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Westworld season 1: news and episode reviews
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May 7, 2018
The moral dilemmas in Westworld offer a scary glimpse of our future
We should probably think about them now.
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December 5, 2016
Westworld’s season finale is simply brilliant television
A sometimes frustrating debut season comes to a potent close with a super-sized, super-enthralling conclusion.
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December 2, 2016
Westworld’s twists are easy to predict because they’re not the point of the show
The HBO drama is more concerned with myth than mystery.
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November 28, 2016
On Westworld, memories are the cornerstone of revolution
This show gets easier to love — and to hate — with every new episode.
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November 21, 2016
Westworld’s latest episode makes it clear a battle is imminent
It’s a messy hour, but what’s clear is all hell is about to break loose.
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November 17, 2016
What makes Westworld so tantalizing is also what makes it so frustrating
The show’s lack of broader context is great for fan theories but bad for story.
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November 14, 2016
Westworld’s “Trompe L’Oeil” confirms that nothing is what it seems — unless you already guessed it
In which Bernard finally comes into his own, but not at all how he expected.
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November 6, 2016
On Westworld, God and Satan may be the same person
The latest episode is the show’s best yet
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October 31, 2016
Westworld’s boring orgy reminds us that joyless sex has become HBO’s specialty
The group sex scenes were built to shock us — which only made them more boring.
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October 31, 2016
Westworld’s “Contrapasso” has everyone fighting to break their loops
Dolores sheds her damsel identity for something with a little more spark.
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October 23, 2016
Westworld season 1, episode 4: in “Dissonance Theory,” nobody’s sure what’s going on
But we might have gotten some telling glimpses of what’s to come.
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October 17, 2016
What is Westworld even about?
The series is biting off some big themes, but they often seem to be working at cross-purposes.
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October 10, 2016
Westworld’s second episode reveals a glitch in the show’s programming
Forced to stall for a while, the series piles on storyline after storyline. Not all of them work.
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October 10, 2016
How HBO’s Westworld bridges the divide between evil robots and empathetic robots
As is the case with most robot stories, Isaac Asimov holds the key.
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October 6, 2016
Which new fall TV shows to watch — and which ones to skip
44 shows ranked from best to worst.
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October 3, 2016
22 cool things that happen in the Westworld premiere
From fun twists to great performances, the pilot had much to get viewers excited.
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October 2, 2016
Westworld starts with a bang, then devolves into an HBO rip-off of Lost
It’s got all of the network’s strengths — and all of its weaknesses, too.