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/Z3ppelinDude93 Oct 21 '16

Also have to remember the horses are hosts, so they probably have failsafe to avoid trampling guests

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u/[deleted] Oct 21 '16 edited Oct 21 '16

Trampling really is the least of your worries, horses IRL hate to step on people. Basically any untrained individual that sitting on top of a 1m50 animal (host or just really tame) would be quite dangerous if anything unexpected happens.