This Westworld review contains spoilers.
Increasingly, fans continue to speculate that the show is divided into several timelines.
Ergo, the theory about William/Ed Harris should be about as dead as the enigmatic Arnold.
However, there is time-manipulation that, after Contrapasso, I am almost positive is occurring.
Previously, Robert Ford told Bernard that they had Arnolds records scrubbed from the parks history.
But this week, that information was significantly elaborated upon.
Yet, by Dolores own admission, she is lying and didnt tell him anything.
This voice is obviously Arnold, who I suspect is also Bernard.
Ford demands all technicians understand that these hosts have no feelings or modesty, and that they stay unclothed.
So thats my big theory, and Im sticking to it.
In Dolores first scene, she is hearing again what Im certain is Arnolds voice.
(Perhaps this is why Ford is building his own attraction with Arnolds fabled Wyatt villain?
A chance to finally leave his own personal artistic mark on Arnolds canvass?)
However, this sequence is filled with hidden, insidious undertones from which I believe Contrapasso earns its title.
For those who might not know,contrapassois an Italian word derived from Dante Alighieris fabledInferno.
Ergo, the punishment must be equal to the immoral crime (by Medieval standards, at least).
So it is in Fords world wherein the hosts suffer.
Hence, why he politely dismisses the query of are we old friends?
In typical Hopkins classy-menace, Ford responds with a blood-curdling smile, No, I wouldnt say friends.
I wouldnt say that at all.
This means she also meets Lawrence, who is going by a ridiculous gangster name.
Apparently, theyre the most intense storylines available at Westworld, and Logan has always dreamed about them.
They even humorously feature Jesse James-styled Confederates who never surrendered and go by the name Confederados.
Still, rob the Union they do in a pretty thrilling scene.
Also quite tellingly, she is handed a gray hat.
But to William, it indicates he is not quite the good man he imagined himself to be.
And it terrifies him.
He even takes pleasure in the fact that William thanked him for the opportunity to lick his boots.
This could be why Logan gets his own contrapasso when the Confederados capture him and beat him senseless.
Even Logan has to at least smile at William exerting himself by turning a blind eye to his beating.
Similarly, we had another tour de force scene where Ford and the Man in Black came face-to-face.
Its a television joy to behold.
Previously, we always suspected the Man in Black was a high-roller and frequent customer who got special treatment.
And despite his protests, this problem why Ford is sharing a drink.
But there was still life aplenty going on outside of the upstairs part of the park.
Indeed, we spent a lot more time with the surgeons/butchers that clean up the robots.
And on the subject of Maeve, the mostly absent android had the stunning closer of the night.
Its a chilling and exhilarating moment, worthy as a capper onWestworlds finest hour yet.
Rating:
5 out of 5
