Well Enough Alone

Much, much, MUCH better than the first episode of this season, it feels as though (hopefully!) Westworld might've found its mojo again.

Of course, we're not soaring at the same heights as we were before - when the show was at its peak - but after the recent stumbles (the disastrous S3 finale onwards), I'm just glad to have some semblance of consistency re-established. We can be glad of that at least.

Honestly after watching season 1 of the show and the masterpiece it was I simply can't stop watching westworld. The people who are capable of making a masterpiece in season 1 mudt have something else up rheir pockets. I hated s2 but loved s3. Didn't like episode 1 s4 but loved that one, because it shows you the potential this show has. I am really optimistic about the show's future and I hope I am not disappointed.

I'm tired of seeing depressed jessi pinkman. He is trying to be forced into the story. But it was hopeful to see signs of returning to season 1 in this episode.

After the rushed and abysmal season 3, I had very low hopes for season 4. After a sedate premiere, the second episode FINALLY raises the stakes, creates a good, investing story, and gives a glimpse of the big picture planned for the rest of the season, especially the ending ( might relate to the post credit scene in s2).

Mind you, this show is still a far cry from the glory days of season 2, let alone even touching the near perfect s1, but it's still good to see the rise.

I am a bit conflicted after watching the latest episode. Usually when a show is set in one specific place for it's first season, it stays there until the writers have completely exhausted every possible story from it then find a new world or expand the small world it's based in. It's been done many times; Westworld did it in S3 where they opened up to the real world after shutting down the park, Snowpiercer did it with big Alice, TWD, wayward pines; the 100... they just expand.

When westworld did that in s3 and it became less about westworld and more about the world outside it,I was a bit unsure but it was fine because series have to evolve. My only hope was S4 doesn't become a conventional AI/robots versus humans sort of sci-fi with the world being taken over through just replacing people in power with machine. There's no main story yet, it feels like a first season of a completely new show and they're laying the foundation, introducing us to the show, especially with this change from Westworld to now "The Golden Age" in S04E02. It doesn't feel new or original because they already did it. They went to the real world in s3, I liked it even though it was met with mixed reviews. They only returned to the animatronic park a few times so I thought they had a place there wanted to take the show to in the future, storylines to explore outside but now it seems like they're going back to the beginning, to Westworld. I don't know if that's good or bad yet but I'm surprised they're deviating from the world S3 opened the hosts already.

I was really looking forward to this and it's not looking bad so far; it seems unimaginative so I hope they really have something up their sleeve to revive viewers to why they love the show. There's not much indication of something special or riveting happening this season for but it's already two episodes in so I remain hopeful.