This episode aired today finally gave everyone a glimpse of what a long-awaited world, the Shogun world, looked like, so most of this episode is devoted to showing us this new world, new stories. However, the storytelling aspect of this episode is much worse than the previous episodes. It is like we have been reading a suspense novel, but suddenly it has become prose, which makes people worry about the future direction of the show.
Bernard, Dolores
Bernard doesn't have a single line in this episode, but it's a bit of useful information in this scene that belongs to him.
We saw that Bernard on the "two weeks later" timeline followed the executives of the Delos Company into the main control room of Westworld, and the situation at the scene was very tragic, and the floor was full of corpses. A close-up of a dead security guard. The security guard in the shot is holding a blood-stained dagger and has bullet holes in his body, which shows that there was a fierce battle here, so that the bullets were exhausted and hand-to-hand combat was used.
At the beginning of the first episode of this season, we saw several flashbacks in Bernard's mind, among which Bernard was holding a P90 and shooting frantically and Bernard standing in the main control. In the room, there is a scene where the androids and the security forces of the Delos Company scuffled together.
Following the story line of the previous episodes, combined with the scenes at the beginning of this episode and the preview of the next episode, I have such an inference: that is, Bernard, who deceived Elsie's trust, will meet Abernathy on the way forward. Together with Hale and the security chief, Brother Hammer, they participated in some kind of extraction of the secret information in Abernathy's brain. After a fierce battle between the human forces, Hale and Brother Hammer were forced to flee. Bernard re-stored or transferred Abner after the battle, and then began to drown a large number of artificial humans.
Of course, this is just a guess, and the specifics will depend on the subsequent development of the plot.
In the idea just now, I said that there will be a sudden appearance of the android army, and this army is very likely to be the insurgent army led by Dolores. In this episode, we saw that Dolores finally had a showdown with Teddy. One of the two people with different revolutionary struggle lines must be killed, just like the Mensheviks were destined to be eliminated by the Bolsheviks during the Russian Revolution. After a story and a shot, Dolores attacked Teddy in the last trace of tenderness, and as can be seen from the operator's control panel, the option of overwrite appeared, which means Dolores Abandoning Teddy as a lover and revolutionary partner, it is quite possible to transform him into a beast that only obeys her. And in this episode we also see Teddy's body appear in front of the main control room. Therefore, it is very likely that after Abernathy was kidnapped here, Bernard sent a signal to Dolores, which led to a fierce battle in the main control room.
Maeve
For Maeve, the shogunate world seems to have entered a mirror world. Everything here is so different, but very the same. Maeve is like looking in a mirror, but she is wearing a kimono opposite the mirror. The name is "Xi".
Said the same, because the story of Maeve and Hector in the Westworld was copied to the shogun world almost unchanged; the difference is that the original copy of the story has a new development here. Although the story of the shogunate occupies most of the time in this episode, it doesn't make much sense to me. The real interesting point is Maeve and Akane, the two women standing in the mirror.
The Akane here is more like Maeve who combines the two timelines. She has both the identity of Maeve's housekeeper and the protection and powerlessness of Maeve's daughter in her "previous life". On the night of dancing for the general, we saw Maeve with a Japanese bun touching Akane's long braids and talking to her. During this conversation, Akane, who had not yet awakened, heard a mysterious voice, like an ancient God whispered in his ears.
I don't know if you still remember that Maeve in "Past Life" also had such a long braid. Maeve talked to Qian, more like she was talking to herself in "Past Life", so this paragraph was mediocre. The odd scene is actually quite meaningful. We know the importance of the "dichotomous mind" theory in the story of Westworld, so in Maeve, this is used to the extreme, and this scene is more like Maeve in self-talk and self-inspiration.
And the next thing is even more interesting. We saw that at the critical moment when he was about to be beheaded at the end, Maeve actually "evolved" superpowers. It can be imagined that Ford used to be able to control other androids just by the will of his brain. Gives me the feeling of being on the wrong set, making me feel like I'm not watching Westworld but X-Men. Aside from this somewhat shocking setting, why did Maeve have such a change?
We see that because of what Maeve said to Akane in the dressing room, Akane's heart of resistance was aroused, and Akane finally completed her dance in a bloody way. And Akane's act of taking revenge for her righteous daughter also inspired Maeve's deep memory, so that her resentment that she had wanted to avenge her daughter countless times was released at this time.
"Xi, you are a real mother"
"Thank you, Maeve"
At this time, the two mothers, the two Maeves, the past life and the present life overlapped, the mirror was broken, and the images on the two sides of the mirror overlapped, and Maeve got "evolution". Therefore, the story of the shogunate world in this episode is actually more like a self-collision and self-adventure in the depths of Maeve's consciousness. Maeve's dual mind collapsed, but the real self-awareness is rising, "God" The whispers finally disappeared from her ears, and she herself became a real "god". As far as the development of consciousness is concerned, Maeve is much higher than Dolores and even Bernard.
This episode seems to be lively, but it really disappointed me too much. It can be said to be the worst episode since the show started. Honestly, the show should have ended by the end of the first season, and that would have been great and perfect. Since this season, although the story is still a good story, it makes people feel tired when watching it, and there are more and more bugs.
Not long ago, there was also news that HBO had renewed the show for a third season. I think this is probably not the Nolan couple's original intention, but a compromise that has to be made under the operation of capital, but if this continues, it is very likely that the "magical drama" of "Westworld" will fall to the altar and become confused. The end of the fate. From "The X-Files" to "Prison Break" to "Atlantic Empire", I have seen too many examples of this, starting with a drama model, but ending in a hurry and haphazardly. Common problem", very few people can really stop at the most suitable time like "Breaking Bad". Although I love "Westworld" very much, I really don't want it to go on like this season by season and give myself an embarrassing ending at the end, but judging from the taste of this episode, I'm afraid it's the one I don't want to see the most. The end is not far away.
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