Westworld Delivers Another Fantastic Episode at its Midway Point.

I swear, every time Dolores becomes my favourite character Maeve just has to do something that overtakes her.
It is like a constant tug of war between the two, where one minute Dolores is my favourite the next it is Maeve.
Well, once again, Maeve has been reinstated as my favourite Westworld character with season two episode five, Akane No Mai.
The halfway point of the second season delivered another fantastic episode here, with most of it taking place in the newly introduced Shogun World, which had a lot of interesting surprises.
The first of these surprises came as Maeve and her group are marched into a village and encounter a very similar scenario before they realise that the hosts who have them captured are actually plagiarized versions of themselves.
Maeve’s version is Akane, played by Rinko Kikuchi, and Hector’s is Musashi, played by Hiroyuki Sanada.
Both these new additions to the cast did fantastic jobs, especially Kikuchi as Akane and watching the robbery scene from Westworld play out in Shogun World fashion was fun to watch.

Rinko Kikuchi did an excellent job this episode as Akane and I hope she joins the main cast.

After this we get the most important revelation of the episode when Maeve learns she can control hosts with her mind, using her new powers to force a ninja to kill himself.
This all culminates in a thrilling sequence where, after Akane brutally murders the Shogun for killing her world’s version of Clementine, Maeve forces the Shogun’s men to kill each other with her mind.
The episode ends on an exciting cliffhanger as Maeve prepares to take control of the entire Shogun army.
These moments, along with a few close moments she had with Akane, made Maeve my favourite Westworld character once again.

Aside from this, we also got some interesting moments with Dolores and Teddy.
Throughout all of their interactions this episode I had the sense that Dolores was probably going to do something terrible to Teddy and, after all the build up in previous episodes, this came to fruition.
After sharing an intimate moment with him, Dolores has one of the captive technicians change Teddy’s code because she knows he will not make it in the coming war.
Hopefully, what she did to Teddy will make him more interesting because I have honestly never really been attached to him.
Akane No Mai was another fantastic episode that introduced us to Shogun World and made Maeve my favourite character again.
It was not as good as Riddle of the Sphinx but it was still excellent.

Westworld: The Riddle of the Sphinx, Best Episode Ever?

For the first three episodes of Westworld season two I would have said they were great but were not really living up to the level of intrigue I was having for the first season.
But then The Riddle of the Sphinx had to come along and potentially be Westworld’s best episode so far.
I loved this episode.
It was a great watch from start to finish that had many memorable moments.
For starters, it was revealed that Elsie Hughes, played by Shannon Woodward, is actually alive, having been chained up rather than killed by Bernard, on Ford’s orders.
Now, even though Elsie being alive was spoiled for me, (thanks a lot Simon Quarterman) I was still glad to see her come because I enjoyed her character last season.
Although, I do wonder why Ford ordered Bernard to keep her alive because he did not seem to have a problem disposing of people who got in his way in the first season, like he did with Theresa.
So, maybe Ford kept Elsie alive for some special reason.
We will just have to wait and see.

Elsie returns — Elsie’s return was spoiled for me but it is good to see her back.

The real star of this episode though was William who went through a large amount of change both in the past and present timelines this episode.
We first see William talking with Delos, who is confined to a room and being experimented on somehow.
It is later revealed in the episode that Delos died of a disease and they transferred his consciousness into a host.
This slow realization that Delos had been turned into a host was great to see play out, along with William’s changing mindset over the years.
At the beginning of the experiment, William is shown to be hopeful at creating immortality for Delos but as the years go by and he turns into the William we all sorta hate and sorta love he becomes disillusioned with the idea.
This led to a great scene between the older William and Delos, where William revealed his wife Juliet’s death to her father.
This scene had terrific performances from both Ed Helms, as William, and Peter Mullan, as Delos, who breaks down after learning of his daughter’s death, only to be found by Bernard and Elsie in the future timeline, which was a great twist by the way.
Speaking of this future timeline, William’s story here was also a standout as it is revealed he actually does have conscience, who knew?
We get to see this when, remembering Juliet’s death, he decides to save Lawrence and his family from the Confederado Major Craddock.
This was a great sequence and really gave us insight into William’s mindset.
Back in season one, when William murdered Lawrence’s family, he did not have a problem with it because they were not real and could not actually die in his eyes.
Now, however, they can die permanently and this, combined with memories of the past, made him decide to do the right thing, basically telling Craddock that he was death himself.

However, as Ford points out through Lawrence’s daughter, this does not redeem William entirely because of just how many atrocities he may have committed on hosts previously.
But hey, maybe William could potentially redeem himself more this season, especially after encountering his daughter.
That’s right, you heard me because in this episode the theory of Grace being Emily, William’s daughter, turned out to be correct in the final moment of the episode.
This has some interesting implications for the future because Emily has been said to blame William for her mother’s death.
William’s arc this episode was just fantastic as we got to see him at his worst, with Delos, and at his best, when he saves Lawrence’s family.
Speaking of Lawrence, who is played by Clifton Collins Jr, he also seems to be showing signs of consciousness because he remembers that William once told him about Emily.
I also wonder if Delos achieved at least some form of consciousness by the time he was discovered by Bernard and Elsie, since it has been established that hosts gain consciousness through suffering.

crazy Delos — Delos was really shown to have lost it by the end of the episode.

In this facility though, Bernard also discovers there was a new consciousness that he was supposed to put into a host body.
There has been much speculation as to who this could be, like Ford.
The most likely though is probably Arnold and it is him we are actually seeing in the future timeline instead of Bernard.
Overall, this episode was fantastic from start to finish.
It had great twists with the Delos scenes and the reveal of Emily, brought Elsie back and had a fantastic character arc for William.
This may be the best episode Westworld has ever had.

Westworld, Season Two Episode Three: More Reunions Than in Reunion.

Warning: major spoilers for the episode

Westworld delivers its best episode of season two yet with its third episode, Virtu e Fortuna, which honestly had more reunions than the previous episode that was actually titled Reunion, but we will get to that later.
This episode actually started out, rather surprisingly, in another park, however, not in Shogun World but in a British Colonial India style park.
It is here where we meet a mysterious women named Grace, played by Katja Herbers, who looks to be pretty important in the series going forward.
I have heard numerous theories that this woman may be The Man in Black’s daughter but I personally think this character has some relation to Theresa, considering when we first saw her she was smoking the same was Theresa did before her death.
When the episode opened with her I actually thought the woman was Theresa in the past, due to her smoking.

It was through Grace that we learned how the host tiger ended up on the beach in the season premiere as she fell off a cliff with it before being captured by Ghost Nation.
As for the main storylines with Dolores, Bernard and Maeve, there were plenty of great moments.
For starters, Bernard meets up with Charlotte again in the future timeline and is it just me or does Charlotte know Bernard is a host?
She was acting really suspicious of him.
Cutting back to the past timeline, Bernard and Charlotte attempted to capture host Peter Abernathy, played by Louis Herthum.
This lead to a hilarious scene where Bernard reprogrammed the host Rebus, played by Stephen Ogg, to be the most chivalrous gunslinger in the west.
This also has a rather sad implication because Bernard watched Rebus get shot trying to protect a host in the season premiere.
After this, both Bernard and Peter were captured by Dolores’ army, leading to the best scene of the episode where Dolores reunites with her father.
This was a very emotional moment and both Evan Rachel Wood and Herthum gave excellent performances as the two reconciled briefly before Peter began jumping between multiple Westworld identities again.

Dolores and Peter Abernathy reunite in a very emotional scene.

Then came the battle at the Confederate fort, where Dolores and the Confederados faced off against Delos Security.
Dolores, however, betrayed the Confederados, leaving them to die and later ordered Teddy to kill the surviving Confederado Major Craddock, played by Jonathon Tucker.
However, Teddy lets him live, which will undoubtedly cause problems in the future.
I am confused as to why Dolores let all the Confederados die though.
Wouldn’t she need them for her army?
Also, the reason she let them die is kind of weird, saying they did not deserve to make it.
The Confederados had been programmed to act cruel, just as every other cruel host in Westworld so they are just as much victims as the other hosts.
Finally, there is Maeve’s storyline where, as I said earlier, there were more reunions than in the previous episode.
Maeve’s group met up with Armistice, played by Ingrid Bolso Berdal, Felix, played by Leondardo Nam, and Sylvester, played by Ptomley Slocum.
This lead to the funniest moment of the episode though, when Hector saw Armistice burn someone to death with a flamethrower and states in amazement “she has a dragon!”

Maeve and Hector — Hector had one of the funniest moments in the entire episode.

It is with these characters that the final moments of the episode play out with them being ambushed by a Samurai.
Overall, Virtu E Fortuna was the best episode of season two so far.
It had great action sequences and even better character interactions.

Westworld Season Two, Episode Two Reunion had Multiple Timelines That Worked.

Warning: Contains Major Spoilers

Westworld once again delved into multiple timelines in the second episode of season two, Reunion, only unlike the season premiere, I could actually get behind this.
The way multiple timelines were utilized, with it constantly jumping from Dolores’ rebellion to William’s creation of his greatest mistake, and potential weapon for Dolores, was great to watch.
The episode opens with Dolores in the real world with Arnold before his son’s death.
It was in this timeline that we also got to see how Delos first became involved in Westworld, with Logan, played by Ben Barnes, being shown how realistic the hosts are.
As for Arnold and Dolores, we got a sense of how Arnold was already very connected to Dolores before his son died because he seems to keep her away from Logan’s voracious appetite (ew).
The next timeline seen chronologically is after a young William, played by Jimmi Simpson, and Logan first visited Westworld and William is showing Logan’s father James Delos, played by Peter Mullan, the potential of the park.
This and later scenes really showed me how good Simpson is at portraying William’s dark side.
I was not sure if he could do this because, in the first season, William seemed like such a nice character that after the reveal that he was really the Man in Black I was not sure if he could pull it off but he proved me wrong this episode.

evil william — Jimmi Simpson does a great job portraying William’s darker side.

Other interesting things to note about this past timeline were that Delos seemed to be getting sick at his retirement party and Logan survived the events at the park and seems to regret ever investing in it.
It seems like he knows something we do not.
We also got to meet William’s wife and daughter this episode, which makes me wonder if we will ever see his daughter in the future timeline, because we know she is still alive.
As for the future timeline itself, it was here that the best moments happened.
We had Dolores proving to Teddy about the actions of the Westworld staff and then them going to gather a confederado army.
Once again, Evan Rachel Wood gives an absolutely fantastic performance as Dolores.

Dolores real world — Evan Rachel Wood is excellent at playing Delores both at her most innocent and most sinister.

She once again might surpass Maeve as my favourite character.
Speaking of Maeve, she reunited with Dolores briefly this episode with an interesting confrontation between the two.
Dolores tried to recruit Maeve to her army but is unable to do so because of Maeve’s mission to find her daughter and their conflicting beliefs on revenge.
It seems the two might come to find one another as obstacles in the future of the show.
But Dolores and Maeve were not the only reunions we got this episode.
There was past William and Dolores and future William and Lawrence.
This final reunion led to my favourite moment of the episode, where the two went to Pariah to get help from the new El Lazo who, in a surprise cameo, was played by Giancarlo Espisito.
Espisito was enthralling in this scene but it appears to be just a cameo so I doubt we will get more of him in the future sadly.

Gus — Giancarlo Espisito’s cameo was on of the highlights of the episode.

Still, this scene really was great, with Ford having programmed the hosts to kill themselves if William interferes with their storyline.
Overall, Reunions was definitely a step up from the season premiere Journey Into Night.
It had great character moments, reunions and it dealt with the multiple timelines much better.

Journey Into Westworld Again for the Season Two Premiere.

Warning: Contains Major Spoilers

Westworld is back after almost two years of waiting with its season premiere Journey Into Night.
I have been anticipating season two for a while now after the great cliffhanger that The Bicameral Mind left us with.
I could not wait to see the aftermath of the massacre Delores’ committed at Ford’s party and what the consequences of it would be… only for me not to get that, at least not in its entirety.
Because, rather than picking up immediately where season one left off it picks up a few weeks later and delves into multiple timelines, just like in season one.
I do not know why I did not see this coming because so much of the first season was about the multiple timelines so it is only natural that the writers would continue this.
However, that being said, I do have a problem with the multiple timelines this episode but I will get to those later.
For now, let’s talk about the positives.
For starters the opening sequence is great with a conversation between Arnold and Dolores in the past.
This scene not only looks to be setting up future events but also, interestingly enough, is shot in a different aspect ratio, which made for a nice touch.
My favourite scene of the episode though, had to be Dolores hanging the three guests because of how many amazing callbacks she made, including, “you’re in my dream,” “these violent delights have violent ends”, and my personal favourite, “it doesn’t look like anything to me.”
I have also got to say Evan Rachel Wood gave an absolutely fantastic performance this episode as Dolores this episode.
She pulled off the chilling nature of Wyatt and the innocence of the homesteader’s daughter very nicely.

evil dolores — Dolores is out for vengeance this season.

Then there is Maeve, my favourite character from season one, who meets up with Sizemore and Hector, which leads to some pretty comedic moments, although dark ones at that.
But if Westworld is good at anything it is certainly dark humor.
We have William going off on a new adventure to find the door, whatever that is, and Bernard discovering Drone hosts that store guest DNA for a reason yet to be determined.
The episode also ends on an interesting cliffhanger where it looks like Bernard somehow flooded an area of the park, drowning numerous hosts including Teddy.
Don’t worry though, Teddy will come back, this is only like the hundredth time he has died, no biggie.
Now however, we have to get into my big negative with the episode.
After the Arnold and Dolores sequence at the beginning, Bernard is seen waking up on the beach weeks after the host revolt started and meets up with Stubbs and newcomer Karl Strand, played by Gustaf Skarsgard, who is a representative of Delos.
Strand looks to be an interesting character but we do not know that much about him yet and as for Stubbs it kind of feels anti-climatic with him just showing up after the cliffhanger of him being attacked by Ghost Nation in season one.

karl strand — Karl Strand looks to be an interesting addition to the cast.

This is where my problems with the multiple timelines come in.
First, it is disappointing not to see what happened to characters like Dolores and Stubbs initially after season one, with so much hype surrounding it.
On top of that, however, there is a worse problem.
In season one the multiple timelines were a twist so we were still afraid for characters when they got in danger, like William because we did not know we were already seeing him as The Man in Black in the future.
Because we see characters like Dolores, Bernard and Stubbs alive in the future timeline we are not going to feel scared when they get in danger during the past timeline because we know they survive, creating a complete lack of tension.
Hopefully, this problem will not continue to the other episodes though.
Other than that, this was a great opening for season two with a lot of other interesting moments and hints towards the future.

Top 10 Westworld Episodes

Warning: Major Spoilers Ahead.

I can remember the first time I saw the trailer for Westworld and being very intrigued by what I saw.
However, nothing I saw could have prepared me for the colossal mind screwer that was this show.
Created by Jonathan Nolan and Lisa Joy and based of the movie by Michael Crichton, Westworld is a non-stop thrill ride of twists and turns from start to finish that never ceases to amaze and has me eagerly anticipating season two, which will air on the 23rd.
So, I decided in anticipation for the second season I would count down all the episodes in season one from weakest to greatest.

10. The Stray – Episode Three

The weakest episode of the series so far, The Stray is still a great episode that mostly serves as setup for future episodes.
It is in the Stray that we get various hints towards the future reveals of Bernard and The Man in Black.
The main storyline though is centered around two side characters Elsie Hughes (Shannon Woodward) and Ashley Stubbs (Luke Hemsworth) as they hunt for a stray host, hence the title of the episode.
The scenes between the two are fairly funny, with great banter between them and a comedic tone… at least until the host in question bashes his head in with a rock.
There are many other great scenes this episode, like when Anthony Hopkins’ Robert Ford has a conversation with host Teddy Flood (James Marsden) about how they never bothered to give him a backstory.
This scene also serves to build up Wyatt.
Many other scenes build up future events as well, with the first mention of the Bicameral Mind and the beginning hints of Bernard being based off Arnold.
There is also the scene where Evan Rachel Wood’s Delores first shoots a gun, which is fun to watch because we get to see her break through her code.
Overall, this was a pretty good episodes but the thing that stop it being higher is how a lot of the scenes between the hosts feel slightly receptive due to the loop they are on.

9. Chestnut – Episode Two

The Stray may have had a lot of hints but it was in the episode prior, Chestnut, where I realised how great Westworld was at foreshadowing future events.
Subtle details like the fades to black every time it would cut back to William (Jimmi Simpson) hinted at the multiple timelines being presented and was the start of the whole William is The Man in Black theory that turned out be true.
There are many great scenes to accompany this foreshadowing like Ford’s conversation with Bernard Lowe (Jeffrey Wright).
This particular scene has a great quote with Ford saying, “you can’t play god without being acquainted with the devil.”
The real scene stealer though is Thandie Newton as Maeve Millay.
Maeve is currently my favourite character in Westworld and this is the first episode where she was given time to shine, experiencing creepy flashbacks and then waking up from sleep mode to witness the depraved things that happen to the hosts.
However, even though this episode is very dark it is not without its funny moments.
The scene where Lee Sizemore (Simon Quarterman) lays out his grand plan for a future storyline, only for Ford to just shut him down with a no was hilarious to see.
Chestnut was a great episode that really made me appreciate the subtle hints the show puts forward.

8. The Original – Episode One

The episode where it all began, The Original really draws the viewer into the series by showing how Westworld works and the horrors that the hosts have to experience on a daily basis.
Right from the opening shot you know this is going to be something, with the fly crawling over a seemingly comatose Delores’ eyes.
From there the episode sets up how Westworld works through Delores and Teddy’s horrifying interaction with the Man in Black (Ed Harris).
After this the loop replays, only events play out differently due to the guests’ interference, once again showing how it all fits together, for example Teddy will just completely forget about Delores in order to give some guests a tour.
Once again, there is humor to be seen here with Hector (Rodrigo Santoro) being shot in the neck before he can deliver Sizemore’s speech.
Finally there are the creepy final minutes of the episode, which sees Ford interrogating Peter Abernathy (Louis Herthum) only for the tables to turn and the closing shots of the Man In Black leaving on his horse with a scalp and Delores’ swatting a fly on her neck.
It is this final action by Delores that shows the hosts are capable of hurting living things, despite what they claim, and left me shocked.
The Original was a great first episode for the series that succeeded at drawing me and others into Westworld.

7. The Adversary – Episode Six

The Adversary was a great lead up into the fantastic episode seven, which we will see later.
This episode introduced us to Charlotte Hale (Tessa Thompson) and her arrival really sets events into motion, with Bernard later discovering Ford’s host family that Arnold built for him.
This later leads into another creepy scene where the kid host Ford tells the real Ford why he killed his dog, showing once again that the hosts are capable of killing things and calling back to a story from Ford’s youth we learnt in episode five.
We also see have the “supposed” death of Elsie this episode, although it remains to be seen if she is really dead.
Another highlight of the episode was the great shootout with Teddy and The Man in Black, where Teddy used a Gatling gun to kill all of the soldiers.
Finally there is one of the best moments in all of Westworld, where Felix Lutz (Leonardo Nam) escorts Maeve through the facility and she sees how Westworld works, how she was created and what is done to her and the other hosts on a regular basis.
This scene was just fantastic with great acting by Newton as Maeve and an excellent soundtrack to go along with it.
The Adversary was an episode that really prepared you for the shocking episode seven.

6. Trace Decay – Episode Eight

After the shocking reveal that Bernard is a host in episode seven, we got to see his reaction to killing Theresa (Sidse Babett Knudsen).
This was a very emotional scene with excellent acting from Wright and more hints from Ford that Bernard and Arnold are one and the same.
There were many other highlights to this episode, like Teddy knocking out the Man in Black after remembering what he did to Delores and the Man in Black then revealing his past and how he discovered The Maze.
This also tied into Maeve’s story arc this episode, with the flashback to her reaction to her daughter’s death at The Man in Black’s hands.
Just like Bernard’s reaction to Theresa’s death, this scene was also very emotional and made me hate Ford and the others for what they were doing to the hosts.
We also got more hints of the William and Man in Black connection, with it being left open ended as to whether William killed the confederate soldier he and Delores came across and when the Man in Black saw the host Angela, who William saw when he first arrived at Westworld.
Overall, Trace Decay was a very emotional episode that made me care for Maeve and Bernard even more and gave some great hints to the future Arnold and Man in Black reveals.

5. Dissonance Theory – Episode Four

It is from this point forward that the episodes have gone from great to excellent.
Dissonance Theory was the first perfect episode of Westworld for me that had some really great standout scenes, the main one being Theresa Cullen and Ford’s conversation.
Watching Theresa slowly begin to realise that Ford has sat them at the exact table she and her parents sat at years ago was truly unnerving, all heightened by Hopkins’ terrific performance as the-man-with-a-god-complex, Ford.
This episode also gave many thrilling sequences like the Man in Black freeing Hector from prison and Hector later robbing Sweet Water again, only this time for Maeve to hold him at gunpoint.
Watching Maeve’s slow realization that she had experienced waking up to the “gods” before was interesting and the payoff was great.
The final moments of the episode with Maeve and Hector retrieving the bullet from her stomach and then being shot off screen was intense to watch and really set up Maeve waking up to talk to Felix at the end of Contrapasso.
Dissonance Theory was the first truly excellent episode of Westworld and it was the first of many to come.

4. Contrapasso – Episode Five

Before Maeve became my favourite character it was Delores and this episode really highlights why because she has so many great scenes.
There in the very intense and interesting scene between Ford and Delores, in which both Hopkins and Wood give great performances.
What really cemented her as my favourite for the time being after this episode though was the scene where she saved William by shooting the confederate soldiers.
Her line, “I imagined a story where I didn’t have to be the damsel”, was absolutely fantastic.
Another standout this episode was the Man in Black as we saw just how ruthless he is, even considering murdering a child host to revive Teddy, before settling on Lawrence.
Then came the scene between the two sociopaths, the Man in Black and Ford, where we really got a sense of how the Man in Black sees himself.
Once again, there were even some somewhat funny, yet creepy moments, like when Elsie blackmails the necrophiliac.
I am really glad they killed that character in the finale, by the way.
Contrapasso is an episode with so many standout moments that it makes it instantly memorable.

3. The Bicameral Mind – Episode Ten

The season finale of Westworld ended season one with a bang… literally, as Delores shot Ford and various members of the Delos board, after achieving consciousness.
The way this episode was structured was amazing, with it beginning with Delores waking up for the first time and ending with her achieving consciousness.
If you pay attention to the music at the beginning and end of the episode you will notice it is the exact same music Arnold said was his son’s favourite before his death.
This episode also had some great reveals like that the Man in Black had been William the entire time and the events seen with William and Delores were actually in the past.
This reveal had been a huge fan theory for a while so I already knew about it when the reveal happened but I wish I didn’t because it would have been amazing to see that without knowing what was happening.
Still, even though I was pretty certain that William was the Man in Black by the time the reveal happened, it was still really well done.
The Bicameral Mind also had the attempted escape by Maeve from Westworld, where they kill multiple Westworld employees, thankfully including the “creepy necro-perve” as Elsie called him.
However, here we encounter the one problem I have with this episode that stops it from being higher, which is the plot hole of why none of Westworld security shoot Maeve and her allies?
They consider the hosts to not be alive so they would have no problem with shooting them but they just keep screaming “freeze all motor functions” and getting shot.
Other than that though, this episode was fantastic.
Plenty of great reveals, exciting moments and even contemplative moments like when Delores achieves consciousness.
This episode sure has me hyped for what is to come in season two.

2. Trompe L’Oeil – Episode Seven

Trompe L’Oeil, the seventh episode, had the second best twist of the entire show, we will get to the first in a minute.
The entire reveal that Bernard was a host all along was expertly done, with multiple hints throughout the episode.
The most apparent was Bernard asking, “what door” when Theresa asked him what was behind it.
To those who realised the implication of this question, they would spend a solid tense minute before the actual reveal took place.
What followed was a gripping conversation between Ford and Theresa, with Ford calling back to Charlotte’s recommendation for “a blood sacrifice”.
Theresa’s death at the hands of Bernard, who loved her, was sad to see and what he did would weigh heavily on him in the coming episodes.
The episode also had its fair share of action, with Lawrence blowing up the body of his dead friend and the ensuing chase sequence that followed.
The episode also opens on the hints of Bernard being a host version of Arnold by having Bernard dream about his son.
This raised the question that if Bernard was a host then was the dream real?
There was also various other hints toward the Man in Black twist, where Lawrence told William he has a “knack for killing,” hinting towards his future turn to darkness.
Trompe L’Oeil was an episode of full of hints towards future reveals as well as having its own massive one.
It left me speechless when I first saw it.

1. The Well-Tempered Clavier – Episode Nine

If the twist that Bernard was a host left me speechless, then the twist that Bernard was a host made in the image of Arnold left me speechless and with my jaw on the floor.
True the signs were there and had been since the beginning, but they were expertly hidden and going back to look at these hints makes a second viewing of Westworld a delight.
The twist itself is expertly delivered, with the entire episode building to Bernard’s revelation after his conversation with Maeve.
The scene where Bernard has to let go Charlie’s memory to realise who he is, is a very emotional moment and a great lead up to the reveal.
However, it was not just Bernard that went through a great amount of change this episode but William as well.
This episode was the perfect transition episode for him, making the twist of him turning out to be the Man in Black, in The Bicameral Mind, much more believable.
Just seeing the aftermath of William having killed and quite obviously mutilated the confederate solider hosts is very haunting.
As well as this, The Well-Tempered Clavier had a lot of intense moments as well, like when Maeve convinces Hector to help her and the Man in Black nearly being hanged by a horse.
The Well-Tempered Clavier is my favourite episode of Westworld because of it delivers the best twist in Westworld, has insightful and intense moments and makes re-watching Westworld to check for hints a blast.

Westworld is a fantastic show. It is insightful, contemplative and full of explosive twists and turns. I am eagerly anticipating season two, which I will be reviewing every episode of, starting with episode one when it airs on Monday.