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Westworldseason two was always going to be a tricky prospect.
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And now, we face the fallout of such violence, the ebbing wave of a brutal crest.
But Ill be honest: Im a little worried after watching Journey Into Night.
If anything, it makes us irrevocably divorced from their plights.
I even loved the little detail of the piano using an actual era-appropriate music cue.
ItsWestworldat its best, and an early sign of the most interesting part of the revolution.
The result will be obvious: The violence will beget more violence.
Its an ouroboros and that shall be undeniable.
But how do we break the cycle?
Now, a better question might be, How much of the revolution will be an evolution?
It seems that the answer will lie with Dolores, who has now gone full Wyatt in violent retribution.
(This is true even in Evan Rachel Woods performance.)
But as Dolores/Wyatt streak across the plains like a plague of death, the question of evolution remains.
Because what were really talking about here is the notion of gaslighting.
The price you would have to pay if there was a reckoning?
It is, of course, the patriarchal question of the hour.
What is her plan?
Where does it all go after that?
And what will she learn?
What iseveryonegoing to learn?
I honestly couldnt tell from the shot and Bernard says he is one who did it: I … versus Huh, I wonder how so and so died?
Curiosity is not drama.
But what other dramatic investment doesWestworldhave to offer right now?
The driving mystery of season two isntwhator evenhow.
Bernard did what he did, butwhy?
