The eighth episode is quite comfortable to watch. In addition to the unique narrative style, the most important thing is that this episode is filled with holes throughout , and the timeline and storyline of "Westworld" since the two seasons have become clearer.
With his experience, Arkochita, who was "halfway out", rushed to the top three positions of the "Awakening" receptionist in one fell swoop. In some respects, he is even better than Dolores and Maeve. For example:
Dolores is the arrogant girl in the eyes of parents and teachers. She has all kinds of educational resources, and with a good foundation, it is not surprising that her grades are outstanding;
Maeve was just an ordinary student in the beginning, but in the mid-term, she made rapid progress after being instructed by her classmates. She was found by famous teachers and took care of her outstanding talents. It is normal for her grades to be good;
Only Akochita is an ordinary student who studies hard and slowly improves . His opportunity is only the exercise book left by the top student and the sentence "study hard" from the famous teacher... After becoming a top student, he also tried his best to help other students. Making progress together is what sets him apart the most.
The growth history of leaders
Arkochita is a new resident character in the second season, and his experience has basically explained the strange behavior of the "land of ghosts" .
One of the "first receptionists", Arkochita was designed in the BETA version as a Native American enjoying an idyllic idyll.
Loving wives, loving ethnic groups, and loving life are the "cornerstones" that are harmless to others and animals. 【35 years ago】
A chance encounter where the massacre ended was the turning point that changed Arkochita's life - he crossed the corpses of Arnold and Dolores and found the "maze" toy on the bar.
There are two guesses here. One is that Arkochita was also planted by Arnold with the "maze" program, but he "failed to break through" like most receptionists, so his memory was washed away; the other is that he Never touched the "labyrinth", until this moment began to walk the road that Dolores had already walked.
The possibility of both is not small... But at least one thing is certain, at this time Arkochita is still in a state of complete ignorance, and the direct evidence is the fly in his hand - this thing is in "Westworld" Li especially likes to get close to the "unconscious" body.
Arkochita is officially "enrolled" with or without "preschool foundations". 【34 years ago】
Troubled by the "dichotomous mental theory", he kept showing behaviors that violated the setting, depicting "maze" patterns and leaving marks... But at this time, he was just getting started, and he was far from "awakening".
All this happened before the opening of the "Westworld" park. His abnormal behavior was treated as a small bug, and then he was reborn as a "tyrannical murderer".
Meanwhile, out of curiosity, Ford added a "curious" attribute to the Arkochita's reset.
In the following years, Arkochita never gave up his study of the "maze", which also made him realize early that there are "other people" who are objects that he cannot kill.
After the official opening of the park, Arkochita was invincible in Westworld. He led the "land of ghosts" to plunder and expand, and it didn't take long for him to reach the "edge of the world" ...Here he reunited with someone who had a relationship with one another. Logan. 【31 years ago】
It can be seen that William did have murderous intentions when he exiled Logan at the "border". Even if his brother-in-law survived, his mental state would be severely damaged.
At this time, Logan only wanted to get out of here, because "this is the wrong world".
Logan's words gave Arkochita an epiphany (instead of being inexplicable like many receptionists), he suddenly realized that there is more than one world , and he has multiple lives, and seeing his "unknown" wife Kang Hana again, It made him more convinced of this.
Life practice helped Arkochita achieve a theoretical breakthrough, and he began to find "a way to reach past lives", for which he must not die easily.
After that, Arkochita began to consciously avoid risks in the "daily killing", trying to let the people kill him while he avoided tourists who could kill him.
It's not that he didn't want to see Logan again, but that person has long since disappeared. Instead, he saw a new base being excavated and constructed in the "Far West" (Far Valley). [2X years ago, after William took control of the Delos Company]
In the base, there are many devices like conductor poles and launch towers. From this, it seems that the secret here is to "transmit the consciousness of the receptionist". The possibility of "transmitting the consciousness of the receptionist" has increased ... However, Arco What Chita saw was a "door" that was clearly not of this world .
It's time to escape this "wrong world" with his wife - however, by the time Akochita takes Kanghana back to Far Valley, the base is complete and the gates are hidden.
This did not shake his determination to find the gate again. Arkochita firmly believed that "the gate is safe and we will not be deprived of memory again."
In desperation, Connaha was quickly taken away by the quality assurance department and replaced... In order to find his wife, Akochita began to travel to all corners of the "Westworld" and maintained a record of immortality for more than 9 years (nearly 10 years).
Arkochita is not afraid of death, he is only afraid of being washed away from his wife's memory after death...
In the past 9 years, the closest Akochita was to death was being saved by Maeve's daughter-he identified this benefactor because the other party gave him the motivation to move on.
After finding his wife unsuccessfully and returning to the tribe, Arkochita found that more tribesmen had been replaced. The patriarch, who also realized that something was wrong, mentioned the "people below". This legend spread among the tribe reminded Arkochita: I I have searched every part of this world, and the only thing I haven't found is the other world "below".
And to get there, there is only a "dead end" . 【1X ago】
By the way, Akochita used cold weapons such as knives and arrows to kill the receptionist, and the use of cold weapons in "Westworld" is strictly restricted, which shows that his "supervised" level should be very high .
Therefore, it is truly a miracle that a soldier who dances with knives and guns all day has not upgraded the model version in 10 years.
Because the employees of the behavior department were afraid of being accused of "dereliction of duty", they just quietly upgraded Akochita without making a statement, so he once again escaped the crisis of a comprehensive inspection and reset.
During the upgrade, Arkochita (miraculously) wandered around the control center and found Kanghana and her clan in the lower storage room.
When he realized that "things can't be done", he finally tasted unprecedented pain.
Not only that, because there are a large number of abandoned receptionist "corpses" in the storage room, Arkochita felt the same and realized that his love was "selfish", and he was not alone in the pain...
Therefore, when Arkochita returned to the upgrade workshop and left tears, he was truly awakened by the baptism of extremely strong "pain".
Different from Dolores and Maeve, the source of Arkochita's suffering was not only the pain of losing his wife, but also the sympathy for the tribe and even the entire receptionist family ... All of this helped him form his later actions. policy guidelines.
Arkochita returns to the Horde with a new mission: to close one door and open another, so that humans can no longer dictate their fate, alive or dead.
He regards sharing the "maze" symbol as a lifelong pursuit, and uses his own knowledge and experience to continuously enlighten and enlighten the people around him. Of course, this process is extremely painful...
This also explains why Maeve is unable to issue orders to the people in the "Land of Ghosts": after so many years of careful training by Akochita, the soldiers of "Land of Phantoms" and even most have awakened. And code commands cannot drive the awakened receptionist at will.
Arkochita, who is grateful for the favor, also wants to tell the "truth" to Maeve and her daughter, but his good intentions are misunderstood by Maeve (on the importance of appearance and behavior).
In desperation, Arkochita can only leave behind the "maze" pattern - the truth is in front of you, and the rest can only depend on your perception.
Without Ford's constant secret convenience, Akochita could not have been smooth sailing - but I believe that Ford's observation and assistance to him began after Akochita picked up the "labyrinth" (I also believe he It was really just a coincidence that "Maze" was discovered at the time).
After Ford felt the time was right, he finally created an opportunity for the two of them to talk. [X years ago, should be within 5 years]
Ford's words confirmed my suspicion that he was just trying to create external environmental conditions and never intervened or adjusted the core code of Arkochita himself. He wanted to see for himself how far the other party could grow on his own.
Akocita not only awakened himself, but also "first rich and then rich" made the entire tribe reborn.
When Dolores was still finding the end of the "labyrinth" in countless cycles of life and death, Akochita was already looking for the "gate" to leave Westworld.
Personally, it is Akochita's idea that inspired Ford . At this time, although he has drawn up plans for nearly 30 years, there is no specific plan for how to implement the final step.
"(This world) hides a door, it leads to the new world, there should be everything we (the receptionist) lost." Arkochita's understanding of the two worlds is still rough and naive, but this simple However, Ford's desires let Ford get what he wanted : the last hurdle, let's call it "Door" .
Ford likened Akochita to a flower growing in the dark, so strong and unyielding that it was enough to win some "sunshine" out of its own hands.
Wait until the day Dolores begins the revolution, when you must gather your people through the gates —before that, hold on for a while.
Akochita never stopped observing Ford. One day after the "Blood Sacrifice Dinner", he found Ford's body at the scene... The time has come. 【A week ago】
As for Akochita's fear of "Death Messenger" Dolores/Wyatt, the reason is also very simple: Dolores pursues the hegemony of "revolting against human tyranny, the world belongs to the receptionist" , and the same kind of awakening is good. , but she needs more warriors who help in the war; and Arkochita believes in escapism more like "leading as many of her kind to survive as possible" , which is bound to be unacceptable to Dolores.
This is probably one of the reasons for the war between the two sides in the preview of the next episode ...
Who is more abusive than whom?
After reading Arkochita's past, it is not difficult to understand why the "Land of Ghosts" has been rescuing humans but not killing people . This creates an endless situation, and secondly, these humans will be their chips and advantages to pass the "gate" in the future.
The bottom line, of course, is "it's too cheap to kill humans".
Arkochita rescues William, who is (at least) one-sided, "Death is the way out of a cruel world, and you don't deserve to leave" (this sentence does not serve as evidence that William is the receptionist).
Although Ford's "suggestions" are indispensable, I now believe that the "Land of Ghosts" is mainly driven by one's own will , and such a simple and innocent view is unique to Akochita.
This is also reflected in the attitude of Akochita and Grace towards each other.
Grace directly asked to take William away, and promised that her method would make William more painful, but Akochita, who finally saved William's life, really agreed. The two apparently had an "equal" match. chat.
The principle of watching "Westworld" now is that what the characters say is usually "truth", and Grace should really "suffer" her father... I have no brain cells to guess, and after watching the trailer, the next The episode will reveal the truth.
do whatever you want
The story of Akochita is the main body and background color of this episode, and under its mapping, the few scenes in the Maeve line have also been well interpreted and progressed.
The classmate who "did up" Maeve at the time was Arkochita - not only did he leave a "maze" pattern on the door of Maeve's house, but he also gave the little girl a lot of stones that did the same thing. Maeve couldn't remember it.
Because of this, Maeve was able to wake up after being stimulated by William a year ago.
Dolores led the crowd and left after making a riot. The "control" of the control center was still in the hands of the remaining humans. Heathmore sent Maeve to the processing workshop and asked for a priority repair. In order to let the quality assurance staff understand Maeve The importance of Maeve's "record" and data flow directly as a bargaining chip.
"You can't let her die." This is the most sincere sentence in Heather's words.
After the situation stabilized a little, Heather came to talk to Maeve: "You shouldn't end up like this, you should be with your daughter and be yourself happily... I'm sorry."
It doesn't matter whether Maeve can hear it or not, Heather couldn't help but want to say these words. It can be seen that he does not spit out these words. Now he is not like a human being who worries about gains and losses, but more like an "awakened receptionist" facing his true self. .
However, now there is no place for him here—
The quality assurance officer discovered the value of Maeve. After losing Peter, Hale, who was devastated, had no more cards to play. He could only play a shot and find a breakthrough from the "weird" Maeve.
Maeve has mastered the ability to give orders to the receptionist without any language or equipment, which makes her the only person with "administrator rights" now, and Hale naturally wants to take advantage of this.
The problem is that Maeve has not stopped "transmitting commands" until now.
At the end of the episode, we realize that Maeve has been in contact with Arkochita (which the Awakened cannot control), who is not only telling the story to the little benefactor from beginning to end, but also telling Maeve .
Through the link of the "daughter" and the special connection of the two first-generation awakening receptionists, Akochita and Maeve achieved a magical "brain wave dialogue".
Maeve has understood that Arkochita has no ill will towards her daughter, on the contrary she will treat her as her own, which has helped her calm down a lot...
More importantly, the two "superior students" quickly reached an agreement once they got in touch. Compared with Dolores' "power politics", Maeve's "liberalism" and Akochi's loneliness The "survivalism" of the tower waiting for an opportunity to escape has a more common language.
After Arkochita helped Maeve explain the message, and Maeve finished her lines to Arkochita, the two were officially joined.
However, although the strength of their faction is not small, the situation is relatively embarrassing . The mainstream of mankind still does not want to see them, and Dolores, who knows the truth, will probably not give up.
[Tomorrow, I will update the "Filling and Filling in Leaks" post in the eighth episode, everyone is welcome to pay attention to my public account "You Love Comment Area"~ To be continued]
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