In episode four of his fourth season of Westworld closed the cycle that began with Dolores Abernathy’s Turing test in the first season. And not only in a symbolic way, but also as a global narrative. The series, which was criticized for a lackluster second season and a forgettable third, has just taken a total leap in its inner mythology. One that shook the foundations of its history and that supports what will undoubtedly be a major arch and what is even more puzzling. He created a new version of collective paranoia, horror and power in a story that no longer seemed to have any surprises to reveal.
But it seems that the main attribute of Westworld as production is to subvert all expectation. Do it at an eloquent, elegant and punctual level that has just become his fourth episode in the best of the complete production. The show used its disruptive timeline trick again, but this time, the trap was stealthy. So much, as to build an entire story to the substrate that he casually revealed. This despite the fact that a good part of the clues, signs and indications, they were in plain sight from the first episode. But Jonathan Nolan and Lisa Joy’s series tapped into a traditional sci-fi trope used flawlessly. He built dystopia from inevitable possibility.
From the first episode of the season, Westworld he used decoys to distract from the really important points. But at the same time, the script was skillful enough to piece together and sustain a powerful narrative about an unreliable narrator. Already in the first sequences of its new chapters, the war of robots against humans was. Or it seemed imminent. For the fourth, the response was daring, forceful and well constructed. Westworld it demonstrated again that its narrative lines link to something greater. More elaborate, complex, cruel and hard, than could be supposed. But, specifically, of an elegant neatness that was unexpected by the inspired and careful construction of it.
A world of mirrors: Westworld, the threat fulfilled
The series, which seemed to have used repetitive and unnecessary tricks to sustain its narrative, makes the reason for doing so clear in its new episode. It was a well-executed narrative trap. who created the big denouement of the fourth chapter with brilliant precision. Westworld he crafted a path through a careful maze, but this time in plain sight.
From the detailed explanation of the influence of parasites in the form of flies, to the influence of Charlotte Hale in the future. The series chronicled what had happened on the brink of a clandestine battle, but avoided making one element clear. What did it really count? What was it that Aaron Paul’s Caleb remembered? What or who was Thandie Newton’s Maeve fighting? What was the purpose of a William turned into a shadowy piece of an alienated game?
The fourth chapter clarified all the questions. But he also did something else. If before Westworld he played with time, this time he did it with the substance of reality. The awakening of Jeffrey Wright’s Bernard marked a new frontier. And in the fourth chapter, that line became noticeable and ended up showing the center of the premise of the season.
The story behind the mirrors
Or better said: carefully put the pieces together to sustain an entirely new story. The script managed to deconstruct the notion of reality, to develop something more substantial and consistent. Do it through Bernard as an eloquent witness to a colossal event. The series, curious as it may seem, did not stop showing its intentions since its first episode of the season. And this time, he managed to deceive the audience with a brilliant mix of metanarrative and good creative pulse.
what did it show wesworld since its premiere? The big question is answered with a simple look, now yes, at the pieces that support each other. It showed the past, it showed the incessant repetition that the conclusion had already been reached. He made clear the consequences of a violent war that was executed with the precision of clockwork. If by the end of season three, Dolores freed the humans from the machines, in season four, Charlotte Hale executed the central plan.
He did it, silently, with a tricky plot that only demonstrated the extent of his power and total dominance only in his fourth episode. The same as other great science fiction stories, Westworld it shook the very sense of truthfulness. She conscientiously elaborated it for a completely unknown sense and finally told the story of him. One so cruel and sinister that it hints that whatever awaits the plot, It will be television history.
In the end, all the terrors come together in one colossal discovery.
For its fourth season, the series touches the limits of the notion of truth. Evan Rachel Wood’s Dolores/Christina is the representation of a breakup that now makes total sense. Westworld moved forward, in an accelerated and unknown history that is presented as a certainty. How many layers of reality does the series show? How many senses of what is possible does the series link in the middle of a tricky narrative?
The reconstruction of the claustrophobic atmosphere of the first season returned in the form of a kind of unintentional homage. For his first episode, the series let slip the premise of a temporary break. Also, of a blind battle, between human beings and robots. In the second, he explored the possibilities of the secret war, which was waged outside of total consciousness.
But it was the third, strangely slowed down, that seemed to break one suggestive plot for another, recognizable and tedious. The argument made it clear that the idea of total domain had to go through the conception of a park. A new version of the original, which at first glance seemed repetitive and crude. Especially so lacking in eloquence as to subvert the show’s narrative. The fourth, however, gave the story a surprisingly effective sense of coherence. A power to show and rebuild his own world that showed that he still Westworld has a lot to show.
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How long has it really been since Dolores blew herself up? How long did it take for the war between robots and humans to come to an end? The series kept the answers to themselves as much as possible. But now that she’s offered them, the longitudinal leap forward is noticeable, it’s neat, and it’s downright exhilarating. With its fourth chapter, Westworld He has just shown that his ability to deceive is still intact. And that is still the main advantage of him.