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Westworld Episode 2 Review: “Well Enough Alone” “Westworld” Season 4’s second episode gave us a lot more solid footing, revealing how many hosts have replaced humans in the real world, what Charlores’ ultimate goal seems to be, what the new park looks like and whether William is really dead. But...
Westworld Episode 2 Instant Take: “Well Enough Alone” We got a new park! No matter how heavy-handed the dialogue gets. No matter how senseless the deaths become. No matter where Christina’s side story takes us, “Westworld” fans can cheer what looks like the most fun park yet. Season 4, Episode...
Westworld Episode 1 Theories: “The Auguries” This week’s listener voicemail and letters mostly seemed to focus on two big topics: Who is Christina, and are we in a simulation? And while it’s too soon to tell, the tinfoil is coming in hot. Season 4, Episode 1 also had listeners thinking...
Westworld Episode 1 Review: “The Auguries” “Westworld” is back, and a lot has changed in the seven years since we’ve seen Maeve, Caleb, William and Dolo … err, Christina. Ash and Gene are here to dive straight into the meaning of the episode title, the changes to the “Westworld” opening...
Westworld Episode 1 Instant Take: “The Auguries” It’s quiet. Too quiet. “Westworld” Season 4 kicked off with William up to some dastardly deeds, but things quickly became muted as the story seemed to parallel parts Season 1 and parts “The Matrix Resurrections.” We also got some elements of Caleb playing...
If you’re the type of person who slows down to see a multi-car pileup, you’ll love the listener mail in this week’s Telegraph. Our 100th episode of Shat on TV: Westworld examines the link between Dolores and Mexican independence, sympathy for Serac, things the Season 3 finale did well, and reasons why viewers felt betrayed by HBO. Things get downright brutal, Big D reads the McDonald’s gourmet menu, Ashley basks in plot holes, and Gene argues that Dolores and Caleb had First World Problems.
While the Internet grumbles about the Season 3 finale, the Shat Crew gets down to business asking tough questions in an effort to find Westworld’s core: Did Dolores have a master plan? Why hide the key inside one of the world’s most wanted men? And who’s really dead? This Deep Dive, covering Episode 8, “Crisis Theory,” also rounds up plot holes, questions Rehoboam’s omniscience, puzzles over why Lawrence was selected and theorizes about why Neo-Los Angeles high-rises are exploding. We also get into characters finally getting their propers, how tiny Aaron Paul really is, Charlotte turning mega-heel, and different ways to watch “Westworld.” Plus, there’s fresh Man in Black tinfoil and an invitation to play Mortal Kombat X.
“Holy Guacamole!” cries Ashley Schafly as Westworld’s season finale kills off key characters, does some serious soul-searching, and depicts the quietest of riots. “Crisis Theory” felt more like a springboard into a distant Westworld Season 4 than an end to Season 3, but that’s not to say it wasn’t full of big answers about Serac, the Man in Black, Charlotte, Dolores, Maeve, Rehoboam, and Caleb. Plus, Bernard finally got the episode he deserved, and tons of dudes got shot in the foot.
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