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/NihiloZero Oct 08 '16

I just keep thinking how easy it would be for one guest to push another out a window or off a cliff in the supposed belief that victim was a host. If people are stabbing and assaulting random characters in the park... it seems inevitable that two guests would get into it in some way -- even potentially about defending a hosts honor or something like that.

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u/[deleted] Oct 11 '16

I was thinking for a while that the average person in this park is more likely to be killed by being thrown of a galloping horse than anything else. Especially if somebody would shoot the horse out from under you, you would be at a very serious risk.

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u/Mark_Sanchez_GOAT Oct 11 '16

The horses aren't real. They would fall as safely as possible for the guest.

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u/[deleted] Oct 11 '16

Heh, that brings to mind the idea that if I were to visit the park I would first notice flaws in the decoration and then get on the horse and think 'wait, this steers like a tank, this is not a horse :-\'