Even though we didn't get any new material with Dolores, William, or Logan, "The Adversary" was a worthy episode of Westworld. And one that particularly advanced the plot probably more so than any other this season. Heck, even The Man in Black wasn't the focus this week.
Maeve left off last week in a surprisingly powerful position as she woke up in Felix's hands back at headquarters on purpose. I have to reinstate the fact that I feel weird rooting for robots against humanity, but when you see what Maeve and many of the other hosts have been through, it's the only logical choice. Maeve basically had to get "raped" in order to be in a place of power, that's some messed up sh*t. But just as beautifully tragic was watching her go through the revelation that she is in fact a host. It was effortlessly complemented by a nice music choice from Ramin Djawadi.
At the same time as all that craziness, Bernard and Elsie took further steps into finding out about all the peculiar anomalies around the park. Of course, it's not all that surprising to see that the house Bernard found was in fact something controlled by Ford. What is unusual is that Ford is keeping host versions of himself and family alive. This struck a strange balance of creepiness and beauty for me. I mean, how disturbed is Ford?
Elsie discovered that not only is Ford in on this, but so is Theresa. This happens, perhaps uncoincidentally, in the same episode that Bernard and Theresa ended their work-place fling. I would find it hard to believe we wouldn't see the death of Elsie on screen, but it sure doesn't look good for her. Should we suspect her capture is from anyone but Arnold at this point? There were plenty of things from last week that could have been directly addressed this week, but I enjoyed the break from tourists and instead an episode focused on those working on the behind the scenes. And boy do we have some shady stuff going on back there.
+Maeve's journey and discovery
+Djawadi
+Revelation about Ford
+Change of pace
9.0/10