At the end of episode 5, “Contrapasso,” Maeve (Thandie Newton) shocks Felix (Leonardo Nam) by waking up – again! – and telling him they need to chat. In episode 6, “The Adversary,” Maeve goes beyond just talking and begins to take...
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Vanessa Cole
Westworld Rewind: Episode 5, “Contrapasso”
The end of episode 4, “Dissonance Theory”, comes with Maeve’s (Thandie Newton) exclamation that she’s “not crazy”, prompted by the bullet she and Hector (Rodrigo Santoro) find in her abdomen. This revelation is certainly good news for her, as it...
Dylan Moir
Westworld Rewind: Episode 4, “Dissonance Theory”
At the end of episode three (“The Stray”), Dolores (Evan Rachel Wood) quits being the damsel and takes matters into her own hands – shooting Rebus (Steven Ogg) and escaping the ranch. In “Dissonance Theory,” Dolores’ confused flashbacks continue to...
Westworld Rewind: Episode 3, “The Stray”
By the end of Westworld’s second episode, we have a pretty good grasp of how the park functions, or at least how it’s supposed to function. High paying guests are transported to Delos headquarters, where they are dressed in their Western garb and...
Westworld Rewind: Episode 2, “Chestnut”
When Dolores (Evan Rachel Wood) kills a fly at the end of the Westworld season premiere – defying the code that’s supposed to keep hosts from hurting living things – it’s a small sign that something has gone wrong. “Chestnut” adds fuel to the fire...
Westworld Rewind: Episode 1,”The Original”
While we eagerly await the arrival of Westworld’s second season, we’ve been brainstorming various ways to fill the offseason void that we’re all currently trudging through. Small pieces of casting or production news are sprinkled on us every so...
Decoding the Westworld Character Journey: William
William (Jimmi Simpson) enters Westworld determined to be the hero. He disagrees with Logan’s (Ben Barnes) treatment of the hosts, preferring to see them as people and not objects to exploit. William’s attraction to Dolores (Evan Rachel Wood) seems...
Decoding the Westworld Character Journey: Bernard Lowe
When we first meet Bernard Lowe (Jeffrey Wright) – the mild-mannered head of Programming at Delos – he seems like a smart, capable, and immensely likable human being. Despite being tormented by memories of his son’s death, Bernard excels at his job...
Decoding the Westworld Character Journey: Maeve
Our introduction to Maeve (Thandie Newton) on Westworld is overshadowed by the focus on Dolores (Evan Rachel Wood), Teddy (James Marsden), the Man in Black (Ed Harris), and Dolores’ father, Peter Abernathy (Louis Herthum) in the season premiere...
Decoding the Westworld Character Journey: Dolores
Dolores Abernathy’s (Evan Rachel Wood) character arc in Westworld’s first season is one of hope, sadness, suffering, strength, and – finally – liberation. As the oldest active host in the park, she has been subject to decades of abuse...
