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For he had yet to become the lord of even one.
So let us speak of the lords of one.
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Of course, it begins with the real story of his wife Juliette (Sela Ward!).
William and Emily have each been blaming themselves for her suicide in their own way.
But there is no stunning surprise at the heart of this matter.
Her mothers alcoholism has a root cause, a prison of its own, and his name is William.
She confronts him: I used to think you were the only one not faking it.
It turns out youre the only one any good at faking it.
She even uses the term gaslighting.
Emily even tells him this, proclaiming, Its not too late for us.
But when faced with the endless guilt, William does not even know how to touch it.
But his game is always what it has been: a distraction.
A way to not face the darkness of his own stain and instead revel in it.
So he lashes out and blames Emily, even though he knows its his fault.
And he escapes into the unreality of his game once again.
He shoots Emily dead, realizes his error, and cannot even face the consequences.
He cannot kill himself.
He takes a knife, literally digs into himself, his skin, wondering if he is even real.
Which may prompt the guess, Wait, is he a host?
There is only what we know now.
And for William, for men, its about the way we run away from the damage we cause.
The way we want the game because there is no cost.
But its the same thing.
It was always real.
And there is always a cost.
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No one has suffered more cost than Maeve, another of our lords traveling inward.
Thus Ford wants Bernard to kill Elsie in case she gets in the way.
But this is something Arnold cannot do.
So Arnold must literally get Fords voice out of his head.
And rather than risk her life in his journey to the Valley, he bids Elsie good-bye.
Like everyone in this episode, he must go it alone.
Which brings us to the Dolores of it all.
One who could confusingly pop in and continually wreak havoc?
Why are we goingwithher?
But of course, there was always a plan.
Here, the Teddy and Dolores story does just that.
He remembers all of it, even the first time they met in a cold room.
He remembers her kindness, but also his own.
Thus he simply cannot abide the man he has become, the man that Dolores has made him.
I cannot help but salute the storytellers for this painful moment.
Because like all good writing, it is not the place I thought it would go…
But the only place it could.
Seriously, this is some actual meaningful stuff and its going to come outlike this?
Without a dramatic reveal?
Especially after youve been hanging onto the logic of this information like a vault all season?
Wow,Ed Harrisis good at voice-over.
Given an understanding of history, its powerful stuff.
