Shouldn't Elliot have been caught or at least noticed outside of the prison?
I don't know what's considered a spoiler, so I'll put more than probably necessary in a spoiler block...
At the end of episode 1.5 of Mr. Robot, Elliot and Vera's brother are standing outside of the prison waiting for Vera to come out.
After the prison doors open and the prisoners begin to escape, there's a really obvious lack of police. I know Elliot mentioned that there was a 2 minute delay before sirens went off, but even when they do go off and we start to hear sirens and police, we don't see them. Not only that, but Elliot, Vera, Isaac, and DJ stood around for an awfully long time about 20 meters from the prison gate.
Wouldn't they have been caught?
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The logical answer is yes, they should have been caught. Suspension of disbelief is a common narrative technique. As both of our beliefs didn't quite get extended far enough in this scene, an answer could be that they simply failed to "sell it".
However, Eliot's tenuous grip on reality is a major element of the show, so it's possible some or all of that story-line was imagined. Eliot's fingerprints and DNA were all over the place, after all.
The literal explanation is probably that the chaos caused by the hack was sufficient to allow them to escape. Since Eliot has never been arrested, so far as we know, his fingerprints wouldn't be on file anywhere.
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What episode is it revealed that Elliot is in prison?
'Mr. Robot' Recap, Episode 7: Elliot is in Jail | Observer.How did Elliot end up in prison?
The knock on Elliot's door was the police to arrest him for hacking Lenny, Krista's ex, and stealing his dog. He pleads guilty; he's in jail the next day with Ray as warden, establishing his illusion. Even though his sentence is for 18 months, he's released 86 days later due to the Dark Army's influence.Why did Elliot join fsociety?
The reason for going back to fsociety is because his father and Angela's mother died because of the decisions made by inconsiderate people like Colby who work for E Corp and Elliot was a kid back then, now that facts are revealed on TV, Elliot wants revenge on E Corp for his father's death and goes back to fsociety ...Shouldn't Be
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I've got another possible explanation after the events that happened in Ep 5 of Season 2.
He did. In this episode, he is shown to actually be in prison. My theory is that he did get caught but was given a light sentence based on how he ended up involved (perhaps a small drug charge rather than murder). 100% of elliots's story line since that point has been fabricated in his head.
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