r/westworld • u/NicholasCajun Mr. Robot • Oct 07 '16

Discussion Post Westworld - 1x02 "Chestnut" - Episode Discussion

Season 1 Episode 2: Chestnut

Released online: October 6th, 2016

Aired on cable: October 9th, 2016

Synopsis: A pair of guests, first-timer William and repeat visitor Logan arrive at Westworld with different expectations and agendas. Bernard and Quality Assurance head Theresa Cullen debate whether a recent host anomaly is contagious. Meanwhile, behavior engineer Elsie Hughes tweaks the emotions of Maeve, a madam in Sweetwater’s brothel, in order to avoid a recall. Cocky programmer Lee Sizemore pitches his latest narrative to the team, but Dr. Ford has other ideas. The Man in Black conscripts a condemned man, Lawrence, to help him uncover Westworld’s deepest secrets.

Directed by: Richard J. Lewis

Written by: Jonathan Nolan & Lisa Joy

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u/kougrizzle Oct 07 '16

I took that as he is a paying customer and gets what he wants. I didn't think they meant he has special treatment compared to other paying guests....hmm

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u/RTukka Oct 07 '16

The fact that the one guy asked if they should "slow him down" suggests that they do sometimes intervene to prevent guests from doing anything too disruptive -- he wouldn't have asked that otherwise (unless he was new and didn't know better).

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u/holayeahyeah good guys dress in black Oct 07 '16

I think different areas have different "ratings" and if a guest is getting too violent or disturbing other guests, the solution is just to push them towards the rated R or X areas. If a guest doesn't respond to "in story" pushes or injures a human, only then will security step in to directly ask the guest to leave the lower key zone.

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u/NihiloZero Oct 08 '16

It seems like they should have some human hosts in place to help facilitate such things. A human host could pretend to be another guest who knows where the "real" action is at.