All seem to fit in some way so I think it is a nice amalgam of all of them. Especially the Brave New World link.

There are of two thoughts.
1. Named after Ford in Brave New World (jives with Bernard as well)
2. Named after the man who killed Jesse James

I am down with this.

Agreed. I think 3 to 4 years from Death of Arnold to W and L in the park is about right.

"I'm waiting for somebody to go all Ex Machina, and my money's on Maeve.
She's not gonna take this shit anymore, and she's right."

All creatures in the park are synthetic. The only living things are humans and flies.

I see Logan's smile as two fold.
1. He realizes he has gotten to a level in the park that he hasn't gotten to before. As we saw from his sex scene, he does like the rough stuff.
2. His true smile came after William decided to ditch him. He gained happiness seeing William finally being "the true man" that he was brought…

With how tied into americana and the myth of the old west that the Bowie knife is, I can easily see it being that way.

So then those of us who enjoy the ride of the puzzle solve (whether we be wrong or right) are "watching the show the wrong way" then?

Now you are getting it. :)

The layers on Dolores story (and the inherit nature of looping) are a treat in this show. I think when the series is done (or at least s1) viewers should go back and re-watch all of her scenes with a much deeper eye.

I didn't see a freak out. More of a blank look as his body went into auto-pilot. But perhaps Marsden threw in something as well along those lines. Early on the creators of the show have said it is the subtle little things that betray a characters host or guest nature.

Easy money is on Teresa since she was the one who got the bot shipped off to QA.

I read the same article. Nolan has stated that the park has been around a long time like Disneyland has for us. Not necessarily equal in number, but at least a long enough time for it to be old hat. I put it at 50+

"it's still purposely ambiguous"

The wiser man realizes Sigel is an uneducated troll who has no imagination at all and blocks him right away.

Right. The park is Delos. The girl is Dolores.

The waiver you sign when you go into the park does tell you that you can risk injury in some parts.

Also, pop culture like fashion is always cyclical. There could be any number of reasons why Westerns have come back into fashion.

You will also notice that the "El Lazo" Lawrence we meet in Pariah is much more finely dressed and eloquent in his interactions. Which lines up perfectly with Ed Harris comments a few weeks ago when we met him of "you used to have a much more eloquent vocabulary"