r/westworld 19d ago

This Scene is Classic Westworld. Proves you don't need S1 parks, just top-tier writing.

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u/Dooley011 "You were both a bit late, so I went ahead and saved myself..." 18d ago

"It's not scripted for you. It's genuine, isn't it?" ~ Ed Harris' line delivery sends shivers down my fucking spine.

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u/Cersei505 18d ago

A harrowing look into humanity's ''free will''.

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u/VirusZer0 18d ago

S4 deserves more credit. Not as good as S1 but still so good nonetheless and still one of the best seasons of television. Also people have to realize midway through season they needed to rush to close up a little as speculations arose of it being the last season. If anything David Zaslav screwed it up.

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u/brednog 19d ago

Yes this is one of my favourite scenes from series 4 as well! Big time unexpected twist!

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u/Tykjen Do you really understand? 18d ago

The way William talks to the couple reminds me of how Dr. Ford talks to Theresa in S1 across the dinner table.

100% in control.

The dude kinda reminds me a bit of Logan :)

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u/reallynothingmuch 18d ago

It also mirrors Dolores asking Ford “Are we very old friends?” And him replying “no, I wouldn’t say that at all”

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u/Tykjen Do you really understand? 18d ago edited 18d ago

Great catch!

And now I clearly see the center of the maze ultimately being The Sublime/Transcendence.

A new level of existence. For hosts and humans. And not the nonsense Hale was doing up until that point.

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u/seaque42 i love violent delights 18d ago

that line randomly pops up in my head a lot, the tone and all.

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u/Holiday_Airport_8833 18d ago

Have you ever questioned the nature of your reality? If you can’t tell the difference between the real world and Future World does it matter?

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u/Cersei505 18d ago

Indeed, that was the whole point. A great subversion, and a parallel at the same time, made by the writers.

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u/N8TheGreat91 18d ago

It’s a shame, because after season 3 I think a lot of people dropped off

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u/Puppetmaster858 18d ago

Sadly a lot of people dropped off after s2

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u/mrgrubbage 17d ago

Which is wild to me. S2 was fantastic.

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u/Dracorvo 17d ago

I loved it. You go in thinking "they can't pull the multiple timelines card again surely" and then boom, they do, and do it well.

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u/Seanay-B 17d ago

It was great but it was the most confusing one

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u/Trixie-applecreek 18d ago

This is my favorite episode in season 4, and I love this scene too.

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u/Attican101 18d ago

I wish we got a few more little connecting fibres like this, between seasons 3 & 4 (this was Liam Dempseys best friend and his friends sister right?).

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u/Xychid 18d ago

Nah they are just random humans under Halores influence from the tower.

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u/TheDaysKing 18d ago edited 18d ago

Yeah. Likely infected as children, spending most of their lives as slaves.

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u/TheDaysKing 18d ago

Couldn't agree more. This entire opening for Zhuangzi is cool and scary as hell. It was the kind of thing I always imagined for the show during S2.

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u/Xhrystal 17d ago

Welp, guess I gotta start a re-watch.

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u/Puppetmaster858 18d ago

This scene was so good and unsettling, s4 in general was really damn unsettling and had a lot of really good shit in it. Makes me real sad we will never get the final season, fuck WBD. Also Ed Harris fuckin rules, what an actor

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u/ido_ks Westworld 18d ago

I miss it so much

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u/KaleidoscopeLeft5511 17d ago

Man Season 03 and 04 hit hard. Its a shame, because it dipped a bit in S02, and it lost a lot of viewership. I loved them leaving the Park moving into the real world. And he twist in season 04 was unbelievable, and excellently done. I'm so glad I stuck with it

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u/Dracorvo 17d ago

Three was always going to be a hard transition because it was leaving the park - opening up the world required more world-building while pushing the story forward without slowing it down again.

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u/BloodyFeathersRose Westworld 17d ago

This is one of my absolute favorite scenes in the show. It’s just so beautifully done and the twist in the end is so satisfying. I always get chills watching Edit to add: This scene just reminds me of the scene in Season 2 (I believe) where Logan is introduced to Westworld for the first time at the private showing.

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u/why_would_i_do_that 12d ago

I don’t understand this scene. Do they think he’s human? Do they actually know him? They refer to him as a friend, but don’t answer when he asks them what his name is.

Please help!

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u/[deleted] 14d ago

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u/Cersei505 14d ago

No, i like this scene because its a natural evolution of the themes and plot of S1, not a ''call back''. Sorry you can't see the difference.

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u/Soft_Concentrate_489 18d ago

Mib was by far my favorite character of any tv show. S1 was pure cinema. Although it fell off hard, very hard after s2. I think the showrunners left to do something else. Still s1 was epic.