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The Rolling Brownouts Are Hinting at Something on Mr. Robot
The rolling brownouts are also hinting at something major in the show, but fans are still piecing together what. There's the obvious connection that we were told in the finale: the brownouts are forcing the E-Corp building with the paper records to use UPSes, and those will then be used to blow up the building. But in true Mr. Robot fashion, there could be more to it than that. The brownouts could be a hint that something is not as it appears (just like the red lights were in the beginning of the season, and the prison-like bar symbolism.) Do you remember the scene when Angela visited her attorney and told her not to call her again? The TV station the attorney was watching was showing a newscast, and after the rolling brownout, the newscast skipped back about 15 seconds and repeated itself. Go back and watch the episode and you'll be able to confirm that. Some fans are theorizing there's a level of time travel (even just 15 seconds worth) going on, and the brownouts indicate when extra energy is being used for that purpose. Redditor Rotatos wrote a post theorizing that the Dark Army's purpose is to delay radio and video transmissions by about 15 seconds, keeping them always ahead to some degree. (USA Network)