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  1. For someone who was keen to protect her own skin and left Abernathy and Bernard in order to escape alone on horseback in Westworld, Charlotte Hale seemed determined not to flee when Dolores's arrival was imminent in the mesa. What gives? Sometimes she's willing to risk her life for the data/encryption key, and sometimes she's not? Did she think it would be easy to find Abernathy again in the first case, but she feared losing the data completely if she left in the latter case? Most of the time she seems smug, but occasionally she does seem afraid. I'm not sure I understand what is really driving her. Why doesn't she try to high tail it out of there, like Stubbs wants to do? Her job doesn't seem like one where she's been trained to run toward danger, like first responders, law enforcement, or military. What's in it for her to follow Delos's orders? Keeping her job? Getting a promotion? Selling the tech herself on the open market? I was very glad to see the interaction between Maeve and Dolores. (Can I go on a small mini-rant here? I've seen a lot of people in the forum misspell Dolores as "Delores." The main reason why that bugs me is because Dolores is actually a Latin (also Spanish) name, the plural form of dolor, which translates to "sorrows" in English. It's a fitting name for her character, in my mind. It would be one thing if the writers spelled her name as "Delores," but they don't, according to IMDb. Okay, end of rant!) I said last episode that everyone is subservient to Dolores's desires, and that now includes Clementine, Angela, and Peter Abernathy. Dolores, in her bid to survive, will sacrifice anyone to achieve that end. Has she not stopped to consider that it's very lonely at the end of that road? There was some fine acting in this episode, especially from Lawrence as he regains his memories, Dolores as she interacts with her father, and Maeve's screams as she sees her worst fears materialize with absolutely nothing she can do to stop it. However, I was left cold by the stylized violence on screen during the Beethoven audio. It looked as if it were supposed to resemble a ballet, with the sparks from the gunshots like celebratory fireworks. Despite having watched every episode, I find I am not inured to the violence on this show, and for otherwise extremely well-done scenes between Hopkins and Wright, I think this one could have been done better. Also, let me add my name to the list of those who want to nominate Jeffrey Wright for an Emmy. I didn't mention him earlier because he deserves acknowledgement all on his own. What a performance!
  2. And Anthony Hopkins's presence made MiB feel superfluous to me. I'd always seen MiB as an antagonist, but these last two episodes make me view him more as only a sad old man. Why be afraid of him when you ought to be afraid of VR Ford! Though I had previously been invested in MiB's storyline, I couldn't see a point for him anymore after the introduction of VR Ford. Recently, the times MiB thinks he's being indirectly controlled by Ford, he doesn't actually appear to be (i.e. with Emily and then with Maeve and Anna), whereas we see the Ford/Bernard struggle directly. However, when I commented to my husband that I noticed Emily wasn't in this episode at all, he suggested that perhaps the show will bring her back by having her come to save her dad. Also, I do wonder if he might still be able to access the rapid healer for wounds that we saw used in previous episodes.
  3. This episode was definitely James Marsden's audition for an action feature film!
  4. I get the feeling that Maeve's only acting in self-defense, but even so, she could have the violent hosts chop off each other's hands and feet or shoot each other in the kneecaps or something. In other words, she could wing them but not kill them. Maybe that's what you meant. I also like your point about the two women's interaction with humans. Both of the humans with Team Dolores are murdered by the end of this episode, but the three humans with Team Maeve survive. Felix Lutz has even been won over to the point that he puts himself in danger to help Maeve. On the other hand, Dolores, as you pointed out, has become like the humans she despises.
  5. My two cents on some minor nitpicks: 1. Coughlin sounded Irish to me--not Scottish. Also, I looked up the actor who plays him, and he is Irish. 2. I think Teddy was encouraging Phil to commit suicide by giving him the gun and the bullet. Like in Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl, where Johnny Depp's character is given a pistol with one shot, presumably suicide is better than the fates they were being sent to. Edit: One final thing to add... Am I the only who was left unmoved by the dialogue between MiB and Emily? He's ambitious and driven, and it's already very clear that Westworld makes him an even darker version of the man he is outside the park. So I can understand his letting down his guard with hosts because they're not real to him, but I just didn't buy him being vulnerable with his daughter. The whole conversation just seemed like a scene from a different show and was jarring to me. (I said to my husband, "If she wakes up and he's still there, then the show will have undercut everything they've been telling us about him up to this point.") Plus, it didn't make sense to me for him to think she's a host since he's been very savvy up to this point. If we assume she isn't a host, then it's a rare misstep for him. Same here! I asked my husband, "Why can't they just resurrect her?" If there were a good reason not to, it would have been nice for them to address it, a la Sizemore addressing why Maeve could only control English-speaking hosts at first. I think Shogun World accomplished a few things. It allowed us to see more inner workings of the park, i.e. copied storylines and characters. I think it's an interesting dilemma for the Westworld hosts to view their doppelgangers and contemplate what identity they want to have apart from the ones assigned to them. Also, it allowed Maeve to figure out that she can mind control in other languages and to hone that skill. Finally, with the Akane storyline, it put in sharp relief the main difference between Dolores's revolution and Maeve's: Maeve will let hosts be who they are and choose their own paths, but to Dolores, if you're not strong, then you're a liability. She's not above even changing Teddy to suit her needs. Everyone else becomes subservient to Dolores's desires, whereas Maeve (apart from hosts who are an immediate violent threat) chooses to live and let live. Also, they picked up Hanaryo! Perhaps they could have stumbled across her another way, but finding her in context is not a bad thing, to my mind.
  6. I just have to say... I almost fell out of my chair laughing when I read this: "Michael Adeane bursts in to break the news to Elizabeth that 'someone' has shown up to work on this damn dam, and...they're Russians! RED ALERT." Hahahaha oh my word.
  7. Does your husband watch the show with you? Mine has a few times, but he's not really into it. I wasn't familiar with him either because I don't follow the NFL. ABC calls Spice Adams a "former NFL star and media personality." I don't know if you watched the extra video online where the hosts introduce themselves, but here's what he said: So he seems like a nice, friendly person, and I hope they give him more to do!
  8. Me too! They looked and sounded like they were so delicious. Okay, time for a couple (apparently) unpopular opinions LOL: I don't mind Paul and Johnny as a combo, actually. I miss Mary, of course, but they're okay, too. P&J seem professional and encouraging, and I also enjoy Paul's solo interviews. I'm actually not a fan of them yet. Curry does all the voice overs, and Spice hardly does anything. I am a person who liked seeing Mel and Sue interacting with the bakers, so I thought it was cute when Spice asked Cindy to try some of the cherries she had. Mel and Sue had been business partners for many years, Nia and Ian were married, so you can really tell that there is currently a lack of chemistry between Curry and Spice. I will keep watching, though, because last season it just took people some time to get on their feet. So I want to give them more time. I think the show will get better as it progresses.
  9. Thank you for talking about the Robert Blake case! I hadn't heard of Mugshots either until I watched this episode, but I did enjoy it. I wonder what happened to their daughter. She would be in high school now, I expect.
  10. I kept checking for Episode 029, but I never saw it. Is the podcast taking a break?
  11. Finally located the suggestions thread :) Reposting:
  12. I have a case suggestion. How about Bonny Lee Bakley? Her murder is still unsolved, but her widower (Robert Blake) was tried and acquitted.
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