DavieBoar

Damn it looks like it's as I thought, after reading a lot of points on the topic of Maeve now, there isn't a single one that even begins to explain or justify the storyline - it really is just a terrible piece of writing. Hopefully they will identify just how awful the storyline is and go some way to 'saving' it in Season 2 by making/revealing both the techs as hosts. Even then it would be far fetched, even within a show like this but it would be better than what we can assume about the storyline just now. I genuinely hope that it is revealed that both techs were hosts and that literally every single thing that happens between Maeve and them has been scripted and planned, if not I won't be watching season 2.

This is probably the worst attempt at an explanation for the terrible, senseless Maeve storyline that I have seen. Why the hell would anyone on earth be threatened, intimidated or 'scared to death' by her whether she wakes up herself or not? Of course they wouldn't, it's utterly ridiculous; they would have shut her down in seconds. Not your fault though - there is no explanation, we need to accept that the storyline is just awful in every way, completely contradictory and makes no sense whatsoever in the context of the show. It's all well and good for people to say it will make sense if one or both the techs are hosts; but we don't know that and I don't think they are. Taking the storyline as it is, it's a show ruining mess. It's actually laughable when you think how far it goes considering the techs (and hundreds of other people) could shut her down at any moment. Even for whatever reason they followed her order, say the one to max out her intelligence, they could have taken it down to the bottom at any time. That single storyline is probably the worst have ever seen in any series, how it made it in I will never know. It destroyed any enjoyment of the show for me and I will not be watching season 2 as a result.

Exactly correct. If it turned out the 2 techs were hosts, programmed to follow Maeves orders would be the only way the whole storyline isn't utterly ridiculous in every single way. As it stands the storyline has ruined the entire series for me, it's just too stupid. Like you say, there are literally hundreds of things they could have done and absolutely no reason they would have followed her orders for even a second, or been threatened by her at all. It's an insult to the viewer. She couldn't report them to their bosses at all when they could simply have shut her down. It's a shame as without this abomination of a storyline, the series would have been great, with it there it's pretty bad.

So you're saying she is 'free', as the scripting was supposed to end before she got on the train but didn't? Or she overwrites it? And that her turning back to return to the park was actually her free will? If so that is possibly even more ridiculous than I imagined. I enjoyed everything in the series other than this stupid storyline. If there is someone solely responsible for it they should be fired as it takes away so much credibility of the entire show to have a storyline that makes no sense, in the way that one tiny action could, and should have nipped it in the bud before anything significant actually happened.

I stopped watching 2 episodes ago due to the Thandie Newton/Maeve storyline being so, so awful. I have since read all about the remaining 2 episodes but am unsure as to the outcome of the storyline. My main issues with it are obvious; the 2 guys helping her have absolutely no reason on earth to do so; either of them could have shut her down literally at any moment. Like when they increase her intelligence, they literally could have taken back the pad and either shut her down or taken her down to a zero instantly - it just makes no sense whatsoever. This coupled with the fact Thandie Newton is about as intimidating as a kitten. Not sure if it's the same writer as the rest? But it really is terrible, it doesn't make sense even in the context of a far flung sci-fi like this as there is just zero reason why they wouldn't have shut her down, at any point they wanted. So after reading about the final 2 episodes, it seems that her actions were scripted, which makes slightly more sense but doesn't explain why they didn't just shut her down. Can I ask, is it Arnold who has scripted it? Also, I read it ends with her getting off the train but 'turning back' toward the elevator she came up to escape - does this mean she has in fact, been scripted to 'escape' right up to that point and then is programmed to go back to the park? If so I could forgive some of the senseless parts of the storyline but not all. If it turns out in fact that she is now in control and has escaped, then I will never watch any more of the show and will consider it one of the worst pieces of writing I have ever seen.