The Ending Of Mr. Robot Finally Explained – Looper

After Elliot wakes up from his coma, both he and Darlene know it’s not the “real” Elliot, but one of his alternate personalities. Darlene is willing to accept that she may never see her real brother again, as long as she knows he’s safe in the world the Mastermind has created for him. But Darlene’s reassurance that they did actually save the world convinces the Mastermind that he’s no longer needed — he’s succeeded, and Elliot no longer needs protecting. Moreover, Elliot will never truly be happy in his imaginary world, because Darlene isn’t there.

In the last moments of the series, Elliot closes his eyes once more. All of his selves — including us, the voyeurs — sit in a theater, watching the events of Elliot’s life on a screen. The light from the projector transforms into one of Elliot’s eyes, and he’s awake once more in the hospital bed. The last image of the series is what he sees with those eyes: Darlene, leaning over him. “Hello, Elliot,” she says, echoing a line from the series opener

With the real Elliot finally back in his body, Darlene gets to reunite with her brother after all these years. Sadly, we’ll never get to know this version of Elliot, but their happy ending is well-deserved, and we might take comfort in the fact that we — as the voyeurs — helped create it.