Westworld S02e04 – The Riddle Of The Sphinx

Published May 15, 2018 · Updated July 6, 2022

Hi guys,

Wow!

That was, for me, the best episode of Westworld series 1 or 2 thus far.

In answer to your question – is the aim of immorality morally ethically right?

No. Everyone has their time “in the sun” and must make way for the next generation. In the context of Jim Delos, specifically, I’d have to say it is morally wrong especially given Williams last conversation with iteration 149 of the hybrid. Ethically, it is wrong because he’s had his time and the technology wouldn’t be available to everyone equally.

I think, with regard to Bernard being either a reliable witness versus an unreliable witness, I think you’re both right. He is both reliable and unreliable at the same time.

Bernard is unreliable because he neither remembers everything that he’s done nor does he recall those memories he has access to in the correct chronological order.

On some level I think Bernard is, on some level, worried or scared that Ford may still be able to control him.

I don’t think the Man In Black is a host, sorry Troy but I’m with Aaron on this one. If he was a host it would negate his entire plot arc throughout every episode thus far.

Jumping back to the opening, when the record was playing I immediately thought the central image was the Maze from series 1.

I wonder if Ford and William/Man In Black have been working together to terminate the Jim Delos hybrid program.

Regards,

Gary Hicks

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