<P> Mr. Robot is an American drama--thriller television series created by Sam Esmail . It stars Rami Malek as Elliot Alderson, a cybersecurity engineer and hacker who suffers from social anxiety disorder and clinical depression . Alderson is recruited by an insurrectionary anarchist known as "Mr. Robot", played by Christian Slater, to join a group of hacktivists . The group aims to cancel all debts by attacking the large conglomerate E Corp . </P> <P> The pilot premiered on multiple online and video on demand services on May 27, 2015 . On August 16, 2016, USA renewed Mr. Robot for a 10 - episode third season, which premiered on October 11, 2017 . As of November 8, 2017, 27 episodes of Mr. Robot have aired . </P> <Table> <Tr> <Th_colspan="2"> Season </Th> <Th_colspan="2"> Episodes </Th> <Th_colspan="2"> Originally aired </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> First aired </Th> <Th> Last aired </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td_colspan="1"> </Td> <Td_colspan="2"> 10 </Td> <Td_colspan="1"> June 24, 2015 (2015 - 06 - 24) </Td> <Td> September 2, 2015 (2015 - 09 - 02) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td_colspan="1"> </Td> <Td_colspan="2"> 12 </Td> <Td_colspan="1"> July 13, 2016 (2016 - 07 - 13) </Td> <Td> September 21, 2016 (2016 - 09 - 21) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td_colspan="1"> </Td> <Td_colspan="2"> 10 </Td> <Td_colspan="1"> October 11, 2017 (2017 - 10 - 11) </Td> <Td> December 13, 2017 (2017 - 12 - 13) </Td> </Tr> </Table> <Tr> <Th_colspan="2"> Season </Th> <Th_colspan="2"> Episodes </Th> <Th_colspan="2"> Originally aired </Th> </Tr>

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