What makes them any different from Maeve, who has been programmed to feel a connection to her daughter? So, was Maeve supposed to leave on the train, or was she supposed to make the decision to stay and find her child, even though she knows it isn’t really hers, and just another Host? Did she actually break her programming, or not? The better question is, does the answer really matter? Human parents make similar choices about children every day, with the answer determined by a combination of genetics and personal experiences. In the finale, it’s revealed that everything Maeve has done up to this point, even though it seemed like she was “breaking her programming”, actually was according to Ford’s plan. The writers were very clever to make sure we never found out what Maeve was actually programmed to do when she got to the train, because it perfectly fits into the show’s theme, where we’re asked what determines whether or not something is alive. As a result, she also unlocked her “Wyatt” personality, which is why she now really, really wants to murder people.ġ0. The child’s toy she uncovered was the final piece of the puzzle, but it was the suffering along the way that allowed her to regain her memories.

And like any good story, it was about the journey, not the destination. In the present day, Ford re-installed Arnold’s “Reverie” programming into the hosts, and The Maze was a storyline created specifically for Dolores to help her attain consciousness and lead the other Hosts against the Guests. He succeeded, but then was forced to have Dolores kill all the original Hosts, including herself, in order to try and prevent the park from opening and exposing them to great harm. The Maze, originally, was a theory about the mind that Arnold tried to program into the first Hosts, in order to make them more human. The reason that William kept getting told that “The Maze isn’t for you” is because it quite literally wouldn’t mean anything to the already-human Guests. Okay, this is probably obvious to a lot of people, but it was vague enough that we’ll try and explain it for those who didn’t understand. But that just gives us more time to debate, right? So, here’s some questions to ponder while we impatiently wait for the next season of a show that we consider to be truly excellent. The bad news is, that second season isn’t going to be around until 2018, so these questions are going to stay unanswered for a long time. The good news is, the show is the most-watched first season in the history of HBO, and so we’ll definitely be getting a second season (and almost certainly more) to answer these new questions. The first season finale of Westworld definitely answered a whole bunch of questions, even as it created a whole bunch more in the process.

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