History Recap / MrRobotS04E04

* AllJustADream: [[spoiler: Don's liaison with her IRC hook-up.]]

* DeadlyClosingCredits: [[spoiler: The credits roll as Tyrell bleeds out in the woods.]]
* DeathIsDramatic: [[spoiler: Tyrell does not simply keel over from his gunshot wound; rather, he casually strolls into the winter fog as Elliot and Mr. Robot look on, and the fog seemingly swallows his diminishing figure.]]
* DisappearsIntoLight: [[spoiler: How Tyrell's death is presented.]]
* TheDyingWalk: [[spoiler: Tyrell bids farewell to Elliot after getting shot, choosing to die in solitude out in the wilderness.]]
* FaceDeathWithDignity: [[spoiler: After getting shot, Tyrell makes no bones about the fact that he is going to die. He instead requests that Elliot follow through with his plan to take down Whiterose once and for all, and walks away.]]
* GainaxEnding:[[spoiler: Tyrell, slowly dying from a bullet wound, finally comes across the... thing that has been making the eerie noise heard throughout the episode. As Tyrell gazes upon it, it bathes him in blue light, and the screen fades to white. No further explanation. Nothing. Roll credits.]]
* MacGuffin: The van. [[spoiler: Becomes a FatalMacGuffin for Tyrell.]]
* NotQuiteDead: [[spoiler: The Dark Army soldier that Tyrell whacks over the head with a crowbar. He later proves to be alive and lucid enough to make an escape ''and'' shoot Tyrell before finishing himself off.]]

* TheUnreveal: Whatever is making the howling noises in the woods, and [[spoiler: whatever is emanating the eerie, blue light that Tyrell stumbles upon as he bleeds out.]]

* GainaxEnding:[[spoiler: Tyrell, slowly dying from a bullet wound, finally comes across the... thing that has been making the eerie noise heard throughout the episode. As Tyrell gazes upon it, it bathes him in a blue light, and the screen fades to white. No further explanation. Nothing. Roll credits.]]

* BottleEpisode: The episode as a whole is quite self-contained; Elliot, Tyrell, and Mr. Robot spend most of their time scrambling through the woods, Darlene is stuck [[ItMakesSenseInContext chauffeuring a ''very'' drunk Santa Claus,]] and Dominique is cooped up in her apartment.

* GoOutWithASmile: [[spoiler: As Tyrell bleeds out in the woods, he stumbles across an object emitting a blue light and smiles with wonder as the light overtakes him.]]

* NotQuiteDead: [[spoiler: The Dark Army agent that Tyrell whacks over the head with a crowbar. He later proves to be alive and lucid enough to make an escape ''and'' shoot Tyrell before finishing himself off.]]

* AllJustADream: Dom's liaison with her chatroom friend who turns out to be a Dark Army operative.
* BottleEpisode: The only main characters featured here are Elliot, Mr. Robot, Tyrell, Darlene and Dom. Elliot, Mr. Robot and Tyrell's plotline takes place in the woods. Darlene spends most of the episode bonding with a bad Santa and Dom's plotline is all in her apartment.

* OneDialogueTwoConversations: Played for laughs, as Darlene talks with a drunk man in a Santa costume who sounds like his wife has died and is planning on committing suicide with booze and painkillers. It turns out that Darlene was projecting her own depression on him, and he was actually talking about his wife hurting her back, which was what the painkillers were for.
* TheReasonYouSuckSpeech: Darlene gives one to Elliot when she can't reach him and it goes to his voicemail, and it is absolutely '''brutal'''. She ultimately deletes the recording in lieu of a more calm approach, admitting that she is scared for him.

* BottleEpisode: The only main characters featured here are Elliot, Mr.Robot, Tyrell, Darlene and Dom. Elliot, Mr.Robot and Tyrell's plot line takes place in the woods. Darlene spends most of the episode bonding with a bad Santa and Dom's plotline is mostly in her apartment.

* NotQuiteDead: [[spoiler: The Dark Army agent that Tyrell whacks over the head with a crowbar. He later proves to be alive and lucid enough to make an escape *and* shoot Tyrell before finishing himself off.]]

* TheUnreveal: Whatever made the howling noise in the woods, and whatever Tyrell saw at the end (if anything). The only thing that's somewhat revealed is that it's heavily implied that Tyrell dies from his gunshot wound.

* UnReveal: Whatever made the howling noise in the woods, and whatever Tyrell saw at the end (if anything). The only thing that's somewhat revealed is that it's heavily implied that Tyrell dies from his gunshot wound.

* UnReveal: Whatever made the howling noise in the woods, and whatever Tyrell saw at the end (if anything).

* NotQuiteDead: [[spoiler: The Dark Army agent that Tyrell whacks over the head with a crowbar. He later proves to be alive and lucid enough to make an escape *and* shoot Tyrell before finishing himself off.]]'
* UnReveal: What made the howling noise in the woods, and what Tyrell saw at the end (if anything).

* NotQuiteDead: [[spoiler: The Dark Army agent that Tyrell whacks over the head with a crowbar. He later proves to be alive and lucid enough to make an escape *and* shoot Tyrell before finishing himself off.]]