Westworld

Plot synopsis:
Ford brings Lowe back in the private lab. Lowe weeps for Theresa Cullen. Ford is philosophical, Lowe gets angry but accepts to do a coverup in return for a memory wipe. Lowe goes to the computer and Theresa's apartment, he burns a private note.Maeve is in the saloon, a new blonde hooker is there instead of Clementine. Maeve wistfully remembers her homesteader life. Felix and Sylvester try to explain her memories, then she asks them to deactivate her failsafe internal explosive.William and Dolores ride on a single horse, they stop by a river with many dead bodies, killed by Natives. She tries to aid a badly wounded man. The man tells them Logan is working with the Confederados.Dolores has a memory glitch and sees herself dead. The Conferado dies.Stubbs explains Cullen was found dead, from a fall. She was in possession of data. Charlotte still seems suspicious, she says Cullen was loyal. Ford explains Cullen faked the Clementine test, Lowe should be re-instated, Hale agrees.Maeve and the techs discuss her core code. She asks about Arnold. Maeve asks to go to a higher level during a shift change. Alone, the two techs plan how to end it, to wipe Maeve's memory.Teddy Flood and MIB ride, MIB tries to explain the rules of the Game. They see several dead men. A crying injured woman blames Wyatt. A large horned figured attacks, it takes both men to kill it. Teddy remembers MIB hauling Dolores off to rape, then he slugs MIB unconscious.The techs shut down Maeve. Felix pauses before reformatting.Sizemore is training a robot to eat a human leg. Charlotte comes to see him and says Cullen was loyal. She offers him a new task.Sylvester tries to convince Felix to proceed, then Maeve awakes, angry with Sylvester. She grabs a scalpel and slices Sylvester's throat. She gets Felix to stop the bleeding.Back in Sweetwater Maeve returns to the saloon. Again she recalls the homestead MIB murder. Hector and Armistice arrive to shoot up the town. She is able to give voice commands to direct the other AI.Ford and Lowe get back to work, Ford is not worried about Hale. Lowe is still puzzled about his back story. Ford tries to explain the differences between AI and humans. Ford denies having Lowe kill anyone before but the AI Engineer has a memory flash of strangling Elsie Hughes.Dolores and William find her 'home' , another town. A peaceful town, techs train AI to dance. Lawrence's daughter appears. Gun shots and a she sees herself killing everyone. It's all an illusion or memory fragment, there is just the black church steeple. Dolores is confused about what is real. Logan appears with other riders.Hale and Sizemore walk through the robot storage area. They choose Peter Abernathy at random, she uploads some data and says to program him to be able to walk out of the park.Stubbs comes to sympathize with Lowe, Stubbs hints he knew about Lowe mist ice and Theresa but Lowe says he barely knew her. Stubbs is taken aback also asks about Elsie, Lowe says she is on vacation.Teddy has MIB bound up and demands to know about Dolores. MIB explains his own wife died from an overdose, scared of his dark side. A year before he had come to test himself and killed homesteader Maeve and her daughter but Maeve had not died and stabbed him back.Maeve is under attack in Sweetwater, the techs realize she is non responsive. A year before she had been non responsive too until Ford was able to reset her, and gave her a new role. Hazmat team closes in on her.MIB tells Teddy they have to find the maze, the woman urges Teddy to kill him. But Teddy cannot pull the trigger, the blonde stabs Teddy, dark figures approach.

Tags: murder

Review:
Most of it was self-explanatory, like the constant debauchery and murder for fun, but the underlying search for hidden motives and "the truth" kept the show going, up to a grand finale.Season two, however, is a bit of a letdown.
Since we now know about the two parallel plots from season one, the audience isn't fooled as easily anymore.So instead the writers set out to sidetrack us with irrelevant characters and plots who just end up dead or unresolved later on.
Towards the end, the focus on AI development and AI trying to "free" itself seems lost almost completly.If I wouldn't know better, I'd think the producers of this show were so surprised by their own success that they had no real idea of how to continue, and are now just cobbling up random ideas.Season two is not bad, but its nowhere near as unique or visionary as the first.
It was so bad it reminded me of Lost - which I stopped watching during the 3rd season.
Westworld - 2nd Season - A Complete Mess.
In 1973, the cult "Westworld" by Michael Crichton was a successful sci-fi of my generation and a sort of grandfather of other robots films, such as "The Stepford Wives", "Blade Runner" and mainly "The Terminator".In 2016, HBO released "Westworld", a promising series based on the 1973 "Westworld" but with AI.
Bernard´s shuffled recollections is awful and the motive of each lead character is weak (Maeve wants to retrieve her daughter; Man in Black to destroy the park; Dolores to go to the outside world; Hale to retrieve and transmit important information).
In the end, this season is a complete waste of time.
The 2nd season is full of nonesense like "lost" there is never ending stories..
I enjoyed Season 1 of Westworld, and was eager to see how the series developed.
In parts, it seems like the writers are punishing for watching by making a scene as boring as possible.
Well, since my longer review got deleted by mistake and don't feel like writing it again: Season 1- great.
I mean, it's all good to not put it all on the table and leave something for the viewer's brain to work out, but second season was just frustrating.
Season 2 was all about fancy technology (which seems extremely impractical), people walking around in the desert having gunfights (throw in a couple swordfights here and there) and loose plot twists most of which seemed unnecessary.
Along the way were gapping holes that I can only guess are there out of laziness and/or to lure viewers to watch former episodes in a vain attempt to fill said holes, thus trapping them in the world of the show that now exists only for its own sake, that now offers nothing of value to the viewer in exchange for their time.Like the guests, the core drive of the show is to survive, at any cost.
But I keep getting distracted while watching an episode and start doing other things.
The story is intriguing, the visuals are beautiful and the acting is incredible.The previous reviewer who said the violence is unnecessary has missed the point in my opinion.
It is there to make you feel uncomfortable, because it is that inner dark side and battle between good and evil (and more often than not the middle ground between) that is at the very epicenter of the human condition.This is what the show is often commenting on and this is what makes this show so interesting, thought provoking and ultimately entertaining.If it carries on in the same vein we will have a modern day classic on our hands..
For the second season, I guess they thought their reputation would suffice.The characters stopped behaving believably and consistently.
Season 1 is well worth a watch for the sheer production value and a great story arc.
But, season 2 descends into bumbling nonsense - too many writers, too many ideas, too many stories..
The writers have been given far too much time to ponder human existence and whether cyborgs could think for themselves - just give us a stunning series of worlds with action, adventure and dips into how cyborgs could evolve without committing too much time to this.
From one of the best sci-fi television series I've ever seen in season 1, to a messy philosophical mumbo jumbo turd, that will not entertain anyone who's not a 14 year old boy.I like philosophical challenges, like some of Star Treks early years or TNG, but this is not challenging, interesting, provoking, or even a bit entertaining.
I don't think they expected this one to make it to season two, and it shows.Frankly, it's crap.
I will not waste my time on the third season, and if you're reading this before watching season two, spare yourself.
With season two they just overdid it to the point where most people can't just watch the show and understand what the hell is going on.
Instead only people who understand what's going on now seem to be those who are ready to re-watch every episode, share ideas on the forums, draw diagrams about who did what where and when...
To be honest, having the second season in mind, I hope they cancel it..
Season 1 was OK but Season 2 was a mess of disconnected story lines.
Between the memory trails and the story line bouncing back and forth that was hard to follow and the horrible depressive music this was very disappointing.
As so many others have said, season 1 was very good, divergent stories all coming together.
Much like "True Detective", season 2 is a hot mess.
That was more interesting than any episode of season 2.
It's a total pleasure watching every second of their stellar performances.The plot - being a huge fan of sci-fi, it simply doesn't get better than that!
Season 1 was great, but I struggled to watch season 2 all the way through.
Watch the First Season and leave it that, as the ending is satisfying enough without having to slog through the complete failure of a second season and what, I am sure, will be many more seasons of steadily declining quality to come..
It is full of deep human conflicts, that is if you are open to watch it with a clear mind.Hopkins' quote from the end of episode 2 when he says "No" to "Odyssey on Red River" and explanation of his refusal feels like a statement of the production mindset.
"Odyssey on Red River" pretty much summarizes everything wrong with entertainment media nowadays, and Westworld is a real delight that shines as a great production.I don't know how to tell its greatness without spoiling the show, but unless you want a cheap ride you will glimpse at screen in between your texting; you can not not enjoy this show!.
A big lost opportunity, but when the season was rushed through I kinda expected the worst and got most of it..
I guess the writer hosts for season 2 were stuck in a bad loop....I forced myself to watch season 2 until episode 8 (none of the eight episodes was good, most of them feel like badly done fillers)...but I had enough of this crap now...game over.
I think it was a bit corny, I tried watching it 2 times and seriously I couldn't do it.
But filling the whooole season with nebulous philosophical one-liners (which btw you do not even articulate clearly enough, so to make it worse, it gets confusing) about what is real/human/mortal/evolution or not, is daring.
Season one was great, very entertaining, and kept me interested thru every episode , the story lines of the characters made me want to keep watching and see where it went and was excited to hear there was going to be a season 2.
The second season overall just feels disconected and the story is poorly told.
I was really excited to watch this show because of the premise alone: There's a theme park filled with robots called 'hosts' that are made to resemble humans in almost every way; visitors to the theme park enter a western themed world where they can do whatever they want, including raping and murdering the hosts.
Did the writers of the last season of LOST also write Season 2 of WESTWORLD?
I found the last three episodes so painful I had to push myself to watch, hoping there was some sort of breakthrough - but I just got more confused and angry.
We are swimming in great television content and I haven't the time or patience to go back and try and work it all out - goodbye Westworld..
I have watched like 3 first episode, and i have not found a single intrest thing in this season, even they corrupted entire season with just gun firing like any other western movies.
at some points it felt like the writers didn't know what to do with the story so they just made things up on the way , it was extremely slow paced and filled with unnecessary story lines that didn't make much sense from start to end .the show tried to keep some of the unexpected plot twists and time lines play , that it did so well in the first season but this time it was a miss , it just got confusing and too complicated just for the sake of being complicated, not that you can't understand it , you can piece the stories together easily enough, you just felt bored and uninterested in doing so.
the stories didn't link together that well and didn't make much sense, most of the dialogues were nothing but repetitive, boring, and a miss on trying to be wise or intelligent.
the season also chose to follow the story of Doloros , and make her the protagonist , but with such an unlikable main character it was hard to stay interested in the show.
Season 2: Long, boring, confusing mess.
Season 1 started slow in order to get all the characters introduced and storylines set.
I gave up on watching Westworld after three episodes of season 2 and went back to watching Netflix series as they are much better written with story lines that are at least understandable..
Season 2 is such a failure...One of the most overrated TV shows of all time.
Season one was not that bad, but season two is confusing, incoherent and has a very boring storyline.
Season 2 is atrocious, the script is horrendous, the acting is acceptable at best, it is confusing and mind-numbingly tedious.
Its totally lost me, it just seems like lots of groups of humans/hosts/whatever just wandering aimlessly around the park just killing and capturing, and escaping, with repeated flashbacks dropped in out of the blue.
Season 1 was great (10/10) but season 2 is for the most of the time unwatchable and I couldn't believe what is happening with the amazing TV show.
I reccommend to skip season 2 because it is huge disappointment, and complete waste of time..
I will avoid spoilers for anyone who has not seen this yet, but in setting the seen the writers/producers have created Westworld not only as a TV show, but as a series of questions for humanity to ponder.
But week after week through season two, Westworld crudely bludgeons the viewer with message after message about how men are weak/stupid/corrupt and women are strong/intelligent/smart.Look at the pairing dynamics: Dolores - strong, Teddy - weak.
But the story ended with season one.
Watching the season 2 felt like chore and for that reason unfortunately I can't recommend it to anyone and I'm not going to waste my time anymore with this series.
The gun fights between humans and hosts are so stupid in the second season, it has become difficult to watch.
Do yourself some good and don't watch series 2, it's absolute garbage.
I hope for season 3 but just because it's very hard to make it worse from here so whatever comes, can only be better..
Every single option is in its own right more entertaining than watching any episode of season 2.
I ain't sure how they did it, but what was good in season 1 was whiped out of the series to make room for pointless flashbacks and unfathomable dialogs all at 1 bmp.
The plot doesn't provide anything of true interest like in season one.
The second season is a major disappointment.
The two star rating is for the second season, the first one was an excellent 10 on 10.
The beginning was quite impressive, during the first two or three episodes the premise was pretty good and I believe the audience(especially HBO's audience) was looking forward to another great TV show.
It is poorly written, filled with terrible cliches and it becomes unwatchable starting with the second season..
Jumps all over trying to make multiple female characters relevant with no attention to plot, story telling, depth or connection.
And I was so disappointed by season 2, mystery was lost and Terminator Dolores, walking over dead bodies and shooting like killing machine made everything so disgusting, so I stopped to watch it after s2e3..
Bringing together huge names like Michael Crichton, Jonathan Nolan and Anthony Hopkins, along with a multi-million dollar budget, this show, just after a 9 episode run, looks promising enough to be the best TV show ever.
Bringing together huge names like Michael Crichton, Jonathan Nolan and Anthony Hopkins, along with a multi-million dollar budget, this show, just after a 9 episode run, looks promising enough to be the best TV show ever.
Could it break the record-breaking following achieved by Game of Thrones, could it keep blowing away our mind even after a 5 season run like Breaking Bad...I can't wait to find out..
Could it break the record-breaking following achieved by Game of Thrones, could it keep blowing away our mind even after a 5 season run like Breaking Bad...I can't wait to find out..
AND we CARED.'Westworld' had a wonderful 1st season and is now stumbling around for 8 hours trying to make the same point but so very clumsily.
if ONLY they had good writers this would have been a masterpiece.As it is (as of Episode 8, Season 2) my rating just keeps going down.
This show, Westworld was amazing if not a bit to ponderous in its first season.
it feels like work trying to sit through any further episodes.
It's like the feeling I get walking up a steep hill and trying to decide if getting to the top is worth the effort.SEASON 1 rating 8/10
Season 2 rating 2/10Series comes out to 5/10.
In season one the novelty of the idea of a park full of life like robots, excellent acting, and interesting story line made for a good show.
The asynchronous story telling of season one played a critical part in the plot and made the climax of the season all the more interesting.
Maybe the writers felt this was a hallmark of the series and wanted to build upon it, but it feels completely unnecessary this time around and is a distraction.
The interesting character growth of the robots in Season one is completely absent and the plot is nothing more than characters roaming around the park searching for contrived objects created out of thin air to give them something to do.
Probably time to get a new writing team, if the show doesn't improve over the last couple episodes I am not sure I will be sticking around for another season and may just cancel my HBO subscription until GOT comes back on..
Season one was pretty good and interesting and had in not been for so much graphical violence to would have been a great show.
Season 2 (7 episodes in so far) is Awful.
Season 1 was fresh, mysterious, had a good pace, and had interesting plots.
Season 2 just seems like a whole bunch of filler.
It went to being one of my favorite shows of all time to where I might not even finish watching the second season.
The good characters are no longer interesting.Season 2 is to Westworld what Season 6 was to Game of Thrones.
Westworld Season 1 very good, Season 2 a nonsensical mess..
Season 2 is a complete mess.
How could any producers watching this season's mess think that it's good TV?
Had to stop watching about 3 episodes into season 2.
Had to stop watching about 3 episodes into season 2.
Sometimes I have the feeling that the writers of this plot lost track of their own story.
Or at least I was until I watched it.i loved the movie when I was small and was looking forward to this for over a year and it really wasn't worth it.I think it's a mess and the fact they released a YouTube video to tell people what was happening in it shows you that Christopher Nolan isnt that good it spreads to his brother.So,I waited 18 months for season 2 and it's the same thing again.wont bother with 3rd season.
I've watched the first season of Westworld: I have no desire to watch the second.It's what I'd call a 'feelbad' show.
The first season was just OK as the writers developed the story, introduced characters and explored plot lines.
It is a poorly executed stream of consciousness that, by the end of season two, makes one feel as if she/he has carried a bag of bricks, collected along a long and winding trail, without the satisfaction of building a structure in which to house the story.
The first season was great.
The first season was great.
True failure.After that, I could only watch the second season in jumps.
Such a scrap, really.Season 1 = about 50 hours (each episode at least 5 times),
2 hours can watch.I do not know if the producers can do it in season 3,