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After experiencing the thunderstorm at the end of the first episode of "The Matrix" , the audience was a little confused. It seems that in this show, the real human role has been It's getting less and less. In this episode, the plot did not show any major progress. The only surprise may be the hairstyle of the man in black. It seems that in a future world with such advanced technology, baldness is still a stubborn disease that humans cannot overcome. But in this episode, whether it is for the audience or the artificial humans in the play, everyone has come to the real desert, and the cruel reality is at hand.
Bernard and Ford
For Bernard, the impact of reality on him is no less than the impact of plot on the audience. After figuring out that he was an artificial person, his emotions fluctuated greatly. From the current plot, this huge emotional fluctuation is the key to the artificial person's memory awakening.
In previous episodes, Dolores and Maeve both experienced huge emotional fluctuations because of witnessing or being killed, and then recalled their previous memories and began to awaken. And the murder of Theresa and the subsequent dialogue with Ford obviously caused Bernard to suffer a huge emotional impact, so when Ford cleared his memory, he could still remember that he killed Elsie. Thing, but obviously, this memory has been cleared once. Ford didn’t mention this (maybe he didn’t know), nor did Bernard say, but the memory can flash back the first time there will be a second time. It seems that Bernard is not far from awakening and resistance. Up.
From Bernard's conversation with Ford, we can see a lot of valuable information. Ford told Bernard that he didn't need an emotionally broken puppet, but a smart, resourceful, and good at hiding his tracks. Who is this kind of person? There is no doubt that it is a killer. And Ford also said that this series of emotions are so exquisite, but the more noble thing is to close them. This is undoubtedly fully reflected in Bernard. In normal times, he is a sentimental designer, but when Ford switched orders, he became a ruthless but very witty killer.
Regarding Bernard's talent as a killer, it can be fully seen from the method of killing Theresa that the coroner did not see the strangeness and the destruction of evidence. Bernard is definitely a top killer. Ford has created such an outstanding Bernard, so that he can help Ford to continuously improve the cyborgs in peacetime, and can kill people at special moments. Is it just to deal with the shareholder Deloitte?
In the dialogue, facing the irritable Bernard, Ford did not panic. He told Bernard that you were not the first threat. Arnold felt the same as you, and he did not stop me. What does it mean? According to my guess, although Ford cannot be proved to be a human being, there must be a 100% human being between him and Arnold.
There is one more weird thing about Ford. While observing Teresa’s body together, the security director said that even if Teresa had shortcomings, she would never be disloyal. When talking about this, Ford smiled weirdly. This smile resembled the old man Hopkins who played Hanny. The weird and terrifying smile when Dr. Lecter was cast. Soon after, in a conversation with Bernard, he once again showed this smile, and before showing the smile, we saw that Ford was obviously saying something to the air: "No, my friend, you Did not miss anything". I think that the director here has buried another possibility, that is, after Arnold's death, Ford's Person Gerry split into an "Arnold". When he was Ford, he was the God who wanted to control everything; when he was Arnold, he was the Prometheus who led the human beings to awaken.
Let us do it again. As Delos’s internal response, Theresa sends the data of the Western World to the outside world through the first-generation machine, but the main function of this first-generation machine is to send the "ghost" Arnold's wake-up spell. Elsie discovered Theresa's conspiracy and also discovered that someone was using the machine to send unknown signals. Bernard then killed Elsie under Ford's instructions (or maybe not), and then killed Theresa under Ford's instructions. Hale and other management board members were unaware of the existence of this transmitter. On the other side, Ford rewrites the story line on a large scale, separating Teddy and Dolores. Teddy and the mysterious demon Wyatt are rivals. His mission is to find and destroy Wyatt, and Wyatt is exactly The key to unlocking the labyrinth; Dolores is also reaching the center of the labyrinth with the guidance of her constantly awakening memory, all of which are from Ford's hands. Therefore, it seems that Ford and Arnold are two people together, and there seems to be a little more possibility.
But all this is my inference, I'm just talking about this possibility. A master of Nolan’s level belongs to a person who fills a small hole and digs three big holes. It is impossible to easily show his cards. Each episode reminds me of a new possibility and often overturns my previous speculations. So there is still a long way to go about the role of Ford.
It is also worth noting that after Theresa was killed, Hale, who was unwilling to give up, chose to import the key data into the brain of the first generation of cyborg Abernathy, and then find a way to take it out. But I think everyone still remembers that at the end of the first episode, Bernard had a whisper to Ebernassi at the last moment. No matter what this sentence was, Ebernassi, who woke up again, was destined to set off. storm.
Maeve
Since Maeve changed his settings, this character has started to go further and further on the road of mythology. Her supernatural power is constantly increasing, and she has reached the point where she can control the artificial person with voice like a manager. During the riots in Sweetwater Town, Maeve successfully used her magical power to make Hector and a group of people slaughter, and was delighted. It seemed that recruiting an army was no longer a problem.
But just as all systems have bugs, Maeve is no exception. Although she has control of her divine power, she still can’t control her brain. Under the stimulation of various signals, Maeve can still think of her previous identity and all kinds of things. The tragic experience, even under the influence of this flashback of memory, has affected her behavior. It seems that Maeve still has a way to go if she wants to take full control of herself.
In the previous episode, facing the audience's questioning why the repairman did not close Maeve, the director said to watch the eighth episode. Now that the eighth episode is here, we see that the problem still lies with this Asian boy. If the possibility that the repairman is also a human being is excluded, then my previous speculation will be more obvious, that is, Maeve, who has a super high EQ, can see through the desire and fear in my heart. She knows that from picking up the control panel, From the moment the little bird comes back to life, this Asian little brother will never close the man-made man again, because he is curious, because he is unwilling.
William, Teddy, black people and Dolores
Dolores and William finally came to the center of the maze, the center is none other than the first generation of artificial people gathered in the town, where we have seen The figure of Maeve seems to further confirm the speculation that the awakening only occurred in the first generation of humanoids.
In this segment, there are three time points in total: 1. Dolores in a blue dress came to the initial town, 2. William and Dolores in a white hunting suit came and were razed. The original town on the flat ground, 3. Dolores, wearing a white hunting suit, came alone to the original town that was razed to the ground. From the current development point of view, the arrangement of the timeline from near to far should be 3-2-1, and the dual timeline theory can basically be determined.
William and Teddy didn’t perform much in this episode. William’s only performance here is his attitude towards the dying. This shows that William’s innocent personality has begun to change and he is no longer a Virgin. What happens later depends on him. Big uncle; Teddy also had a flashback when the man in black was fighting with the Minotaur, but he was quickly killed. In previous episodes, someone said that Wyatt’s men were people who had died once, so they were fearless. At this time, when Teddy fell, Wyatt’s men treated him Say, it's time to return to the team. It seems that our little handsome boy Teddy is going to be black.
At this point, we finally understand the reason for the brutal bloodthirsty of the man in black, and that is because he has no empathy. This can be regarded as a kind of mental illness. People without empathy cannot feel the emotions of grief, joy, etc. It can be said that compared to the artificial people who are very close to humans in terms of emotions, the brains and emotions of people in black are Consciousness is more like a human being. Friends who don’t understand what “lack of empathy” means can watch the Japanese movie "The Evil" and feel how terrible people without empathy are.
As a successful entrepreneur and philanthropist, the man in black is usually used to disguise. Only in the western world can he release his true self. However, his behavior has let his wife and daughters know about it. Coupled with his usual style, his wife can Can't help but commit suicide under pressure. After learning the truth, the man in black came to the Western World and killed a mother and daughter. They wanted to arouse their sadness, but found that it didn’t work. However, they accidentally discovered the existence of the labyrinth, which triggered it. Maeve's awakening, the pit seemed almost filled.
Finally, I want to talk about Comrade Hector. This guy is definitely the director’s little baby. In every episode, he has the opportunity to wear a black leather jacket and come out to be cool. The last episode was too little naked. Not only that, but he is also the kind of person who brings his own music. Just like the rare elite monsters in the game. When the Tianshui Town was robbed last time, the background music was the classic song "Love is like a bird" in the opera "Carmen", and then he and Maeve kissed together; this episode is even better, and the background music for the appearance is changed to For the waltz in the ballet "Swan Lake", against the backdrop of everyone under him, Hector in a black suit is drinking a little wine, just like the prince style in "Swan Lake". Do you Hector, a bandit leader, do such literary and artistic plausibility every time he goes on stage? Is it plausible? Is it plausible? In this regard, I just want to say to the director: so handsome, don't stop!
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