The driving question of Westworld has always been about the nature of choice. In a world where the principal players are hosts and humans, the matter of choice has always been the defining metric of delineation between the two. A human can choose...
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Analysis: Westworld Season 2 Episode 9 Recap, “Vanishing Point”
“If you keep pretending, you’re not gonna remember who you are.” Westworld season two’s penultimate episode (I know, I can’t believe it either) took a dark and fascinating look at choices, and how those choices...
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Analysis: Westworld Season 2 Episode 8 Recap, “Kiksuya”
“Take my heart when you go.” Storytelling is a form in which we see stories that represent who we are, regardless of how much we know of our true selves. Storytelling is a pathway through which we discover whom we do not know and perhaps in that...
Analysis: Westworld Season 2 Episode 7 Recap, “Les Écorchés”
”To see a World in a Grain of Sand/And a Heaven in a Wild Flower/Hold Infinity in the palm of your hand/And Eternity in an hour.” Those are the first words we hear Dr. Robert Ford speak to Bernard in Sunday night’s episode. It is a stanza from...
Analysis: Westworld Season 2 Episode 6 Recap, “Phase Space”
Another Westworld episode down, and once again we are given a few answers but left with even more questions. We were left to ponder the ramifications of Dolores’ versus Maeve’s methods of obtaining freedom, and to question the nature of...
Analysis: Westworld Season 2 Episode 5 Recap, “Akane No Mai”
A primary function of white supremacy is the “otherization” of cultures that do not fit within its defining parameters of superiority. The more pervasive and normalized the otherization, the easier it becomes for individuals of those cultures to be...
Analysis: Westworld Season 2 Episode 4 Recap, “Riddle of the Sphinx”
“What goes on four feet in the morning, two feet at noon, and three feet in the evening?” This is the riddle the Sphinx posed to Oedipus in the Greek tragic play, Oedipus Rex. The answer, of course, is a human being, who crawls on all...
Analysis: Westworld Season 2 Episode 3 Recap, “Virtù e Fortuna”
Westworld at its most ideal seeks to be a story that is rooted in exploring the tragic, cyclical natures of violence and oppression. The two concepts, while standing just fine on their own, are nevertheless undeniably intertwined in their...
Analysis: Westworld Season 2 Episode 2 Recap, “Reunion”
The second episode of Westworld season two is titled “Reunion,” and that’s what it delivered, bringing many characters back together – both in the present and the past. We went back in time to learn more about the origins of...
Analysis: Westworld Season 2 Premiere Recap, “Journey Into Night”
The long off season is finally over! Westworld returned to our screens last night, and it was well worth the wait. It had plenty of action, intrigue, drama, and even a dash of comedy thrown in (looking at you Maeve and Sizemore), along with the...
