106 - "The Adversary"
A_Ron_Hubbard
Cincinnati, OH
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Director: Frederick E. O. Toye
Writers: Halley Gross & Jonathan Nolan
Writers: Halley Gross & Jonathan Nolan
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To me the main narrative thrust of this season has become pretty clear. Theresa in an attempt to overthrow Ford's control of the park unlocked the Bicameral system in order sabotage the woodcutter and perhaps a few other Hosts to make them seem like a threat.
However she unlocked Pandora's Box and ether Arnold himself that he downloaded into the system or some sort of Trojan virus he left in the system has taken over and has begun rewriting the older Hosts.
I find it interesting that apparently even Ford is unaware of the scope of the changes and I think Anthony Hopkins isn't long for this show. I was pretty worried for him by the end of this episode.
It's entirely possible Ford is using Arnold's old log in to cover his tracks. I think it's safe to say it's either he or Arnold that would have the expertise with the Hosts to orchestrate this whole thing with no one realizing it.
One big minutiae question I have is how the hell did Delores and the other old hosts go from the crazy Data like androids to replicants? Obviously the brain was always some sort of Wetware or the transition just doesn't work.
To me the move to the organic Hosts was probably the straw that broke the camels back for Arnold. It seems like they put a ton of work into the first model Hosts and in the end the park turned them into meat based fuck puppets.
It is completely unlike the one William saw. Two time periods, people.
For me, the more interesting plot line is that William and Logan are bystanders to this present - day robot uprising.. And maeve/Dolores/William end up going center stage.
MiB's backstory is a C plot now, sorry.
The whole Maeve storyline doesn't make any sense. Why put her intelligence all the way to the top when you can immediately put it all the way to the bottom, reset her, and get on with your life? Not exactly rocket science.
I was bored for most of this one.
It really only served to show her programming was already being tampered with. It was interesting in that she figured out what she needed to do in Westworld to get back to the body shop.
Also, I wonder what Ford'a new narrative is going to turn out to be, and why is he deliberalty upsetting on going narratives in the park
@GredalBee And that's with your statement being correct.
The one part of the Maeve story I liked was when they showed her the PADD with her program flow chart and she blue screened.
Maeve has been madam for less than a year. William and Logan interacted with Maeve as madam.
Edit: see my post below where I retract this.
I'm actually coming around to the two timelines theory, though honing in on the nuances. The old and new logos make me suspect there are 2 general timelines.
Here's my thinking in terms of timeline:
1) Current day: This has MIB, Maeve, Teddy, and crew. Maeve introduced to Sweetwater only a year ago but was previously part of the storyline of her and her child.
2) 30 years ago: William, Logan come to park. This is the story of the first massive failure. No Maeve, no Teddy. My guess is that Teddy was added to keep Dolores in Sweetwater.
3) 34 years ago: Arnold "dies." Dolores said this was the date of the last conversation.
In short, I'm coming around to the idea that the editors have edited how the scenes are stitched together to really screw with audience to build up to an oh sh*t moment at the end of the season.