Here's Part 2: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/hdmSgqiQp9nGYGw.html

I still think the reveal that William = The Man in Black is one of the best plot twists of all time

Damn, outliers gaining freedom from the parasites is the same as hosts reaching the center of the maze. That was such an obvious one in retrospect.

Also amy winehouse back to black playing in the salon "i died a thousand times" and red door "stones" all the songs entwine. Great explanation👍

Son, u r the best when it comes to reviews. All around themes, research and all

Ok, so I believe since it was revealed that Maeve uploaded her image of peace or heaven, into Caleb through his limbic system when he was dying, she inadvertently hacked into his brain in a way that created a deep empathy for her. Maybe it made her more human to him. I don’t think he resisted the the command in that moment just because he was divergent. As a post human hybrid outlier, Caleb was very much concerned with the safety and well-being of his daughter, which I think was influenced by Maeve through her memories during The Limbic Hacking Event. He chose not to shoot and kill Maeve because he understood better than anyone on a subconscious level of her sentience which truly humanized her to him. A mental parry he could only use once? Which in the larger scope symbolizes how outliers can and /do/ have connections with sentient robots trying to make sense of their inorganic societies. And maybe it is through the linking of outliers and [sentient robots] that there is a chance to bring humanity back alongside w/the ai’s.

I really loved the callback to the pilot episode with the train rolling in across the valley in the finale's ending.

This was good, really good! Thanks!

in your analysis you said that Hale and Dolores were giving a choice. I think no one had a choice cause as Bernard said in the begining of the season that a time line can be activated by triggering certain events. so I think that Bernard was a host representation of the concept of fate, their life are already written and they just had the illusion of choice

You are like the first guy who mention the season 2 after credit scene. Everyone seems to forget it. That scene stuck with me for years and I also agree its possible the scene might be in or even after event of season 5.

There were moments of greatness in this season. But overall I think the writers failed to properly hit home the the ideas they were going for. This was never a problem I'm the previous seasons no matter how complicated the story was. and for that I found myself losing interest. The evolving complexity and the shortened seasons have been a detriment.

Didn't Hales son recognize she wasn't his real mom because he was actually loving. Her partner noticed the difference too, but didn't connect the dots. Hale wasn't about Dolores plan and just wanted to play house... till that was taken from her.. hence her backstory

I really loved that Man in Black decided to go big and destroy all sentient life on Earth, not just humans or just hosts. It's rare to see such big scale apocalypse plans actually work! But William truly did it.

William's daughter seemed so out of character in the s2 finale, I just assumed she was a host made to look like his daughter but wasn't actually her. Thanks for the analysis, I'm really looking forward to part 2.

The later episodes of season 4 strongly reminded me of Serial Experiments lain anime.. All these discussions towards of no more evolving of humankind for better and about someone playing god. The Hale's scene of dancing in the streets was fire 🔥 Hope to see more of the old park in the next season..

Now I need a video explaining the video explaining Westworld...

Glad you highlighted the Dolores' line about free will being fucking hard in Season 3 finale and Caleb's ability to resist the flies in Season 4.

Do you think there will be another season?

Outstanding

I loved this show. It was one of the best Sci-Fi shows since Battlestar Galactica. Not hating, but season 3 was kind of so/so. Couldn't get through Season 4. Watch th first two shows and my brain went on pause. Simply too many concurrent plot lines to follow and it just wasn't much fun to watch. While I appreciate the really thorough explanation in this video, it's just a bit too much to figure out in a TV show. In a novel, no problem. But at the end of the day it is a TV show.

What a beautiful ending to a series that truly embodied chaos.

Yessss @ The Man Who Sold The World!! That was perfect! Loved hearing your thoughts on the greatest show of all time, esp the insight on recall to the Ford / The Creation of Adam scene in season 1 being still relevant. 👐 I do agree with other posters here that the "new" Halores (Hale/Dolores) isn't just like the old Hale... more like a version of Hale that she wished she had been w/her family/trying to now make up for lost time, therefore giving herself away as the mole to Serac and leading to her son questioning her newfound closeness/kindness. It's almost like it was too little too late for her to change esp as a host/Dolores pearl combo, instead of the 100% old human Hale. Also of note is that the 23 year jump still coincides with what Rehoboam predicted... and there are qs in my mind on how Stubbs managed in the injured state he was left in during the 23 years he supposedly was watching Bernard..? Same goes for what happened to the Connell/Dolores pearl that we saw Hale take from Serac's (why show that if there's no callback later?) and the Musashi/Dolores pearl that Clementine & the other gal might have taken after they killed him. Why was Clementine hiding out in one of the "safe pockets" of the world in the beginning of Season 4? And what's going on in the rest of the world & with all the other parks? (Maybe I missed that). Caleb def seems to be great at self-control & resisting temptation, probably creating a sort of inner resistance/immunity to the fly control virus! Good looks on the MIB post credit scene... I kinda hope his daughter is just a host. Look forward to what else you unpack on WW later!!

question: Hale appeared to create these future robots (sleek, white, tall faceless figures), and I think we saw some hosts "transcend" and have their AI minds uploaded into them...what happened to those who followed through on Hale's vision and evolved? and when Hale said (in the finale) "make me stronger" I thought we were about to see her get moved into those upgraded bodies I'm assuming she created, but...sadly nope

video title westworld season 4 ending explained goes on to explain season 1-3 in 7-8 mins

that test in after the credits of s2ep10 never went anywhere so far. like they had an idea, that was introduced here, but then the conclusion never made it into the series

Nice job...thank you for providing a clear recap with hopefully an HBO future ahead. otherwise I'm going to have to watch it backwards (damn you, Vincent Casel!) and haven't done shrooms in years. And yes, Fry, (Broderick Falls) Hale's kid knew she wasn't Mum at first because their routine was different but both former partner and kid knew something was up but were just happy to have Hale be more human than the real one. Didn't think this was paid off adequately as it always seems William's familial weakness making him human (didn't kill Peter's wife on the roof bc she put her head on his shoulder n it reminded him of his wife and Emily) he therefore thought he was "infected" by ANY connection. But it's Hale who not ONCE has any fondness for A SINGLE HUMAN....instead flying in with her hourglass to poor Caleb 475 like the Wicked Witch of the West with her red hourglass (thank u for the observation, @thinkstory) to torture him yet again. honestly, i wish they had played up some of TT's more emotive moments. i think she's sold short with the acting here.

Season 4 was amazing hope we get a season 5

ok so fight was on whole world or in city and that flies did spread to whole world or just city ?

Ngl i haven't watched since season 2 but i wanna see whats going on

Time travel (channeling Arnold…no not you Bernard, the other Arnold). That’s the only thing this show hasn’t touched on. It was noted in the last episode that hosts can go both ways through the sublime. Which is kinda weird because they lose their bodies when entering. The gateway was opened in the last episode but no one went in, no one went out. If you look back at it, one of the most significant chain of events happened when they first opened the gateway, Dolores got killed by Bernard, and Bernard created Halores, who created host William…and the end of the world.

Hi Bryce! I absolutely LOVE your videos, particularly the Severance and Ozark ones. Could you please watch the tv show From (2022)! I have so many questions and would love to hear your thoughts on the show :)

That Season 2 post credits scene is LONG forgotten by the writers. They lost the plot as soon as Season 3 had to be re-written due to #MeToo/COVID. They tried and failed to world build anything remotely interesting outside of the park that wasn’t a flashback/dual timeline mindfuck, which made season 1 one of the stand alone greatest seasons of original television.

QUESTION FOR PART 2: What is it that Caleb had that Hale could never have? And do you think she eventually did find it, in the end?

idk why fidelity test is till being discussed when bernard is the one of the semi-successful human-host hybrid haha dolores realized that she needs to make small changes just to ensure the mind will run perfectly haha

What really annoys me about this season is that the show runners and writers didn't make your points more obvious. And this is the only YT explainer video that actually properly explains the series (Big fail for Heavy Spoilers and all others). II had no idea what was going on till the very end and still guessed the ending. Which was half-right, but what the hell? Why should I have to guess an ending? This meant I was really bored for most episodes, unable to see the bigger narrative. This wasn't the case in S03, which I loved, but many Westworld fans didn't like because it was too obvious or other. Really don't know why. Thanks for explaining this. Bloody Nolan brothers and family, burying their core narratives so deep it takes an expert film analyst or social scientist to understand the real meaning. I wrote essays on Inception and Interstellar on Reddit (/r/FanTheories) to help people. It blew a few minds pointing out that 90% of Inception was in Cobb's PTSD mind, resolving itself over Mal's suicide. And Interstellar is like Memento. It was both a historical and future story, from the perspective of our future selves in the black hole. We're watching their birth. Not our death, that was just background history to our present 5th dimensional selves, up until Cooper's entrance to the black hole. The only point in the film that was in real-time. The Nolan brothers and family are too clever for their own good.

I absolutely loved this season. I found it unique fun, and very thought provoking. Was it perfect no. But was it smart, yes

Hi, I just wanted to correct you- Bernard spent 7 + 23 (30) years watching all the path form the Valley Beyond, not 20 like you said

i just think its wild that there will be a season 5 lol

My brain hurts this ending was SO confusing plus nearly everyone is still dead

So, how many outliers are left? Dolores/Christina says at the end: "A few may escape death for a few months. Maybe even years. But ultimately.... their kind will go extinct." She seems to think it''s over for the outliers. Does she know what she's talking about? Is she being dramatic? Or is she just saying she has a very important task? I've seen a lot of comments that Frankie and her girlfriend are doomed, even though we see them leave the city at the end.

I just want to share what I noted. Something cool happens when you have S04E08 and S01E01 playing immediately after each other. I promise you won't be disappointed. It makes for such a great loop of a story. While we wait for season 5.

Didn't Charlotte/Dolores keep the scars to remind herself what OG Dolores put her through by creating her and using her for her own ends? A reminder to always be on top, never be controlled or abused.

Thank you for sharing this. I've been trying to map out the show, to make the ending relevant or make sense. And my guy, I couldn't be more thankful. Whew. 👏 You just made this whole show so much better. Already back into Season 1 again, and now I'm going to be trippin even more, thanks to you. Hahaha Also, lately I've been feeling that there are some deep undertones of philosophy themes written into this show. Or has it always been obvious? 🤔

i just realized that host william seemingly didn't have fidelity issues with "the body rejecting the mind" like caleb or james delos. i wonder why this is the case?

The word is pronounced 'metania' ,stressed in the second syllable and it means repentence.

Choose a black hat or a white hat (or in this season the white or black shoes) to determine if you are good or bad. Christine and Hale are both copies of Delores. Christine (white actress) is the good version and Hale (black actress) is the bad/evil version.

Bernard lasted 23 thousand years in the sublime because the Indian guy said one year in the human world is one millenia here and so 23 years passed.

Regarding 8:51, I don't understand the perspective that Hale and Dolores are "giving humanity one more chance". It's clear from the final episode that humans are all but extinct. The only people left are the "outliers". Delores has no way of "creating humanity". Can she create electronic AIs that she CALLS "human"? Sure. But Delores has no ability to recreate the human race. The sad fact is that the end of Westworld is not the hopeful, uplifting victory the showrunners were selling us on. The actual reality is that the vast majority of humans are dead and those who remain are just "regular people". They don't have the sophistication or expertise to maintain the modern standard of living. In fact, it's arguable that -- within a very short amount of time -- everything including the Sublime will be destroyed as the electronic/electric infrastructure of the real world fails. Short version: everyone dies, including Delores, and all the imaginary people she's living with inside a hard-drive inside the Hoover Dam.

Just have to say, engineered flies controlling humans is the most assinine idea ever. It would've been more believeable if Hale organized the world to simply keep humans in their own natural loops (and would've made better social commentary).

Anyone else think Halelores and MIB bot downloaded the human aimbot hack 😂 I mean, they are AI but both missed like 5 shots each. I don't get it lol

Free well is just part of the whole game …exactly like the matrix

I thought Ashes To Ashes was the sequel to Space Oddity

Man didnt watch S4 ending or what? William's copy died its pearl was crushed how would he meet his daughter or at least imagine her in Season 5

So what about the humans? Nobody is talking about that? The hosts are in the sublime, what about the actual humans?

I found this last episode rather disappointing we go back to the first Westworld park!? there is only Dolores in the sublime that she can find Teddy. This could be the end of the series, it's come full circle. I feel like Show Runner doesn't know how to move the series forward.

1:00 No no host William was a copy of Williams mind made off the guest back up data as where Hale/Dolores was a version of Dolores put in a body made to look like Hale a body the version of Dolores knew she didn't belong in and forced to follow a plan that O.G Dolores started yes they are both made to look like humans but both where created in 2 different ways

Is the idea that the whole world is taken over by the flies? Cuz it seems like this whole world is a “walled garden”. I honestly don’t know what world was real. Is the “final test” at the end in a virtual world? The real world? Hahah so confused

There won’t be any season 5!!!!! It’s over guys

278th...😂 Excellent work!

Will there even be a 5th season?

Thx u for the recap. Got a few questions here... 1. Why even bother waking up Maeve in this S4 2. Where the others Dolores. There should be 3 more, right? Yakuza dude, Security guard dude, and Lawrence Spanish dude 3. So Host and Humanity are gone, but how abt those transcendent bots will be? I bet they are still roaming around like chickens. 4. Teddy didn't gain his consciousness? So his love for Dolores might still be in his narrative. Clearly, imagination hot BF looks perfect but it is not real.

Let's pray to every deity from every religion and to every demon-god that a fifth season doesn't get made.... This season wasn't garbage, but got fuck batman, the dialog was laughably cliche at times and wooden at others. These writers need to learn how the world works... think about it for a second. Dolores is going to recreate the world in her simulation which is powered by a dam built in the early 20th century........................ with nobody to maintain it........................ and the writers thought it would be "cool" to have her say that the real world's sentient life is over........................ how long do they think a dam will stand without someone properly maintaining it? 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

Irs wax good ending and back to begin.

The whole "Humanity bad go extinct" theme is really a dead horse at this point. I think a more compelling story could be written about how humans would actually treat robots which would probably devolve into some sort of weird techno religion.

I liked Westworld, every episode was really well shot, but the story from season 3 onwards was nonsensical. Literally all over the place and with the long delays between seasons I can see why people lost interest. Towards the end, I just didn't know who I was meant to be rooting for either, season 1 and maybe 2 had promise but after that it went drastically downhill.

Soooo my main question is, how would you save the human race if it is dying out? The hosts have their pearls and the sublime but the humans have what? Delores’s dream of them, but in the real world she says they don’t make it.

Season 4 seems to parallel Matrix 4 which in turn parallels the 1973 sci-fi "world on a wire" Here is the trailer kzfaq.info/get/bejne/j9ychJuFttnRgXU.html

So that’s the end of the entire show…

Host In Black: Lets cut the bullshit Team vs Team and let's make it a all vs all battle royale. Mwuahuahuahuauah!!! Also him: phukqing camper.

Too me the show lost its mystery and wonder that it had for the first 2 seasons. I blame Covid.

They need to just leave it here. It would be the perfect end to the story if the whole thing was a loop.

I hate this show because it treats humanity strictly as a monolith and not humans as individuals. This attitude is at the very core of misery throughout human history. And this show is joyless and miserable.

HBO has canceled one of my best series again 😡 WESTWORLD there will be no season 5, even if this cancellation was predictable! the last shot of the last episode Dolores returns to Westworld Park. The circle is already complete season 4 felt the end of this story. After the Raised by wolves series they remove WESTWORLD the two best SF series.

Ive only seen season 1 😂

Idk folks... this last season seems to be a tattered quilt of patched together plots that seem to have no idea of where there are going. As if a group of writers sit down each week and make this crap up on the fly as they go along. They have lost my interest. Shame... they could've done so much with these concepts.

hale invading chalores mind was bullshit, she didnt have hale data she was full dolores. this season was shit, better than the third one but still awful. it seems that anthony hopkins was carrying this show on his back all those years ago, and whatever the bad robot crowd tries to do, doesnt work. another season with a senseless ending, another season where maeve comes back for no reason, all that hype that she was a weapon and she doesnt even use her hacking xmen powers once, why? awful, please be cancelled so that i dont have to watch another season.

This series presents three levels of audience involvement. 1. The superficial aspect of violence, sex and thrill. This base level of audience response is where 75% of the public is; 2. Interesting topical science fiction: The public is aware of artificial intelligence (AI) and robots. How these intelligent robots react to human domination is an easy plot line. About 23% of people would appreciate Sci-Fi stories about this. 3. Deeper philosophical considerations about the nature or even existence of free will and the nature of conscious self awareness. This comes up in Westworld story lines about can people change, can they really make choices, or being human are they doomed to just "run their code". Questions about the nature of human consciousness being more than just based in material brain function. This level 3 aspect of Westworld reaches only around 2% of the audiences interests.

So....help me here. Humanity just went extinct?

Season 3 actually had a message (NWO, Great Reset), though completely abandoning WESTworld. But season 4 was pure bs!

Ehh this season was kinda whack I hated the hole bad boy Bernard role shit was so stupid

It confuse me how comments in every video praise this season so much. And whenever I mention the opposite. People go off on me. Haha the show has no soul left. It’s confusing now just for sake of being confusing and try to trick people into thinking it’s clever. It also has bad pacing. It’s boring. And the reveals don’t really have impact do they.. bringing back certain “tricks” and cast members - for the sake of nostalgia. It feels like an imitation of its previous self. So now every human ever only exist inside Dolores memory of them. And they are all in a simulation together. Ok. See the show was good when the world was REAL. The twist of the two timelines worked in season 1 because they had POINT to them. It literally was the story. Perfectly told in a circle. Robots slowly realizing their reality. Bad intentions vs good. Free will or prison. You can like season 4. But. I won’t understand why.

this season was a mess

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Spent wayyyyy too much time talking about the song

Season 4 sucked harder than Monica Lewinsky.

It's like explaining the GOT finale, no one gives a f@ck, cause it sucked!

terrible season, very weak start. in 2stage it lured to start something but especially last 2 episodes showed, that theres no point to this madness, show seamed to constantly remind this all the time in a way

I loved the first season, and then it turned into a mess.

Westworld should’ve ended after season 2. Even season 2 was pushing it.

This show went off the rails at Season 2 with all the woke, progressive BS. It didn't help the showrunners had the same problem as all other JarJar Abrams productions: they had no idea what the show was about or where it was going and just made it up as they went. It's just 'Lost' with robots and boobs.