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AsThe Promonce told us, if one thing is universal, its that lifes no dress rehearsal.
What does he want other than to serve Hales vision?
Does he have a personality or purpose at all?
Thankfully, as it turns out, host William has these questions too.
He doesnt know what part hes meant to play either.
He thinks what Hale wants him to think (or so he thinks).
But its all fake.
These humans arent really speaking their minds.
Theyre acting from a script, and they dont even know it.
Theyre essentially parks for hosts.
Fly-goop, mind-controlled humans live by scripted loops assigned to them by Olympiad Entertainment.
Hosts are encouraged to go there and enjoy human life before they transcend and move on.
But other than that, killing humans is discouraged.
Inside the tower of terror, William and Hale continue to discuss their world domination.
Hale is disappointed with how hosts seem addicted to human life.
Theyre not pursuing higher purposes, like art and philosophy, and living up to their potential.
Such a mom, am I right?
Not everything is going according to Hales plan.
Plus, humans keep breaching and becoming outliers.
These outliers keep triggering hosts to die by suicide.
William has his own encounter with an outlier.
Meanwhile, Christina wakes up from her first date with a mystery man we can officially call Teddy.
Teddy calls her and tells her to play hooky.
She can turn someones day around just by thinking about it.
Christina leaves Teddy to get lunch with her college roommate Charlotte Hale!Dun dun dun!!!
She tasked Maya with helping Christina find love because all artists need inspiration.
Or, you know, maybe Hale just wanted a friend.
Especially since Maya has been having nightmares!
Wouldnt you want to know if the person youre closest with is one of your characters?
But then again, she didnt look up Teddy either.
Who did this to me, Christina asks Teddy.
You did, he says.
So much to unpack in just that simple little phrase.
First, does that confirm that ChristinaisDolores?
Earlier in the episode, he said he didnt know her exactly, but someone a lot like her.
Dolores has branched off so many times.
In a way, the latest episode ofWestworldis a one-woman show.
Hale, Christina, and from a certain point of view William are all variations of Dolores.
The one who seems most like shes in a story is the storyteller.
Its a loop within a loop within a loop that Teddy, or someone, desperately needs to break.
Theres not a lot of spontaneity in Hales world.
Maybe thats what shes missing.
The mind-control logistics between hosts are a little shaky.
Is he just old-fashioned?
Is this the host version of owning a flip phone?
This is a reference to thepilot episodeof the series.
Dolores explains to Teddy that she keeps cattle in line by designating a Judas steer.
The rest will follow wherever you make him go.
Who sent Teddy into Christinas loop?
My hope is that its someone like Clementine working as a double agent both with William and against him.
Its possible that Christina somehow summoned him from the back of her Dolores code.
That sounds romantic, but Im not sure its logistically possible.
