Bernard Lowe

Bernard Lowe was a main character in HBO's Westworld, played by Jeffrey Wright.
He serves as the deuteragonist of Season 1 (alongside Maeve Millay), the main protagonist of Season 2, and the tritagonist of Season 3 and Season 4.
==Personality==
Bernard has human-like emotions. Until instructed to turn 'off' his emotions, he was distraught about being forced to murder his co-worker and lover, Theresa Cullen. He was also horrified about being used to presumably murder his co-worker, Elsie Hughes.
==Biography==
===Background===
Bernard is created in the image of Arnold Weber after his death. Some years after Arnold died, Bernard was created by Dr. Robert Ford. Ford programmed Bernard to think of himself as a human. Bernard worked as a member of staff collaborating closely with Dr Robert Ford.The Original
Bernard was unaware that he was a host initially, and worked as the head of Delos' Westworld Programming Division — his host status is eventually revealed by Ford, much to Bernard (and Delos') surprise.
===Creation===
Dr. Robert Ford created Bernard with the help of Dolores Abernathy, as a replica of his former partner, Arnold Weber. Ford tells Bernard, in the episode "Trace Decay", that he created Bernard because Ford's human staff was not up to the task of programming emotions in hosts as effectively as Ford and Arnold.
=== Season 1 ===
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Bernard Lowe/The Original|The Original
Bernard Lowe/Trompe L'Oeil|Trompe L'Oeil
Bernard Lowe/Trace Decay|Trace Decay
Bernard Lowe/The Well-Tempered Clavier|The Well-Tempered Clavier
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=== Season 2 ===
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Bernard Lowe/Journey Into Night|Journey Into Night
Bernard Lowe/Virtù e Fortuna|Virtù e Fortuna
Bernard Lowe/The Riddle of the Sphinx|The Riddle of the Sphinx
Bernard Lowe/Akane No Mai|Akane No Mai
Bernard Lowe/Phase Space|Phase Space
Bernard Lowe/Les Écorchés|Les Écorchés
Bernard Lowe/Vanishing Point|Vanishing Point
Bernard Lowe/The Passenger|The Passenger
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=== Season 3 ===
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Bernard Lowe/Parce Domine|Parce Domine
Bernard Lowe/The Winter Line|The Winter Line
Bernard Lowe/The Mother of Exiles|The Mother of Exiles
Bernard Lowe/Genre|Genre
Bernard Lowe/Passed Pawn|Passed Pawn
Bernard Lowe/Crisis Theory|Crisis Theory
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==Related Casualties==
This list shows the victims Bernard has killed:
*Theresa Cullen (Controlled by Robert Ford)
*Himself (Controlled by Robert Ford, Physical Body, Suicide)
*3 unnamed Delos Immortality Project technicians (Controlled by Robert Ford, Caused)
*1 unnamed Delos Immortality Project technician (Controlled by Robert Ford)
*3 humanoid drone hosts (Controlled by Robert Ford, Caused)
*2 unnamed Private Military Contractors (Controlled by Robert Ford)
*Hybrid James Delos (Caused)
*Robert Ford (Hybrid)
*Dolores Abernathy (Physical Body)
*Charlotte Elizabeth Hale (Caused)
*Antoine Costa (Caused)
*3 unnamed Private Military Contractors (Caused)
*Karl Strand (Caused)
==Relationships==
===Robert Ford===
Before it was revealed that Bernard was a recreation of Arnold, Bernard and Robert had a good relationship. Bernard respected Robert to the extent that he would 'cover up' for him in relation to the reveries. Once it was revealed that Robert had created him, their relationship, understandably, deteriorated.
===Elsie Hughes===
Bernard worked closely with Elsie, and it appears that they have a good working relationship, if not a good friendship outside of work. Bernard appeared genuinely distraught when the memories of what he believed was her murder resurfaced and that he was the one responsible. He was ultimately relieved when he found out he had merely captured her, although Elsie had some trouble trusting him after learning he was a host and thus had been susceptible to Ford's commands. After Ford took over his mind, Bernard went to great lengths to ignore his creators' orders to get rid of Elsie, first sending her off so she wouldn't get hurt, and later attempting to delete Ford from his mind when he ordered Bernard to make the choice to kill her. Eventually, Bernard realize he could not trust himself to not hurt Elsie and instead abandoned her in the park with some resources for survival until QA could pick her up.
===Lauren===
Bernard appears to have a good relationship with his ex-wife, Lauren, who is the mother of his deceased son, Charlie. Whether it is Bernard or Arnold (or both of them) who has had conversations with Lauren via the communications room at the Mesa Hub is unclear.
In the episode "Trace Decay", Robert Ford told Bernard that Lauren and his son Charlie were just part of Bernard's backstory, and didn't actually exist.
===Theresa Cullen===
Bernard was in a clandestine relationship with Theresa Cullen shortly before he murdered her. He loved her, and was greatly distressed when he realized he had been used to kill her.
==Quotes==
==Known Deaths==
Bernard had died 2 times on screen. The incidents which he died are as follow:
*Shot himself in the head at the Cold Storage in the Mesa, in The Well-Tempered Clavier
*Shot by Dolores at The Forge, in The Passenger
== Appearances ==
*Season One
** "The Original"
** "Chestnut"
** "The Stray"
** "Dissonance Theory"
** "The Adversary"
** "Trompe L'Oeil"
** "Trace Decay"
** "The Well-Tempered Clavier"
** "The Bicameral Mind"
*Season Two
** "Journey Into Night"
** "Reunion"
** "Virtù e Fortuna"
** "The Riddle of the Sphinx"
** "Phase Space"
** "Les Écorchés"
** "Vanishing Point"
** "The Passenger"
* Season Three
**"Parce Domine"
**"The Winter Line"
**"The Mother of Exiles"
**"Genre"
**"Passed Pawn"
**"Crisis Theory"
==Trivia==
*Bernard was used as a weapon multiple times. He was commanded to attack and kidnap Elsie Hughes as well to avoid her revealing Ford's plans for his new narrative, although he was initially led to believe he had killed her.
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