We're already in hell anyway, what do we fear destruction? If there is more destruction, it is only death. ------- Milton's Paradise Lost
After a long wait, we finally have the second season of Westworld. At the end of last season, a brutal ending took the place of brutal joy, setting off a bloodbath in Westworld that seemed to end with the full awakening of the androids, which was just another game. just started.
Before we talk about the plot, let's talk about the title this time. As you may recall, in the opening sequence of the first season, the Constructor created a group of horses, which were ridden by a female android who also posed as a commander of thousands of horses charging into battle. The posture of , secretly fits the plot of the man-made rebellion led by Dolores, and at the beginning of this season, the horse is gone, and the structure machine creates a bison.
In my opinion, the horse symbolizes tameness , and the ox symbolizes loss of control . It can be seen in the title that the cow finally broke through the glass and fell into the abyss, and along with it was a black and white hat that was difficult to distinguish. The theory about black and white hats is clear to everyone. Therefore, my understanding of this title is that the awakening of artificial humans will also lead to loss of control. Once they have thoughts, they will also be divided into good and evil, good and bad, just like humans, and eventually fall out of the "paradise". Suffering in this world.
Bernard
Bernard can be said to have the heaviest role in this episode. One person has brought two timelines, the same role as William (the man in black) in the first season. But the difference is that in the first season, the sly Nolans didn't let us know until the end that the two timelines of William and the Man in Black were one person, while in this season, the sly Nolans switched The way the story is told, let us know that Bernard's two timelines are only two weeks apart. That is to say, the first season is two timelines from two into one , and the second season is two timelines from one to two .
Let’s first look at the timeline two weeks ago . After Bernard knew his identity, he did not choose to expose, but still fled with the human survivors. Bernard on this timeline had nothing to say. But what he saw and heard is worth thinking about. On the way to escape with Hale, he found the "safe house" hidden in the paradise of Delos. The main function of this safe house is to collect the information of the tourists in the park and extract the DNA of the tourists.
Why collect tourists' DNA? In the first season, I had speculated that the purpose of Delos's control of Paradise was not just to make money, but to secretly collect the DNA of relevant important people, make artificial humans that are no different from them, and then use them in the real world. "Replace" the target to achieve its purpose of controlling the real world. We all know Bernard is an android, but he passed the DNA test at the door, which shows that the technology is very mature, and we all know that Bernard was secretly made by Ford.
Therefore, judging from the performance of Bernard, the dead board members and Hale, only a part of the board and management are aware of this matter, which means that there is still a motive within Delos. Unidentified mysterious clique, they are secretly doing this, and Ford probably found out what they were doing without saying it, and used this to carry out his own plans in the dark.
As for where did the smuggled Abernathy go? Why is he so important? At present, it is not clear, we can only wait for the plot to be revealed slowly.
Let's look at the timeline in two weeks . A figure who had disappeared for a long time appeared at this time, and he was the security captain, Brother Hammer. Brother Hammer disappeared after being attacked by the native androids in the last season. At this time, he appeared again, and he also appeared at the same time as the security force sent by the Delos Company. Where did it go? Or is he still not a real human?
Through Bernard, we also learned a lot of important information. For example, the place where the paradise is located is an island, and this island is obviously within the territory of China. At the same time, we also saw the strong and strong armed forces of the Delos Company. The structure of the internal recorder in the artificial human brain. It's fair to say that in this episode, Bernard himself has nothing to say, but all that matters is what we see through Bernard.
However, at the beginning of this episode, the dialogue between Bernard and Dolores is a bit researchable. In this brief dialogue, Bernard mentioned his dream, which I think should be a foreshadowing, That is the differentiation of artificial humans. We all know that when he was a human, Bernard was the most sympathetic man among the human beings; and when he awakened, he was the most sympathetic man among the androids. Looking at the performance of the "Rebels" headed by Dolores, it is not difficult to deduce that after awakening, the androids, like humans, will inevitably differentiate into doves and hawks, while Bernard dream Seeing himself sinking into the water, Dolores and the others rose high, which should indicate that the voice of the "rationalist" androids would eventually be buried in the voices of the "radical" androids. Between human beings and "artificial human beings" can only be life-and-death, peace, and impossible to exist.
William, Dolores
The reason why William and Dolores are put together is because they seem to be representatives of two extremes, but there is a faint line behind them. This line is the dead Ford .
William, who has been looking for excitement, has finally satisfied this time. What he once wanted has now really come true. This child-like world has now truly become a world of equal killings. William can finally wait for him to look forward to it. Battle in the long game.
After the awakening, Dolores became the leader of the raging army of androids. She could finally take revenge on humans, hunt and kill. Dolores spread her hatred and anger to her heart's content and won the body of freedom. She not only wants to kill in this paradise, but also wants to kill out of this paradise and into the real world.
At this time, William and Dolores, what they do seems to be the choice of their own free will, however, is this true?
After killing two androids who wanted to kill him, William walked into a small room. When he cleaned the wound, he found that his usual favorite equipment was neatly placed in the box beside the bed— - Revolver and black hat . Later, in the wild, he also met the little android who once represented Ford's childhood, and from the mouth of this child, we know that Ford had already arranged everything and set a reminder here.
Back to Dolores, who calls herself "Wyatt" during the hunt . This legendary demon who never showed up in the first season finally appeared. She is Dolores, who is stupid and sweet. Angel and devil are two in one, Wyatt, why is Dolores claiming to be pregnant? What about Art? In Dolores' growing up, she should have never heard of this name. And from Bernard's perspective, we also see that Dolores is not only slaughtering humans, but also slaughtering other artificial humans, and leaving behind a mysterious " Not everyone can climb over the valley ."
Seeing this, would you still believe that what William and Dolores did was the result of their free will?
In my opinion, they are all Ford pawns too. Although Ford is dead, he has arranged everything before his death. His thoughts and wills have filled the whole paradise. The seemingly free behaviors of William and Dolores are actually in his calculations and guidance. .
Now let's take another look at Ford's clue to William: "The game starts where you end, and it ends where you started...don't worry, the game will find you" .
Let's recall that when he first entered the park, Dolores was a silly and sweet farm girl, and Williams was a true, kind and beautiful young man. The story of the two of them also began when William took the initiative to find Dolores and became obsessed. on her.
The game starts where you end, which means that the celebration square where there should be no survivors is where William ended his life and started the game; it ends where you start, which means that William and Dolores are going back to the original starting point, Go back to your "original intention"; the game will find you. Obviously, this time, Dolores is the hunter, and William is about to become the prey.
Maeve
If it is said that the plots of other people are designed by Ford, then Maeve is a variable that has not been designed; and judging from the performance of the android after awakening, Maeve seems to be a variable different from other androids. She is not thinking about resistance and killing, but is obsessed with one thing, that is to find her daughter.
We can see that Maeve seems to have become a philosopher and a Buddhist scholar, and her "daughter" has become the only obsession in her heart. "It doesn't matter whether she exists or not. At this time, her daughter has become an unreachable light in the distant night sky, attracting Maeve to move forward step by step. Obviously, in this "searching" process, Maeve is also More and more thinking about the meaning of self-existence.
Existence is reasonable. I think Maeve is not the android that Ford forgot, but the one he is most interested in. For this role, Ford completely let go, letting her stumble forward in the dark alone. And keep thinking about the differences and similarities between humans and artificial humans.
The 73-minute second season's first episode ended with countless android corpses and Bernard's indistinct words, leaving us with countless unsolved mysteries that can only be solved. Follow in the footsteps of the Nolan couple and explore slowly in each subsequent episode.
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