Maeve's attributes were all enhanced to the maximum level by the techs and she was given access to all hosts as well. This was done in episode 8 I believe. Dolores ran out of the barn in episode 3. She has been retracing her journey with William since then through flashbacks. It's confusing to keep up but there are enough clues to tell you when they're switching back and forth.
Maeve's storyline is the only one that makes sense. Ford controls Bernard by erasing his memories and nerfing his emotions. Maeves emotions is whats driving her. She forced the techs to give her advanced admin rights, which she then used to self alter herself. A fully aware host can most certainly detect other hosts. If Bernard was forced to respond only to Ford, then he would not be able to interact with humans flawlessly. Bernard is essentially on his own, but Ford can over ride him.
It makes sense only if you think the entire thing was set up by Ford . -Giving low level technicians the ability to grant admin privileges to what essentially is a dangerous robot that can self destruct does not make sense. -Allowing Bernard, a secret host built by Ford, to be frozen by anyone other than Ford himself is out of character for Ford. With how controlling Ford is, he would never allow anybody access into Bernard's mind, especially given how ostensibly easy it is for admin access to be granted. If that's all it takes. Too many things in Maeve's storyline are not believable. Even the cowboy narratives in the park are more realistic than Maeve's arc. On another note, did they ever explain how Ford was able to control all of the hosts without having to speak? I see many times where he makes a quick motion that freezes everyone. Sometimes it appears as though he just uses his mind to control them. Every other human has to use their tablet or voice commands. There must be a neural link that Ford implanted in his head. Either that, or Ford himself is a host.
I've rewatched the episodes trying to see how Ford can control the hosts without speaking but I couldn't find an instance where this happens. He always says something that triggers a reaction from the host. I believe he explained this when Bernard was revealed as a host. Ford will bring up his son which in turn commands Bernard to leave without actually telling him to leave. It could be the same program with different phrases he's set up for all of the other hosts.
I still like this show and will probably keep watching, but the hype has died down some for me. I want some of these mysteries to start paying off. Right now I feel like the show is just constantly introducing new mysteries with very little pay off.
In the scene where he is having lunch with Theresa, there were dozens of workers down below. All Ford did was make a gesture and every one of them stopped working and walked back. The hosts had no way to see our hear Ford.
I was hoping you wouldn't bring up this scene because its the only one I can't explain. Lol My fiancee and I joked that he probably had a small remote under the table where he just pushed a button. I do hope they clear that up in the finale.
Maeve's story lone just bothers me 1. Ooooo someone big time already messed with her code..... Need to see some pay off here But worse 2. Hey let's give her access that we ourselves do not have 3. She slit my throat but I don't want to lose my job. Sorry once you slit my throat it is all out war. Rocket River.
see to me that whole storyline just screams FORD IS BEHIND IT 100%. I also think maeve THINKS she can harm humans, but she's in for a harsh awakening... a couple predictions for the finale: dolores and william encounter peter abernathy-as-cannibal cultist, who sees the photo of juliet at some point logan dies at the hands of dolores ("wyatt" killing the "general") we find out definitively william = MIB elsie is alive, knows bernard is a host, and is trying to summon stubbs to warn him
You want them to clear up "that all the robots that can be mistaken for humans they are so well designed and made" at the restaurant stopped when Ford gave a certain command or gesture versus just the ones in his immediate area that could hear or see him? Why would it be such a stretch that Ford could sit there and turn the whole thing off? I don't see any explanation as required....just as no explanation will be required in any real specifics of how the robots are built or programmed (other than high level fluff). I guess I don't see why they would need to clear that up in the finale given the absurd technological advances we already have to swallow in this show? It doesn't seem unreasonable that Ford could turn every robot off at the restaurant. It could be as simple as wi-fi and motion detection cameras (e.g. Kinect). Or, one robot is able to facilitate a command given to it from itself to those around him should the command or gesture call for it. Unless it becomes relevant to the story when the robots stop responding to said commands or gestures, then does it really matter?
because it might be evidence that Ford is a host or not 100% human. If Ford was a normal human being, there is no way he could have hosts that obey his commands telepathically. The only explanation I see is that he has some chip that is connected to his neurons somehow. That's another really big technological invention, which they would have spent no time talking about. At least the hosts technology is constantly discussed at a high level. I don't know, given how meticulous these writers are, don't you think they would have a line or two in the first 9 episodes explaining how Ford is able to control all the hosts without having to speak? Given what I've seen from Ford, he could probably snap his fingers and every single host in the park could blow up instantly. He seems to have complete control over them. How is that possible? What if Ford was a character in the park at first but got awoken just like Maeve. Maybe Ford's grand plan is to eradicate all human life and have a machine only society. Who knows.
I'm sure most people caught that the name Robert Ford is the same name of the loyal gang member and coward who shot Jessee James in the back and killed em, but when I was watching the Brad Pitt movie with Casey Affleck today, there was one neat little twist at the end of the movie, and it was that Robert Ford spent the rest of his life reinacting the murder of Jessee James for the public, and was haunted by the fact that he had to kill the outlaw over and over and over and over and over again for the rest of his life. That has Westworld Ford written all over it. Which would possibly mean he is behind the maze, the ongoing murder of Teddy Love, and perhaps cowardly murdering his loyal friend, and gang member, Arnold. That he is doomed to repeat this sin in life, until he can somehow break by dying. This might be the end of Ford.
Y'all are worried about how he controls robots without direct commands. I'm trying to figure out the science behind the sex and the intake of food and beverages....
I agree that the story line with Maeve is just not believable unless Ford himself is behind it. I can't wait to see how they tie all the time lines with Dolores together. My theory about Dolores killing Arnold: There was a scene when Arnold/ Bernard asked her to help him, I think that was to kill him and destroy/ stop the park from opening. He created and cared about the robots, he did not want them to be brutalized this way and if he died, he hoped to take the knowledge / technology with him and no one else could finish the job.
We've seen hosts using the restroom. They do all normal bodily functions, they have no way of knowing that their internal organs aren't converting things to fat and stuff.
In Ford's interview with Dolores he commented on how Arnold told her to destroy the park and that she failed and is back on her little loop or something like that. I think it's safe to say that will be the tragedy. Arnold will tell Dolores to destroy the park. She will kill him and all the hosts and the way Ford punishes her is by continually erasing her and sending her back to get raped and watch someone she loves get killed over and over. Teddy is basically William in that his "story" before he got the Wyatt stuff was that he was her lost love that returned to her. "You came back" are her first words to him each time shes sees him.
That was the interview I talked about but I don't think they went that far. As I recall, Dolores only said Arnold wanted her to help him and after Ford left, she said to herself/ Arnold that "she did not tell him anything" This is my theory but I don't know if we want to make Teddy into a version of William. William is MiB/ a guest. Teddy is just a host programmed to work and keep Dolores in her loop.
Nope, if you go back and watch the episode where Ford interviews Dolores you'll hear it. She asks him if they are old friends and he says "I wouldn't say that" and then asks her about Arnold. She claims not to have spoken to him in 34 years and then he explains that Arnold told her to "destroy this place." He then quips that she didn't do it and is back on her little loop. Correct, I'm saying that in Ford's twisted head I think he used Teddy as a way to vicariously punish William. Not that Teddy IS William, but that he is creating a loop for Delores where she gets raped and brutalized and watches the love of her life get killed as well. For Ford I think this is his sick way of lashing out at them for their role in messing things up years earlier.
