Democracy is coming to “Mr. Robot.”
USA announced the premiere date for Season 3 of the hacker drama: October 11. The network also released the first teaser trailer, which flashes scenes of chaos in New York City as Leonard Cohen recites the lyrics to his song “Democracy.”
The premiere picks up right after the events of the Season 2 finale, in which Elliot (Rami Malek) was shot. Season 3 “will explore each character’s motivations and the disintegration between Elliot and Mr. Robot,” according to USA’s official synopsis.
The teaser doesn’t reveal much, but shows glimpses of the military presiding over a locked-down city, men in Mr. Robot masks brandishing guns on the subway, Whiterose (B.D. Wong, now a series regular) gazing out of a limousine, Darlene (Carly Chaiken) sobbing, Angela (Portia Doubleday) seemingly wearing a mask herself, and new cast member Bobby Cannavale as used car salesman Irving.
Hail Elliot, king of the hackers.
Creator Sam Esmail tells EW that he never intended it as a cliffhanger — he trusted the audience to realize Elliot had to survive (he is, after all, the main character of the show). 
“Mr. Robot,” was on “The Late Show with Stephen Colbert” last night, and — while on the show — Stephen got Rami to post his first Instagram photo. It’s not like Rami didn’t have Instagram. He had more than 95,000 followers, just nothing for them to look at. So Stephen forced the issue, breaking out a selfie stick so they could take the first photo.
As the wild card player in a series known for its twists, turns, and fake-outs, “Mr. Robot” star 
USA just can’t get enough of cyber thriller “Mr. Robot,” 
A lot of “Mr. Robot” viewers got a real sense of what reality-challenged lead character Elliot was feeling as the series’ phenomenal first season came to an end: did that really happen, or what? It did, and it’s about to happen again.
If you had discovered that the mysterious techno-revolutionary you’d been talking to and taking direction from the entirety of a TV season was, in fact, actually a hallucinatory manifestation of your long-deceased father, you might have some pretty serious questions you’d like to ask yourself about the state of your mental and emotional health, right? So expect Elliot to delve deeper into himself — and Mr. Robot — in search of answers.
Throughout the first season, “Mr. Robot” never ceased to fire off gigantic, game-changing, didn’t-see-THAT-coming reveals that reshaped the show and left viewers’ jaws on the floor. So yes, there’ll likely be plenty more of those ahead, but Esmail promises that no matter how shocking, those revelatory moments aren’t just planted to make heads spin — they’re logical landmarks along Elliot’s path.
Star Malek revealed that while “enough was shared with me” about Elliot’s overall storyline, he has to keep himself limber, acting-wise, to process and deliver anything that Esmail might throw at him in the story.
Along with the question of why Elliot’s psyche and memories so splintered, another enigma lingers: how long has this been going on? After all, it’s been clearly suggested this isn’t the first time he’s forgotten he has a sister. “In Season 2, there will be a lot more backstory that will be shown,” Esmail assured. “And to address that: yes, the time line is going to get a little clearer — not a hundred percent clearer, because what’s the fun in that? — but a little clearer, yeah.”
For the more obsessive fans among you, take note that you’re not imagining things yourself: those curious little discrepancies you’ve spotted here and there are in fact there for a reason! Like, did you wonder why, when you watched that Times Square sequence in which Elliot envisions his family and realized there’s no visible presence by his now-revealed sister Darlene’s younger self? “I had that same question!” admitted 
Will Angela become seduced and/or anesthetized by working within powerful Evil Corp, the very company she blames for the death of her mother? “That’s going to be a big question in the second season,” Esmail promised, who sees the dynamic Darlene and Angela’s Occupy Wall Street and Wall Street perspectives, respectively, as interesting and unique, especially as filtered through the eyes of two young women. ‘In terms of specifically Angela, that struggle is going to be what kind of overrides her character arc in the second season.”
One of the most enigmatic and anticipated characters in Season 1 was the Dark Army hacker Whiterose, played by 
Along with creating the series and writing several episodes, Esmail also got behind the camera to direct three first-season episodes, and he’s upping the ante considerably for Season 2: he’s directing all 12 episodes.
Whether or not Mr. Robot recedes back into Elliot’s consciousness, there’ll be plenty of fresh new faces for the hacker-savant to contend with in Season 2, including American Horror Story: Freak Show”) as Dom DiPiero, an FBI agent probing Evil Corp; House of Cards”) as Susan Jacobs, Evil Corp’s counsel general who may hold the key to society’s success; hip hop artist Joey Bada$$ as Leon, a close friend of Elliot’s; and The Office”) as Ray, a man from Elliot’s neighborhood who reaches out to him in his time of crisis.
Not so much a tease, but a fun fact — and proof that the show always plays fair: something about Mr. Robot’s nature pinged 
USA, a network known best for its original shows starring suave men in nice clothes (think “Burn Notice,” “Suits,” “Graceland,” etc.) and seemingly never-ending marathons of “Law and Order: SVU,” appears to be going in a much different and much more intriguing direction with its new series, “Mr. Robot.”