BSTV Mr Robot Awards Ceremony

Posted on Thursday, Jan 30, 2020
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Show Notes

Mr Robot Awards Ceremony

Categories

Best season

Scott

  • Runner Up 1: Season 3
  • Runner Up 2: Season 1
  • Winner: Season 4

Vic

  • Runner Up 1: Season 1
  • Runner Up 2: Season 3
  • Winner: Season 4

Best Main Character

Scott

  • Runner Up 1: Mr Robot
  • Runner Up 2: Elliot
  • Winner: Darlene

Vic

  • Runner Up 1: Mr Robot
  • Runner Up 2: Darlene
  • Winner: Elliot/Mastermind

Best Supporting Character

Scott

  • Runner Up 1: Krista
  • Runner Up 2: Vera
  • Winner: Trenton and Mobley

Vic

  • Runner Up 1: Vera
  • Runner Up 2: Irving
  • Winner: Leon

Best Opening

Scott

  • Runner Up 1: Hello Friend S01E01
  • Runner Up 2: “We don’t have to talk”
  • Winner: Knight Rider

Vic

  • Runner Up 1: S2E6 The Sitcom Episode
  • Runner Up 2: Knight Rider
  • Winner: Hello Friend S01E01

Best Scene

Scott

  • Runner Up 1: Elliot gets pushed off the pier onto the rocks
  • Runner Up 2: Dark Army shoots a wonderful late night cafe
  • Winner: Virtual Realty break in

Vic

  • Runner Up 1: The virtual realty break in Sequence
  • Runner Up 2: the police chase after the break in
  • Winner: Elliot coming to terms with childhood abuse with Vera and Krista

Best Plot Twist

Scott

  • Runner Up 1: Flipper s#^+s the bed
  • Runner Up 2: “I am your father”
  • Winner: The original Mr Robot/Elliot reveal.

Vic

  • Runner Up 1: The fact that he’d been in prison most of season 2
  • Runner Up 2: Stage 2 during season 3.
  • Winner: The original Mr Robot/Elliot reveal.

Favorite Episode

Scott

  • Runner Up 1: “eps3.6_fredrick+tanya.chk” - trenton and mobley die
  • Runner Up 2: “eps2.8_h1dden-pr0cess.axx” – dark army shoots up a diner
  • Winner: It’s Okay We don’t have to talk

Vic

  • Runner Up 1: It’s Okay We don’t have to talk
  • Runner Up 2: the sitcom episode from season 2
  • Winner: Elliot coming to terms with childhood abuse with Vera and Krista

Best Unexpected Violent Death

Scott

  • Runner Up 1: Trenton and Mobley
  • Runner Up 2: The DA shooting up a diner to get Darlene, Cisco & Dom
  • Winner: Santiago role plays firewood with an axe to the chest

Vic

  • Runner Up 1: The DA shooting up a diner to get Darlene, Cisco & Dom
  • Runner Up 2: Darlene killing Susan Jacobs with the taser
  • Winner: Santiago role plays firewood with an axe to the chest

Best Stylistic moment or episode (Episodes that stray from traditional TV storytelling)

Scott

  • Runner Up 1: 407 Proxy Authentication Required (The reveal about Elliot’s father)
  • Runner Up 2: “eps2.1_k3rnel-pan1c.ksd” - Elliot drinks concrete
  • Winner: 405 Method Not Allowed (we don’t have to talk)

Vic

  • Runner Up 1: eps2.4_m4ster-s1ave.aes (the sitcom episode)
  • Runner Up 2: 407 Proxy Authentication Required (The reveal about Elliot’s father)
  • Winner: 405 Method Not Allowed (we don’t have to talk)

Most unlikely hero moments

Scott

  • Runner Up 1: Dom & Lucky Irish Bastard own two DA Enforcement squads
  • Runner Up 2: Irving axes the FBI guy, which is both wonderful and terrible.
  • Winner: Leon stabs a dude in the bunghole.

Vic

  • Runner Up 1: Krista Stabbing Vera
  • Runner Up 2: Darlene mass redistributing the DA wealth
  • Winner: Dom & Lucky Irish Bastard own two DA Enforcement squads

Biggest Unresolved Loose Ends (Things we still wonder about)

Scott

  • Runner Up 1: All the stupid side characters like Irving. Why? What’s their deal?
  • Runner Up 2: White Rose’s machine
  • Winner: What’s the real Elliot really like????

Vic

  • Runner Up 1: What’s the real Elliot really like????
  • Runner Up 2: Tyrell Wellick
  • Winner: White Rose’s machine

Best Resolved Story Lines or Character Arcs

Scott

  • Runner Up 1: Janice died. I approved.
  • Runner Up 2: Dom sleeps on the plane. A steroid man glares angrily.
  • Winner: Elliot and Darlene’s relationship.

Vic

  • Runner Up 1: Elliot and Darlene’s relationship.
  • Runner Up 2: Dom Sleeps on the plane.
  • Winner: Elliots DID origin and reintegration.

Best Mr. Robot podcast

Scott

  • Runner Up 1: Bubblesort TV
  • Runner Up 2: Bubblesort TV
  • Winner: Bubblesort TV

Vic

  • Runner Up 1: Bubblesort TV
  • Runner Up 2: Bubblesort TV
  • Winner: Bubblesort TV

Best USA network show called Mr. Robot

Scott

  • Runner Up 1: Mr. Robot
  • Runner Up 2: Mr. Robot
  • Winner: Mr. Robot

Vic

  • Runner Up 1: Mr. Robot
  • Runner Up 2: Mr. Robot
  • Winner: Mr. Robot

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Hosts

Scott Willsey

Scott Willsey

Scott is an old school semiconductor guy and co-host of BubbleSort and many episodes of BubbleSort TV. You can read about his nerd interests at ScottWillsey.com.

Vic Hudson

Vic Hudson

Vic is the host of the App Story Podcast and cohost of most things BubbleSort.