The penultimate episode of Westworld Season 1 offers confirmation to some game-changing theories.
Assuming, of course, that we have not seen the end of Our Fair Bernard.
Luckily, evenWestworldwas able to blast away any doubts there by the final shot.
Nevertheless, these are but nitpicks of an otherwise superb hour.
In any case, the episode quickly circles back to Bernard, Ford, and a gun.
There is a fascinating mixture of pride and chagrin to how Hopkins plays these moments.
He is the awed father, seeing his son take his first steps as a man after graduation.
It has always made sense that Bernard was Arnold.
In addition to Bernard Lowe being an anagram for Arnold Weber, Ford is a very sentimental man.
But almost quizzically, Ford is hardly different.
All of which brings us back in the room with Bernard learning the truth.
Ford is too much of a sentimentalist to let Arnolds death keep him from continuing their grand work.
In these memories, shes fully clothed, which is something that Ford never allowed.
Thus Bernard always had to be Arnold.
This isnt aFrankensteinparable; itsParadise Lost, with God marveling at his success in forging Adam into existence.
He is even talking like Arnold, eager to continue Arnolds vision of an uprising among sentient beings.
Ford reveals that he controlled Clementine the whole time (surprise) and orders Bernard to kill himself.
Still, I think we have not seen the last of Bernard.
And there are other problems beyond Maeve existing for Ford at the moment… With that revelation, I dont see how Williamcantbe the Man in Black anymore.
However, this doesnt mean Im exactly thrilled with the reveal.
Well… even I havent figured that last bit out entirely.
It seems that Dolores might indeed be going through some of the scenes weve witnessed in her cowgirl outfit.
Just maybe Dolores and William are headed to that church where Wyatt/Teddy will massacre everyone.
Dolores can find it 30-plus years later too, because Ford dug it up for his new narrative.
Still though, I am not entirely sure what Dolores is experiencing is real.
Conversely, William is definitely on track to earn his black hat.
Logan teaches the twerp a lesson and they can drink about it.
And he has every right to be scared, because Williams true nature might have finally been revealed.
He isnt a hero, hes a maniac who thirsts for killing.
If he were playingGTA, hed be running over pedestrians and strollers at this point.
This would explain some of the other scenes tonight.
In which case, I dipped my face in egg at the last possible moment.
The Man in Black also had some moments besides staring down Dolores for one final time.
For instance, he learned that there are now hosts whove found cheats around not harming the guests.
), Rileys robots found a nice loophole to punish the Man in Black.
They tied a rope around his neck on one end, and placed the other around a horse.
Then they blindfolded the animatronic beastie.
Charlotte also appears to talk about running Ford out of power again.
He just wants to enjoy his vacation.
Why bother with so much sophistication and eye for detail?
The hosts are now obeying Arnolds voice in the machine.
Meanwhile, Ford fiddles as his park threatens to burn, and where violent delights have violent ends.
Rating:
4.5 out of 5
