there is a sense of him being off-balance, which keeps the audience off balance. and i think that is something we not wanted to do to trick the audience, but it was a way of essentially bringing them into his world, understanding how conflicted he was. for me, it was one of the most cinematic shows of the decade. i think the angles we used were very unpredictable, and you didn t often see shots like that on television. mr. robot strikes a chord in part because rami malek was incredible, and you just wanted to watch him do anything. but there was also sort of a level of rising anger at the time about income inequality. it was channeling a level of anger that i think a lot of people were starting to feel around then. you know what? what? sometimes it is a big dick competition. succession suddenly became the talked about show for hbo. it s basically a fictionalized account of the murdoch family s