Westworld S1 E08: "Trace Decay"

To be reposted.

Legit episode. A lot of questions were answered IMO. Still processing it all.

For everyone still thinking it doesn't look like much to them, where was Teddy when William and Logan first entered the park? That's how Teddy begins his loop when they reset the park for a new group of customers: riding into town with them on the train. Also, where was Teddy when Dolores killed Rebus and ran away from the ranch where she later crossed paths with William? I think Teddy was nowhere because he wasn't built yet.

Now, remember that in the MiB time, Teddy exists and Dolores knows about Wyatt. The sheriff/marshal comes out to the ranch and tells Teddy in front of Dolores that they're going after Wyatt. Teddy leaves.

Now, I can't remember anywhere in Dolores and William's interactions where Teddy is ever mentioned, much less Wyatt, while we KNOW that both of those hosts are part of Dolores' narrative in the time when MiB and Teddy are going after Wyatt.

Now, back to Dolores and William. That WHOLE story has NOTHING to do with Teddy and Wyatt. That story starts when William decides to go on the bounty hunt, then Logan decides after they catch the guy that they're going to give him back to Lawrence for payday and adventure instead. They then go out into the park and encounter the Ghost Nation, etc., ride the train full of nitroglycerin, etc.

If William and MiB are in the park at the same time, how is Lawrence able to be on his loop where he has a wife and family and then gets dragged around by MiB while at the same time he is on his loop where he is the gang leader in that outpost and then riding a train full of nitroglycerin with William and Delores?

Just think about that for a second. William and MiB are not in the park at the same time, or it doesn't look like much to you. Your call, I guess.

Either way, the fact that this show is intricate enough to make people internet fight shows that it's well done.

Amazing episode. I'll need to do a rewatch for sure.
What I took away from this:
- Dolores was one of the first ultra realistic hosts - as shown in flashback with stiff, dancing hosts.
- Bernard killed Elsie
- Security guy going to look very closely into Bernard! Ford better start working on a clone of this guy and give him the old Bernard treatment.
- MIB is a true sociopath. Being as successful as he is on the outside, coupled with his feeling of "nothing" as he takes the life of Maeve's daughter. He is a worthy adversary for Ford. I used to be on the William = MIB train but now I'm not so sure. It seems like Will actually has feelings and emotions. Maybe something happens to William to shape him like this but not so sure.
- Of all the hosts, they choose Abernathy to store the data. What can go wrong?
- Is Sylvester still alive somehow? He got fricked up.
- Those horned men are scary as frick. Very dark shite.

Overall amazing episode. I don't think we got enough to conclusively say whether or not William's scenes are many years before the MIB's and if they are the same person. They do use the same exact knife though:








Lot's of pointing to them being the same but yet NO HARD EVIDENCE either way. Let's just enjoy the ride.