{"id":21880,"date":"2020-04-26T21:00:38","date_gmt":"2020-04-27T01:00:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/shatontv.com\/?p=21880"},"modified":"2020-04-26T21:00:58","modified_gmt":"2020-04-27T01:00:58","slug":"why-is-caleb-still-alive","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/shatpod.com\/tv\/why-is-caleb-still-alive\/","title":{"rendered":"Why is Caleb still alive?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>By Gene Lyons, Shat on TV host<\/p>\n<p>Why is Caleb still alive?<\/p>\n<p>Yes, Dolores caught bullets for him and rescued him from an early exit atop a high-rise building. Those are events we\u2019ve seen on \u201cWestworld.\u201d But that\u2019s <em>how<\/em> Caleb is alive.<\/p>\n<p>Neo Los Angeles and the world of 2052 we\u2019re exploring in Season 3 don\u2019t place much value on the average human life. Engerraund Serac routinely has people eliminated, and Rehoboam deals with outliers by sending them to the \u201cmeat grinder\u201d of dangerous jobs and military combat.<\/p>\n<p>So why waste the time and effort to re-educate and rehabilitate Caleb Nichols? Why make therapy available? Why allow him to live when all indicators suggest he\u2019s a threat to the Incite World Order?<\/p>\n<p>We spent the first six episodes of Season 3 trying to unearth what\u2019s so special about Caleb. Yes, he\u2019s apparently been shot in the head and survived. Yes, his mother was labeled with a mental illness. Yes, Dolores has taken a shine to him. Plus, Aaron Paul is really cute. But none of those things explain why a system built for optimization would place priority on his life.<\/p>\n<p>It could be that Caleb is the \u2018chosen one,\u201d like Neo in \u201cThe Matrix.\u201d He plays an important role and is a messiah figure, irreplaceable and blessed. Or it could be he\u2019s not alive in the first place, perhaps an android or a simulation. Or it could be he\u2019s just lucky.<\/p>\n<p>But what if he\u2019s just a time bomb?<\/p>\n<p>What if Caleb\u2019s death brings about the end of humanity, the end of Rehoboam, the end of Serac, or some other catastrophe. Incite\u2019s power lies in Rehoboam modeling scenarios in mirror realities, then highlighting threats to the plan\u2014strings Serac can pull to puppeteer the world. Rehoboam simply could reveal that Caleb dying prematurely (before his planned suicide) would spoil everything. That alone might be enough for Serac and Incite to keep their mitts off the fellow.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cShat on TV\u201d listener <a href=\"https:\/\/shatontv.com\/calebs-hamartia\/\">Nick B. wrote to the Westworld Telegraph<\/a> about the concept of hamartia, an error in thinking when interacting with the predictive world. Say Serac knows that Caleb is an outlier who threatens global stability, yet he also knows Caleb\u2019s early death would destroy his world. What choice does Serac have but to mitigate the risk without eliminating the human being? The natural response would be to pacify Caleb, edit his brain and body, relegate him to a life of drudgery and petty crimes, and even give him cornerstones to keep him in a loop: his mother, Francis, and endless failed job interviews.<\/p>\n<p>Sound familiar?<\/p>\n<p>This possibility has dark implications for Caleb\u2019s partnership with Dolores. So far, we\u2019ve seen the duo as a team bridging the gap between humans and hosts. She sees him as different, worthwhile, abused by the same world that abused her. He sees her as the first real thing that\u2019s come along in his life, something worth fighting for. And that would make for a fine story for Season 3. No complaints here.<\/p>\n<p>An alternative explanation? Caleb is Dolores\u2019 hostage. She\u2019s seen the same Incite data as Serac and knows exactly when and where Caleb has to be delivered to devastate her opponent, create a world for her kind, or simply win. Optimistically, Dolores&#8217; mission might end in her elevating Caleb to an esteemed position of human leadership. Masochistically, Dolores may sacrifice her first human follower, \u00a0a man who gave up everything to take up her cause, someone searching for purpose and hope.<\/p>\n<p>Caleb might be alive because Dolores needs time to fatten the goose, deliver the package, plant the bomb. And if that moment comes, Westworld fans should have the Kleenex handy.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Gene Lyons, Shat on TV host Why is Caleb still alive? Yes, Dolores caught bullets for him and rescued him from an early exit atop a high-rise building. Those are events we\u2019ve seen on \u201cWestworld.\u201d But that\u2019s how Caleb is alive. 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