The finale comes at an interesting time amid the current pandemic.
We see protesters in the HBO drama wearing face masks and the show seems prescient.
But there has been far more evidence lately of mankind’s civility.
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But during the last couple of months, crime has declined dramatically around the world.
One ofWestworld’s showrunners is Jonathan Nolan, who is a brilliant screenwriter.
Among his film works is arguably the best comic book movie ever made, 2008’sThe Dark Knight.
They don’t, of coursebecause no summer tentpole movie is going to end that way.
I think you want to believe thembecauseyou’re quitting.
It’s all f—ed up.
It’s a f—ing mess.
We should all go live in a f—ing log cabin.'
But I won’t.
I won’t say that.
I can’t."
Of course, we all know how Mills' story turned out.
Anyway, if anybody has a reason to be cynical, it’s Bernard Lowe.
(Her daughter is a program, can’t somebody just make Maeve a new one?)
So did Dolores die?
We watched her memory hard drive get defragged like she was running DOS.
I suspect her consciousness went into the AI ball and then, perhaps, elsewhere?
Or perhaps she’ll be re-downloaded from the ball somehow to save the world from Halores?
To quote another HBO series: What is dead may never die.
His future is likewise murky now that his purpose has been served.
Congrats Caleb, you’re like the opposite of John Connor.
And then there was William.
The Man in White, now in black again, decided he was going to kill all robots.
In a post-credits scene, William goes to Delos Dubai suspecting hosts of being bred.
Host MIB kills human MIB as Halores' host printer goesbrrr.
But I won’t predict that we’ll all be dramatically worse off than we are now.
I won’t say that.
I don’t agree.
