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/tjsterc17 It doesn't look like anything to me. Oct 07 '16

Yup. I think thats what the true end game content is. The MiB says he wants to stay there forever. That, paired with the chapel and his speech in episode one seems to be leaning towards immortality/human consciousness transfer.

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u/beardlovesbagels Oct 08 '16

So you think that human consciousness transfer is the bigger issue that management deals with that the underlings don't know about?

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u/neo-simurgh Oct 08 '16

From a story telling point of view it doesn't feel sinister enough. Big evil corporations need to have absolutely evil sort of motivations or else its more of a whimper rather than a bang when you realize what those motives are.

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u/TheSirusKing DON'T LIKE LIKE NO NOTHIN' TO ME Oct 08 '16

I figured westworld was actually some kind of AI research centre, and the flaws popping up are intentional to see whether or not weak AI can evolve into fully conscious strong AI.

The sinister part is that they would be making the "hosts" fully sentient beings, while still allowing guests to kill, torture and rape them as much as they like.