After the latest episode, titled “Decoherence,” it looks like the battle lines have been drawn on Westworld. Maeve’s Back In The Matrix Do you remember how Neo and Morpheus had those training simulations to teach themselves how to fight like superheroes in the Matrix? Well, that’s precisely how Serac is using his simulation for Maeve…
The fifth episode of Season 3, titled “Genre,” revealed a lot about chaos theory on Westworld. The Outlier As I’ve mentioned before, Michael Crichton’s Westworld was the precursor to his bestselling novel Jurassic Park. Both were based on chaos theory — a notion that no matter how one tries to control a complex system, there…
Season 3 of Westworld hit its midpoint with last Sunday’s episode, titled “Mother of Exiles.” It was the season’s best episode yet, and it ended with a mind-blowing twist. Serac’s Motives Before getting to the episode’s big reveal (and hereon, * SPOILERS * abound), the “Mother of Exiles” gave us more insight into Serac’s motives….
The third episode of Season 3 of Westworld, titled “Absence of Field,” left Maeve and Bernard’s story for a look inside Charlotte Hale’s head — and gave us some huge clues about Delores’ plans, and Serac’s too. Who’s Inside Charlotte’s Head? The episode opened with Delores reanimating the host version of Charlotte Hale. One of…
The latest episode of Westworld, titled “The Winter Line,” was all about Maeve. She’s long been my favorite character on the show, so I loved this one. And while we don’t learn too many new facts, the plot thickens in Westworld by the episode’s end. Maeve and The Matrix Last week, one of the characters…
In times like these, it’s good to have something to take our minds off current events. Fortunately, Season 3 of Westworld is a wonderful diversion, at least for me. Westworld has always offered up puzzle-like plots, and this season has already given us plenty of mysteries to be solved. Here are my thoughts on several…
George R.R. Martin promised a “bittersweet” ending to A Song of Ice and Fire. Nothing about that promise suggested there would be a fairy tale ending where Daenerys and Jon lived happily ever after. And after reflecting on the finale of Game of Thrones, I am convinced of one thing: Game of Thrones was meant…
When the bells tolled, Daenerys had a choice. She could have accepted the surrender of King’s Landing, as Tyrion encouraged her to do. Instead, she chose to become the Queen of Ashes and burn them all. Is Daenerys Beyond Redemption? Once upon a time, Daenerys Targaryen stole our hearts. She was the Breaker of Chains,…
With only two episodes left, “The Last of the Starks” has set up the endgame of Game of Thrones. Here are my thoughts on where the show seems to be heading. Cersei Is Winning … For Now Last week I predicted that some of the characters who survived “The Long Night” won’t survive Cersei Lannister….
The ending of “The Long Night” was one of the most jaw-dropping moments ever on HBO’s Game of Thrones. Never in a million years did I expect the episode to end the way it did—and only halfway into the final season no less! But now that the Battle of Winterfell has reached its shocking conclusion,…
The second episode of the final season of Game of Thrones, titled “A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms,” could very well have been titled “the Night Before Everyone Dies.” Because I fear the cast of characters we’ve grown to love is about to be thinned out dramatically. Here are three thoughts heading into the battle for…