HBO Westworld Episode 4 & Episode 5 analysis show - notes
West World Episode 5
Ford is talking to the old cowboy in “lock up” - he tells a story about a greyhound in his childhood - the Dog ran after a cat “running free” and it was beautiful until he caught the cat, killed it and tore it to pieces. Seems to be a metaphor for Ford trying to figure out the crossroads he seems to be at
Delores in a graveyard - talks to a voice that says “find me” and she says “show me how"
Dolores, William and William’s brother in law are in a “different part of the park” - Sounds like it’s the “hell on earth” piece of the park - got a civil war feel to it.
We also learn that west world is hemorrhaging money and William’s brother in law’s company might buy them out.
Man in Black and Lawrence and Teddy encounter a “boy” — i think that boy is the one Anthony Hopkins has been walking around with. Man in Black Kills Lawrence and hangs him by a tree. Why’d he catch Lawrence’s blood in his water bag.
A couple of “robot medics” are working on Thandi Newton’s body - they are very glib, especially the bearded one. I think he’s in trouble
Teddy gets conned by the man in black to go find Delores
Dolores has another flash back and then william shows up and she starts talking about “choices, paths, etc” She clearly is breaking the fourth wall between guests and hosts. Dolores appears to “run into another version of herself” in the parade of skeleton people- and now she’s back at “base” confronting Anthony Hopkins
Hopkins asks Delores if he remembers the man he used to be. Ford/ Hopkins says she should remember Arnold - the man who created her. He calls her mind a “Walled garden” - Dolores hasn’t contacted Arnold in 34 years, since the day he died. Arnold told Delores she was going to help him destroy “this place”. ]
Delores is the only host who was there 34 years ago — Ford admits that he and Delores are not old friends, at all
We then see that Delores does speak to Arnold — he doesn’t know, I didn’t tell him anything… whoa!
Asian Rehabilitation guy - tries to bring a bird back to life, beaded rehab guy scolds him. Thandi Newton (Maeve) shows up again - Asian guy doesn’t like it, bearded guy chides him for basically being soft.
Confederados - William and his brother in law want a meeting with him. Delores says something weird to the guy the man in black broke out of prison in Episode 4
Delores and the fellas aim to “desperado” some “Union Soldiers”. The heist goes badly and William has to shoot all of the soldiers.
They get an intro to the Confederados
Ellen page girl is re-habbing a bartender - and HBO does their obligatory “ween” shot- anyway she goes to inspect the wood cutter who smashed his own brain in. She’s trying to reason out why he freaked out. She notices something in his hand / arm. She finds a laser based apparatus in his arm - she goes to “Lowe” - and says that someone has been using the hosts to smuggle data out of the park.
We then go back to a gold colored host orgy park with William and Delores and the crew - chilling in the middle of it
Brother in law or William is “Logan” - gotta get that to stick. They have some work issues that go beyond this field trip. William an an EVP
Delores walks around the mansion and finds a stevie nicks esque “card dealer — who then turns back into another version of delores - She tells herself “follow the maze and perhaps you’re unraveling - Delores seems to she see what she is “internally”
Delores then happens upon “Slim’s body” being filled with Nitrogen - Lazlo “is double crossing the confederados - Delores makes out with William - Logan is getting beat up by guys, and William leaves him to get beaten
Delores then shoots every confederado in cold blood to save william - she imagined a story where she didn’t have to be the damsel. Seems like she’s about to turn into a legit bad mamajama
They escape on a train only to Find Lazlo with a gun - and Delores is ready to blow the train to smithereens — Lazlo is “lawrence” they are the same guy in a space time optimum type set up it seems
The Maze is on the coffin in the train and Delores says, “I”m coming”
Anthony Hopkins - is in the park and he’s about to drink with Teddy and the Man in Black / face to face
Man in Black wants to find the center of the maze - seems like the “park management” created man in black to mess with Dr. Ford’s creation.
Ford basically greenlight’s the Man in Black’s quest
Back lab the technician goes back to his “bird” fixing quest. The bird comes back to life and flies away, which makes the programmer happy. Maeve awakens catches the bird, calls the technician “Felix” and says, it’s time you and I had a chat. So Thandi Newton and Evan Rachel Wood’s characters are about to mess stuff up in a big way
West World Episode 4 Notes
Delores is talking to Bernard Lowe - she has “feelings tied to memories now” Lowe - she’s adapting parts of her script to express new feelings. She’s questions if these thoughts are “wrong”.
Lowe aks her what she wants - she doesn’t know but she feels that there’s something wrong with “this world” or that perhaps she’s losing her mind. Lowe gives her a “game/ secret” - called the Maze - the goal is to find the center- and maybe she can be free. She “thinks she wants to be free”
Next scene Delores wants up back in west world with William (jimmie poole)
Player piano - what is it playing this time? Can’t make it out
Pennyfeather is talking to Maeve in the Saloon - Maeve is having a flash back to a shooting / massacre - then the Hazmat team comes and she seems to be conscious during it — but it’s a flash back to a previous iteration and she’s almost “day dreaming”
Maeve draws a pic of the Hazmat suited man - and then she finds a stash of several pics of them from what must be previous iterations.
Next scene - The host who smashed his own head in has COO lady and Handsome security guys and fake ellen page girl at at odds. COO lady’s team will conduct the investigation - Lowe also mentions that the carving is not of “Orion” because there are 4 stars in the belt (what does the mean)
Back with William, Delores, and sociopathic brother in-law - seems like these two are “investors in west world’s parent company”
Next scene- Man in Black and Lawrence out in the woods killing snakes - they happen upon a naked tattooed lady. The lady’s crew ambushes them. Man in black kills two of them to free up two positions for he and lawrence on this snake faced tattoo lady’s crew
Back at Head quarters, they realize that Delores is “way off script”
Delores is talking to Lawrence’s daughter and she seems to remember a lot of things — A sheriff gets sent to bring Delores “back” — William gets her out of that — Delores was having a flash back to Lawrence’s daughter - but that girl know A LOT!!!
Meanwhile tattoo faced lady kills two more dudes — she seems to be Man in Black’s equal or perhaps “greater”.
Meanwhile again: Delores is really embracing this cognizance thing - and just like that she’s remembering Hazmat crews as well - like Maeve did
Ed Harris confirms he’s on “vacation” so not a host — two guests try to thank him for his “foundation work” and he tells them to not ruin his vacation
Ed Harris talks to Tattoo lady - about Dying - and about the creator Arnold dying in the park. He’s there to “honor his legacy” — Man in Black is going to break some dudes out of jail in exchange for her tattoo origin story
We learn that lawrence is the most wanted man in 3 “counties” from the sheriff at the jail
Man in Black is speaking with some “notorious bandit dude’ in jail - this guys seems pretty “heavy in terms” of what’ll happen — Hemdog approves Ed Harris’ “pyro effect request” and he buts “Hector” our of jail — and then they save Lawrence
Tattoo lady - her family was killed and she hunts down those who did it and paints her face with the blood of those who did it. And that leads us back to “Wyatt” as the man who led that group of killers.
Next scene - Maeve sees a Hazmat action figure - and we learn that it’s an idol of their “religion”
Back in West World - Lowe bones the COO lady — She’s stressed. The Board is visiting soon and she needs to talk to Anthony Hopkins. She goes into West World to see Dr. Ford. They are discussing his new narrative. Ford imagined at the beginning that things would be balanced. there were 100 hopeful story lines, but no one took it.
Ford knows about COO lady’s affair with bernard. He can “stop time” in terms of the Hosts. He asks here to not get in his way. He says that no everything about their hosts and guests. He says he’s “not the sentimental type” — seems like he’s wrecking the world
Delores and William are at the “shoot out” / stakeout - They “win” as only guests can
Lawrence and Man in Black are heading towards Wyatt — Teddy is tied to a tree and left for dead with Buzzards — poor teddy (even man in black sees the irony in it being teddy”)
William an his brother in law decide to go “black hat” on their narrative to pick up another.
Hector and his crew role into town and start the “shooting up town” narrative — just dawned on me they were in a previous episode in this scene. Maeve grabs Hector for some questioning - she wants to answers on Hazmat man - hector calls him the “man who walks between worlds”
Maeve looks to stab herself - she finds remains of a bullet and realizes she “not crazy and that non of this matters”