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THIS ISSUE: Mr. Robot, The Real Housewives of New York City, Suits, Saturday Night Live TOP MOMENT OF THE NIGHT Mr. Robot Shows Its Cards USA Network BECAUSE: After it was revealed that Elliot's life in his mother's house was actually a hallucination to mask the fact that's he's been in prison for the entirety of Mr. Robot's second season, we were made to wait an excruciating two weeks before checking in on everyone's favorite unreliable narrator again. But our patience was rewarded on Wednesday night as Mr. Robot finally showed its hand: that knock on the door at the end of season 1 was, in fact, the cops coming to arrest Elliot for hacking his therapist's boyfriend and stealing his dog. Subsequently, Ray was the prison's warden, his lackey was actually a prison guard, and Leon, his consummate sharer of meals and '90s sitcom wisdom, was simply a fellow inmate. It all makes perfect sense now. (Well, that part, anyway.)

Mr. Robot USA Network WHAT HAPPENED: Though Elliot is shown pleading guilty and being sentenced to 18 months in prison, he's released after only 86 days. A guard tells him he got lucky, but Elliot knows luck is a little less reliable than the Dark Army. After he's released, Elliot realizes that he's disassociating from Mr. Robot more than ever before. He sits in the bathroom by himself, listening to Mr. Robot in another room lecturing Darlene and Cisco on the next step of the plan. And though Elliot is the one who forces Cisco to arrange a meeting with his Dark Army contacts, it's Mr. Robot who's in charge. As Darlene listens in on a hacked phone she realizes that Elliot is the one who's been behind the mysterious "Stage 2" all along. It seems that while Elliot and his carefully constructed hallucination, Mr. Robot has been on the outside, working with the Dark Army -- maybe even calling the shots. WHAT PEOPLE ARE SAYING: For her part, Angela seems to have become a hacker in her own right, swiping valuable E Corp intel about the toxic waste dump that killed her mother on a thumb drive. But Dom is onto Angela, and she's not the only lady who seems ready to pounce from the sidelines: At the very end of Wednesday's episode, Joanna Wellick is waiting outside of Elliot's apartment, waving and saying, "Hi Ollie!" To which we say: Why?! Tyrell Wellick remains the one looming question mark from season 1. Variety says in their recap, "I'm a bit worried at this point that Wellick's arrival in season 2won't be able to live up to the hype -- the hype being his long, mysterious, often hinted-at absence." With only three episodes left, there's not much time to reincorporate him into the story. But Variety concedes that even if every experimental aspect of Mr. Robot's second season hasn't worked perfectly, "it has been gamely willing to reconfigure core elements of its programming in adventurous and sometimes rewarding ways," and hopefully that extends to the mystery of Tyrell.

The Real Housewives of New York City Bravo WHAT HAPPENED: If ever a Real Housewives season needed a three-part reunion special, it is season 8 of The Real Housewives of New York City. The women have cried, they've fought, they've ruined multiple vacations, they've gone full CSI over a fiancé's cheating scandal -- and now they need to talk about it. Sonja Morgan comes ready to spill on Wednesday night's reunion. When Bethenny suggests that Dorinda does cocaine, but Dorinda insists on the opposite, Sonja settles the argument: "But you do use cocaine, Dorinda!" And when it's suggested that Ramona dates losers, Queen Morgan takes a similar approach: "But you do date losers, Ramona." Just try and take solace in those simple facts as you look away from the final argument between Bethenny and Luann, which only adds to the copious amount of shaming from this season. WHAT PEOPLE ARE SAYING: Still, as far as Housewives reunions go, this one is already off to a good start. And Vulture thinks it knows why. Referring to the moment from Wednesday night when the women look back at a clip from the disastrous trip to Dorinda's house in the Berkshires, Vulture explains, "That is why I love the New York cast. These are seasoned pros. Watching them re-watch a classic episode is like NFL players going over game footage or when your office celebrates a record-breaking quarter: They appreciate it for the artistry of the whole thing, just like we do. They're not looking at it personally; they're looking at it professionally, and they have decided that they performed well." And once they bring the infamous Tom back into the conversation, we'll be willing to take bets on who's taking the MVP.

Suits USA Network WHAT HAPPENED: The window to get Mike out of prison is nearly nailed shut on Wednesday night's Suits. The Feds have pulled his deal, so you better believe that means Harvey is willing to cross all kinds of ethical lines to get it back. Working toward winning Sutter's case now, Harvey grills Philip on the witness stand until he admits he doesn't actually have a paper trail linking Sutter to the insider trading. With more time freed up to potentially make a deal, Mike comes clean to Kevin about informing on him, and a few punches later, Kevin is ready to work together. He helps reveal to Sutter's daughter that her father is willing to pin everything on her, which helps Mike convince her to take an immunity deal. And that immunity deal includes a statement affirming that Mike is the one responsible for her coming forward -- cue the episode-ending phone call Mike makes to Rachel, telling her that he's finally coming home. WHAT PEOPLE ARE SAYING: Mike's deal is definitely good news for Mike and Rachel, but Forbes has a good point about the hopefulness of it all in their recap of Wednesday night's episode: "In classic Suits fashion, the season is over but there are still two episodes left... so where do we go from here? Where do we go after getting Mike out of prison? What is there left to do?" Good questions. With only two episodes left before the midseason break, that means just two episodes are left to set up the drama that will unfold in the fall now that Mike is almost assuredly done with his prison blues. Of that yet-to-unfold drama, Forbes says, "Before now, the answer would have been revealing Mike's secret, but those days are behind us. We have never been in more of a mystery mode with this show than we are right now and it's excellent."

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Golden Hopeful Hosts NBC THE FINAL FIVE ARE HERE!: Saturday Night Live reached out to fans on Twitter to see who they thought should step up to the hosting plate duringSNL's season 42. Simone Biles has a few ideas -- in fact, she has five.