That episode and the Shogun one were my favorites because they were just straightforward, really good stories. Maeve’s storyline is the only part of this show I care about at all and I hated seeing the gang go down.

Yeah, that episode was a beautiful capsule. I cried. In addition, I loved the poignant twist at the end, where he had really been speaking to Maeve all along and had always been her protector. It just made me so happy.

Hell, surrendering probably would have delayed them more than just getting shot a bunch did.

For me, it’s not that I can’t keep them straight, but that it feels like needless work to do so. Intentionally split timelines seem to be Westworld’s main narrative trick. I wish they’d find another one. It was a bit better in the first season. The first was split by forty something years. The second season was…

Lee’s speech was consistent with his penchant for over-blown dramatic gestures. After all, the speech he delivered was the one Hector never got to finish in the pilot.

And I have no idea what his motivation was.  Like the whole point was that humans can’t and don’t change but then they had Lee do this total 180 degree turnaround for no fucking reason.

Also, hats off Jesse—I’ve just finished reading your exchange with Carlos and you have kept your responses a lot more measured and polite than I would have been able to.

Han may have been the least interesting character in this movie. On top of that him and Chewy had almost no real chemistry together or anything that really showed me why they are such great friends. Lando and L-3 though, my god I would’ve definitely sat thru a 2+ hr movie that revolved around their exploits.

“The book ends with (slight spoiler) a record of Halliday explicitly warning people not to repeat his mistakes, and withdraw into entertainment to avoid a world he was too meek to face.”

Yeah, but that’s kind of like ending The Expendables with a coda in which Stallone says violence is not the answer to anyone’s…