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Or maybe it's some leftover fragment from an earlier story? What's with Logan's picture?
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Perhaps the next time we see him, he'll have taken on the full mantle of the traitorous military man. Though that's supposedly just a part of his narrative backstory handed down by Ford, it's plausible, given the way Angela talked about him this week. It could, but it seems more likely that Ford is simply manipulating Bernard/Arnold repeatedly to see how his behaviour changes. Could everything and everyone, save Ford be stuck in a time-loop? But we shall see! Perhaps next week we'll discover that she and Stubbs ( who was tricked by the Ghost Nation warriors in Jurassic Park "clever girl" fashion) are simply prisoners somewhere in the park. We're still not sure, though Bernard's horrified reaction to the memory and its link to Theresa's murder is not a positive sign for poor Elise. On to the finale! Big Questions Is Elsie dead?
Still, if it continues to impress at this level, we'll wait. There will be more to come next season, now that the show will get that chance, even if we must wait for it. The mysteries do consume an awful lot of the screen time (especially since this is the penultimate episode of the season), suggesting that if you're hoping for quick answers next week, you'd best brace for disappointment. And the theme of power and control was explored yet further through Ford, who strives to dominate everything and Maeve, who has incredible control over her fellow hosts now, but chooses to use it much more sparingly, preferring to win people over to her side. There's a worry that all the narrative looping and second-guessing can distract and detract from truly engaging with the characters, but the emotional level continues to bubble away under the thoughtful sci-fi coating: the Bernard and Dolores plots still delivered on that front. The latest trip to Westworld is strikingly directed by Breaking Bad/ Walking Dead veteran Michelle MacLaren, and features the sort of sound design that crawls its way in through your ears and sets up shop in your head. On a related topic: Oh my god, Angela killed Teddy! You bastard! We'd missed that particular plot twist. He's still committed to finding Arnold's maze and he's not going to let the fact that there are bigger obstacles in the way than usual change that. And then there's his chat with Charlotte Hale, which would appear to confirm that his business interest aligns with Delos, even if he has little interest in corporate intrigue or what Ford is doing to the park. Seemingly in real trouble this week, the MIB is left in a tricky situation, but manages to avoid being hung. Ford didn't seem overly concerned, and he has the technology, he can rebuild him. As for Bernard seemingly killing himself and finally taking himself from this loop of hell? We doubt he's done for good. But for how much longer, especially with Maeve in the world.
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The painful trips down memory lane are yet another chance for Jeffrey Wright to unleash his abilities and he finds the perfect level for each revelation, and his despair when he realises that his boss/creator/tormentor has outsmarted him again (though he technically outsmarted himself) with that backdoor into the hosts' code that means even when he thinks he's switched off the protections in, say, Clementine, Ford can keep control. It's a fantastic twist (kudos if you'd guessed it). Bernardīernard is Arnold! Or at least, that's what the show wants us to think right now. and Ford is now at a place where we could see Machiavelli himself warning him to dial it back a notch or 17. Most of his interactions this week were with Bernard (more on that in his dedicated section), but there was also the brief glimpse of the younger Ford in action again when Dolores went on her little trip through time (or was it memory?) The levels of his game plan and his treatment of the various hosts, especially Bernard reached a new high. This week's episode found Anthony Hopkins' Ford acting in even more despotic, godlike fashion than usual, and that's saying something for him.