History TearJerker / MrRobot

** Don't forget about the flashback to Edward's death in the beginning of the episode. Even though he's clearly trying to have some sort of reconciliation, a young Elliot just pushes this effort away. The sheer hurt in his eyes when he asks Elliot if he can ever forgive him and Elliot responds with a bitter "no" is heartbreaking. Edward most likely died thinking his son hated him. It even gets worse when you realise the reason that Elliot refused to forgive his father is because he molested him. So he had every right to say "no" to him.

* "Goodbye friend".
** From a meta standpoint, the fact that [[CreatorCameo Sam Esmail himself]] says it and not just to Elliot but also to the viewers just hurts.

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%%* From "404 Not Found", there's Tyrell's surprisingly tragic death.

* [[spoiler: Shayla's]] fate is nothing sort of tragic. Just as she starts to bury her past as a drug dealer to go legit and become a waitress, she is brutally murdered by [[spoiler: Vera]]. Elliot goes on to blame himself for this, and has a complete mental breakdown as a result.

* The [[TraumaCongaLine massive downward turn]] [[NiceGuy Gideon's]] life takes as the series goes on. [[spoiler: The 5/9 hack (which, unbeknownst to him, was orchestrated by one of his own employees) results in his company losing its biggest client, costing him a massive amount of money and forcing him to shut down Allsafe. Then his husband divorces him and, to top it all off, he gets senselessly murdered by a crazed conspiracy theorist who accuses him of being a crisis actor.]]

* "eps2.9_pyth0n-pt2.p7z" reveals that Scott Knowles is the mysterious individual behind the gifts Joanna receives. When she goes to confront him, he is a pitiful mess of a man who [[TheAlcoholic indulges in alcohol]] and breaks down in tears when he explains the reason for him gaslighting Joanna: his wife Sharon was pregnant at the time of her murder by Tyrell. He then sought to give Joanna the hope that Tyrell was still around, only to have that hope crushed, much like what he experienced. Joanna seems to display empathy for Scott, [[YankTheDogsChain but then starts to berate him for his actions as well as his late wife and unborn child]]. Then, [[NightmareFuel/MrRobot things get ugly]]. Fast.
* Also in "eps2.9_pyth0n-pt2.p7z", Darlene is just broken. Elliot has gone AWOL on her once again, and she has just witnessed the brutal murder of her boyfriend Cisco, believing that the rest of Fsociety are either next or already dead. Dom tries to break her further by throwing the FBI's evidence against her on the table, but Darlene remains steadfast. In a last ditch effort to turn her, Dom shows Darlene [[TheBigBoard a giant whiteboard]] plastered with the names of suspects and persons of interest in the Five/Nine hack investigation. Realizing just how screwed she and everyone else are, Darlene lets out a drained, "[[YouHaveGotToBeKiddingMe you've got to be fucking kidding me]]."

** [[spoiler: It gets even worse after the reveal of Elliot's father molesting Elliot as a child in Season 4. Now two of the people Elliot considered his "only friends" turned out to be really horrible people.]]

* In "eps3.5_kill-process.inc", [[spoiler: Elliot [[SugarWiki/MomentOfAwesome successfully talks down Mr. Robot]] and convinces him to pull a temporary EnemyMine to stop Stage 2, and feels one of the most triumphant victories in his life... and then he sees a news report that 71 other attacks happened at the sites where he diverted the paper records. Not only was his struggle AllForNothing, he [[NiceJobBreakingItHero actively enabled more people to die and more damage to be done]].]]

* "Frederick & Tanya" is quite possibly the bleakest and most depressing episode in the show's history, mostly thanks to [[spoiler: Trenton and Mobley's story. After disappearing since Season 2's [[TheStinger stinger]], they're traumatized and held hostage by Leon, driven out to the desert just so they can bury the friend he killed in front of them, [[HopeSpot almost manage to escape]] only to crash their car a short distance away, and finally get driven back home to find that they're to be killed and made [[TheScapegoat scapegoats]] for the whole hacking spree to be pinned on. The looks of fear and anguish on Trenton and Mobley's faces as Dark Army men coldly force the former to [[KilledOffForReal stage his own suicide]], and the police finding both of their corpses later, is enough to reduce anyone to tears.]]
** It's not any better for anyone else, either. [[spoiler: Mr. Robot is shown by Irving that his rebellion was always AllForNothing because the rich profited no matter what, reducing him to muted shock. Angela is shown to have [[SanitySlippage descended into a delusion]] that all of the people she unwittingly helped kill will be brought back to life, terrifying Darlene. Dom, after Trenton and Mobley's FrameUp is discovered and accepted as truth by the FBI, numbly realizes that the real masterminds are going to [[KarmaHoudini get away with everything]].]] The whole episode is basically a TraumaCongaLine for every sympathetic character.

** Don't forget about the flashback to Edward's death in the beginning of the episode. Even though he's clearly trying to have some sort of reconciliation, a young Elliot just pushes this effort away. The sheer hurt in his eyes when he asks Elliot if he can ever forgive him and Elliot responds with a bitter "no" is heartbreaking. Edward most likely died thinking his son hated him. [[spoiler: It even gets worse when you realise the reason that Elliot refused to forgive his father is because he molested him. So he had every right to say "no" to him.]]
* Elliot and Angela's final conversation [[spoiler:before her death in Season 4.]] Despite how much she hurt him throughout the season, Elliot still decided to help her and get her back to reality, but after seeing Leon in his apartment, Angela gets paranoid and emotionally abuses Elliot by blaming him for "tricking" her and ruining her life. Worst part is now another person in Elliot's life has abused and later abandoned him. Elliot even looks so heartbroken when Angela hurts him like that. Showing that no matter how much he tries, Angela still doesn't want anything to do with him or Darlene again.

* From the Season 4 premiere, [[spoiler: Price breaking down after Angela is executed by the Dark Army from the orders of Whiterose.]]
** [[spoiler: The fact that Angela is killed before getting the chance to repair her relationships with Elliot & Darlene is heartbreaking in itself.]]
** [[spoiler: What hurts even more is that when you remember in "eXit" when Elliot is mentioning in his PatrickStewartSpeech to Whiterose about how there are people out there who won't give up on you no matter how much you push them away, Angela was the only person who completely ''gave up'' on Elliot at the end.]]
* Elliot’s life flashing before his eyes as he succumbs to the heroin overdose. As he slowly loses consciousness, some of the few Heartwarming moments we’ve seen throughout the series are shown including Elliot’s first meetings with Mr. Robot & Tyrell, Darlene hugging him, his first kiss with Shayla, & Trenton’s brother giving him a lollipop. As if this scene couldn’t be any more heartbreaking, the very last thing Elliot sees before closing his eyes is the kiss he shared with Angela on the subway, which makes her death at the beginning of the episode all the more heartbreaking.
* "Goodbye friend".
** From a meta standpoint, the fact that [[spoiler: [[CreatorCameo Sam Esmail himself]]]] says it and not just to Elliot but also to the viewers just hurts.
* The tape in Elliot's old Walkman is a Mother's Day message to Angela's mother, recorded by Elliot, Darlene, and Angela when they were children. Darlene begins to sob three seconds into playing the tape, and the moment itself is made properly depressing once Elliot actually listens to it.

** From "403 Forbidden" there's [[spoiler: Elliot's romance with Olivia.]] While ''utterly heartwarming'', it's also heartbreaking considering what happened to [[spoiler:Shayla]] and the fear that it won't last which happens three episodes later.
* From "404 Not Found", there's [[spoiler:Tyrell's surprisingly tragic death.]]
* [[spoiler: Elliot's PTSD breakdown]] in "405 Method Not Allowed".
* In "406 Not Acceptable", Elliot becomes desperate and [[spoiler: drugs Olivia to blackmail her into giving proxy access. She delivers a scathing response to Elliot, pointing out how difficult it'll be for her (a recovering addict) to keep clean. Following that, she leaves to the bathroom and tries to takes her own life with a razor blade hidden inside a pill bottle, exactly like she said would happen if she ever fell into addiction again all while a horrified Elliot stops the bleeding.]]
-->[[spoiler: '''Olivia:''' I may work for monsters, but you are one and you're the worst kind because you don't even know it.]]
* In "407 Proxy Authentication Required", Vera forces Krista to find the thing that will break Elliot. And she '''does''': [[spoiler:She pushes Elliot to confront the fact that his father - the man he idolizes and whose death he's spent his entire adult life avenging - sexually abused him. [[EvenEvilHasStandards Even Vera]] is moved by Elliot's ensuing anguish.]]

* The ending of "Gone", with a twist - [[spoiler:Dom decides to leave Darlene, who tries to go off to Budapest on her own, but suffers a panic attack and runs away from the flight... just before Dom has a change of heart and runs to get on the plane after all. And just when it looks like there's still time for Darlene to get on the plane, she decides that she has to find her own way in life. The twist is that for the sake of both their sanities, they had to go on separate paths. Darlene to figure out how to function on her own and Dom to not have to deal with crushing responsibilities for a while.]]
* Elliot's speech to Whiterose about how his love for those who did not give up on him made him stronger. While it is a heartwarming speech, [[spoiler: it is even more tragic when you remember that Angela was the only one who completely ''gave up'' on him and died still hating him.]]
* Elliot killing his parallel self.
* The ending of the series finale. [[spoiler: The Elliot we've followed throughout the series is the third alter, and he has to be integrated with the "real" Elliot, which means his death in a way.]]
** The last we see him before the real Elliot wakes up: him with tears in his eyes.

** [[spoiler: the fact that Angela is killed before getting the chance to repair her relationships with Elliot & Darlene is heartbreaking in itself.]]

* Elliot and Angela's final conversation [[[[spoiler:before her death in Season 4.]] Despite how much she hurt him throughout the season, Elliot still decided to help her and get her back to reality, but after seeing Leon in his apartment, Angela gets paranoid and emotionally abuses Elliot by blaming him for "tricking" her and ruining her life. Worst part is now another person in Elliot's life has abused and later abandoned him. Elliot even looks so heartbroken when Angela hurts him like that. Showing that no matter how much he tries, Angela still doesn't want anything to do with him or Darlene again.

* Elliot and Angela's final conversation [[before her death in Season 4.]] Despite how much she hurt him throughout the season, Elliot still decided to help her and get her back to reality, but after seeing Leon in his apartment, Angela gets paranoid and emotionally abuses Elliot by blaming him for "tricking" her and ruining her life. Worst part is now another person in Elliot's life has abused and later abandoned him. Elliot even looks so heartbroken when Angela hurts him like that. Showing that no matter how much he tries, Angela still doesn't want anything to do with him or Darlene again.

* Elliot and Angela's final conversation [[before her death in Season 4.]] Despite how much she hurt him throughout the season, Elliot still decided to help her and get her back to reality, but after seeing Leon in his apartment, Angela gets paranoid and emotionally abuses Elliot by blaming him for "tricking" her and ruining her life. Worst part is now another person in Elliot's life has abused and later abandoned him.

** Don't forget about the flashback to Edward's death in the beginning of the episode. Even though he's clearly trying to have some sort of reconciliation, a young Elliot just pushes this effort away. The sheer hurt in his eyes when he asks Elliot if he can ever forgive him and Elliot responds with a bitter "no" is heartbreaking. Edward most likely died thinking his son hated him.

* The ending of the series finale. [[spoiler: The Elliot we've followed throughout the series is the third alter, and he has to be integrated with the "real" Elliot, which means his death in a way.]]