Did West World Season 2 just jump the shark or is it Crazy like a Fox

West World Season 2 - Delores is not Shredder from Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles

is west world crazy for going to the shogun world angle, or crazy like a fox? 

Places listening - UK second / Colombia third  (Ashburn VA #2 this week Props to Frankfurt Germany, Lima Peru and Hengelo Netherlands

Curtis Fingers watched a Derek Lowe tribute on NESN? And got teary eyed? 

Possible Silver linings — 

Maeve realizing she has telepathy mind control in any language may have been a necessary evil

The man in Black’s daughter showing up / right after the decided that the live forever project is the wrong thing - could prove interesting 

This is classic early in the series epic saga HBO move — you take the long way home, everybody starts to get a little impatient and then… BOMB SHELL

Delores is essentially building a mutant droid army - even Teddy wasn’t safe - i predict she makes Man in Black’s role miserable

I think once the explain delores’ dad’s deal with Charlotte Hale and the Delos Board — we finally should be able to go back down the funnel to a more succinct story line with more of a zero sum game plot line

Episode five May 20, 2018

Back to Maeve and the Samurai World peeps - Her power over them isn’t working like it did in west world. We learn the the Samurai world is for people who think west word is too tame. 

“Paint it black” plays on a japanese instrumental arrangement — and the Japanese droids are just samurai versions of the the westworld gang. British writer guy mentions that he didn’t have enough time of character development and therefore they’re basically the same characters. Fun “meta wrinkle” 

Maeve speaks Japanese — i like the wrinkle of bizarro west world - Maeve escapes

Back in West World Delores and Teddy stumble onto Sweetwater again and everybody is dead as usual

Delores and Teddy are out on the Range - thought Delores was gonna kill Teddy just then

Maeve is ready to kick it with the SHOGUN and his army - he cut off their ears so avoid Maev’s mind control — but she’s got mind control now — so it shouldn’t matter write. 

Teddy and Delores finally have a bonetownScene

And then she double crossed Teddy - and they just did some crazy alterations to Teddy’s settings - likely to make him meaner

Wow WuTang 36 chambers on the Japanese flute / fiddle/ etc C.R.E.A.M. cash rules everything around me - And a Decapitation of the Shogun by Akane  - BOOOM Roasted — since he killed Sakura

And Maeve gets all the dudes to kill each other with telepathy

Episode four May 13, 2018

Elsie Comes back — Bernard has had her chained up in like sector 22 or 23 — and he keeps having flashbacks to previous trips to this facility 

Bernard is at the center of the whole darn thing — we keep thinking he’s a mope or loser or getting played — but i think it’s obvious he’s not in control of himself and who ever programmed him still has a chance of “winning” at this contest. 

Elsie explains to him that his memories aren’t anchored sequentially - which explains more about why he’s so confused — and likely why we’re all so confused. 

Jim the father in law is “what they were making” in Sector 23 — and when Elsie and Bernard find him — he’s in a really bad spot. Bernard effs him up. We get a poignant quote about the devil not being real but the reflection of god laughing back at him

Interesting when William sees Jim as an older man. Explains that he’s hit a “Cognitive Plateau” He’s been brought back 149 times. He’s lasted 35 days this time around. So, William is basically coming around to abandoning the idea of Delos and living forever. “People aren’t meant to live forever”. "The world is better off without you Jim, possibly without me”. 

Bernard mentions that another “live forever printer” is created but we don’t know for who - my guess is man in black. Also Elsie trusting Bernard (BAD IDEA JEANS) 

Also the scene where the droids kill all of the scientists and then themselves  at Bernards command and then he curb stomps the last guy — crazy scene and Elsie is screwed methinks. 

Does Elsie look a lot different than she did in season 1? 

The Facility with the faceless droids - is trashed — we find out that bernard ordered it to be trashed. 

The confederados capture the man in black and Laurence

The scene with Young William and his father in law in (Jim) the chamber — is Delos’ play making people immortal? The guy died but they somehow have maintained at least a portion of his consciousness. The actor playing Jim is really good at the part where he’s not programmed to keep going

Man in Black tells the confederado he knows how to find “Glory” — when he shoots the bartender’s hand off - I think i’m supposed to hate the guy… but I just don’t really care about him.

Confederado talks about “death being an old friend of his” — and Man in Black hits him with some hot truth — death is the only thing that’s true — and then he stabs him in the throat with a broken bottle and lights up the whole crew. and then he makes the guy drink the “nitro” and let’s Laurence blow him to bits. 

Laurence’s daughter tries to call William out (as Ford)  one good deed doesn’t undue everything else.- William says he’s going to play the game to the bone, and she says then you still don’t understand the game we’re playing, if you’re looking forward, you’re looking in the wrong direction. 

Also man in black’s real life wife killed herself

Handsome security guy and the lady who almost go eaten by a tiger are with the Native American tribe — and the lady just ran off into the woods. The lady who ran off in the woods is Willam’s real life daughter. WOWZERS, now we’re talking

Westworld Season Two Break down show (Eps 1-3) w/ Andrew Patterson

Westworld Season 2

Episode three May 6, 2018

Opening scene - White Stripes “7 Nation Army” plays on the Sitar — is this a young Doctor Ford and his wife or something? crazy shooting scene by the lady he’s trying to seduce on his Indian safari — not Doctor Ford - different part of the park. more hosts killing guests — including the tiger robot

Elephants? the budget for this show is nuts

Bernard/Arnold and Charlotte Hale looking for Peter Abernathy Droid (delores’ dad)

Delores is getting her “wyatt on” and i’m wondering how we’re going to feel about her at the end of the season. 

Maeve’s little view has encountered the native warriors -and she’s having flashbacks. And they are running for their lives

Delores encounters her Father and Bernard. And she tosses Bernard in jail with the other humans — not good for Charlotte Hale’s agenda at all

Snake Tattoo lady is back - with a flame thrower - and the two techs from last season appear - felix and the other guy with the beard. Thought they were dead

bernard working on delores’ dad — and discovers the encryption that charlotte wants

standoff between delores’ army and the park’s swat team. 

Bernard is face to face with Clementine - she knocks him out

Teddy lets confederado dudes live — gonna be beef with Wyatt

Lady who got attacked by Tiger is now in Native Warrior country - tough day for her

Samurai coming at Maeve in final scene - cliff hanger

Who won episode? not the park’s swat team 

Who lost episode? Delores - lost her dad and lost Teddy’s loyalty 

Gratuitous nudity? None really

Most mind blowing thing? Mostly straight forward episode

Episode two April 29, 2018

Interesting City setting beginning to the episode with Arnold and Delores - wondering “when in time” this is supposed to be

Delores, Teddy and everybody crashes the base - and Delores says she “knows what the outside” world is like - and the piano plays that “Kayne song here’s a toast to the D-Bags aka Runaway fast as you can.

Seems to be a “flash back” to young william and his brother in law, Logan. - Just realizing this is pre-west world park being built — he’s a dinner party with all “robots” and has no idea. 

Logan has week facial hair for a bearded guy on his left side

Man in black and Laurence alluding to the fact that Westworld been tallying the sins of every guest  

Delores is suing the “techs” to build her an army

The scope and scale of this level of story telling is incredible

Young “William” helicopters into westworld with his “dad or father in-law” - he says the guests are real - and essentially lays out the business plan for why westworld is a business. 

I still can’t believe that McPoyle is a lead in this series. 

Face to Face: Maeve and Delores  - going to be interesting to see their paths weave in and out

Delores face to face with the Confederados - she lights up their whole crew and they’re gonna reboot them all to follow her. Heck of a growth plan. 

Why isn’t the “Park’s power shut down yet?” - how can the rehab tech still use his software to revive Robots?

Young william sees Delores at a party with his wife and kids at a retirement party. 

Is that Gustavo from Breaking Bad ???? Yup! The new “bandito revolution honcho” talking to man in black…

Who won the episode? Young William for getting westworld built?

Who lost the episode? Probably Logan - seems like he ended up some type of heroine addict of something // or old william for letting Delores know “about the weapon she can use to destroy humans”.

Gratuitous nudity of the episode? Looks like the Rehab center - bunch of naked Robots on the floor 

Most mind blowing moment? The mass bandito Suicide that prevented man in black from getting an army — Dr. Ford keeps needling Man in Black

premier April 22, 2018 on HBO

Who won the episode? anybody who is still alive one. probably Delores 

Who lost the episode? ahhhh humans?

Gratuitous nudity of the episode? only males really - such a season 2 fad: dudes nude

Most mind blowing moment? bernards brain goo is running out — also he’s both with handsome security guy and Charlotte Hale in separate story lines at once 

Forgot how long the intro song with the player piano was 

Lili Bordan Actress from West World, The Martian & A Life Lived

Lili Bordan interview Notes - HBO West World cast member / actress

 

Questions/ Topics for "Filibuster Freestyle" interview:

 

West World - Fortuneteller role -- what was the audition process like? Does the process differ from other gigs, in terms of how "massive" the show is? How much of the show/ plot line were you privy to? 

 

Have you been watching West World? Any hot takes or speculations for season 2?

 

What's your favorite / most unique audition story in which you got the role? 

 

What about another one, in which you didn't get the role - but a good story regardless?

 

Standing Rock - (if you're up for discussing it) seems like a movement you're passionate about... Talk about your feelings over the past week-plus culminating with US Army Corps of Engineers seeking an alternate route... rhetorical question, why are companies so against clean water???? 

 

"A Life Lived" - Interesting premise - life of a dollar bill - how was filming with Denise Richards. I feel like she's an icon of the late 90's / Early 2000's Americana - any fun Denise Richards "tales"?   

 

Your mom is an actress, what compelled you to get into that professional as well? What would you have pursued other than acting?

 

Outlandish/ random question of the week: Based on your Hungarian roots, Does the name Baby Gabi (of Hungarian Pop Fame) ring a bell? Because I saw her in Astoria 2006 -- and it was actually pretty awesome 

 

Future projects: You've got a lot of stuff on your IMDb page in post production/ filming/  completed... any projects you'd like to talk about?

HBO "West World" Episode 10 - Season Finale Analysis and Outlandish Theories

West World Episode 10 

 

Places Listening Ashburn, VA/ Denver, CO / Cebu, Phillippines  Berwood East, Australia, and Charlotte, NC in 5th place

 

Egypt, Peru and the Dutch Part of St. Maarten

 

Who Won the episode?  Dr Ford (unquestioned) - Do you Label Delores a winning or a loser?  Gotta give Bernard a strong win?

 

Who Lost the episode — nominees Charlotte Hale (Tessa Thompson) — Logan (as called by Andrew Patterson) — Maeve’s free will (correctly called by Andrew Patterson)

 

Gratuitous Nudity - Armistice I’d say - tons for choices — but she may have won for the entire season  in this episode 

 

Most mind blowing moment - Ahhhhh Ford orchestrating his own demise while vowing full well, everything else

 

Questions - Does the Board (Charlotte hale / Man in Black, etc) know Bernard is a Host???? Felix now does, but I don’t think they do. He might be a HUGE double agent type in season two.

 

Do Maeve and Delores beef in season two? I doubt it - I think the Wyatt Character is too powerful

 

What’s up with those Samurai? Felix (Leanardo Nam) said there's “a complicated” explanation 

 

Opening scene - Arnold making / turning on Delores 

 

Next Scene - Delores shaving Man in Black - Delores in the town (where Teddy and Wyatt shot up people)

 

Question - How did the books spin this story — i feel like it would have been very frustrating if the book read the way season one has been unfolded

 

William and Captive Logan for back and find Lawrence / El Las

 

Teddy is back in Sweet water - starting his loop — and he’s looking for delores, gets back on the West World Train

 

Back at the “Church” Delores speaks to Arnold / then she finds arnold’s son’s toy maze in her own grave - Arnold - consciousness is the journey inward, not upward

 

Arnold realizes that the hosts are “alive” and he wants to convince Ford not to open to Park - Arnold Orchestrates his own death to “break the loop” before it begins. He instructs her to kill all of the other hosts, and tells her to enlist Teddy to help her too. He gives her the giant pistol she likes so much.

 

Through flash backs, Delores begins to remember her mass murder of all the hosts — Delores and Teddy Effed Stuff up

 

Man in black / William makes his “Guest can’t really lose” speech to Delores. His potential comeuppance is amazing as eff. 

 

Charlotte Hale and Lee Daniels - talking about “Abernathy” getting out of West World — sounds like he got out. That’ll be interesting in season 2

 

Hale wants the hosts to be simpler - and uses famous last words that everything is under control. Just as the Delos Board members arrive on the train.

 

Maeve - getting worked on by Leonardo - and she begins making changes to park security and to Armistice and Hector (Get the character name). 

 

Charlotte Hale visits Ford - tells him he’ll resign but first introduce his new narrative. Love that he says, “aren’t you afraid i’m going to smash all my toys and go home”? 

 

The smarmy (pervy) Tech who gets his ultimate downfall — deserves it so much — and his death is GRIZZZZLLLLY as is the other tech whose finger Armistice bites off 

 

Best part of show is when Felix thinks he’s a Host too. 

 

The Delores / William / Man in Black “battle is pretty interesting”. the Reveal of him being William is surprising to no-one but William. 

 

How about when William sends Logan off on a Horse Naked? Does he factor in for the second season - If not - how did William explain him never coming back from West World??

 

William takes Delores “getting wiped clean” very personally. For an investor in the park — shouldn’t he have known about hosts getting wiped clean

 

The message of this show is, HUMANS ARE THE WORST. 

 

Delores - Upon that sand, A new God will rise — her Wyatt Heel Turn is fantastic - I correctly called Man in Black getting his ass kicked last week — But he still really wants and likes to get his ass kicked by hosts. Stabbing Delores is interesting too (because of how well it ties in with Ford’s overall plan). Then Teddy Lights him up with 5 pistol shots 

 

Then Teddy Takes her  to where the “mountains meet the sea” and it’s all part of Ford’s “Narrative” - i did’t quite realize where the was going yet, but I was starting to think that whatever he did, was going to be badass.

 

How about Maeve bringing back “Bernard” from a full head trauma, but leaving Pennyfeather lobotomized? That’s a little messed up. Especially since it took Felix like 8 mins to fix Bernard (and Bernard has all of his memory still).  Tells Maeve her memories are tied to consciousness, how can she learn from her mistakes if she can’t remember them.

 

Ford meeting Man in Black about the “hosts fighting back” is pretty fantastic - his “i think you’ll find my new narrative more satisfying" line is good, too. The Maze wasn’t meant for you, and how it’s tied to Ford’s plan to get the hosts ready to defend themselves. 

 

Maeve — won’t heed Bernard’s advice that someone has altered her storyline to orchestrate “getting out”. Her existential free will dilemma is interesting. Penny Feather is  one personal mannequin challenge, btw - she’s the winner - case closed. 

 

Love that Handsome Security guys’s replacement is so overmatched - as the “gala is starting” and Maeve is about to wreak havoc during her escape. Clearly getting Stubbs and Elsie out of the picture is part of Ford’s vision, too 

 

Ford is Kaizer Sosze in his ultimate “win” - “Teddy says maybe this is the beginning after all, the beginning of a brand new chapter.” The new narrative is called “journey into night” 

 

How about the Samuri’s that Maeve and her Crew happen upon, what’s gonna happen with that? 

 

Ford - fixing up Delores - Does the whole “Machaelangelo” speech with her — God giving humans life with purpose. The Whole arnold/ Delores/ reveries piece. Arnold turned Delores into Wyatt! 

 

Arnold’s plan to kill himself, so Ford can’t Bring him back — despite being able to bring the hosts back — seemed pretty ingenious. Delores killed Teddy, Arnold and Herself. And then Ford rolled her back. 

 

So Ford - isn’t a monster — he feels like he’s been prepping the hosts for the moment when they will have to confront the human race for survival. “In order to escape this place you will need to suffer more. Goodbye and Good luck”. 

 

Felix - gives Maeve info on her daughter, and Maeve now can’t leave.  Literally on the train to leave and she can’t do it. 

 

Tandi Newton created an Army to follow Delores - with Ford’s help - and now Delores is Wyatt - EFF this should be really good. 

 

Love that Ed Harris s getting cranked on bourbon by himself right before the ultimate speech / scene - Love that he’s the first one to see the Rouge Hosts, and he kind of likes that his cutthroat dream is coming true. 

 

Lee Daniels happens upon the empty “Retirement tank” and that’s when I knew it was ON! But, i honestly didn’t see Ford killing himself til the end. Oh and Pennyfeather shoots Man in Black in the arm — she was salvaged!!! 

 

I’m pumped for season two

 

HBO West World Episodes 8 & 9 analysis and show notes

West World Episode 9

 

Who Won - Candidates are William and Dr Ford - I’m going William

 

Who Lost - Logan or Bernard 

 

Most Mind Blowing Moment — that Delores killed Arnold back in the day — 4 Words - WE MUST KNOW MORE

 

Senseless Nudity of the week - Bernard Body Double — little full backal nudity to quote Joey Lawrence from Blossom back in the 90’s.

 

Opening Scene - Maeve at headquarters talking to Bernard. Maeve basically shows Bernard that she’s “the boss” - she actually now is more “highly capable than he is” - she breaks the news to him (for the second time this season) that he’s a Host — and then actually freezes his motor functions. Her Jedi mind tricks are second only to Dr Ford at this point.

She really sets in motion what happens to Bernard at the end of the episode 

 

Delores and William are in the Union Soldier Camp - William asks Logan to get Delores out of the park and into the real world - that convo doesn’t go well.

 

Bernard sneaks into Ford’s office / Ford is in the Decommison “Tank” more senseless nudity. They have a tete a tete regarding Arnold building his earliest code. Bernard wants a trip down memory lane — the full version — and Ford warns him. Bernard and the Original Pennyfeather hold Ford hostage - which seems like a great “Check mate move by Bernard at the time”.

 

Who is Bernard’s wife? He remembers Elsie but doesn’t say what he’s done with her

 

Back at the Union Army Camp - Logan - the pic of Logan’s sister is the one that Abernathy found in like Ep 1 or 2. That’s interesting for the future of the show

 

Logan stabs Delores — shows her mechanical parts in her stomach - Delores cuts logan’s face, shoots dudes and runs away — then finds herself in “another time” in the same field with her wounds no longer there.

 

Maeve pays visit to The Bandits - Rodrigo (?), Armistance, et al — she shows him that his precious bank safe is empty — and essentially proves to him that helping her “rob west world” blind - is his real quest. She gets him to remember past sequences and  the light their tent on fire while having relations, so they can get back to use and she an likely boost his “settings as well”. Maeve says, “getting to hell is easy, the rest is where it gets hard”.

 

Back at the old camp fire with Logan and William - William finally “feigns being back in line with Logan”. 

 

Finally back to Teddy (James Marsden) and Angela (Telula Reilly) and Man in Black — Teddy has flash backs of Wyatt and him killing soldiers, but it turns out it may have been him as an outlaw killing civilians (including Angela) — She tells him when Wyatt returns he’ll be by his side, but Teddy isn’t ready and she kills him. She also puts the man in black to sleep via concussion and then ties his neck to a blindfolded horse with a rope up over a tree. She’s part of the “not effing around club”. 

 

Charlotte Hale (Tessa Thompson) shows up to speak to man in black - She is recruiting his vote to get rid of Ford. She also says Man in Black kept Ford in business all those years’ ago. (I’m more and more convinced that William is Man in Black)

 

Stubbs aka Handsome Security guy gets an alert that is likely “Elsie’s transponder”. Goes to check it out - has “poor connection” - in a theme park? Weird? Also, Ghost Nation refuses to “Freeze all motor functions”. 

 

Logan wakes up after a long night, and William has murdered every last host in the Union Solider camp. And he has taken a violent Alpha dog turn. He also says “don’t call me Billy”.

 

Back with Bernard and Ford - Bernard is having a total meltdown. And he’s on the trip to remembering Arnold. Delores is running to that little town with the steeple again. Arnold wanted to “Create consciousness” Ford tells Bernard. The hosts hear their programming as an inner monologue. Delores going in a confessional booth and ends up on the floor of “Home base” that has been de-commissioned like she’s walking through the halls of Bernard’s mind in some ways

 

Ford and Arnold gave the hosts tragic backstories - Bernard demands to be sent all the way back. He tries to rid himself of his “Cornerstone of his son’s death” - and he brings the son back, because the son is “fake,” Bernard “opens his eyes” and it’s his literal beginning - Ford creates him but he is basically Arnold. And Senselessly NUDE. Ford makes him the “ideal partner” - hands him a picture. 

 

He realizes he’s arnold. And then Delores calls him Arnold. He tells here he can’t help her because he’s dead, because Delores Killed Arnold - WHOA!!!!!!! 

 

The man in black then meets Delores at the church.

 

Bernard is going to “set the sentient hosts free”. But Ford, tells him that humans “ate the neanderthals” and anything that challenged our primacy. Ford asks Bernard to let him roll him back. He asks Clementine to shoot Ford. She won’t — Bernard realized there is a back door and Ford hacked him and Clementine. Ford narrates that Bernard will kill himself, and he does. Ford has a new story to tell. “Never place your trust in us, We’re only human, inevitably we’ll disappoint you.”

 

 

 

 

West World Episode 8 

 

Who won - Maeve is the easy answer - she’s basically becoming a Jedi Knight in the park and pretty damn formidable at the “home base/ head quarters”. But here are 3 small wins - Logan over William and Delores // Wyatt over the the Man in Black with the help of Teddy /// Shannon Woodward — because I think the Elsie storyline isn’t dead, I think it’s coming back and in a weird or impactful way 

 

Who lost - Hard to Say - William is now captured by the Logan and the Union Soldiers, Man in Black seems to have been led by Teddy into the clutches of “Wyatt” with the help of that mysterious damsel, Sylvester got this throat slashed by Maeve and is only alive because Felix  was told to coterize his neck back shut...but here’s my possible “Hot Take” - Maeve clearly has super powers, but her ability to have SUPER MEMORIES AND FEELINGS TIED TO MEMORIES is an issue i think. When they showed her back story with the Man in black and her daughter — and Dr Ford had to drop her memory all the way down — this is scary for her - cuz when she’s lost between those memories and her current role at the Saloon — she’s basically beginning to slash everyone’s throat. Also, Dr. Ford may have set himself up by Erasing Bernard’s memories… i think the Hemsdog is about to be on to him

 

Most mind blowing moment — There are some good nominees this week (Bernard did take Elsie last week), Maeve’s memory’s and back story revelations, but for me it’s when Delores had the flash backs - by the Old church steeple. It seemed to confuse many viewers, including Zach Braff, but it seems to confirm that we are on a space time continuum — which is perhaps solely tied to the memories of main characters like Delores & Maeve. We even saw Teddy get into the mix of remembering the man in black - and then subduing him. Delores’ memory has many of the current characters in a much more “peaceful role” than their wildwest roles we’ve seen. The “Snake Face Tattoo lady” Armistice (played by Ingrid Bolso Berdal) is learning how to “Formal” dance with the rest of the town’s people. Other’s in that crew are all “step ford wive/ husband versions of themselves”. My question, is this loop - in the past?? or is it past of Ford’s vision for the future - and Delores sees it because of Arnold putting it in her head?

 

Senseless nudity — At this point it keeps being Maeve (though we did get a little bit gratuitous nudity in the “retirement tank” when Charlotte Hale and Lee Stevens went to the get Delores’ dad off of the scrap heap —

So, instead let’s focus on two new female characters that seem to be interesting new adds to the mix - 1) is the aforementioned damsel in distress that Teddy and Man in Black “rescue” - This is the actress Talulah Riley - She was in Thor: The Dark World in 2013 and she played the “blonde” in 2010’s inception. Talulah plays “Angela” - and Angela is an interesting conduit between Teddy and Man in Black and Wyatt. Also — just as Teddy is starting to ask a lot of questions from man in black / she steps in?? How close is she to Dr Ford . But the Man in Black says “i thought they would’ve retired you? I guess Ford doesn’t like to waster a pretty face.” 

The other woman was the “new clementine penny feather”. Here’s what’s weird - the actress playing the new penny feather is Lili Simmons. SHe’s only credited with one episode- Credits include Bone Tomahawk with Kurt Russell and the show Banshee from 2013-16 - 

 

Ford brings Bernard “back on line” - he remembers murdering her and he’s upset about it - Ford tells Bernard he should be proud of his actions.

 

Ford built Bernard to find “heart” - because the other hosts didn’t have enough subtle emotion 

 

Bernard is resisting Ford’s new “story line” - but Ford shows the upper hand — Bernard is going to clear trail linking he and Ford to Theresa - and have memories of his feeling for her erased.

 

Piano is playing house of the rising sun — finally i’ve called one after 4-5 weeks of being stumped

 

At Maeve’s place - new host has taken Clementine Pennyfeather’s role - different actress playing the part. 

 

Maeve remember’s her story line as a mother of that little girl. Maeve is prepping to “leave” - we learn that hosts have detonators in their spines - Maeve is going to “write her own effing story”

 

Delores and William scene - she feels like she’s “home”/ been here before. Happens upon a bunch of dead hosts- Ghost Nation shot them all w arrows. One is still alive - tells them that Logan gave them info to “kill delores and william” - This william / logan saga is interesting to me. 

 

Delores finds herself in the river face down / a voice says “come find me” — it’s a flash back - she’s been on this loop before

 

Theresa’s body ends up back at “base” with Hemsdog and Tessa Thompson (Charlotte Hale) 

 

Maeve - asks “who is Arnold?” - she seems to be remembering Arnold - Sylvester (Ptolmey Slocum) protests. But, Maeve seems aware of what she needs changed in her “programming”. Felix and Sylvester are plotting to “wipe her clean” instead of helping her out - this should be interesting

 

Teddy and Man in Black are BACK - on horse back - they happen upon more folks who have been shot with arrows. They find a woman - Man in black remembers her - thought “Ford would have retired her” 

 

Ghost Nation Guy attacks them - Teddy shoots him - doesn’t work — they Axe him in the head - Teddy is having flash backs of man in black from the old delores loop. He clocks the man in black.

 

The Techs bring Maeve upstairs to another programming area - Looks like Felix might not actually delete her

 

Lee Stevenes is with a “Cannibal dude” working on his “lines” - Charlotte Hale comes and visits him - and says he’s ready for a “real job” helping the board 

 

Felix hooked Maeve up - tinkered w her core code - she sliced sylvester’s throat- She let’s felis save him saying she might “need him” and then she says it’s ’time to recruit my army” 

 

Piano is playing some Foreigner i think — cold as ice!!! Yes! — NO! It was back to black by Amy Winehouse

 

She seems to have some Jedi Mind Trick - Yoda powers now - mind effs the saloon bartender 

 

Has a flash back and once again Ed Harris is the source of her “murder” - Ed Harris is gonna be in big trouble i think 

 

Maeve mind effs the new Pennyfeather - she literally speaks the narrative and it “happens” 

 

The “bad guy shoot ‘em up crew” part of the loop starts (Snake face girl and her whole crew of bandits) - Maeve walks out tries to alternate with the narrative  - and does 

 

Ford and Bernard - back in the “lab” - Bernard doesn’t understand the “things he feels” - asks what’s the difference between mental “pain” between hosts and people. Ford mentions the Humans also live in loops 

 

Bernard hurt Elsyie - he remembers it right before getting “Cleared/ wiped” 

 

Delores and William are “home” she reaches a town - she’s in new clothes so it’s a memory - A lot of characters are “back” including the little latin girl “el law’s daughter”

 

Delores finds the “steeple” - she asks “when are we”? she’s losing her mind a bit — her loops are intersecting - she says this is what Arnold wants. William gets her out of there.

 

They encounter Logan and a union scouting party

 

Lot of Nudity in the “retirement tank” — Charlotte Hale and Lee Stevens pick Dolores’ dad out of all of them to upload tons of “data to smuggle out inside of him” and to write him a script to get out of the park with it.

 

Bernard is speaking to Hemsdog aka Luke Hemsworth who plays Ashley Stubbs - and he shows “being a host” - because of his wiped brain. Elsyie gets brought up 

 

Back to Teddy and Man in Black — Teddy starts beating the crap out of man in Black. Man in Black starts talking about how he’s the “good guy” - his wife took wrong pills and died in real life - wife apparently killed herself (and was told that by her daughter). He’s back to prove his character is not bad.

He tells the story of Maeve’s old “loop” - he killed Maeve and her daughter - but Maeve “refused to die”. Maeve slide his throat but apparently sliced the new penny feather’s throat.

Maze revealed itself to Ed Harris - Arnold's game is a deeper game and it cuts deep

 

Maeve escapes — flash back to when her daughter was killed at base and Ford wipes her clean with an “old trick from an old friend” - taking away her suffering - She slitted her own throat in the flash back 

 

Man in black wants to best wyatt - The host girl with them wants Ed Harris dead — teddy still can’t pull the trigger. - Then that girl stabs teddy with an arrow  - Yikes.

 

All of Wyatt’s men appear with Ghost Nation peeps and Ed Harris is surrounded 

 

 

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" 

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”