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 0.598 million household viewers and gained a 0.3 ratings share among adults aged 18–49.
After Emily talks with Antara (Sakina Jaffrey), she tells Angela about her approaching death, and explains that this won't be the end for her, saying they will meet someday in another world.
In the present, Elliot (Rami Malek) confronts Angela (Portia Doubleday) over her association with Tyrell (Martin Wallström).
Angela refuses to reveal anything about the Dark Army's plan, but Elliot realizes that Tyrell is at a Red Wheelbarrow restaurant.
As he won't be able to gain access to E Corp's back-up facility, Elliot decides to alert the fire brigade about a bomb threat at the building.
During this, Darlene (Carly Chaikin) meets with Dominique (Grace Gummer) and Norm (Rizwan Manji) to talk about her encounter with Elliot.
The agents manage to trace Elliot's location to a Red Wheelbarrow, although Dominique suspects that Darlene is hiding something from them.
Zhang (BD Wong) is informed by Santiago (Omar Metwally) that Tyrell's location has been discovered and sends specific instructions to Irving (Bobby Cannavale).
The episode was written by executive producer Kyle Bradstreet and directed by series creator Sam Esmail.
"[5] Alan Sepinwall of Uproxx wrote, "That we spent one-fifth of the season on Elliot, Dom, Angela, and others going all out to stop or help a plot that ultimately didn't matter should feel frustrating, but the style of both episodes, what the fake-out says about just how far ahead of the game Whiterose is, and what we learned about Elliot's relationships with Mr.
"[9] Alec Bojalad of Den of Geek gave the episode a 4.5 star rating out of 5 and wrote, "There is real, sustained and thrilling tension here.
Robot may have taken quite a long time in laying down the stakes but now “Runtime Error” and “Kill Process” are collecting on them it’s legitimately riveting television.
"[10] Caralynn Lippo of TV Fanatic gave the episode a 4.75 star rating out of 5 and wrote, "Whereas 'Runtime Error' narrowed the focus for an uncomfortably tense and intimate hour following only Elliot and Angela (in turn), 'Kill Process' went in the complete opposite direction.