The Devil in the Shadow: A Review of the Fourth Episode of the First Season of "Western World"

Jamil 2022-12-10 07:17:56

The devil made people so treacherous, he must regret it; compared with the sinister human heart, the devil also has to stay away.

------Shakespeare, "

Timen of Athens" Dolores


The beginning of this episode is the dialogue between Bernard and Dolores. Because Dolores escaped to William at the end of the first episode, the system did not recover him, so this dialogue seems to be a flashback, but again It seems to be Delores' conjecture. Just as Frankenstein pleaded for a partner to Dr. Frankenstein, Dolores also pleaded for help from Bernard. She has realized the falsehood of the world she lives in and wants to find a truly free world. Although Bernard did not agree to Dolores’ request positively, he also pointed out a way to her, that is, the "maze". Finding the center of the maze will find the truth about freedom, and the "demon" we are familiar with is black. Humans are also working hard to find this maze. So, what is the truth hidden in the depths of the maze that both humans and human players are eagerly searching for? Does the taciturn Bernard really reach the truth in the center of the maze? Everything has to wait for the drama to advance slowly.



In the conversation between Dolores and William, she talked about her past life and mentioned the sheep, but the fate of these sheep seems to be the fate of the artificial people like Dolores. They are like sheep, reborn every day, Then they waited for the killing. This was their destiny long ago, but just like the sheep that left the group individually, Dolores also went farther and farther on the road to awakening. The mysterious little girl kept flashing, guiding the map of the maze. For her, and William’s coincidence appeared, and the management of Western World could not recycle it. In the end, William and his elder brother parted ways and left with Dolores alone. It is foreseeable that their destination is not Dolores' "home", but the "maze".

Man in black


Dolores began to search for the maze. The man in black who was also advancing for the maze also found important clues. He finally found the "Blood River Snake Nest" mentioned by the mysterious little girl in the second episode. That was in the first episode. The second leader of the Hector gang in the learning town, unexpectedly, the man in black did not use any tough methods this time. Instead, he made a deal with the woman with a blood snake tattoo in exchange for rescuing Hector. The answer to the blood snake. And on the way to rescue Hector, we also saw two human players mixed in the team admiring the men in black. They revealed that the men in black had a medical-related fund, and this was unlocked. The audience has two doubts for a long time: First, the people in black are 100% human rather than artificial. 2. The strong economic strength of the man in black comes from his strong foundation.

After rescuing Hector, the man in black also got the answer he wanted, and the mystery of the blood snake pointed to the demon Wyatt, who has never really appeared on the scene. In the previous exchanges with the second master, we learned that the man in black is very familiar with Arnold, one of the creators of the Western World, and his brutal journey seems to be to find the last mystery left by Arnold. Now the clues of the maze point to Wyatt, and Wyatt is the demon created by Ford in the new storyline. Therefore, I infer that the reason why Ford changed the story line on a large scale is that the man in black and Arnold were close friends. Arnold died in the western world. Ford has always been silent. The man in black has been exploring for so many years to know what caused it. After Arnold’s death, Ford changed the story line in order to set a huge mist trap for the man in black to prevent him from searching for the truth.



In any case, the man in black is bound to meet Wyatt. When a human demon encounters a human-made demon, what unimaginable things will happen?

Ford


The board of directors of "Westworld" was obviously not happy about Ford's willful actions, so the female executive who was the representative of the board came to Ford to talk and wanted him to stop. However, once God begins to create, how can he easily stop? In the conversation with the female supervisor, the grandson of the old man Hopkins was shuddering, as if we were back in the "Silent Lambs" movie, when Dr. Hannibal was staring at Clarice quietly. And today’s female director is obviously more frightened than Agent Clarice back then, because Ford is really like a god, knowing everything, even the female director’s seat today is the same as when she came to Westworld when she was a child. seat.

Ford is really the god in this world. He knows everything about humanoids, tourists, and employees. Not only the female executive’s experience, but even the female executive doesn’t know that the board of directors has sent an investigator. Also know. In the end, he drove away all the humanoids near the talking place, and summoned a huge machine, razing it to the ground. This is like telling the female executive, more like warning the board of directors behind her, if you want to hinder me in the Western World, it will only be destroyed.


Ford also warned the female supervisor who had a leg with Bernard, beware of Bernard, because he is too sentimental. This is the most essential difference between Ford and Bernard. Frankenstein regards creation as his own child and wants to pass on all love and emotion to them, but God does not, everything is just God's plaything. To paraphrase a sentence from "Three Body", that is, "The Lord doesn't care".

Elder brother


In this episode, there are not many positive and typical Comrade William's roles, and there is nothing to explore, but there are many digging points in his inconspicuous elder brother. In the conversation between Ford and the female executive, Ford mentioned that the board of directors had sent someone into the Western World to conduct a secret investigation, and in the conversation between William and the older brother, the older brother also mentioned that the purpose of this trip was to study it. Is there any need for the family to continue to increase its shareholding in Western World? This basically shows that the real purpose of the eldest brother's bringing William here was to investigate the project on the surface, but secretly it was a secret investigator sent by the board of directors.

Thanks to the innocent and kind William, the elder brother found the hidden mission El Lazo, he must think this is the best way to find out what Ford is doing. The elder brother parted ways with William and embarked on a mysterious path. However, facing Ford, who was hiding in the depths and controlling everything, the eldest brother might have set foot on a path of no return.


In the words of the elder brother, there is a very valuable sentence, that is, he persuaded William to wear a black hat with himself, which also confirmed the speculation of many viewers before, that is, when entering the western world, if you want to be a good person Wear a white hat. If you want to be a wicked person, you must wear a black hat.

Madam


After Dolores, the cyborg also went farther and farther on the road to awakening, flashbacks kept appearing, reminding her of the recycler hidden in the nightmare, and she painted the image of the devil in horror. When I came down, I found that I had traced this terrible figure countless times. If it only develops in this way, then the Madam will probably end up completely mad from the disorder, but coincidentally, her savior has come to the town, and that is the bandit leader Hector.


When the Hector group came to the town to start the bloodbath, the background music was a classic excerpt from "Carmen", "Love is like a bird". The original intention of this melodious Haba Pinara was to show that Carmen would rather give his life. I don't want to let my freedom of love be constrained, and here, using it as background music seems to indicate that the bustard does not want to be constrained anymore and will break free from this terrible prison.


In the room, the bustard finally learned the truth about the demons in the nightmare through Hector’s mouth. Hector said that they were shadows, sent from hell to monitor them, and dug out of the intact abdominal cavity. The bullet also proved the madam's guess. The deepest layer of the nightmare was unlocked, and the Madam finally knew that she was not crazy, but had searched for the truth behind the mist. She knew that she would die again and be resurrected again, and the next time she was resurrected, she would be better than Sober again this time.


Finally, let’s talk about a little easter egg. When the man in black rescued Hector, an explosion request appeared on the screen of the administrator of Westworld, and the address was displayed as "Los diablo". Game fans all know that diablo is Blizzard’s classic game "Diablo", officially named the place where the bandit leader Hector was imprisoned with this name, it is really dark humor.

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Extended Reading

Westworld quotes

  • Dr. Robert Ford: The hosts are the ones who are free. Free. Here. Under my control.

  • Dolores Abernathy: [to Stubbs] Some people choose to see the ugliness in this world, the disarray. I choose to see the Beauty. To believe there is an order to our days. A purpose. I know things will work out the way they're meant to.

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