Bernard struggles with a mandate; Teddy is troubled by dark memories; Maeve looks to change her script.Bernard struggles with a mandate; Teddy is troubled by dark memories; Maeve looks to change her script.Bernard struggles with a mandate; Teddy is troubled by dark memories; Maeve looks to change her script.
Thandiwe Newton
- Maeve Millay
- (as Thandie Newton)
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Bernard discusses with Dr. Ford asking why he forced him to kill his beloved Theresa. Later her body is found as if she had had an accident and Dr. Ford confronts Charlotte, telling that Theresa and a technician had altered Clementine´s code and Bernard assumes an important position in Westworld. Dolores and William arrive at a town where she has strange daydreams. He decides to take her back to Sweetwater but they stumble upon Logan and a group of Confederate soldiers. Meanwhile Teddy and the Man in Black continue their dangerous search for Wyatt.
"Trace Decay" is an episode with less action than usual, but still it is great. Dr. Ford is a manipulative and dangerous man. Dolores raises more questions with her intriguing moments. Where the journey of Teddy and the Man in Black will lead them? My vote is eight.
Title (Brazil): "Trace Decay"
"Trace Decay" is an episode with less action than usual, but still it is great. Dr. Ford is a manipulative and dangerous man. Dolores raises more questions with her intriguing moments. Where the journey of Teddy and the Man in Black will lead them? My vote is eight.
Title (Brazil): "Trace Decay"
Short and Simple Review by WubsTheFadger
Once again, Westworld delivers a great episode. Thandie Newton, Anthony Hopkins, James Marsden, and Evan Rachel Wood all perform perfectly.
The pacing is a little slow but this episode furthers Maeve's story line even further. Ed Harris' character also gets more screen time which is awesome.
Pros: Great acting, Maeve's story line and Ed Harris' story line
Cons: Slower pacing
Overall Rating: 9.0/10
Once again, Westworld delivers a great episode. Thandie Newton, Anthony Hopkins, James Marsden, and Evan Rachel Wood all perform perfectly.
The pacing is a little slow but this episode furthers Maeve's story line even further. Ed Harris' character also gets more screen time which is awesome.
Pros: Great acting, Maeve's story line and Ed Harris' story line
Cons: Slower pacing
Overall Rating: 9.0/10
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"Trace Decay" was another good episode of "Westworld", but which yet again revealed so little, and with each small revelations comes new questions. Yet i do enjoy this show not so much for a mystery, but more for a great settings, involving story overall, great actor doing their good jobs. Script nevertheless isn't that great, and sometimes this show suffers from a bit repetitive exchanges or even some filler scenes.
That said, i do enjoy this show overall, as well as i enjoyed this episode, which ended very intriguingly and with a kinda cliffhanger. Good episode overall.
"Trace Decay" was another good episode of "Westworld", but which yet again revealed so little, and with each small revelations comes new questions. Yet i do enjoy this show not so much for a mystery, but more for a great settings, involving story overall, great actor doing their good jobs. Script nevertheless isn't that great, and sometimes this show suffers from a bit repetitive exchanges or even some filler scenes.
That said, i do enjoy this show overall, as well as i enjoyed this episode, which ended very intriguingly and with a kinda cliffhanger. Good episode overall.
Westworld has excellent story writing with the whole season in mind. With only three eps to go, this means that things have to get wrapped up. Even in the golden age of TV and with the bliss of a 10-hour story instead of just 45mins, this is bound to happen.
And like the end of a holiday, this feels sad, now you know what's around that mountain and there's less to imagine. But what's the alternative - watching paint dry in endless mystery until cancellation (like Carnivale) or end-of-the-season rush with everything crammed into the last ep (like some of GoT)?
With a lot of revelations done, we're bound to see some "Westworld movie" carnage - and it shows the writers' self-confidence to delay it for so long. But the remaining eps now have enough time for what's so amazing about the series: the story of how to be be truly alive.
Last not least, there's brilliant acting apart from the clever "flagship" choice Anthony Hopkins. While Yul Brynner simply had the job to look robotic, former backbench actors like Thandie Newton excel at making the whole range of emotions credible. Go, Arnold, go!
And like the end of a holiday, this feels sad, now you know what's around that mountain and there's less to imagine. But what's the alternative - watching paint dry in endless mystery until cancellation (like Carnivale) or end-of-the-season rush with everything crammed into the last ep (like some of GoT)?
With a lot of revelations done, we're bound to see some "Westworld movie" carnage - and it shows the writers' self-confidence to delay it for so long. But the remaining eps now have enough time for what's so amazing about the series: the story of how to be be truly alive.
Last not least, there's brilliant acting apart from the clever "flagship" choice Anthony Hopkins. While Yul Brynner simply had the job to look robotic, former backbench actors like Thandie Newton excel at making the whole range of emotions credible. Go, Arnold, go!
This eight episode centers on Maeve and the work 'she' is doing to make 'its' revolution happen. Thandie Newton is doing a great job in the show, but again, the security of the place just plainly (and sadly) points to the wholes in the plot and the writing in "Westworld". It just doesn't make sense, even if you have Ford or Bernard or someone working on the lines erasing security videos and helping Maeve (not that the show hints that this is what is happening, but it could be). It just takes the viewer from the story that there is so little consistency in respect to this point.
The rest of the story-lines take a step back. We still have Dolores and William trying to get wherever Dolores wants to get, Teddy and Man In Black on their wanderings searching for Wyatt, and Ford and Bernard conversations. All interesting enough, but a little bit slow-paced. There is a problem with shows that pile mystery over mystery, and play with the timeline and what's real and not, and it's that sometimes it's hard to keep the level and to answer questions instead of just putting more and more questions one on top of another till it all becomes a big bloated mess.
For now, "Westworld", though, is still delivering the goods.
The rest of the story-lines take a step back. We still have Dolores and William trying to get wherever Dolores wants to get, Teddy and Man In Black on their wanderings searching for Wyatt, and Ford and Bernard conversations. All interesting enough, but a little bit slow-paced. There is a problem with shows that pile mystery over mystery, and play with the timeline and what's real and not, and it's that sometimes it's hard to keep the level and to answer questions instead of just putting more and more questions one on top of another till it all becomes a big bloated mess.
For now, "Westworld", though, is still delivering the goods.
Did you know
- TriviaTrace decay is the theory that memory leaves some type of trace, a physical or chemical change, within the brain that begins to decay over time.
- GoofsIn Hector's recurring storyline (where he robs the town on a mission of "mayhem") there is a moment where he fires a coup de grâce while the sheriff's deputy is wounded on the ground. As he fires, you can see that a bullet casing appears to eject from the rifle (accompanied by the sound of brass ejecting). However, the rifle is clearly a lever-action, and would not eject the casing in that manner. In the moments after, Hector cycles the action and another piece of brass (shell casing) is ejected from the rifle. The effect was likely added in post-production to add "realism".
- Quotes
Bernard Lowe: So what's the difference between my pain and yours?
Dr. Robert Ford: Between you and me? This was the very question that consumed Arnold, filled him with guilt, eventually drove him mad. The answer always seemed obvious to me. There is no threshold that makes us greater than the sum of our parts, no inflection point at which we become fully alive. We can't define consciousness because consciousness does not exist. Humans fancy that there's something special about the way we perceive the world, and yet we live in loops as tight and as closed as the hosts do, seldom questioning our choices, content, for the most part, to be told what to do next. No, my friend, you're not missing anything at all.
- ConnectionsReferences The Good, the Bad and the Ugly (1966)
- SoundtracksPartita No. 3 In A Minor
(Uncredited)
Written by Johann Sebastian Bach (as J.S. Bach)
Opening Theme Song
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