Westworld Ep 7 – Jez

Published November 17, 2016 · Updated July 6, 2022

Hi Guys,

OMG everyone is raving this week except me. Don’ t get me wrong, it was better than anything else on TV, but it didn’t have the same impact for me. It felt very heavy on the reveal and it left me feeling blah. Where was all the symbolism and subtext? How will I procrastinate with no rabbit hole to fall down?

So not really much to say:

Bernie’s a host— no shit
Theresa’s dead — saw that coming
William = MIB — more confirmation in the William scenes, finding meaning blah, blah
Dolores can draw — big whoop.

A couple of things I have noted, which you may disagree with:

Older generation hosts can hear voices, but newer gen hosts cannot. They don’t seem to have the remote signal capability. I’m just going to call it the Advanced Remote Node for Old Hosts (ARNOLD)
Every conversation that Bernie had with Dolores, he was speaking on behalf of Ford not Arnold (Bernie is new gen according to the drawing)
So it’s Ford that is pushing Dolores to find herself or Arnold?, I believe we may have a Tyler Durden situation on our hands.

Some interesting connections:

Pendeen, Cornwall is the Westernmost point in England similar to the place that Dolores dreamt of being the western edge of the park
I’ve been saying this is a Romeo and Juliet story Guess what William’s fiance is named?
Trompe l’oeil is said to originate from the story of a painting contest between Xeuxis and Parrhasius (the latter wins). However, Xeuxis is famed for developing the ideal form of The Nude.
The train that William and Dolores were on had the number 8 at the front.

The number 8 from the Bible represents new beginnings, a new order of creation. Specifically, it is known to signify man’s true born again event.

I refer you back to MIB in Episode 2.

Tarot Cards

• You could draw parallels with Tarot cards, e.g.

Maybe in the off-season you could pick up some of the references and symbolism in the show. The dialogue is so beautiful and there is so much attention to detail. It would be a shame not to give it some attention away from multiple timelines and Hosthunters International.

Did you get the org chart I sent last week? Hope it helped.

Love from London, –Jez

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