Westworld
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Is it me or didWestworldjust learn to have some fun?
Sure, weve had amusing moments throughout the series, but this is undoubtedly the pulpiest episode yet.
Of course thatd be a thing!
Think the park would go through the trouble of having one of them pretend to be one of us?
Response: Wouldnt put it past them.
She clearly knows something, but yet again, were still miles behind.
But back in the earlier post-uprising timeline, were starting to have some of that aforementioned fun.
And to me, they are precisely what make the deeper and darker moments all the more effective.
We certainly get several of those this episode.
Perhaps the most interesting comes during an unexpected reunion between Dolores and her father.
This scene evokes more than just pity from Dolores, but a larger conflict with her own identity.
Shes wrestling with this notion, trapped between the woman she was and the revolutionary she has become.
Which all taps into the larger idea of hardwiring within the hosts.
Theyre not unlike us human beings in that way.
Which is exactly why Lee is in such shock to see Hector in love with Maeve.
For he was written to love Isabella.
Lee denies this immediately, but it’s possible for you to see the truth right on his face.
Everyones coming to a crux or a change in this episode.
Thats precisely the kind of big relationship change that makes the show its most compelling.
Its ultimately hollow, and thats what has me worried.
I thought the episode would end there, but we then return to the female colonizer from the opener.
And boy is that pot already boiling.
WithWestworldtheres always a lingering question, so what is she after?
I want to single out how good Jeffrey Wright is in this show.
When he acts, I believe him.
And thus he is my anchor.
But Im doing my best!
Dolores is really gonna keep doing that hushed whisper thing, huh?
