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Not so much a discussion about the show itself, more about the first 8 words of the topic title so ignore the first part if it derails what you're trying to discuss.
Mr Robot's S1 was heavily discussed and hyped at the time, i think i found out about it because it beat Netflix's Daredevil for best new show of 2015(?) on Reddit's tv subreddit. Not that impressive in hindsight but very impressive at the time due to how hot Netflix originals and the MCU were at the time, and how the first series of Daredevil lived up to that hype.
The first half of S2 cooled it down a lot though, that part is a lot better to marathon than it was to watch weekly. The pace is very slow compared to S1 and it feels very repetitive until the prison reveal.
Still, i think describing it as a show that no one talks about is waay too far, would put it around the same level as stuff like Fargo and The Leftovers in terms how it was received and the following it has. Would probably give that title to something like Kingdom or Line of Duty.

Full on agree with the cinematography and camera work, there's a fairly unimportant scene early on in series 2 where some rich guy whose working with the police has to put on the Mr Robot mask and burn a load of money in a park at night while Phil Collins plays in the background. Don't even remember the full context of that scene (think it may have been the opening or closing scene of an episode), but fuck me has it stayed with me. Beautifully shot and edited.