Re: TV: Give Me That Remote!
Westworld:
I'm convinced that there are 2 timelines at this point, which is a complete 180 from about 3 episodes ago. I do think now that William is a younger version of The Man in Black. William and Logan are traveling with Dolores 30 years prior to the "current" timeline, right about the time when Dolore's build was brand new, which I'd say is shortly after they went to the "biological robots" as opposed to the older mechanical versions that Ford showed us in last night's episode. This 30 years ago would be 4-5 years after the incident with Arnold. Some evidence that I've seen is, first, Lawrence. The character he played with William and Logan appears, to me, to be an earlier version of his character than what he was during his time with The Man in Black. It also connects The Man in Black to Lawrence, if in fact William = Man in Black. The journey that William and Logan are on, is the maze, they just don't realize it, but, the maze is something that Arnold put into the park for the Hosts, not for the guests. So, Dolores is really the one that is going on the maze, which I believe is a path to complete AI for the Host, based on the story that Teddy told the Man in Black. Dolores already went through it once, and was subsequently wiped clean. Now, she is doing the same thing again, following her footprints from 30 years prior, and seeing herself (like during the Day of the Dead parade) and remembering, because that is what Lowe instructed her to do. One piece of evidence for this: the scene late in the episode 2 weeks ago, with Dolores on the train, looking at the casket with the maze on it. It goes from showing William and Lawrence, sitting down in the train, to showing Dolores walk to the casket, when they show Dolores by the casket, William and Lawrence are no longer sitting where they were. In that brief change from William to Dolores, it went from the 3 of them 30 years ago, to Dolores in current time, following the same path. In current time, Teddy and The Man in Black are currently following Dolores.
The intrigue with Arnold from last night's episode is hard to place. I am not sure what is going on there. Is Arnold alive, and has been hiding in the park for 34 years? I can't believe that this is the case, how could he pull that off, and why wait for 30 years? Is someone else masquerading as Arnold? Possible, though that seems easy, but maybe not. If a Host gains the ability to change their own "loop", because they gained some form of intelligence, that was put in by Arnold years ago, does that host making the change show up as Arnold?
Maeve is one thing that doesn't agree with my theory, and its a big hole. She has seemingly gained AI all on her own, and didn't follow the maze? I am not sure what to think about there.
