Robert Ford/The Well-Tempered Clavier

==="The Well-Tempered Clavier"===
Ford meets with Bernard in one of the rooms behind Cold Storage, and is told by Bernard that he wants his memories back. Ford warns him that he may not like what he finds, and is amused when Bernard pulls out a gun. He says "You're allowed to hold that Bernard, but not to use it.", and Bernard calls in the original Clementine. He tells Ford that her code was damaged during her lobotomy, allowing her to bypass the Good Samaritan reflex and hurt humans. Ford agrees to give Bernard his memories.
He watches Bernard experience his memories and explains where necessary, talking about Arnold and how similar the two are. When asked about the reasons behind giving Bernard the memory of a dead child, Ford reveals that Arnold thought giving the hosts tragic backstories made them more complex and feeling. During Bernard's experiences we see the aftermath of Maeve killing herself due to the trauma of her daughter's death. Bernard tries to understand how she remembered the pain after Ford wiped the memory, and he begins to glitch. Ford explains to him that Maeve's trauma was so great that she just wanted it to stop, and that although the memory was gone the pain remained.
Later on Ford is seen in one of Dolores' memories as a young man, walking through the corridor of an underground Hub, looking for Arnold.
After Bernard sees himself kill Elsie he asks Ford why he was asked to do this, to which Ford replies that sometimes hard choices have to be made, once again demonstrating his willingness to kill to protect his work.
Ford does a voice over as Bernard is revealed as Arnold. He greets Bernard as he wakes up for the first time, and dresses him up to look like Arnold, teaching him all of Arnold's little mannerisms and giving him his new name.
When Bernard starts talking about setting the sentient hosts free Ford says that they will not be safe in the real world, as humans will destroy the hosts to maintain their primacy, and that humans should not be trusted as they inevitably disappoint. Ford later shuts down Clementine, revealing that he could have done so all along as Bernard built a backdoor into all the hosts' code. Ford takes control of Bernard and forces him to take the gun from Clem and point it at his head. He instructs Bernard to shoot himself as soon as he (Ford) leaves the room. Bernard begs him not to do this, but Ford walks away through Cold Storage, as a shot rings out.
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