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 0.765 million household viewers and gained a 0.3 ratings share among adults aged 18–49.
Joanna (Stephanie Corneliussen) takes Elliot (Rami Malek) to her house, asking him to find Tyrell Wellick.
Robot (Christian Slater) fears what Joanna could do, Elliot accepts her request to trace a phone call he made.
He and Donald "Mr. Sutherland" Hoffman (Jeremy Holm), a fixer for Joanne, return to his apartment, where Elliot builds an antenna with the equipment.
Dominique (Grace Gummer) is informed that a shootout after the Washington incident caused someone to flee while other suspects were arrested, and that a witness has identified Cisco.
Santiago (Omar Metwally) decides to send a BOLO with Cisco's identity, despite Dominique's protest that the Dark Army may take action.
The site's consensus states: "Employing expertly paced tension, dazzling filmmaking and stunning plot developments, 'eps2.8_h1dden-pr0cess.axx' may very will be the most thrilling and satisfying episode of the season.
Its ellipses and subterfuges, like last week's installment, occasionally cross over into outright baiting, with more soap opera-style cliffhangers and messy plotting.
"[5] Alan Sepinwall of Uproxx wrote, "At a shade over 43 minutes without commercials, 'Hidden Process' is easily the shortest standalone episode of season 2.
"[7] Jay Bushman of IndieWire gave the episode a "B+" grade and wrote, "This show has made some outlandish plot turns work in that past, but this one strains credulity.
If they really are going this route, it may cause more trouble than it's worth, and invite the audience to question the reality of every person, place or thing in the show.