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The most underrated show in the history of TV has just been dumped on Netflix. This is not an ad. I've been urging people to go watch Mr. Robot for 10 straight years. And when I say underrated, I do not mean among critics or among the tiny number of people who actually watch the show. It is universally loved by both. But Mr. Robot originally aired on the USA Network at 1000 p.m. on a Wednesday night. Its final season, their live ratings were.12. Like I think I personally know everyone who watched it. It is a twisty, incredibly mind-bending show starring Rammy Malik and Christian Slater. It is hard to talk about it without getting into spoilers because it is that kind of show. There is something new around every corner. I will say that Malik plays a hacker who basically gets embroiled in a scheme to reset the entire world economy. And even this may be too much of a spoiler. He suffers from delusions and you can't quite trust what you're seeing ever. It is also maybe the best looking show ever made. There are cinematography compilations on YouTube just running through cool shots. This is a show that I feel like deserved every bit of the buzz that I saw Severance get earlier this year, but it just never had Apple's promotion budget. But the level of craft is the same. And of all of the shows that are heavily based on twists and mysteries and puzzles for you to solve, probably none of them have as perfectly stuck the landing at the end as Mr. Robot. They made 45 episodes across just four seasons, but it is good all the way through. They were allowed to write an ending. It just got put up to Netflix a couple of weeks ago with so little fanfare that even I missed it. But be warned, this show demands that you pay attention. Much like severance, this is the kind of thing that makes you feel smart for watching