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 0.742 million household viewers and gained a 0.3 ratings share among adults aged 18–49.
In a flashback, Darlene (Carly Chaikin) meets with Mobley (Azhar Khan) and Trenton (Sunita Mani), introducing to Elliot's newest plan in taking E Corp down.
In present day, Darlene, Mobley, Trenton and Cisco (Michael Drayer) learn that Project Berenstain is illegal surveillance of three million people for the Five/Nine investigation.
She surprises Susan by shocking her with a stun gun, causing her to fall in the pool due to her severe heart condition, killing her.
Mobley prepares to leave but is forced to an interrogation by Dominique (Grace Gummer), after she interviewed the owner of Darlene's stolen gun.
Robot's most haunting and suspenseful episodes, 'Successor' focuses on Darlene and fsociety, where the stakes have been raised immeasurably and the group is on the brink of collapse.
Club gave the episode a "B" grade and wrote, "That's the problem with killing someone — after murder, any violence starts to seem within reasonable boundaries of behavior.
"[6] Alan Sepinwall of Uproxx wrote, "I'll be glad to see Elliot back, especially now that the overall plot is really moving again, but where his absence could have made 'Successor' feel like a filler episode, it instead gave us a more complete picture of what the life he abandoned has looked like while he's been talking Seinfeld with Leon and pretending to live with his mom.
"[7] Jeff Jensen of Entertainment Weekly wrote, "It took me roughly half the episode to grieve what I wasn't getting and appreciate what Esmail was supplying.
It was a taut, suspenseful outing; a needed investment in secondary characters; a solid riff on themes of estrangement; and honestly, a welcome mental vacation from brain-hurty shenanigans.