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 0.637 million household viewers and gained a 0.3 ratings share among adults aged 18–49.
They catch up during movie night, with Elliot saying he got fired a few months ago after a violent fight and he is now forced to go to therapy.
After having sex, Cisco states that the Dark Army couldn't been involved in Romero's death, as he was investigating an illegal FBI surveillance program called Project Berenstain.
With the information that Price (Michael Cristofer) provided, Angela (Portia Doubleday) decides to submit the evidence, leading to the arrest of the two E Corp executives.
Nevertheless, she assumes Price wants her to help settle the class action lawsuit over the toxic leak, but he rebuffs her theory.
Whiterose (BD Wong) pressures Price to stay on schedule and receives information about the FBI's investigation into the arcade.
"[4] Matt Fowler of IGN gave the episode a "great" 8.3 out of 10 and wrote, "The Tyrell mystery took a backseat this week (though we did see Joanna grow low on funds while paying off the parking lot attendant) as intrigue ramped up regarding the possible undoing of fsociety.
Flashbacks, dream sequences, and chess battles for supremacy of the mind filled this episode with layers and mystery, making for a great chapter.
Club gave the episode a "B+" grade and wrote, "Elliot's going to help him with this mysterious online business, that apparently requires using TOR.
"[6] Alan Sepinwall of HitFix wrote, "I'm glad to hear next week's will be shorter, and I hope that either continues to be the case, or that Elliot's decision to use Ray's computer to contact Darlene and hack the FBI means the show is moving past this phase of things and can more comfortably spread itself out.
"[7] Jeff Jensen of Entertainment Weekly wrote, "Anyway, it's another piece of metafictional business that gets us questioning the nature of the reality we're seeing.
"[9] Genevieve Koski of Vulture gave the episode a 4 star rating out of 5 and wrote, "Contrary to its signature visual style, Mr.
'eps2.2init1.asec' begins in the past and ends pointing toward the future, but the central image on both sides are the same: Elliot's face lit by the glow of a computer screen.
"[10] Alec Bojalad of Den of Geek gave the episode a 3.5 star rating out of 5 and wrote, "Do Android Dream of Electric Sheep?