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At last: a really great episode ofWestworldin season two!
Episode four ofWestworldis not perfect.
It takes forever and it does nothing.
I groaned, and when she complied, I shouted are youkiddingme?!
at my TV.)
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A few things set The Riddle of the Sphinx apart.
The basic DNA of the episode is that James Delos (Peter Mullan) and William (a.k.a.
We watch as James learns the truth about himself.
Over and over, we see the same cup of coffee and hear the same script.
This is not complicated stuff!
Its a bottle episode; itsa beloved trope for a reason!
And any account of The Riddle of the Sphinx is incomplete without an appreciation for howgorgeousit is.
I still have my reservations aboutWestworld.
Id love if it could dump half its current stories and focus more on a few strong characters.
DearWestworld: hey, fewer monologues about violent delights.
More meaningful plot overlaps, more characters trapped together, more horrible uncanny valleys between machines and men.
More dramatic, dense gutsiness.
Fewer meaningless piles of guts.
