How much more twisted can "Mr. Robot" get? A lot more, according to the Golden Globe-winning series' creator Sam Esmail.
While season one left us on the edge of our seats with much suspense, darkness and a huge twist, Esmail says there's more where that came from in season 2.
"There will be a lot more backstory that will be shown, the timeline will get a little clearer — not 100 percent clear, because where's the fun in that? But a little clearer... It really is about Elliott trying to reconcile what this means in seeing Mr. Robot. The series is filling in the blanks of the past and the present of this character... It's about a guy who becomes aware of this delusion he's been having," Esmail told Entertainment Weekly.
Egyptian-American actor Rami Malek, who plays the role of Elliott, the leading character in the show, has to deal with paranoia and mental illness as the socially-isolated hacker, whose mission is to take down one of the largest corporations in the world.
In an interview with Esquire, Esmail gave a slightly more detailed picture of the season 2 storyline. "Now that we are aware of his [mental health] issues, Elliot has to address them. What happens after that realization? What are the steps you take to negotiate with it, reconcile with it, fight with it? That's sort of where we're taking the second season."
"Also, at the end of the first season we think that the mission is complete and that they were able to take down Evil Corp, but we see in the coda with that scene between WhiteRose and Philip Price that there are larger forces at play. As always," added Esmail.
Esmail will be directing all 10 episodes of season 2 when it returns in June/July of 2016.
