With many intelligent scenes, developments in the story and a couple of shocking scenes, "Dissonance Theory" gives Westworld's overall plot the push it needs.
William and Logan step into unfamiliar territory, stumbling into Dolores. The bounty hunt continues to expose their differences as Logan shoots a friend host so that he can follow an easter egg. It shows that he sees Westworld as nothing more than a game and its hosts not as people, whereas William actually wants to do some good, as he sees it.
The Man In Black's storyline is the most interesting in terms of how much you discover about the park. His questions are wrapped up in a park B-plot, which gives you a stake in the prison break quest. The prison break is the most entertaining scene of spectacle yet, featuring a botched execution and explosive tobacco. All of this, to find out what the snake tattoo of a fascinating new host means. And this leads him on to Wyatt. What is Wyatt's role here? He is clearly important.
Ford gets a fantastic scene, as just in case we thought he was losing his handle on what was going on in the park, we find out that nope, he knows everything. He is a god in this place. We can be sure now: he's up to something, and Theresa is suspicious about it.
But the most interesting development in the story is how Maeve is starting to find out the truth about Westworld. It was fairly predictable that this was going to happen but the way it does is unique. The final scene, in which she cuts into herself to find a bullet fragment is the revelation which is likely to set the second half of the season up for a gripping pace, now that a host has almost pieced together the truth about Westworld. And how do Ghost Nation know about the suits the curators wear? It's questions like these that make the park so interesting.
Just when Westworld could have been completely predictable, the way the events are panning out has me hooked.
William and Logan step into unfamiliar territory, stumbling into Dolores. The bounty hunt continues to expose their differences as Logan shoots a friend host so that he can follow an easter egg. It shows that he sees Westworld as nothing more than a game and its hosts not as people, whereas William actually wants to do some good, as he sees it.
The Man In Black's storyline is the most interesting in terms of how much you discover about the park. His questions are wrapped up in a park B-plot, which gives you a stake in the prison break quest. The prison break is the most entertaining scene of spectacle yet, featuring a botched execution and explosive tobacco. All of this, to find out what the snake tattoo of a fascinating new host means. And this leads him on to Wyatt. What is Wyatt's role here? He is clearly important.
Ford gets a fantastic scene, as just in case we thought he was losing his handle on what was going on in the park, we find out that nope, he knows everything. He is a god in this place. We can be sure now: he's up to something, and Theresa is suspicious about it.
But the most interesting development in the story is how Maeve is starting to find out the truth about Westworld. It was fairly predictable that this was going to happen but the way it does is unique. The final scene, in which she cuts into herself to find a bullet fragment is the revelation which is likely to set the second half of the season up for a gripping pace, now that a host has almost pieced together the truth about Westworld. And how do Ghost Nation know about the suits the curators wear? It's questions like these that make the park so interesting.
Just when Westworld could have been completely predictable, the way the events are panning out has me hooked.