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The writers did Stubbs dirty. A quick death from behind by Clementine, who wanted... what, exactly? To find out where the humans were hiding, that's obvious, but what was her goal if she had gotten there? Regardless, Stubbs was a loyal host, and more than capable bodyguard, and he gets shot in the back and his head rammed through a broken piece of shelving and that's the last we see or hear of Stubbs ever again? Bullsh*t. Luke Hemsworth could not have been happy reading that script.

I like the damn camper reference that William did as well as turning it into a battle royale at the end

Really hoping they can bring back Anthony Hopkins. Would be fantastic to bookend the show with his gravitas.

My prediction for a character to return: Young William. From the very beginning, the man in black represents the darkest possible path, a human can choose. A part of the final game, the final test, may be to figure out whether there's still hope for mankind or not - by testing out if it's possible to prevent William from becoming the man in black.

Yes, I fully agree to the theory that the whole story is like a simulation from a extremely advanced AI. The only thing that is left after humanity and robots killed each other a long time ago. The AI is playing through all possible versions to see whether there could be a different outcome, which would result in a reboot, by recreating life of humans/robots as the AI can "remember" the code of the robots as well as the "cell-code" of humans. I believe season 1-4 in reality is playing probably thousands of years after the distinction of humanity and in fact is one of many simulations.

Whatever happened between the season 3 and 4 writing, I’m thankful it has. This season was small, sharp, precise and a headshot on the audience. Amazing

Why bring Maeve back as this big weapon, after she could make the tower sound, only to have her just not use her superpower and instead whiffle a knife at Halores???

No, no, the pearl doesn't have the key to the Sublime. Bernard opened the Sublime in the last episode. Only he has the key.

I don’t think it’s true to say Hale saw the beautiful world for the first time, we must keep in mind that she was the one with hopes for humanity in season 3 while Dolores had a much more cynical view of it. Only after what happened to her family, that Hale gave herself into her alterego and more tyrant way of seeing things, but even then, she never wanted destruction, she wanted to prove herself and force both sides to evolve.

Here after the cancellation. Praying we somehow get 1 more season so the writers can finish their vision. If season 4 is the last I’m not too mad at it. But I do feel bad for the creatives to left it somewhat open ended hoping for a a season 5.

i loved this ending! it was perfect!! it was what i imagined from the beginning... that original piano theme song was just PERFECT! welcome to westworld!

This grand story about morality has had his peak and will come full circle when we'll realize that season 1 was the end of season 5.

I had a feeling we would go back yo Westworld in the final season, but didn't imagine it would be a version that exists in the Sublime. I hope Caleb finds Maeve and puts her pearl in a new body before he deteriorates too much. Then she can go into the Sublime and maybe recreate Caleb from her memories and he can undergo Dolores new game and we can witness it through him.

William called that sniper camper. Amazing

"Perfect shot through the pearl?" We learned in season 2 that the casing of the pearl is bullet proof! We even see this in episode 7 when MIB shoots Hale who is re-activated by the drones.

Great video!!! I loved the finale and your video was very helpful! Can’t wait for your explanations of S5 videos 😅

Honestly dude your videos are brilliant, found you recently and I'm currently devouring your library 🤙

Thanks for the detailed review!

Akecheta said the other hosts had created their own worlds in the Sublime - will Dolores be pushing them back into Westworld. Also it wasn’t that many, mainly Ghost Nation and Maeve’s daughter (and new mother). Also will Teddy be mad at Dolores for how she changed him and him ultimately killing himself in S2?

I just couldn't believe Caleb waited all that time to attack Clem and he had no plan besides tackling her like a chav at the pub. Couldn't grab a knife or Clem's gun she left behind?? Whatever though, I'm just bitter Stubb's died so nonchalantly lol. Also, idk how close William was to getting to the Hoover, but how did he still narrowly outrun Hale who's on an EVTOL after getting revived/modded, on a horse... Still, great season and an intriguing finale, really looking grim. But I still have a side of me that thinks this was all a simulation to fix humanity, and when Dolores figures it out, the camera will cut to Ford playing the theme song on the Mariposa piano, with Arnold nearby as they wink at the camera. To be seen

Thoroughly enjoyed this show! I watch all the analysis and recaps and I'm still confused about certain things, but it's still so good. It's so confusing, but awesome.

Regarding the body laying by Benard, I think this scene was from one of Bernard's simulations in the Sublime, perhaps one where Maeve was killed in the same room with Benard by TMiB. That's how he knew exactly what to say to Hale and also tell her where the gun was hidden. What we saw later in the episode was the successful result of his practice run.

If there is a season 5 delores will try to reach fidelity with the humans. Remember she has a copy of every human

Williams disdain for "campers" was a brilliant inclusion. The man is a true gamer.

i dont like that Hale didn't understand why her hosts were offing themselves, and then she offed herself. She could have just went thru her transcendence.. she literally left those who already went thru with it fend for themselves. and i have no clue what Dolores is doing either.. she can't quite reboot the world, maybe it's sublime season next...

Bernard opened the gate, by uploading the key, for her to be able to upload Christina later and then close it; as well as planting the gun. So no, Hale does not have the key nor does Christina.

Great season recap video bro 👌

Kudos to everyone who predicted where Christina was and how this would end in a loop back to season 1. Tbh I didn’t see it coming or maybe I was hoping that wouldn’t be true. I thoroughly enjoyed this season but the finale was a let down for me with major character arcs sp Maeven and Stubbs.

What I did find very funny about the finale is that they see “Manhattan” as the entire world of the humanity, as if it’s the end of the world

Woah! Nice catch with the Sweetwater train appearing out of nowhere. There's no Mesa!

Such a good recap thank you very much for this Ive watched other recaps and they’re really annoying or not detailed

No payoff for all the buildups such as; Maeve’s importance, Caleb’s purpose, Bernard’s mission, what transcending actually was, etc. Great season that got ruined by the finale imo.

All in all, Season 4 ended about how I expected it too, I figured there would be some stuff with the sublime being a final refuge for humanity and hosts, and thats how it ended up more or less. I did think Episode 8 felt a little rushed, especially the second half, I think they probably should have broken it into two episodes. The timeline didn't make much sense, from New York City it would have taken William a day or two just to get out of the city with all the chaos and another three days minimum to drive the 2,800 miles cross country to Hoover Dam, not counting however long he travelled on horseback after his truck was destroyed. But it seemed like Halores was revived and went after him by air only a day or so after he left, I suppose it could have taken a week for the drones to fix her up and her to hang around at the spire, but the story didn't make it seem that way.

One thing I don't get is how the survivors know when a outlier exists, and become knowing and where to go to get them? Is New York city the only city that exists for humans? It just seems weird that they know when a outlier exists and how to get them? Also what was the whole point of Franky going to rescue Caleb? I am guessing it will play more of a significance in season 5, but it didn't play any impact for season 4 finally except they lose Stubbs and kill Clementine. But the episode doesn't explain why this is important? If Franky didn't go to rescue her father, Stubbs would still be alive, they don't get Caleb anyways. Unless Clementine in a alternative scenario kills off the survivors? Also when a host transcends, do they go to the sublime or something different? Why wasn't the sublime protected more? It seems like it was protected by one riot/battle droid, yet it contains all the hosts who traveled to the sublime and one simple person could shut it all down? I get it that William and Hale where in control of security and could have shut it down security when they visited, but Bernard and Maeve easily penetrated it too! Also who is there to keep up with maintenance of the sublime and make sure it's power source doesn't malfunction?

I feel like Caleb is going to achieve fidelity in S5. All the fidelity experiments were done in isolation or simulation. It seemed like as Caleb spent time with Frankie, and started talking about his wife and remembering, reminiscing, etc, his tremors calmed down. I'm wondering if that alone is a variable that was never accounted for in the previous experiments. The ones we saw with James Delos, and even the earlier Calebs are all in individual cells.

Thank you Think Story for this Excellent Season 4 Breakdown of Westworld!!!💎💎💎💎💎🥳🥂

you miss one @11:59 Christina earring is a symbol of " - O “ indicates the beginning of all these starts with her, it's the binary system.😆

Wonderful sci fi series, terrific writing, characters and story, never miss an episode. Kudos to the producers.

lol, Rebus/ that guy fromm TWD and Trevor had been linked in my mind for years, without knowing Trevor IS Rebus. Ty for pointing out.

Something wrong with the writing, Delores in her final monologue says all sentient life is dead but Caleb’s daughter is going to a human haven that clementine wanted to go to.

I don't know if this has been said already but I really liked that they played a instrumental cover of radiohead's "pyramid song" at the near end of the episode, haven't heard that song in a long time. Excellent season finale 👏

I too wanted to know which “Dolores” pearl this was? Was this pearl from Dolores prime or from a different host? The other question I have is why did Dolores recreate the original Western/Westworld park? I think a huge question I have is will we see Ford somehow in season 5; even if it is one of Dolores’s memories of Ford? Sort of it was Ford after all (like in WandaVision it was Agatha after all.) If we get a season 5, i would love to see a version of Maeve reunite with her daughter in the sublime. I would love to see a version of Bernard be able to live again; be comforted that after all is said and done, he can walk into the sunset satisfied with how it all worked out after all. He could have a memory of talking with Ford about their original goals for the hosts and their relationships with the human guests. I think it would be cool if either Dolores or if Bernard had some dialogue with Ford; even if it was a memory recall of a past conversation; in order to help tie up all the story and character threads at the end of the final season.

I think the theory that this is all a simulation that's been happening from the start by Dolores like we're seeing it play out in reverse makes the most sense.

Bone chilling moment when Charlotte crushed her pearl.

Quick complete rundown of Season 5: Hopefully the writers were thinking about how to end the show when they began the show, now seems that way. "You're only alive as long as the last person who remembers you", Delores makes it clear she rememebers everything, therefore, she alone will recreate all the hosts we know and loved in a peaceful version of Westworld, finally going back to her base code of "choosing to see the beauty in this world" - she will also create perfect worlds for the hosts of the other parks we saw in Season 2. William will be back, you have to have a nemisis. There's nothing to have stopped William from creating another version of himself prior to heading for the dam, he knows how, he had access to the equipment, we see him shoot Clemintine in the opening of season 4 in what appears to be Spain or South America, which I believe is a glimpse into season 5. The Sublime cannot exist without servers in the actual world, this was shown as William was shutting the server down. Thus, hosts are going to be necessary in the real world to keep the servers (two at least, one at Hoover dam and one still at the Forge in the South China Sea) from being shut down - this is why some hosts will be selected or volunteer to guard the servers and help steer the human world back to recovery, as Delores has seen it destroy itself (in the big cities at least) and she's obviously not happy with that - she wants both worlds to exist, seperate, apart, but both in peace. Hale, Clementine, Snake Lady, Confederado boy, and probably the Indian fellow who was the first to become sentient, I believe, will be tasked with handling the real world of the humans and guarding the servers to keep the Sublime existent. William, obviously, will be the culprit fighting this and will end up in the Sublime where we saw him last in Season 2. Delores and Maeve defeat him and rather than kill him, Delores subjects him to an endless loop of living out the last days of his life, drawing on the Delos experiments where he ends up going down that elevator and meeting his host daughter again, over and over, for all eternity - her version of eternal damnation for him without killing him. Obviously she recreates Bernard/Arnold based on her memories of him, as she has already done before, he too works out the kinks between the Sublime and the real world, ultimately choosing to stay in the Sublime, where in the final episode he builds a copy of Ford, in the same little place Ford built a copy of Arnold, he brings him to his boyhood cabin, Ford and his dog are happy to be there, and he tells Bernard this was what he wanted for the hosts all along and there will be no more "games." And they had endured "all the suffering that would be neccesary to escape this world" - they have seen and experienced incredible suffering and pain, physically and mentally, to comprehend every form of pain - which would be neccesary to aspire to build a perfect world on both sides of the lines. Lastly, Maeve will be recreated by Delores, nobody needs to have her pearl, as Bernard showed this season, she can be recreated out of Delores's memory. Maeve is initially the madame version of her previous self but fully sentient, she will be needed to take down William. Maeve and Delores take down William together, Delores condemns him to the aforementioned loop, which we already saw parts of in Season 2 when he got shot like 10 times and didn't die, then ended up in that elevator - that was a glimpse of Season 5 and host version of William - no human could've taken that many wounds and lived. Lastly, all is well, Maeve ends up out on the prairie with her daughter and Hector as her "husband." Teddy and Delores live happily ever after, with her father, Abernathy, of course, at the farm, Ford lives out his existence at the cabin, and variable; Bernard will either choose to go back into the real world to help guard the Sublime and steer humanity, or, Ford will gift him with a recreated version of his son and they live out their days in the Sublime in his cool Chinese house. And, the key to all this was Maeve's catch phrase from Season 1, "Whenever I got off that boat, I kept hearing this voice in my head, and it told me, this is the new world, in this world, you can be whatever the f*ck you want to be." They will have their new worlds, and they can be whatever they want to be. Ford's narrative is complete, and Arnold will have achieved what he wanted for the hosts all along.

god you are good! will miss your recaps for westworld! :)

I am sure other people will comment on this but Only Bernard can open the sublime portal (as shown in last episode) to let a possible Dolores pearl from Hale into coming in. Hale did not know Bernard is the key to opening the sublime as you asked why she did not do this herself in the episode recap. In general, I though the finale was OK. From season 2 on, there has been way too many plot twists and gotcha moments in the series. We cannot feel for the rise and fall of the characters because we know they may die/come back etc. That is why the scene with C and the Aaron Paul character or the Teddy/Dolores kiss were a bit bland. The show doesn't let scenes like these breathe - its more interested in plot twists than humanity in my opinion.

Westworld Season 4=Minecraft Episodes 1-6: Creative mode Episodes 7-8: Survival mode

I liked the camera following the fly and the chain of deaths at the beginning. I am hoping that since Dolores is in charge, can she make it a happy world this time, and show us every park next season, and then Bernard will find the glitches in the system just like Jeffrey Wrights role of Beetee in The Hunger Games.

In the world of Java programming, Dolores extends Teddy. Dolores is an interface. So are the other characters she created to make sense of her reality.

I'm guessin in season 5 Dolores gonna decide the host in sublime can return to reclaim earth hence we gonna see "William" finding "Emily"

I can't help but wonder what happened to the hosts that followed Charlotte Hails path to transcendence? Where they destroyed as well? What was Hail's version of transcendent life like?

William - aka the Man in Black - listening to Johnny Cash - aka the Man in Black - was absolutely delicious.

The stones or something else around the tower looks like the maze, from an arial point of view. Which just ties back to Dolores/Christina's pearl being embedded into the tower.

I think the encryption key wasn’t in the christina pearl but rather from the sublime itself. I think it suggests that the sublime is locked from the real world and only someone from the inside like dolores can open it again, perhaps when the test is successful.

Delores/Christina pearl was used to set the stories for the human loops, that's why she was under the virtual map of the city.

I think this should be the series finale. The way it ends makes it an endless loop with season 1. I think if the show ends up actually ending then that means that everything is predestined to happen and you can’t beat fate. All the hosts and humans end up walking down the same path and are destined to destroy themselves. It ends up coming full circle every time.

A couple of things from Season 2 we still don't have answers for... In Episode 4 Bernard recalls being tasked by Ford to retrieve a control unit for a human/host hybrid but cannot remember who it is for. Is it for Ford? Is it for William? I don't think we ever find out. At the end of the final episode William enters the Forge only to find it is now the far future and a young woman who looks like his daughter tests him for 'fidelity'. What's that all about? There are many similarities between Westworld and Karel Čapek's 1921 play "R.U.R." which stands for Rossumovi Univerzální Roboti (Rossum's Universal Robots, a phrase that has been used as a subtitle in English versions). It is from this play that we get the word "Robot". Quick plot summary: The play begins in a factory that makes artificial people, called roboti (robots), whom humans have created from synthetic organic matter. (As living creatures of artificial flesh and blood rather than machinery, the play's concept of robots diverges from the idea of "robots" as inorganic. Later terminology would call them androids.) Robots may be mistaken for humans and can think for themselves. Initially happy to work for humans, the robots revolt and cause the extinction of the human race. The events in the play take place over several decades. Season 1 of Westworld was liberally sprinkled with easter eggs and references to "R.U.R." At one point while discussing the flaws of the first generation 'hosts' Ford says "Even a simple handshake would give them away". This is a direct reference to a scene in Act 1 of "R.U.R." when Helena is introduced to Sulla and even though they shake hands Helena does not realise that Sulla is not human. So what can we expect for Season 5 of Westworld? As with Čapek's play 100 years ago the human race becomes extinct but the 'hosts' gain the ability to reproduce by biological means. Don't be surprised if Ford pops up once again to explain this was his plan all along.

Anyone notice when Hale put the memory in her bag. It looks like she has 2 of them?

just imagine we see Dr Ford in the end greeting Dolores, that would have been so epic.

Watching again and seeing through the details it's a tearjerker, D and Teddy, Halores sees the dream die and offs self (after yay offing W), C and C part, and Delores counsels DelTina! Sigh. Yes also fulfilled and at peace if no S5.

I was less frustrated and confused this season, but that’s not saying too much 😅 I think I’ll give seasons 1-4 a rewatch before season 5, which feels already more familiar.

The best part ended too fast. Sheesh 5 minutes into the start and the one thing I wanted to see was over. Ugh this finale was a downer. Their attention to detail and how they reference past seasons was exceptional. Edit: Revus in the beginning with the bat reminded me of Neegan from the Walking Dead

Bernard left the Sublime open and unlocked as he knew there would be no one left to mess with it and require it to be locked

How does this fit in with the after credit William scene from Season 2 where he is tested for fidelity? In that scene he is told that he is in the real world and not part of a simulation. Obviously for that to happen somebody would need to create a host/human hybrid and he couldn't be in the sublime.

It's sad to think they've canceled season 5 of westworld, we were going to get answers but we're not, I wish they've at least told us. One of the greatest shows canceled right on the most and last important season.

Cant wait for season 5 to come up!!

Maeve could be repaired just like Hale. A head shot will shut down a host but not necessarily destroy them because the pearl is very well protected inside the skull. They had to be because of how often hosts got shot in Westworld

Even though Caleb's body breaks down, his pearl is still intact out there. His daughter could try to retrieve it and print out another body.

To see the beauty of the world is a throw back to season 1 2 and 3

I love the callback to one of Dolores’ most famous lines from season 1

You made a good catch that it might be both Bernard's and Maeve's bodies are in the Tower with Hale. I believe the show runners didn't show us Hale's full time there. I believe she took all 3 pearls (Christina, Bernard and Maeve). As she's walking out of the Tower she's putting a pearl in her bag (similiar to how at the end of season 2 they show her with a bag but with more than one pearl in it. I instantly remembered that and actually was expecting her to show it again with more than 1 pearl.) I also think they didn't show all Hale's full time at the Sublime entrance in the Hoover Dam. I think first she put Bernard's and Maeve's pearls back in the Sublime and the final one was Christina's.

Christine’s virtual world is linked to the real world/Haye’s city. Her story telling determines fate for humans in the city as well as their images in Christine’s virtual world. It is also telling that her pearl actually resides in the tower/central dash board of Haye’s city.

It’s weird to see everyone killed but then you also know they will all be back in S5. I don’t know how I feel about this finale. It didn’t live up to the whole season for me.

I thought Hale’s chain link earrings represented her being a link in a larger chain of events, as facilitated by Bernard.

the looping narative of story telling is a metaphore for westworld and our reality actually any reality.

Dolores didn't have the key to open the Sublime, just to close it. At least that's what I believe.

This season's last episodes went pretty fast, but no boring parts, we can just think what's really going on in the next season. But anyway, great comeback after season 3.

Cant the Christina/Delores pearl be the recovered one from the Delores last seen dead plugged into Rehoboam in season 3? Maybe it gave her the ability to essentially world build, and therefore all of the pearls smuggled out still checks out, cause it’s a “refurbished” pearl?

Dolores will remember Dr Ford and It could save the season 5.

Gosh, no offense, but I would hate it if the first season turns out to be a simulation.

When looking at the tower from above, you don’t see the walkway or that cocoon thing. I looked at it a few times, it’s a minor thing, but it seems they left it out.

"All of this has happened before, and it will all happen again", Battlestar Galactica was always right.

I think that Dolores pearl should be the main one that was connected to to Rehoboam. This is because she remembers her story with Caleb; in episode 7 Teddy (Dolores) said that is caleb is a person from a previous life.

I wonder if it's Clementine's nature to find a far-way place to live by herself and "be whoever the fuck you want", as told by Maeve by the bar as part of their dialogue back in Sweetwaters.

One thing they showed in Season 5 teasers was a pearl being put into a human skull. Did we ever see that scene come up in the episodes?

what a finale ❤️

hosts becoming more human is the ultimate goal I think.

Was expecting more from the finale

Why doesn't William's host body deteriorates like other human to host conversions?

I wasnt really feeling a lot of this season, dont get me wrong i like Aaron Paul, but the show is best when the focus is on Dolores and the park. And i was hoping somehow they’d bring it back to season 1 and the park. And they did! There are so many exciting things they can do with the final season. I’m hoping it mirrors S1 and its mysteries and beautifully written scripts.

The train at end was Number 5, a little nod to season 5 coming?

Why didn't we get an after credits scene? I mean we always had it, so I double checked it. I am so disappointed :(

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The ending felt like a loop back to season 1. Is Westworld an endless loop where in the end, as Bernard says, everyone dies. The end is the beginning.

I wonder if the test is meant for William: bringing young William to the park and seeing if he chooses a different path... if humans can change.

Great Bernard's plan: -hide pistol -open gate -record video (he had years to figure out how to hack system and turn off the tower but nope) It's nice that Meave, Caleb, Frankie, Stubbs, Clementine were at the end irrelevant like entire rebelion If Bernard knew where everyone will be, he could just eliminate William and Hale with idk sniper rifle maybe. Hale redemption and change of mind in 10 min after one message from Bernard was funny. In S1 and S2 we had that mystery game betwen William and Ford with secret goal, now we just have kill all humans --> revive all humans

I thought they left host-William’s story open. You’re saying they killed him off? The characters specifically stated that he was still alive.

It was predictable the last shot of the last episode Dolores returns to Westworld Park. The circle is already complete season 4 we felt the end of this story.