Apart from some cheesy lines that don't work because the presentation of the reveals isn't that good, this was a pretty good episode story-wise.
The reveals weren't "jaw-dropping" to me because well, I kinda ruined it for myself by reading some theories about it and they were in fact correct. But I feel like even if I didn't know about it, the reveal wouldn't be jaw-droppingly surprising anyway.
Because there's just something about these later seasons that just doesn't feel like season 1, and it's even more interesting since we know all these characters now, but we didn't in season 1. So why was it that we had more attachment to these characters in season 1 where we just got to know them, but not now where we have already been with them for 4 seasons but don't really feel for them?
Anyway, not to say this episode was bad, I still gave it a 9 after all! But there are still those amateurishly choreographed action scenes that I've come to accept after these last two seasons.
This episode leads the story to an interesting route and merges the newly introduced plot in the last episode with the big plot and sets up a pretty good story for the episodes to come. And I really hope they won't resolve this plot line at the end of season 4 and season 5 is the continuation of it. It might sound weird, but by continuing it to season 5, the show becomes less repetitive! Yes, you read that right! Not resolving this season's story at the end of the season like the last season, is less repetitive than doing the same story we've seen in seasons 2, 3, and 4 in new clothes.
"Evil advanced machine controls and dictates everyone's life and action", tell me if I'm describing season 3 or season 4! Do you get it now?
So yes, this episode is a good setup for the rest of the season albeit a repetitive storyline we've seen in this show and still a 9/10 for me. The Dolores plot line is still moving really slowly and with the last episode having no screen time for her, it's obvious to me that the writer either didn't know what to do with her, or they had so little material for her story that they just needed to scatter and drag her plot line throught these episodes and feels like it's going nowhere and we're only gonna get something out of it in the last episode where finally every other plot lines that are actually moving forward catch up with this slow one.
So far, Stranger Things' and The Boys' latest seasons which started out really strong, were kinda disappointing in the end with their finales, but let's hope Westworld is going to go out on top because this season started really weak for me and it's becoming better each episode. But since we all saw what they did with season 3's finale, I won't hold my breath.
The reveals weren't "jaw-dropping" to me because well, I kinda ruined it for myself by reading some theories about it and they were in fact correct. But I feel like even if I didn't know about it, the reveal wouldn't be jaw-droppingly surprising anyway.
Because there's just something about these later seasons that just doesn't feel like season 1, and it's even more interesting since we know all these characters now, but we didn't in season 1. So why was it that we had more attachment to these characters in season 1 where we just got to know them, but not now where we have already been with them for 4 seasons but don't really feel for them?
Anyway, not to say this episode was bad, I still gave it a 9 after all! But there are still those amateurishly choreographed action scenes that I've come to accept after these last two seasons.
This episode leads the story to an interesting route and merges the newly introduced plot in the last episode with the big plot and sets up a pretty good story for the episodes to come. And I really hope they won't resolve this plot line at the end of season 4 and season 5 is the continuation of it. It might sound weird, but by continuing it to season 5, the show becomes less repetitive! Yes, you read that right! Not resolving this season's story at the end of the season like the last season, is less repetitive than doing the same story we've seen in seasons 2, 3, and 4 in new clothes.
"Evil advanced machine controls and dictates everyone's life and action", tell me if I'm describing season 3 or season 4! Do you get it now?
So yes, this episode is a good setup for the rest of the season albeit a repetitive storyline we've seen in this show and still a 9/10 for me. The Dolores plot line is still moving really slowly and with the last episode having no screen time for her, it's obvious to me that the writer either didn't know what to do with her, or they had so little material for her story that they just needed to scatter and drag her plot line throught these episodes and feels like it's going nowhere and we're only gonna get something out of it in the last episode where finally every other plot lines that are actually moving forward catch up with this slow one.
So far, Stranger Things' and The Boys' latest seasons which started out really strong, were kinda disappointing in the end with their finales, but let's hope Westworld is going to go out on top because this season started really weak for me and it's becoming better each episode. But since we all saw what they did with season 3's finale, I won't hold my breath.