The Auguries

Makes me laugh when I see people rate 1 or 3 out of 10 after watching one episode and complain that its too complicated. If you have watched Westworld's previous seasons you will know that its not going to be simple and like a puzzle, you will get the answers piecemeal.

It has me intrigued and I have my ideas of the direction I think its going. I will wait for further episodes to make a final impression but so far I am giving the 1st episode a 10 for keeping me ready to watch it unfold.

Season 1 was simply a masterpiece and I don't think it's physically possible for this show to produce another season on that level. Season 2 was pretty good for the most part but season 3 was very average TV, not bad, but nothing special either. 1 episode in to season 4 and it already feels much more engaging than the prior. I hope the showrunners build on this because it feels like they've found a way to turn the ship.

Reviews rating this below a 4 are just done with the show in my opinion, which is fine as it did dip in quality in season 3 but if you still have hope for where this show can go, like me, then give season 4 a chance.

Seasons start of great. The new plot points are introduced in a nice way. Hope they can keep this quality up for the entire season. I do not expect this series to ever top season 1 but the seeds planted this episode could bring it close to season 1 of not better than season 2.

The episode was fine, problem is the only way to erase S3 from memory is excellence. The good thing, I guess, is S3 was so mind-numbingly bad literally anything is an improvement at this point. The story is a bit purposefully vague, to the detriment of a coherent plot. Not a whole lot actually happened during the episode...

Honestly over Maeve, the less this season focuses on her the better. Her plotline has become so repetitive, I don't see the point of further exploration of the character. Well, other than employing Ms Newton...

Coulda been better, coulda been worse.

I was really looking forward for this episode but it was a disappointment.

Music is spectacular and beautiful... but the episode and story is all over the place. Hopefully it picks up in the next ones and comes close to the first season.