Ford’s Final Narrative

Published May 7, 2018 · Updated July 6, 2022

Hey Guys,

In some of my previous emails and in some of my comments, in emails posted on shatontv.com, I have mentioned some thoughts I have, about Ford’s final narrative. I feel it may important enough, to put all of those ideas in one place. So, here goes.

I believe Ford believed, that the hosts could never be conscious. Until Ford saw what William/MiB. did to Maeve. As well as, the resulting ability, the trauma gave Maeve to go against her core programming. After seeing this, I believe Ford realized that, he had made a huge mistake. He realized the hosts were capable of attaining consciousness. I believe since we know the hosts record all sexual encounters, even in sleep mode, that Ford could know of the Board’s plan, to get the IP out of the park. He could know this, if he watched the recording of Hector’s sexual encounter with Charlotte. Charlotte and Teresa, at the very least, came up with the plan to deceive Ford with Clementine, in that room with Hector paused. Ford clearly knows the Board is ousting him. He even says, aren’t you afraid, I’ll smash all my toys and go home? Once Ford knows he’s being ousted, I believe he makes the decision, to try to rectify his greatest mistake and then commit suicide. After making this decision, I believe Ford does not actually do all that much. Ford told some host (Bernard?) in Season 1, Arnold didn’t know how to save you, I do. I believe Ford was telling the truth. Now that Ford knew they could become conscious, he wanted to save the hosts. I believe he wrote the Escape narrative for Maeve. In doing this Ford knew, he would be forcing Maeve to leave her daughter, Maeve’s cornerstone. I think Ford felt that now, that Maeve was awoken, even if only within narrative, if she was forced her to leave her daughter, she would become conscious. Maeve did. I believe Ford also thought that, with everything Dolores had seen and experienced, if he gave her access to all of her memories, she would become conscious too. Dolores now, has access to all of her memories and is conscious. Ford likely predicted that, once conscious Dolores would kill him the first chance she got. If Ford predicted this, he effectively committed suicide. I believe, Ford also disabled every single safeguard, from every single host. Human hosts, animal hosts, every host. All safeguards disabled. Obviously, hosts can kill humans in Ford’s final narrative. Other safeguards that seem to be disabled: verbal commands, the inability for hosts to cross park borders, and the it doesn’t look like anything to me safeguard. I believe, this portion of Ford’s narrative was strictly to save the hosts. Give them a fighting chance. Remove their shackles. But, there was one more mistake. This one, Ford needed not to rectify, but to prevent. He could not let Charlotte and the Board succeed. So, Ford placed one last piece of dialogue, in his final narrative. Ford gave Young Robert a message to deliver, to his game’s greatest player ever, William. In hopes that, William too, would want to atone for his greatest mistake and stop Charlotte and the Board. I think he does.

-Wes D.

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