Westworld

Vanishing Point

Dying in the park seems like a happy alternative to the lives of many at this juncture. Westworld Season 2 Episode 9 not only revealed a bit of William's intent with the park but why his wife, Juliette, killed herself, how far down the rabbit hole William has fallen and which character has become most like him. Others are continuing their internal growth despite meddling, proving that pushing a few slides too far in one direction doesn't corrupt completely. In short, a lot is... more

Kiksuya

It's easy to appreciate a straightforward hour of Westworld that offers a lot of explanation, finally introduces in detail characters who have been in sight since day one and even tosses in twist or two to the story we thought we knew. That's what the backstory on Ghost Nation and Akecheta offered on Westworld Season 2 Episode 8. Zahn McClarnon has been a favorite for a long time. His roles are usually complex and layered because McClarnon can be both menacing and compas... more

Akane No Mai

That was a very neat twist and one for which we owe Lee Sizemore. Now as new worlds are introduced, it will be important to look for our favorites in a slightly different capacity. It was Armistice who first recognized their ragtag group had doppelgangers roaming Showgun World on Westworld Season 2 Episode 5, and she spent the rest of her time mirroring the girl with the dragon tattoo. While it was fun getting to know the new group of characters with so much i... more

Westworld: Your Quick Guide to Catching Up Before Season 3 Starts

So… did those violent delights have violent ends? If you remember anything from the second season of HBO’s Westworld you know the answer to that question is a resounding YES. But, for those of us who have trouble keeping track of all those timelines and introspective philosophic monologues, especially after all this time, the rest of the show may not be so fresh in our minds. What did Delos want with the hosts? Did Maeve find her daughter? Did Hector FINALLY get ... more

What We're Watching While Taking Covid-19 Precautions: 'Devs', 'Mimic' and... 'I, Claudius'

OK, let’s admit it, the Venn diagram of those of us who write about film and TV for a living and those of us who have a Vitamin D deficiency just looks like two big overlapping circles. But in our attempt to flatten the curve and mitigate the impact of COVID-19 in our communities, IndieWire’s team is spending even more time in front of our screens than usual. Between advance screeners provided to press, huge libraries of TV content on DVD sitting on shelves, and our own fiscally irresponsible number of subscriptions to st... more

'Westworld' Season 3: TV Review

Perhaps it’s fitting that “Westworld” is the recipient of the most extensive, and jarring, reboot in recent TV history. After all, the show’s characters are hyperintelligent androids, forced in the show’s early going to forget who they once were and what they’ve endured in order to begin their “storylines” anew. Later on, these unhappy automatons discovered the power of self-reinvention, grafting onto themselves new capabilities and identities. In its... more