HBO West World Episode 7 Analysis - Show Notes
Shout outs to the west world cast who’ve hit us up on Twitter. Lili Bordan - Fortune teller and Bojana Novakovic (pronounced Boy-ah-na) who played Marti
Fun facts on cast members -
Leonardo Nam - Has a bachelor’s of architecture
Simon Quarterman - Lee Sizemore — was in Scorpion King 2 staring randy couture
Ptolmey Slocum - plays sylvester and was in Hitch with Will Smith
Tessa Thompson - plays Charlotte Hale, Played Bianca in “Creed" - which was a big role ad was Diane Nash in “Selma"
West Word Episode 7
Who won? Dr. Ford
Who lost? Theresa Cullen
What gave me the creeps/ blew my mind the most? Bernard Being a Host
Senseless / Needless use of nudity Maeve’s body double — full exam table frontal cuz you know, why not
Places listening
opening - Bernard Lowe is talking to “his son” Charlie must be a dream / flashback - yup - he was dreaming
Bernard asks one of the desperdo dude hosts - questions him about exchanges, etc
Asks about Elsie (who is on leave)
El Laz - one the train gambling w William and Dolores. Heads mounted on spikes
Shannon Woodward is lost on the show but not twitter for liking our tweets
Lowe goes to see Theresa Cullen - awkward exchange — Cullen finds Board member lady , Tessa Thompsonm- she is utilizing the Desperado host for a little real life escapes action
She says that the “code” is what matters (not the hosts, or people who work there) etc
The board is planning to force Ford’s resignation - says they need a blood sacrifice
Flash to Maeve who awakens - to the player piano - Maeve turns piano off and seems ready to efff up some ess… Penny feather approaches and they have their usual day time banter on the script. The scene freezes except Maeve - Hazmat men come in - and grab Pennyfeather — seems like they’ll use her for the “offering to the gods that Board member / Tessa Thompson talked about with Theresa Cullen
Back to Train ride - Dolores and William chat it up - We learn that William was an avid reader as a kid.
Juliette - is William’s fiancee and Logan’s sister - William explains that to Delores. He’s really worried about her feelings.
But he seems to be really into the fake life - this story line seems to lend itself to the idea that William becomes the man in black or something of that nature. McPoyle has come a long way.
Board member — Miss Hale, MIss Cullen present to Dr Ford and Berand Lowe. Code review finds “disturbing things in Clementine pennyfeather.
Crazy scene - and she flips out and beats the crap out of the host posing as a human - then she goes to turn on the Hemsdog - and he ices her.
Cullen states that the hosts are now capable of holding grudges and acting on them — looks like they are about to fire Lowe - yup! Hale fires him.
Anthony Hopkins doesn’t say a word - looks like he wants to.
Back on the train - William seems to be flipping on “west world’s purpose” - seems like Dolores is his “muse” of sorts - Train gets stopped mid journey. Bunch of sheriff types have em ambushed. It’s the confererados
A dead guy rides out of the train - and El Las shoots the corpse full of explosives - Horse chase !!! The Ghost Nation starts bow and arrowing the confedarados - and it gets pretty gnarly
Dolores finds the landscape she drew (pretty much the grand canyon) - and beyond it, the “unclaimed territories”
El Laz is “out”
Thandie Newton body double wins useless nudity contest again- She’s all up in Felix’s business (Leonardo Nam) - and of course Sylvester is working on Clementine - Lobotomizing her — Something tells me that ends poorly for Ptolmey Slocum - Clementine got “retired”. Sylvester explains his reasoning - Maeve says surviving is just another loop. She is planning a “jailbreak” from west world - Maeve is gonna kill everyone
Lowe - explains to Cullen that he knows that she and Hale set him up. Cullen and Lowe go to “Check some things out in the park” - He takes her to Ford’s “family home” in the park. There is a remote diagnostic facility - Ford’s been making his own hosts. BERANARD IS A HOST - And Ford shows up for a little “hot take hot truth” action
Hopkins - goes a little hannibal lecture on Cullen with his peacock speech. Bernard killed Theresa Cullen — and I think Ford is making her (in host form) in the “Chamber”