The series follows Elliot Alderson, a cybersecurity engineer and hacker with social anxiety disorder, who is recruited by an insurrectionary anarchist known as "Mr.
According to Nielsen Media Research, the episode was seen by an estimated 0.297 million household viewers and gained a 0.1 ratings share among adults aged 18–49.
At his hideout, Elliot is told by Darlene (Carly Chaikin) that Susan Jacobs had a contact called Olivia Cortez (Dominik García) at the Cyprus National Bank and decides to get into her apartment to hack her laptop.
Club gave the episode a "B–" grade and wrote, "'Forbidden' struggles to find the proper tone for its self-contained narrative, but that might be because the whole thing feels a bit rushed.
After the gut punch opening story, the shift to Elliot and Robot's mission initially seems as though it's going to continue the adrenaline-laced rush to complete their objective before time runs out.
It's awfully pat for a show that normally refuses such simplistic devices, and while simplicity can be a hallmark of honest emotional beats, here it's not given enough time to register as plausible.
"[5] Kyle Fowle of Entertainment Weekly wrote, "Whiterose is an enigma, a carefully curated persona, a power player, and a threat to humanity.
But attempting to stand beside two incredibly ambitious episodes by selling us on young love doesn't completely work out in this show's favour.
"[8] Vikram Murthi of Vulture gave the episode a 4 star rating out of 5 and wrote, "It's rare that the series can pause and effectively tell a grounded story not beholden to outlandish rigmarole that frequently beggars belief.
Thankfully, 'Forbidden,' written by Courtney Looney, features a simple premise and a compelling guest turn, and showcases a few different shades from our bug-eyed protagonist.
"[9] Lacy Braugher of Den of Geek gave the episode a 3.5 star rating out of 5 and wrote, "'Forbidden' doesn't exactly move the needle on many of Mr.
We're inching towards a meeting of the shadowy Deus group, but we still have no idea what's going on with the (assumed) third alternate personality in Elliot's head, and there's been little progression on Dom's Dark Army mission, the details of Whiterose's ultimate plan, or even exactly what Fernando Vera is up to.
"[10] Paul Dailly of TV Fanatic gave the episode a 4.5 star rating out of 5 and wrote, "A full hour about the origins of Whiterose would have been worthwhile.