At the end of Westworld’s 8th episode, “Trace Decay,” we find ourselves with the Man in Black (Ed Harris) and Teddy (James Marsden), who have both unknowingly been captured by Wyatt-sidekick Angela (Talulah Riley) and a creepy gang of his followers...
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Westworld Rewind: Episode 8, “Trace Decay”
Episode 7, “Trompe L’Oeil,” ends with the shocking reveal that Bernard Lowe (Jeffrey Wright) is a host and the brutal murder of Theresa Cullen (Sidse Babett Knudsen) at his hands. Episode 8, “Trace Decay,” shows us Bernard’s reaction and the...
Westworld Rewind: Episode 7, “Trompe L’Oeil”
The end of Westworld’s sixth episode, “The Adversary,” sees the power that Maeve (Thandie Newton) has created for herself increase even more, and quite literally. She demands that Felix (Leonardo Nam) and Sylvester (Ptolemy Slocum) boost up her...
Westworld Rewind: Episode 6, “The Adversary”
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...
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...
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...