West World

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Has anyone been watching? Love this series!

[Foxaèr]

I'm sure Rev. Rye will be here soon to tell you all about how much he loves the show.

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I'm sure Rev. Rye will be here soon to tell you all about how much he loves the show.  

I don't spend much time on television. There are a few shows though. West World is one.

[Rev. Rye]

I'm sure Rev. Rye will be here soon to tell you all about how much he loves the show.

Did someone mention my name? Earlier this week, I spent a good portion of my visit with my therapist going over the series (naturally, the small time) and its appeal. For me, it's the philosophical and scientific things that really intrigue me. Overall, I have to admit that the second season isn't as good as the first (especially before Host!Ford finally shows back up in Episode 7), but hopefully, Nolan and Joy will find some way to make it all come together, and won't totally fuck up all the goodwill Season 1 built up for it (and apparently, there will be more seasons), like some other creators... *COUGH*ChrisCarter*COUGH*JJAbrams*COUGH*

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I'm sure Rev. Rye will be here soon to tell you all about how much he loves the show.  

Did someone mention my name? Earlier this week, I spent a good portion of my visit with my therapist going over the series (naturally, the small time) and its appeal. For me, it's the philosophical and scientific things that really intrigue me. Overall, I have to admit that the second season isn't as good as the first (especially before Host!Ford finally shows back up in Episode 7), but hopefully, Nolan and Joy will find some way to make it all come together, and won't totally fuck up all the goodwill Season 1 built up for it (and apparently, there will be more seasons), like some other creators... *COUGH*ChrisCarter*COUGH*JJAbrams*COUGH*

I like seaon 2 because I think we are seeing the emergence of a single intelligence represented by all the hosts. I also don't know if William is a host or not.

[Rev. Rye]

I'm sure Rev. Rye will be here soon to tell you all about how much he loves the show.  

I don't spend much time on television. There are a few shows though. West World is one.

I got a subscription to HBO renewed (we still had one years ago, but we kind of dropped it a while back) specifically to watch Season 2, because I knew it would be a long fucking time before they put it out on Blu-Ray and never before it comes out on Netflix and Hulu.

[Mr.wizard]

I have been waiting for it to hit Netflix, is it going to hit Netflix?

[Rev. Rye]

Did someone mention my name? Earlier this week, I spent a good portion of my visit with my therapist going over the series (naturally, the small time) and its appeal. For me, it's the philosophical and scientific things that really intrigue me. Overall, I have to admit that the second season isn't as good as the first (especially before Host!Ford finally shows back up in Episode 7), but hopefully, Nolan and Joy will find some way to make it all come together, and won't totally fuck up all the goodwill Season 1 built up for it (and apparently, there will be more seasons), like some other creators... *COUGH*ChrisCarter*COUGH*JJAbrams*COUGH*

I like seaon 2 because I think we are seeing the emergence of a single intelligence represented by all the hosts. I also don't know if William is a host or not.

Well, technically, the emergence plot was Season 1, Season 2 involved dealing with the repercussions, and showing the scale of the problem (since it spread to the other parks, and even Host Tigers.) I'm not saying Season 2 was bad, I'm just saying it's not as good as the first, especially since they used the dramatic and character arcs more effectively. Then again, I suspect rewatching Season 2 might endear me more to it and cause me to get it more. Having to wait a week for each part kind of breaks the immersion and makes it a bit harder to wrap your head around all the multiple timelines. It helped me getting into the first season last year because Dad managed to get it on OnDemand and I could binge it.

Also, regarding the William question:

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I don't know when that stinger scene in the finale actually takes place. Honestly, given that it mirrors Delos' own personal Hell, and the fact that a Delores/Emily hybrid is the one testing his fidelity, I suspect that this takes place long after the events of this season. That and William is one of my favourite characters and think it would be a waste for his entire character arc for Season 3 to be devoted to the same cycle of being reincarnated, being tested for fidelity, and failing.

Edit: I just found out Lisa Joy explained this scene:

In the far, far future, the world is dramatically different. Quite destroyed, as it were. A figure in the image of [William's] daughter — his daughter is of course now long dead — has come back to talk to him. He realizes that he's been living this loop again and again and again. The primal loop that we've seen this season, they've been repeating, testing every time for what they call 'fidelity,' or perhaps a deviation. You get the sense that the testing will continue. It's teasing for us another temporal realm that one day we're working toward, and one day will see a little bit more of, and how they get to that place, and what they're testing for.

So my theory was right! At least I was right this time, not like the time I suspected Westworld was in a biodome under the sea, a theory debunked immediately upon watching the Season 2 premiere when we see the island.

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I have been waiting for it to hit Netflix, is it going to hit Netflix?

NOPE. HBO doesn't do Netflix or Hulu, which has been a big stumbling block in my getting into the series, since the DVD wasn't yet out when I first heard about it and got intrigued.