back, and the events look rather dystopian — but is that what’s really going on? Nothing is ever what it seems on Mr. Robot.
I have to admit, after how Season 2 turned out I’m concerned for the future of this show. Instead of moving toward solving the mysteries that had already been established, showrunner Sam Esmail piled on a bunch of new ones. And the problem with the perpetual mystery format is that it inevitably disappoints you. See: Lost, The X-Files, the original run of Twin Peaks — all of these programs got tripped up in their own mythology and couldn’t concoct a satisfying resolution.
Mr. Robot is dangerously close to repeating those mistakes. There were some really strange and pretentious scenes in Season 2 and I fear Esmail will just double down on the weird, choosing to confuse people instead of tell a gripping narrative. If the show takes that path, it’ll start to lose fans.
But it’s too early to predict how Season 3 will truly go, especially now. Mr. Robot returns to USA October 11.