If anyone thought Westworld would slow down after last week's big reveal, I think this episode shut down those thoughts. Not only did we get serious development within Maeve's storyline, the timelines theory was confirmed (for the most part).
I think it's been widely assumed that there were two timelines for a long time now, but it was debatable whether those timelines would result in William and Man in Black (Mib) being the same person. We didn't get a flat-out confirmation that was the case, but the imagery and dialogue throughout the night seemed to indicate that. Both William and MiB have been on a trek through the outskirts of Westworld for a few episodes now, and both trips came to a halt.
There's reason to believe now that maybe William isn't really with Dolores at all, or at least, Dolores' memory seems to lead her down that route. She continues to see things that aren't there and have mental breakdown's when things go bad. If only Dolores can meet up with present day Maeve and figure her sh*t out, because you know the latter would help. Meanwhile, MiB and Teddy's trip to the maze/Wyatt got interrupted a few times. Teddy, like Dolores and Maeve, is having flashes of his previous narrative. You have to wonder if Teddy's death could spell the end for his character this season, I'm not sure what else this guy is eating up screen time for. The two also ran into what I can only assume is a bunch of Wyatt's men?
Maeve is the best character on the show at this point. She has terrified Sylvester to the point of near death, and manipulated Felix to give her god-like powers inside the park. Seriously, how cool was it to see her control other hosts inside the park? As much as I would love to see her do that to some of the maniacal humans back at Westworld headquarters, this will have to do for now. Also, who will join her army? Will she succeed in leaving? Or will her ultimate plan fall as flat as Dolores' plan in the past?
So we got progress in all story lines without revealing everything, I'd say that's one smart episode by way of HBO. But I'm going to need more than just a story from The Man in Black next week, I would like a William reveal.
+Two timelines
+Maeve controlling hosts
+Progress everywhere
9.0/10
I think it's been widely assumed that there were two timelines for a long time now, but it was debatable whether those timelines would result in William and Man in Black (Mib) being the same person. We didn't get a flat-out confirmation that was the case, but the imagery and dialogue throughout the night seemed to indicate that. Both William and MiB have been on a trek through the outskirts of Westworld for a few episodes now, and both trips came to a halt.
There's reason to believe now that maybe William isn't really with Dolores at all, or at least, Dolores' memory seems to lead her down that route. She continues to see things that aren't there and have mental breakdown's when things go bad. If only Dolores can meet up with present day Maeve and figure her sh*t out, because you know the latter would help. Meanwhile, MiB and Teddy's trip to the maze/Wyatt got interrupted a few times. Teddy, like Dolores and Maeve, is having flashes of his previous narrative. You have to wonder if Teddy's death could spell the end for his character this season, I'm not sure what else this guy is eating up screen time for. The two also ran into what I can only assume is a bunch of Wyatt's men?
Maeve is the best character on the show at this point. She has terrified Sylvester to the point of near death, and manipulated Felix to give her god-like powers inside the park. Seriously, how cool was it to see her control other hosts inside the park? As much as I would love to see her do that to some of the maniacal humans back at Westworld headquarters, this will have to do for now. Also, who will join her army? Will she succeed in leaving? Or will her ultimate plan fall as flat as Dolores' plan in the past?
So we got progress in all story lines without revealing everything, I'd say that's one smart episode by way of HBO. But I'm going to need more than just a story from The Man in Black next week, I would like a William reveal.
+Two timelines
+Maeve controlling hosts
+Progress everywhere
9.0/10