Mr. Robot Season 2 Spoilers: Will Christian Slater/Rami Malek See Elliot Do "Drastic Things?"

Before Mr. Robot Season 2 returns to USA Network, the first season is now out on DVD and Blu-Ray. In the upcoming sophomore season, will Mr. Robot (Christian Slater) and Angela (Portia Doubleday) watch Elliot (Rami Malek) do "drastic things?"

In our previous recaps, during the first season, Elliot (Malek) finds himself in hacker territory against Evil Corp with "fsociety." With a mysterious man linked to his past, Elliot finds himself siding with Mr. Robot (Christian Slater). As Evil Corp sinks its seductive claws on Elliot's best friend, Angela (Portia Doubleday), Fsociety has a way of hurting E Corp but in order to put their plans into motion, Elliot has to become more than just a cyber-vigilante. Struggling with his own paranoia and delusions, Elliot wants to know what the connection is between him, Mr. Robot, and Darlene (Carly Chaikin). But will the truth bring about the digital revolution that FSociety has been asking for?

In an interview with Variety, creator/showrunner Sam Esmail has confirmed that he will be stepping behind the camera as director and writing the episodes. HBO previously let Sin Nombre filmmaker Cary Fukunaga direct each of episode of the first season of True Detective. Now USA Network will follow the same model as Esmail will helm all of the upcoming 10 episodes.

Esmail explains why he sent the request to the USA executives to be the sole director, "I am so very specific in how I want to shoot the show and the visual grammar of how I want to tell the story. t's nothing against our directors in the first season, because they were all great to work with. For me, it feels like it would be easier to manage day to day. I'm on the set every day anyway, and I just think it would make the whole show be more efficient."

Malek adds, "It gives me a lot of latitude in the choices I make. I love to do drastic things at times. In the hands of someone who doesn't know the character as well as he does, I might feel less inclined to take those chances. He can rein me in if he needs to, or push me even further."

Don't forget to check out our MStars News interview with BD Wong (Gotham) as he talks about playing hacker White Rose:

No word yet on when Season 2 of Mr. Robot will premiere on USA Network.

Readers, are you excited to see Mr. Robot's return?