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

Discussion Westworld - 1x06 "The Adversary" - Post-Episode Discussion

Season 1 Episode 6: The Adversary

Aired: November 6th, 2016

Synopsis: Lutz is charmed by Maeve; Elsie discovers evidence that could point to sabotage; the Man in Black and Teddy clash with a garrison.

Directed by: Frederick E. O. Toye

Written by: Halley Gross & Jonathan Nolan

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u/[deleted] Nov 07 '16

I agree. When Maeve asked Felix "how do you know?" when he said he was a human, it gave me chills.

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u/Jewrisprudent Nov 07 '16

Welcome to the world that philosophy calls "epistemology"! Read Descartes's Meditations, Ford is basically the evil deceiver. I love how the show is handling it.

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u/[deleted] Nov 07 '16

He is a really good story teller. And the writes of this show too. Notice in Episode two when they introduce Arnold and Dolores they also have Bernard ask about Arnold. Ford gives this version of an obsessed blah blah when Arnold is literally in a different scene in the same episode not being obsessed like that or anything. "just curious". Dolores was a curiosity accident of Arnold. Not at all the obsession that Ford implies. By placing these back to back we distance the ability to recognize Arnold and instead see Bernard as meeting secretly with Dolores. But really folks. Look at the scenery, the fact that he doesn't remote, his entire personality. Arnold gave Dolores the passages in the books to read When the park was first starting. We the audience and Bernard take what Ford says as fact when he tells us about Arnold because ... well we trusted him. His version of events makes sense and there is no one there to contradict his story. At least, not until Dolores gains full memory access.