Westworld
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It is both constantly moving and yet constantly in stasis.
In grandWestworldfashion, what at first felt like a series of uninteresting check-ins ultimately led to some big culminations.
Did she replace Arnold in some way?
We dont know, but perhaps Dolores had more to do in guiding Bernard than previously thought.
Which brings us to the other host Dolores has rewritten: Teddy.
Our good boy is now a stern, icy-eyed mofo who will shoot a man for wasting his time.
But we arent going to see the results just yet.
Prior to that explosion, Charlotte and the third Hemsworth reunite in said HQ.
It seems hes arrived just in time for Doloress train boom-boom.
Back in Shogunworld, the plot lines from Akane No Mai get shored up in fairly quick fashion.
They will instead stay here with Sakuras heart, now burned to ash.
They will mourn and defend the land that is theirs, while Hanaryo will move on with them.
Maeve respects their wishes, for this is the fate they choose.
What Akane has lost, we feel.
The heart does not just burn; it will continue to burn with endless embers for Sakura.
We know she must mourn time and time again, for it is such a powerful loss.
And it is a loss Maeve hopes desperately to avoid.
Did she imagine her daughter was just alone?
How many years has it been?
Did she expect her daughter would recognize her?
As weve just seen, devotion for a child knows no bounds nor logic.
Why doesnt Maeve make the natives kill themselves, given her ability to seemingly do it on command?
Are we going to explore the ethical questions involved in such mind control?
Are we going to explore its impact on Maeves own character?
But these lingering questions arent going anywhere soon.
We then come to our last parental relationship: Old William and his daughter Grace.
(Though shes so convincing that she made ME wonder.)
She chastises him for still being obsessed with the park, but only because she understands its childlike allure.
He promises, but of course, it is a lie.
The game is really just anything in life that we put above love and our families.
He walks through Sweetwater and it all seems to be like the original script for everyones behavior.
No visitors, just the world as written.
Bernard walks into the saloon, where he finds a man playing the piano … and its Ford.
Random Thoughts
Wait, why cant the Westworld technician break out of a train car?
Why did he have to kill himself in that situation?
He could just even shoot out a window!
I was hoping they would opt for something similar here, but alas.
Im sorry, but Teddys new stern face makes it look like hes constipated.
