Season 1 of Westworld is SERIOUSLY one of HBO's finest hours.

"There's something bothering you Bernard, I know how your head works." Damn. They hinted it so early.

The scene with Anthony Hopkins and Theresa at the restaurant is among the greatest acting dialogues I have ever witnessed, with its subtly heated exchange and masterful display of delicate threats with carefully calculated words and body language by Anthony Hopkins. He is a genius and a true legend, I never would have had an interest in this show without him.

"You can't play God without being acquainted with the Devil" his delivery and mannerisms are unrivalled, but lets just all take a second to admire the writing he gets.

The dialogue written for the Ford character is just poetry. Good they used an actor worth playing it. Especially in the later episodes when he speaks about humanity and how we think our kind is the highest form of existence.

I could watch Hopkins, happily, for the rest of my life. A true artist.

"They want a glimpse of who they could be." Thats powerful.

43:21 - William: "...I always felt this place was missing a real villain. Hence my humble contribution." Dr. Ford: "I admit, I lack the imagination to even concieve of someone like you..." What a well-phrased and sophisticated diss. I miss Dr. Ford in WW.

"It's not a business venture, not a theme park, but an entire world. We designed every inch of it, every blade of grass... *IN HERE WE WERE GODS*..." Goosebumps.

there are only a handful of things more terrifying than Anthony Hopkins walking slowly towards you...

Ford is always what I imagined a realistic God would be like. Not necessarily omniscient, but wildly intelligent compared to his peers and a deeply passionate architect. He doesn't have the perfect plan, but an elevated insight into what the future holds and how He can contribute in facilitating it. He doesn't create to stand Above, but because He knew this was the next step and was all too aware of His own mortality.

Having just finished Season 4, I can easily say that Anthony Hopkins is the best part of Westworld. Once the show veered out of the park in Season 3, it just really lost its muster for me. It's not terrible, but revisiting Hopkins' masterful performance in Season 1 really makes me appreciate just how amazing this show was. If someone asked me today about Westworld, I'd say watch Seasons 1-2 and then stop there. Seasons 3 & 4 are just so underwhelming IMO.

In the scene between Ford and William in the bar, he tells William that he never likes to drink alone. Yet the first time we see him, there he is, drinking with no one but Old Bill, the simplest and least human iteration of a host that the show ever shows us. He's interrupted by a ghost, the host version of his best friend and partner whom had killed himself 35 years ago. He also spends time with the recreations of himself as a child and his family, dwelling in the memories of his past. When he first tells Bernard about Arnold, he explains that Arnold always kept to himself because of a past tragedy, rarely interacting with anyone other than hosts as he searched for consciousness within them, reflecting perfectly the exact scenario that Ford himself is going through with his interactions being mostly with Bernard, a host, while he frees them by giving them that consciousness that Arnold discovered. He later drinks with Old Bill again and tells him the story of his greyhound, a story of how one spends his entire life desperately fighting to reach a certain goal, but doesn't know what to do once that goal has been reached. Ford is truly alone. He really did suffer as he said to Dolores and Bernard. His suicide was more than just a symbolic hand off to the next great species of our world, it was the end of that suffering and that loneliness. He may have been playing God throughout the season, but Ford was the most human character in the entire show.

This show was good, casting Anthony Hopkins as Dr. Ford made it great.

The "to meet my maker" scene has to be one of the best scenes ever filmed for a television show. So dark and intriguing. Hooks you for the rest of the show.

Sir Anthony Hopkins received all the best lines and *rightfully so.* He truly IS Robert Ford. I cannot imagine any other actor playing that part with such sophistication and levity (while still remaining mysterious and intimidating) as him. BRAVO and Please come back.

"Everything in this world is magic except the Magician." GREATTTT

These scenes really are the best from the entire season. They have the best philosophizing ("You can’t play God without being acquainted with the devil."), the most quotable lines, the cleverest foreshadowing ("I know how how your mind works"), and even the best part of the soundtrack.

The scene with Old Bill makes me deeply and incredibly sad. It's like watching a loved one with dementia , almost. Even though we know next to nothing about him , as a character, for some reason it has such an underlying sorrow to it.

his capacity for passive menace is boundless

Why not just title this video "The best scenes of WestWorld."

When I watch Westworld, what's astounding to me is for all the quality in the acting (which is very , very high), for all that, whenever Hopkins enters the room he just takes everyone to school and back.

I could listen to Anthony Hopkins read me a phonebook for a whole day

"Everything in this world is magic... except for the magician." I think this speaks to how much Dr. Ford revered the machines. I really felt it when he delivered that line.

This series has by far the best dialogue of any series ever

Best Hopkins performance since "The Silence of the Lambs"

36:48 - His little reaction to the glass clacking onto the table, snapping him out of deep thought is so wonderful - as is his sadness due to the repetition that follows. Such a beautiful moment, even better on a post-Season 2 rewatch.

49:30. Incredible foreshadowing. Ford just appears out of nowhere, there's just a corner at that wall. Anybody would have seen him or heard him come through any of the houses entrances. Bernard couldn't see him come in even though he was right next to him because he came through a door that Bernard was programmed not to see, as we later find out. Way too subtle to be noticed on first viewing, and nobody even questions it. What an amazing show that you can re-watch and strengthen connections you were figuring out as you went.

Anthony Hopkins is, in my opinion, not just your average actor but a true force to be reckoned with.. Hell, probably even that is an understatement, he could deliver pretty much anything and it would sound deep and meaningful. Probably tells one hell of a bedtime story.

“It was you people who wanted to play god, with your little undertaking.” Referring to the delos’ project. Blows my mind.

“Old Bill” is the only host to me who seems like an actual host. Like I can see him locked away in Disneyland on some old broken down ride.

I am convinced. The innate and instinctive gravitas Hopkins brings to a role, any role, makes him the greatest actor of this generation, if not all time. He speaks every line and makes every gesture appear like it's a throwaway, reflexive, completely off the cuff with no effort at all and yet with a great deal of thought, like the man who never speaks unless he must. And what he says always puts you back in your chair, to consider if you should bother getting up at all. Without doubt Sir Anthony is a genius, not born perhaps but the very definition of a self-made man.

41:06 Brilliant acting by Hopkins. First time I watched it I thought Ford was being psychopathic. Now I see tears in eyes, and expressions of guilt for putting Dolores through torment for 34 years. It's clear that Dr. Ford was trying to right his wrongs. I came back because I noticed something...something that no one noticed before. The subtleties ;)

Unpopular opinion: The Series lived through outstanding Anthony Hopkins a.k.a. Dr. Ford and died with him. Dr. Ford represented what Westworld once stood for: Philosophical dialogue, intriguing, complex but likeable characters and crazy twists. And without him, Westworld turned out to be only a shell of its former greatness.

41:10 That moment when you're sitting before a person you blame for a tragedy in your life, even though they're beyond blame and while you realise how much you lost, you start to think about your own contribution to the tragedy...and what it cost you, the realization that you can't change what happened but can't lose the guilt or pain or the loss you feel. It's a testament to Anthony Hopkins acting abilities that he portrays all of this with simple facial expressions and tone of voice.

i just love how dr ford is always correcting everybody, any time somebody makes a statement he's like "no"

All of these conversations between Ford and Bernard are so unsettling when you think about what Ford is really talking to.

Anthony Hopkins can never die, he will only become music.

The whole show has a great spirit and proper actor placement. But putting Anthony Hopkins into the show made it absolutely brilliant since he is a very special kind of actors who really impersonates his character to every last bit in a perfect way that nobody could tell the difference if he is just acting or if he really is being himself. Being himself as the character he is playing of course :) or not? You never know :D

I think I come back to this video quarterly just to feel my brain come alive again. His acting is just so captivating.

16:41-18:16 Something that Hollywood STILL hasn't figured out.

I'm a little sad that Louis Herthum (first Peter Abernathy) didn't get more screen time. He left an impression on me with his acting performance.

Anthony Hopkins could say "Would you like fries with that?" and he'd make it the best darn line you've heard. He really made the show.

This is Hopkins greatest work.Up there if not better than Hannibal Lecter.Give Hopkins every award that there is.This acting is the best there ever was .There is no better. A Masterpiece.

54:30 "Ms Hale I was not aware those with your level of insight needed any more reflection."

"As our new season gained in action, it lost in grace..."

I love how intimidating he can be. The scene when he's eating with Cullen is awesomeness. Oh, and when she and Hale pull that crap with Clementine. He has that "Hannibal Lector" look. I really miss him on the show 💙🤖✌️

Thank you for putting all his scenes together. I come back every now and then just to see his incredible acting.

Wow! Hopkins at his sinister best. I take my hat off to the scriptwriters who created this character and indeed the Westworld series.

25:20 this is perhaps the best digital de-aging I've seen. Anthony Hopkins even looks 40lbs lighter.

When Bernard says "What Door?" its the biggest bruh moment in TV history.

I watched this in a "episode" in my life,i doesnt "sleep" for ONE WEEK ! It was STUNNING ! The music,the storyline,the actors,..STUNNING !!

Shoutout to the SOUND of this show. Just close your eyes and listen to this, and keep 'em closed a bit. It's musical. And you still follow the story, like a book on tape or an old radio drama.

This show has to be one of the biggest missed opportunities for television greatness in history

I loved the story of the Old Greyhound and the cat. You can feel the sadness as he relates his own life to the greyhound and the chase of the cat as Arnold's legacy and Westworld.

Sir Anthony Hopkins is just absolutely mesmerizing. What an actor.

Anthony Hopkins is one of the greats of our time. One of my favorite actors. Jeffrey Wright is a brilliant actor. Very underrated. Look at his body of work.

Dr ford is (in my opinion) the best character on the show, they're all fantastic though

37:30 Dreams mean everything. They’re the stories we tell ourselves of what could be, who we could become. - Dr. Robert Ford, Westworld, Season 1, Episod 5: Contrapasso

"The Origin of Consciousness in the Breakdown of the Bicameral Mind," by Julian Jaynes (1976)

This is rich for a rewatch with so much meaning in Ford's lines especially "You will let me know if the hosts display anything or exhibit any unusual behavior, won't you, Bernard?" "You mustn't make Arnold's mistake." "Why would I?"

Once you figure out that the hosts see their memories as exact representations as if they are reliving a daydream, this show makes perfect sense. All the timelines and all the characters fall into perfect order. What beautiful writing and directing.

You can make an average actor look good with great dialogue and a compelling character arc but when you give these things to a great actor you get magic. That's why, despite having watched the whole show, I can sit here and watch over an hour of Dr Ford's scenes and still be engrossed.

Every single moment of every single scene that Ford is in is special. The acting and the feelings and thoughts and the way Hopkins is Ford and he portrays him is top, top quality.

I can’t get enough of this video. Back when Westworld was good. Back when it had a hold of my heart strings

Thank you for doing this. Very important scenes to those that have ears and eyes to understand

First Season of Westworld is an absolute masterpiece. Watching these scenes back knowing what happens makes Ford seem all the more genius.

42:30 I love this scene. God and Death sitting at a table.

Westworld is a masterpiece of character, storytelling and music. Its perfect. I knew that every other season will be worse, it would be near impossible to top this.

This man is an artistic genius! Nothing compares to season one!

Brilliant work putting all of Ford’s scenes together. Thank you much. You catch new things re watching this. Cheers

Much as I enjoy the rest of the cast and production for the first two seasons, Hopkins single handedly makes the show for me with the power and presence he has in every scene.

"All I wanted to do was tell my stories"...that gets me every time. I really, really hope they were able to get Hopkins back in for season 3. They need to right the ship after the second season kind of fell flat; Maive's "I have a daughter" storyline took up way too much time.

“What size are those boots” is such a funny line after that great monologue

Man, I'm still getting goosebumps watching these scenes!! How awesome is Westworld, for real?!!

Anthony Hopkins is such a talented actor, he adds such depth, calm and subtles emotions on screen its absolutely amazing, i cant get enough of watching him act, he was already talented in his youth but i think his talent aged like fine wine, truly an amazing artist !

It's really something when somebody's acting can be this hypnotizing.

I really shouldn't watch this without having watched the actual show but I can't stop

At the beginning of the season Dr. Ford was an evil madman. As the show progresses you realize the humanity and the great amount of lost he's felt in his life. Regardless, of where you're in the show, he commands respect and is 4-5 steps ahead of everyone. There should be a t-shirt with Dr. Ford that states, "Don't f-ck with me."

These Dr Ford cut scenes are real masterpiece. The words, the meanings, the insight he has are so great. Just revisit it from time to time. God, so damn good！

Anthony H will never die. I mean musically and coinciously too.

Casting Hopkins was an absolute masterstroke. He was every bit as born for this role as he was for Hannibal Lechter.

just beautiful, so inspiring yet truthful

Anthony Hopkins is one of my most favorite... THANKS...!!!

8:53 I just realized that Abernathy spoiled the Bernard=Arnold plot point so early. Wow! You see so much more when you go back to previous episodes!

This show is meant to be rewatched jesus christ. It's even better the second time. Probably the best writing I've ever seen.

Anthony Hopkins is an incredible actor. I had to watch and then rewatch his scenes in west world over and over!

Ugh, the Okham's Razor part is so chilling, especially the point he makes at the end of it. Oh, and peacock feathers theory usage and interpretation later on was so perfect.

The music shift at 1:03:24 is just amazing. I remember that reveal, was epic even though it had been widely predicted. So good, and punctuated by Hopkins' Lecter-esque mouth movement during the whole "Did you really think I would let you take it from me?" monologue.

amounts of philosophy in this show is beyond perceived by its viewers. Respect to its makers! I hope you post art 2 soon. And Can't wait for season 2 as well.

I just wanted to say thank you for taking the time to make a video like this. I made myself a bag of popcorn, laid down in bed and watched from start to finish because Anthony Hopkins is my favorite part of this show. So to see a video already made of all his scenes without the annoying cuts in the middle made my day. About to watch the second one but I had to stop and tell you I appreciate it!

Thank you so much for making these! They were done wonderfully!

What a fantastic character he played. I'm constantly mesmerized by his performance as Ford. From episode of I was so enamoured with his way of portraying this character. I truly hope he resurfaces in season 2 in some way.

Anthony hopkins is amazing. Thanks for the video.

I really genuinely admire/respect how much ford displays his authentic reactions to bernard...it's a high praise and high form of respect he has for him, to do so. Anthony is such a masterful actor.

1:07:00 "Do you really think the board will stand for this?" Ford's laugh is his way of saying: "My dear, they'll all be dead very soon."

This show has so many parallels with real life.

excellent! This serie debt its succes to Antony Hopkins/ Robert Ford. I love the phylosofical richness of this character.

Season 1 is legendary, shame we probably won't have anything like it ever again

Hopkins facial expression reactions to lines is so damn good in this show. Especially to almost anything Bernard says. Such a good actor.