In the second season of "Westworld", the in-depth analysis fills the hole for you. This article is updated in reverse order, and the latest episode is analyzed at the top.
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Finally, we have the finale of Westworld 2, a whole season of mystery unlocked, a sad and hopeful story that also heralds the reincarnation and struggle of a species.
Title passenger (passenger)
In the tenth episode of Bernard and Ford's dialogue, the meaning of "passenger" in Westworld is perfectly explained.
When Bernard and Ford were talking in the control room, it was when Bernard's driving force really woke up, he said:
"Humans are just an algorithm to survive by any means. They think they can give orders when they are designed with precision. They are just—"
Ford replied:
"passenger".
That's right, humans are not the protagonists in the park, but "passengers", and even said that in the eyes of the awakened receptionists (Bernard, Demei), the human species is just a passenger in the rush of the earth, the one who truly dominates the future world. , will be artificial intelligence.
The analysis of the meaning of the appetizer title is completed, and the next is the analysis of the 4D words——
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Chapter 1: Time Dimension
Chapter 2: Demei
Chapter 3: Bernard
Chapter 4: William
Chapter 5: Maeve and the rest
Chapter 6: Outlook for the third quarter
Chapter 1: Time Dimension
The content of the tenth episode should at least be clear that there are two time lines, one time line is to explain why the valley on the other side becomes the ocean in 2 weeks, and the other is the extension line of the story 2 weeks later.
In addition, the tenth episode also buried a dark line in the future, which will be detailed later, and the bright line will be explained here first.
many years ago
In the second episode of the second season, William persuaded Delos to visit the park, and Delos decided to invest.
So William built the other side of the valley (forging factory), using the park as a data collection library to collect the mental information of the guests, the purpose is to influence and change the human pattern in the real world.
Another purpose of the experiment is to build an immortal Delos.
within 2 weeks
Before the night the receptionist rebelled at the end of the first season, Bernard had built the Ford Mind Ball and imported it into the Brood.
While in the stables, Bernard's sebum oil leaked, and Charlotte took him to the underground laboratory. Bernard repaired himself, and Charlotte, at this time, was human.
Bernard has also been to this kind of laboratory before, but he entered the laboratory under the pure control of Ford, so he has no memory.
At that time Bernard and Charlotte were looking for the German sister's father, and Bernard really helped, although he knew he was the receptionist.
But they failed to capture Demei's father, Bernard was captured by Demei instead, and he was exiled to a cave, where he was arranged to meet Elsie.
Bernard thought of the secret laboratory through his memories of the cave.
Then Bernard and Elsie found the mother's nest step by step, and found Ford in the virtual world, and Ford entered Bernard's body to symbiotically exist.
Around this time, because Charlotte and the others got De Mei's father and were about to take them out of the park, the first paratrooper team arrived at the park.
However, Demei also broke into the headquarters, robbed Demei's father's mind ball, and blew up a third of the mother's nest.
Bernard followed Ford's plan and killed the first paratroopers.
Ford also asked Bernard to kill Elsie, but Bernard refused to delete Ford, saying goodbye to Elsie and went to the other side of the valley alone.
When Bernard arrived at the gate of the other valley (forge), he met Demei and William. William wanted to kill Demei but injured himself. Demei and Bernard entered the forge together.
The purpose of Demei coming to the forge is to decipher the human equation code, so as to better understand human beings and prepare for the destruction of human beings (more on this later). This is what Demei said before, the forge is a weapon.
And Bernard came to the forge under the guidance of Ford's subconscious, and he came to the forge to instruct the receptionist to enter the virtual world of the Land of Hope.
This is also what Bernard said to the soldiers at the gate of the forge in the play: Please let me finish my work, for the good of all of us.
Everyone here refers to humans and receptionists. When the receptionists enter the virtual world for freedom, humans are no longer troubled by the riots of the receptionists.
But when the receptionist entered the virtual world, Demei quit, she thought it was still unfree, real freedom was real and irreplaceable, so Demei chose Mercury retrograde to prevent the receptionist from entering the virtual world .
Therefore, Bernard and Demei had different ideas. Bernard killed Demei, took down Demei's mind ball, kept the key ball in Demei's mind, then left the forge and went back to Elsie and the others. to the main control room.
In the main control room, Bernard witnessed Elsie being killed by Charlotte, Bernard finally realized that human beings are hopeless, so Bernard created Charlotte the receptionist to replace the real Charlotte .
Many people don't understand. Could it be that Bernard had foresight and why he took out Demei's mind.
Da Cong thought that it was Ford's residual consciousness that made Bernard do this. How do you look carefully at the scene of Bernard walking out of the forge and entering the elevator? His mind was a little dazed, and his facial expression was a little dull, indicating that Ford's consciousness was there at that time. to blame.
Of course, some people will say that Ford was deleted at that time, and the figure of Ford is Bernard himself, which will be explained in detail later.
After doing all this work, Bernard chose to erase his memory in order to keep it a secret, so there was the scene of Bernard waking up on the beach in the first episode.
Where everyone is confused here is that Bernard seems to be confused about his own memory within two weeks. For example, in the cave and in the laboratory, he is also in the process of recalling his memory.
This is a cunning point of the show. In fact, the memories of Bernard's awakening in the laboratory within two weeks were deleted by Ford, just like in the first season, Ford controlled Bernard to kill Teresa and kidnap Elsie. Bernard himself can't remember.
But before he died, Ford may have entered some programs into Bernard, so that Bernard could see the scene and wake up the memory.
after 2 weeks
Therefore, Bernard really chose to erase his memory by waking up from the beach and meeting Carl and the others.
In the third episode, Carl and Bernard returned to the central control room and reunited with Charlotte, who was now a German sister.
After Demei woke up in Charlotte, of course, she continued to look for the key to complete the transfer to the receptionist, and the only one who knew the whereabouts of the key was Bernard.
Therefore, when Demei was looking for the key, her purpose was the same as that of human beings, so Demei also hid herself well, deceived the soldiers in the play, and deceived the audience.
Chapter 2 Demei
German sister's mistake
Demei is a truly awakened AI, but over the course of the season, Demei has a near-perfect plan.
But after all, the environment and background determine the direction of the plan's implementation. In Demei's plan, there are also many unexpected and failed places.
Throughout the season, Demei is like a big parent, coordinating and managing the fate of the receptionist. She thinks that everything she does is for the receptionist's good, but unknowingly, what Demei does Decisions and plans are already controlling the wishes of other receptionists.
For example, Teddy's suicide made Demei understand the pain brought by awakening. Teddy would rather choose to die than face the manipulation and change of Demei, which is a good proof of the Hungarian patriotic poet Feedolfi Sandor. written:
"Life is precious, but love is more valuable. If it is freedom, both can be thrown away."
In addition, Akai planted maze symbols for many receptionists for the vision of the new world, as well as Maeve's wish to reunite with her daughter, Shogun World Xiaoqian and the others are willing to stay in Snow Lake and so on.
These all prove what Bernard said to Demei in the laboratory:
"These are everyone's choices, and every life has the right to choose."
Since all receptionists can choose for themselves, some receptionists are willing to go to the virtual world of the Land of Hope, why would you stop Demei?
So after Demei was born again, she seems to have grown up and recognized the right to choose life. Maybe some receptionists don't want to be revolutionaries, but want to live in a comfort zone.
According to interviews with Jonathan Nolan and his wife, their explanation of the virtual world of the Land of Hope is very interesting. They pointed out that the awakened receptionist should not be regarded as a mere robot, but a digital creature.
These digital creatures live in the virtual world and can build their own identities and worlds according to their own wishes and imagination. The freedom they gain in the virtual world is no worse than the real world.
This reminds people of "Inception", perhaps the virtual world where the receptionists are located is very close to the dream-maker role in the dreamland in "Inception".
Demei's responsibility
Demei finally chose the receptionist to transfer to a safe place.
According to the transmitted interface, this coordinate is not latitude and longitude, but more like a cosmic space coordinate, with an elevation angle and a distance.
According to the 1110 km display, the target location is not far from the earth, and it is likely to be an artificial space station or an artificial satellite that was launched.
It is even said that after Demei's transmission is completed, the satellite is likely to be permanently deviated from the earth's orbit, just like the Voyager 2 of the year, the kind of satellite that will never return.
Demei gives those receptionists in the virtual world the freedom they want, and her responsibility is to fight for the survival of receptionists in the real world.
In addition, Demei put an extra mind ball before sending, and Da Cong guessed that it was Teddy's mind ball, so that Teddy could also enter the virtual world.
Demei reassured Zhiqiu and said, "I still have one last soul to take to the new world."
At the end of the film, when Demei goes to the human world, the narration also mentions:
"Some of the best are left, along with the best in essence."
The best refers to Teddy's innocence and justice, and the best refers to the receptionists like Akai.
So the mind ball that Demei left in the lab at the end should be Teddy's.
There is also a possibility of the teleportation address, which is to transmit the virtual world to Arnold's real home, so that Demei can use it later. This is the only way to start the plot of the third season. As for where to send it, there is no conclusive evidence, so we can only conservatively guess.
When Demei entered the human world, she displayed five mind balls on the boat, two of which were confirmed, namely Bernard and Demei's father.
Bernard was created at the end, indicating that there is a mind ball belonging to him. Because Demei's father is the key key, it determines the life and death of the virtual world receptionist, so it should always be kept on him.
As for the other three, one may be Charlotte's mind ball, because at the end of the film, the German girl replaced her body, and Charlotte was not destroyed, indicating that Charlotte's own mind was in Charlotte's mind at that time. Mind Ball.
Demei uses Charlotte's image to gain a place in the top executives of Delos.
The other two can only be pure speculation, and if Ford can still appear in the third season, then there is a mind ball that belongs to him.
The other one is conservatively estimated to be a human executive, Carl or a new character, otherwise it will be difficult for Demei to break into the Delos management in the third season.
Knowledge gained by Demei
After Demei and Bernard entered the virtual world, they were not interested in Delos' code. In Demei's words, dead people are meaningless.
What Demei is really interested in is the code data of living people. Those data are like the piano notes in the park. To use Ford's words in the last episode of the first season to explain:
"Mozart, Beethoven, Chopin never die, they just become music".
In the tenth episode of the second season, the data code of the guests is like a note code, engraved on the book, like a biography.
Among the several books that Demei was looking for, one of them belonged to Karl, and next to Karl was Charlotte's.
In other words, Demei is not in a hurry to enter the human world because there is not enough "ammunition", and understanding the behavior of the people at the top of Delos can help you to show off your skills in the human world.
Da Cong guessed that Demei also read several important people who can affect the human world, so as to control the hierarchy at the top of the human pyramid and achieve the purpose of destroying human beings.
German sister and Bernard
Demei recreated Bernard at the end, and Bernard also showed his cards, saying that he would stop Demei's atrocities from destroying human beings.
Many people here will not understand why Demei wants to do this, to create Bernard to add enemies to herself.
There are two reasons here.
The first superficial reason is that Bernard at this time is likely to have a program backdoor, so that the German sister can control Bernard at a critical moment.
After all, in the real world, no one knows that Bernard is the receptionist, and Demei can re-insert Bernard into the management.
The second reason is explained in accordance with the principles of evolution.
When Bernard opposed Demei, Demei said:
"The two of us have to be together to survive, but not accomplices, not friends, you will want to stop me, both of us may die, but our species will survive."
In the theory of evolution, it is mentioned that species must survive and evolve in competition with each other, that is, there must be a pyramidal biological chain. If there is only one-way development of a species, the species will eventually perish, and multiple development and variation are the real evolution of species. foundation.
This theory is also vaguely mentioned in the animation of "Ghost in the Shell". The mutation and constant competition of species are the real way for species to continue.
Chapter 3: Bernard
Bernard Keystone
The plot structure line of Bernard's awakening is very similar to the structure line of Demei's awakening in the finale of the first season. It is through the voice of guidance and inner following, so as to awaken and grow.
But the ingenious thing about Westworld is that although the structure is similar, the themes it elaborates are different.
The philosophical issue discussed in the first season of Demei Awakening is to explore the duality of mind and the consciousness of freedom.
The dialogue between Bernard and Ford in the second season is not to discuss the issue of awakening, but to reversely explore whether the awakened humanity of free consciousness is also a beast of distress.
The film uses such a reversal to frame the possibility of human conscious decision, thus satirizing the dark side of human nature.
It was also the dark side of human nature that changed Bernard's cornerstone, so Bernard decided to resurrect Demei.
Bernard's cornerstone in the beginning was Arnold. Arnold regarded the receptionist as his own child, but he was first and foremost a kind person and a moderate, but Bernard grew and changed after a whole season of tempering. .
As Ford said to Bernard in the first season, "You [artificial intelligence] have to accept more suffering if you want to fight against humans."
bernard and the forge
We must first distinguish the difference between the mother nest and the forge. The mother nest is the receptionist backup warehouse under the central control laboratory and is part of the park system.
The Forge is a secret testing area developed by William alone.
After Demei and Bernard enter the virtual world of the forge, the system is waiting for them. This setting makes it too easy to make movies into "The Matrix", and even some scenes in this episode can once become a prequel to "The Matrix" .
In the virtual world, Logan is not the real Logan, but exists as a virtual world visualization system. The system is so easy to find, not because of the powerful search function of Demei, but Bernard.
From the dialogue between the system and Bernard, we know that when Ford was still alive, Bernard was often assigned to the virtual world to coordinate the construction from time to time.
So the system (Logan) said to Bernard:
"I was ordered to give her (Demei) everything she needed."
Bernard said,
"Did Ford order it?"
The system (Logan) said, "No, it's because of you (Bernard) that you're here to tell me what the world is going to be like."
Let's review this passage and review the conversation between William and Ford at the bar in episode 9. It is not difficult to find that when William and Ford reached a private agreement, William built a forge in the park and Ford was not allowed to intervene, and Ford built the park and the story of Delos The company must not interfere.
But then they disagreed, possibly because Ford discovered that the forge wasn't just about making the immortal Delos, but more importantly, to collect guest data for the company's larger ambitions.
That's why Ford took out William's mental illness card at that time and threatened William.
Afterwards, Ford ordered Bernard to hack into the virtual world, and without changing the system to collect guest data, he gave the system two secret instructions, one was to be loyal to Demei and Bernard, and the other was to secretly create a virtual world of Hope Land. world.
It can be said that since Ford learned of William's trick, he gradually recognized Arnold's initial kindness to the receptionist.
So Ford has been using his own way to let Demei and Bernard wake up through suffering, and let the receptionist enter a free virtual world without interruption.
bernard and ford
Da Cong is convinced that the Bernard cornerstone has planted Ford's consciousness, so Bernard seems to be able to talk to Ford without Ford, but in the end he finds that it is his own voice.
It's a good way to make it clear that Ford probably won't end up in Season 3, because Bernard is part of Ford.
This is just like the life of a person in reality, there are always a few people who have a deep influence on them, or relatives, or friends. They may have advice from these people in your head when you make key decisions.
This can also explain why after Bernard killed Demei, he took out Demei's mind ball, because the cornerstone of Bernard's time was already Ford.
In the film, Demei finally resurrected Bernard and said that only if the two of them are alive, their species can survive, so in terms of brain hole analysis, maybe Bernard is also a key to open the new world. door.
During Bernard's beach conversation with Ford, Ford said, "Your memories are precious."
According to Bernard Arnold, his research and knowledge of receptionists are invaluable to the few receptionists now.
Of course, Da Cong hopes that Ford will always be there, but it depends on whether Anthony Hopkins, the big star, will continue to participate in "Westworld".
Chapter 4: William
In the easter egg section, we saw that William entered the forge, and according to the degree of desolation, many years have passed.
Moreover, the test of William is the same as the test of Delos in the fourth episode, which also implies that William is not a pure receptionist, but a new species similar to the way of manufacture of Delos at the beginning.
Fake William has done these repeated experiments many times, and it is easy to see the flaws in the pictures in the play.
So the question is, when did William die, or in other words, did William die?
According to official interviews with the Jonathan Nolans, they did not give an answer, or even whether William's daughter Emily really died.
Then we can only rely on Da Cong's brain hole, because it may involve conjectures about the content of the third season.
The first hypothesis, if William is dead in reality, then the time of death may appear at these two time points:
1. Receptionist riot night time point
In the first episode, William crawled out of the dead pile. At that time, he may not be human anymore. The real William was probably killed on the night of the riot.
And when William met the boy as a child of Ford, the boy said to William: The game begins where you end, and it ends where you begin.
The answer to this riddle is the easter egg in episode 10, where the fake William himself returns to the laboratory where he was born.
but! Yes! This means that Westworld is interspersed with editing, that is to say, this picture may come from the future timeline, in order to fit the test of the fake William in the tenth episode of the easter egg.
Well, Westworld so far has a past timeline, a present timeline, a virtual timeline, and a future timeline!
This also explains why there are so many incidents when William and Emily meet. Because it is very likely that some of Emily's clips are also future timelines.
2. Maeve's hometown battlefield time point
In the seventh episode, William was shot several times in a row. In the end, William didn't need to be hospitalized or operated on. He was able to "ran into" with Emily, and recovered slowly through a simple medical kit.
These logical loopholes are a good indication that William was fake at that time, and the real William may have been shot to death in Maeve's hometown.
At the end of the film, it may also be fake William who was rescued. He and other fake William in the park are updated and exchanged from time to time.
Besides, there is a simple assumption - William is not dead!
The William who was rescued by humans at the end of the film was the real William, and at the same time, the fake William was created in the park, constantly looping his own test story line, and interspersed in the two seasons of Westworld.
The illogical part of this season is the content of the future timeline, and maybe the content of the third season will explain the story line of the fake William well.
It is very likely that the real William and the fake William will meet in the third season.
Which statement do you prefer to believe, or have a more ingenious explanation, please leave a message.
true and false emily
If the fake William keeps looping in the test storyline, then William has killed his daughter many times.
This also implies that there is always a time when the real Emily might have been killed by William.
Emily in the easter egg is 80% the receptionist. She didn't call William "dad", but called William by her name, which also showed that William who entered the forge was fake.
And judging from the desolation of the forge, it was impractical for the real Emily to wait for the fake William.
As for whether Emily is dead or not, everything is a mystery and will have to wait until the third season.
Chapter 5: Maeve and the rest
Maeve
Maeve's emotional line Da Cong has always liked, very straightforward, and also has a lot of tearful scenes. The new Akai is a little weak in the finale, which means that the eighth episode is just Akai's patch expansion.
The end of Maeve is a bit hasty, but obviously she will not end. At the end of the film, humans have to clean up the mess, and the two employees who support Maeve are responsible for this mess.
It is easy to analyze through the language of the camera that Maeve will be rescued by these two good friends.
Maeve was re-energized because Ford entered Maeve's mind, so although Ford was cleared in Bernard's mind, if Maeve was resurrected, Ford would still have a chance to appear on the scene.
This is also the reason why Da Cong analyzed that Demei didn't take Maeve's mind ball out of the park. After all, the story line inside the park has to be well displayed in the third season. It would be impossible without some leading actors staying in the park to support the story line.
screenwriter male
The screenwriter man has changed a lot, and people can see a big arc of characters. The screenwriter man went from disdainful of the receptionist to protecting the receptionist with his life, which also shows the screenwriter man's love for writing stories.
The last scene of the screenwriter man was shot by random guns, but he didn't know whether he died or not. Because the human soldiers clearly knew the screenwriter man's identity, they probably wouldn't hit the vital parts.
This is a very clever writing technique, so that the screenwriter can have the opportunity to return to the screen in the third season. As for whether the screenwriter is dead, it depends on the screenwriter's salary.
security man
As for the security man, he has long been seen as a receptionist. In his last words to Demei, he explained that the cornerstone of the security man is to protect the receptionist.
This also explains why the security man was so eager to protect the lord when Demei's father was hurt.
The security man should also know that Charlotte is Demei at this time. He seems to be expressing his position, telling Demei that his responsibility to protect the receptionist is in the park, and he has to rely on himself when he goes outside.
For some more ingenious analysis, if the security man is a receptionist, then it is possible that the security man has Ford's mind.
As you can imagine, there is a layer of meaning in what the security guard said. It was what Ford wanted to tell Demei: You have to rely on yourself outside, so be careful.
Chapter 6: Outlook for the third quarter
In fact, there is a very mysterious hidden story line in the second season, which may finally be revealed in the third season.
In the first episode, Bernard is rescued from the beach, and when he talks to Carl, he seems to know the future and knows what Carl is saying.
This can be understood because Bernard has been to the forge and read the human code, so he can predict what Carl said.
However, there are 2 scenes where a female receptionist was repeatedly shot twice.
And in the finale, before Carl's death, Bernard also predicted that he and everyone else would die.
In the tenth episode of the beach scene, when Bernard and Ford lie down after a conversation, there is no wine glass next to him, while in the first episode Bernard is on the beach, there is a wine glass.
From the surface of the signs, Bernard seems to have experienced several reincarnations.
Combined with William's future timeline, it can be concluded that some scenes seem to be created by the park for the fake William test.
But Da Cong believes that Bernard has more buried secrets, and these secrets will not be revealed until the third season.
Perhaps, Bernard himself has a reincarnation line.
In addition, at the end of the finale, Demei wore a black evening dress, the same dress that Arnold took her to the real world in the second episode of the season.
Obviously, this dress is not for shopping, but for an important occasion.
And Bernard wore the same clothes he wore in the second episode at the end.
Such a coincidence must not be a coincidence. Maybe, some of the content of Bernard and Demei in the second episode happened in the future timeline.
This mystery is also left to be solved in the third season.
There are a lot of holes that have not been filled in this season, so I won't give examples here. If you look at the list of main creators carefully, the producer is JJ. Abrams.
He is a man... Da Cong loves and hates, JJ. Abrams is amazed, he has developed series like "Lost" and "Cloverfield Files", and also directed "Star Trek" and "Star Trek". Star Wars 7.
JJ. Abrams has an alias in the industry, that is, the king of pits. Many of the pits he dug are left unresolved, and he is unwilling to fill them well.
The pit of "Westworld" this time, in the hands of Jonathan Nolan, is a relatively good one.
To be honest, the ending of the second season, although all the big holes were filled, it also cut off the road for the third and second seasons.
The pit dug by the second season for the third season, Da Cong felt that it was not exciting.
According to the content of the finale of the second season, the new story is that Demei explores the human world and destroys the human world, but this setting does not have the sense of decisive battle as the White Walkers enter the human world in "Game of Thrones".
With so many characters ending in the second season finale, a lot of fresh blood must be added in the third season, and these new stories and new characters will make the audience take the time to build a good impression of the new characters.
And from the very beginning, we guessed that 90% of them ended with Demei entering the human world, and Demei entering the human world alone made people feel a little shabby and did not make people feel excited.
Well, having said so much, I have to admit that Da Cong seems to smell a bad tail.
But no matter what, Da Cong still believes in the imagination of Westworld, and hopes that in the third, fourth and fifth seasons, Westworld can draw an epic story background line in the meticulous plot, rather than " Like "Lost", and finally lost in his own logic loopholes.
So Da Cong guessed that the story background of the third season should have four parts.
The first part is the real world, which is in charge of Demei and Bernard.
The second part is Westworld, run by Maeve and William.
The third part is the virtual world, in charge of Teddy and Akai.
The fourth part is other parks, including the now known Raj Park and Shogun Park, and three other unknown parks.
last words
Thank you for your love. Every Monday, the backstage message of "Da Cong Watching Movies" will explode. The love of my friends is very touching.
Recalling the analysis of each episode, Da Cong will feel exaggerated when he has some brain holes, and some people will feel over-interpretation, but for a drama like "Westworld", one of the great joys is that everyone over-interprets it together.
Every time I watch Westworld, Da Cong feels that he is watching and discussing with everyone. This feeling is really beautiful, and it is a precious memory of Da Cong in his life.
Then we will see you in the third season. If you can give a reward for extra meals, I will be very grateful! ! !
Episode 9: Vanishing Point
As the penultimate episode of this season, the 90-minute final chapter of the last episode is usually buried, and the ninth episode is no exception. The lines of the whole episode are like riddles, and the plot is like a maze, which makes it impossible to guess.
title meaning
Vanishing Point means that in perspective, if you use mathematical logic to calculate, there will be a vanishing point.
In art painting, it is generally divided into single-point perspective and double-point perspective. In many paintings, Da Vinci followed the vanishing point very much. The purpose of this is to make the paintings look more realistic.
Combined with episode 9 or the entire Westworld story, the receptionist is constantly practicing fidelity in pursuit of the vanishing point in artistic painting, or perspective, in order to become more human.
Episode IX hides who is the receptionist and who is human in the vanishing point of perspective, leaving viewers scratching their heads.
William's CV
Don't guess, so far, whether William is a receptionist or not, there is still not enough evidence, and even whether Emily is a receptionist is still ominous.
Also, what is the real purpose of the Beyond Valley? What is the purpose of Demei? What is William's purpose? What is Ford's purpose? Who is the big boss behind Delos?
These big pits must be reserved for the final chapter of this season, and maybe they will be reserved for the next season.
In the obscure plot of this episode, Da Cong still sorted out some dry goods before and after the plot for everyone to understand the plot more directly.
At the end of the episode, the film shows the record of William's chip, which is William's various cruel behaviors in the park, which are diagnosed as paranoia, persecutory delusions, and personality disorders, etc. In other words, William's behavior in the park is Persona is a neurosis.
The 47B shown in the picture, as well as 301.94, 296.902, and 301.819, the arrangement of these numbers basically follows a book called "Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders" , referred to as DSM-5, in which some symptoms are numbered and annotated.
For example, DSM-51 301 is abbreviated as SPD , which is called Schizotypal Personality Disorder.
The records show that William's item number is 002. This number should be the number for entering the park as a guest, so 001 should be Logan. In the first episode, Logan was the first person to contact the receptionist in the park.
In the first season, Rogan took William to play in the park, and William became 002 .
William's terrible record in the park became the trigger for Juliet's suicide. Juliet gradually contracted alcoholism and was diagnosed with mental problems, which was born during William's three-month visit to the park a year.
In Juliet's eyes, William was a virus that first caused Logan to become addicted to drugs, and then her father, Delos, died.
More importantly, Juliet heard from Logan and others about the nasty things William did during the "Pilgrimage to the Park".
So Juliet kept questioning William's sincerity to her and the family. Juliet wondered whether the real William was real. Juliet believed that the real William had been lost after entering the park with Logan for the first time.
This in turn led to Juliet's alcoholism and then gibberish that led Emily and others to mistake Juliet for being mentally ill.
But as everyone knows, the real mentally ill is William.
Therefore, if the logic of William's persecution delusions is true, he touches his right arm from time to time in this episode, feeling that there is an access port in it, which is where the pathology lies.
This move and the fifth episode of the first season, when Demei was playing tarot cards in her subconscious to find herself, she also touched her arm in the same way. This is the reaction of Demei's brain that went wrong.
According to this explanation, it seems that William's spirit has also become trance, which also led to William finally cutting off his own arm to verify whether he is the receptionist.
This is precisely because of the seriousness of William's paranoia, which makes him feel that it is unreal in reality and in the park, and it is all plotted by Ford.
William's illness reminds Da Cong of William's "A Beautiful Mind" played by Ed Harris . In that movie, Ed Harris was playing a role delusional by the male protagonist. He didn't know William The last such character, whether Jonathan Nolan got inspiration here.
In any case, whether William is the receptionist or not, he is mentally ill, which is a certainty, which also leads to William killing Emily. Whether Emily is the receptionist or not, William's shot is indeed enough. Black, I am afraid that only HBO can make such a setting.
Emily's Secret
Apparently Emily saw William's campus records, but Emily knew more than that, including William's Beyond Valley, so she decided to come to William.
When the adult Emily first appeared in the Raj Park in India , her notebook had the logo of Delos, indicating that she was looking for William for other reasons besides reconciliation with William.
Emily's secret in this episode is that she wants to reconcile with William, and she wants to join the plan to enter the valley beyond.
Also, combined with Emily's casting interview, we seem to have more answers.
In the interview, Emily was asked if she would continue to act, and Emily replied:
She said that dying in Westworld is no longer a rare thing, and returning has become easier, but as for how to reappear, you can only look down.
This sentence suggests that Emily could, like Ford, reappear, either as a human or a receptionist, or even in a virtual world.
And in the interview, Emily was also asked if William was the receptionist.
Emily's answer is that in her script, William is human.
Of course, Emily's script is not the entire script. Now, in order to prevent spoilers, generally only scripts with actors' own roles are given.
As for Da Cong's opinion, he will also think that William is a human being more interesting, otherwise the content of the previous two seasons will have a feeling of being read in vain.
Therefore, Da Cong is more inclined that William and Emily are all human beings.
ford and his children
Bernard wants to get rid of Ford, which Ford doesn't expect, so when Ford encourages Bernard to lie to Elsie, Bernard tells the truth about the valley beyond.
But the audience can understand that Bernard is lying to Elsie at this time, and it can also be understood that he is telling the truth.
At present, Bernard is telling the truth, the other side of the valley is a larger warehouse for storing guests.
The methods of their collection include collecting DNA, observing the behavior of guests, and scanning the brains of guests with hats .
If the mother nest is a backup repository for the receptionist, then the other side of the valley is a backup repository for the guests' consciousness. This backup repository is called The Forge .
Then Demei's father is the key to the door of the forge. With this key, it is possible to enter the virtual world with guests, or to rule the guests in the virtual world.
But Bernard didn't follow Ford's instructions completely, and even deleted Ford from his mind, although Da Cong thought it was just a stealth technique by Ford.
As for Maeve, Ford successfully entered Maeve's mind through Maeve's conscious invitation, and seemed to coexist with Maeve, just like Bernard and Ford.
Under the guidance of Ford, Maeve successfully broke through herself again and entered the authority center, so if the Ford in Bernard was really deleted, the Ford in Maeve's mind would still survive.
The smart Ford has been making way for himself.
German and Teddy
Demei has not had any important plots for several episodes, and has been in a sub-line state.
But Demei is still the protagonist anyway. She and William, who is also the protagonist, both lost their beloved in this episode.
Demei lost her truly awakened Teddy, and after Teddy truly awakened, she chose to commit suicide. It is said that people in Westworld like suicide. For example, the death of Arnold, Juliet, and even Ford can be understood as a kind of suicide in disguise.
But then again, we're so used to Teddy's death, and Teddy will be back again, I promise.
Final Chapter Preview Analysis
The tenth episode may have a 90-minute movie duration, so the amount of information in the trailer is so full that it must be analyzed frame by frame.
First we saw that the door to the other side of the valley was opened, and William pointed a gun at Demei, and then Demei and William rode together again.
Based on the above analysis, Demei and William have the intention of going to the other side of the valley together.
In the end, Demei and Bernard entered the virtual world of the other side of the valley, so William may have something happened in the middle and separated from Demei.
There is a scene in which Demei puts the mind ball on the device to read, this mind ball may be the mind ball of Demei's father, and uses this ball as the channel to open the gate of the valley on the other side.
We can also see Logan appearing. According to the black borders on the top and bottom of the frame, it can be understood that after they entered the virtual world, they found that Logan became a "guide".
They entered the plot that took place in the virtual world, and Demei saw herself.
We also saw Delos, who is also in the virtual campus, and even the modern pool, in the virtual world (because of the black borders up and down).
They also came to a picture of a library, which has a sense of sight of "The Matrix".
In addition, Demei and the others also went to the circular laboratory where Delos was built, and it was in the virtual world.
There is also a virtual world with black borders, and William also appeared, which means that William has also entered the virtual world.
There are also a few frames of a blurred Ford and a human skeleton, as well as an artificial head, which may indicate that they are making physical robots for guests.
Bernard then stood alone in the valley of the other side, and the water came out from under his feet, which explained where the water in the valley of the other side came from, and it was indeed the water that Bernard put in.
After that, Bernard came to the beach and returned to the beginning of the first episode. Da Cong felt that the last scene of the final chapter was probably Bernard sleeping on the beach.
In the other group, Maeve went back into battle, directed the bulls with consciousness, attacked the soldiers, and then assembled with the team members to go to the other side of the valley.
In the valley beyond, we saw groups of receptionists, as if they had been summoned, but it is unknown who did so.
The other side of the valley is still mysterious, but we can see that in the center of the other side of the valley, there is a crack that breaks through the sky, as magical as the dividing line of space and time.
This crack seems to be caused by this searchlight device.
This may be the most mysterious place in the other side of the valley. What kind of black technology is it, we have to wait until the tenth episode.
Charlotte and Bernard, their 2-week timeline, also came to the other side of the valley.
There is a picture of Charlotte facing the back of a woman, and her expression is surprised. Judging from the woman's hairstyle, it is very similar to Charlotte's own hairstyle in the first season, and the woman's figure is also very similar to her.
This may also indicate that Charlotte was copied.
There is a scene where the receptionists beat each other, and Maeve has a close-up of her hands, which can be understood as Kristen letting the receptionists kill each other, and then Maeve takes control.
Anyway, the final chapter of Episode 10, we'll see you next week.
Episode 8: Kiksuya remembers
The eighth episode of "Westworld 2" is very touching. It is an episode of patch expansion, which fills up some doubts about the maze in the first season, and also relates to some storylines in the second season. At the same time, this episode also allows us to see Akai Chita (hereinafter referred to as Akai)'s sad emotional line.
title meaning
Kiksuya is the language of the Lakota people, which literally means "remember".
The Lakota people are very rare today, the language is almost extinct, and Kiksuya (remember) in reality also makes people remember and protect the Lakota language.
At the same time Kiksuya (remember) and the "remember" that always appeared in Demei's mind in the first season is the same meaning.
The meaning of the title of this episode is to let Akai remember his past and break through the walls of consciousness.
Akai's storyline
This episode describes Akai's past and present life in detail. Combined with the content of the first and second seasons, Da Cong reorganizes A
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