Westworld Season 4 Episode 4 is arriving next week on HBO Max, and the new trailer gives
us a hint of what happens to Caleb after gets infected by those flies, alongside some new
looks at Bernard's future timeline and the return
of Christina.
In this video, I'm going to be breaking down the trailer for Westworld Season 4 episode
4, alongside discussing my general predictions and theories for what we could
see in the upcoming episode.
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But without further a do, lets dive into my trailer breakdown and predictions for Westworld
Season 4 Episode 4.
So just based on the promo trailer for episode 4, we know that Caleb is going to be put through
a lot of pain in the episodes to come.
We just saw him subjected to all sorts of stress
at the hands of Halores, falling for her trap and believing that his daughter was about
to die.
But now he finds himself swarmed by those creepy flies and Halores has plans for him
in the upcoming instalment.
The episode, which is directed by Paul Cameron, is titled 'Generation Loss', which could refer
to the loss of quality between subsequent copies or transcodes of
data.
It's something that lowers the quality when copying something over and over.
So this could literally refer to Caleb and the process Halores is about to put him through.
But it could also be a reference to a lost generation,
with those who struggle to find true purpose after a tragic situation, reflecting Caleb
and everything he went through during Rehoboam's control, after in the post-war and of course
now with Halores interogatting him.
Not to mention that this saying is closely tied with ex-soldiers of war from 1920s France
and we've literally just been introduced to a 1920s
park.
So yes, expect the torture of Caleb when it comes to what we're about to see, and expect
some answers surrounding what Halores really wants.
Coming to the trailer itself, we do also get a lot of indications towards what kind of
things we might be seeing surrounding Caleb's character.
As I just spoke about the title maybe reflecting the lost generation after the war,
based on some of the clips here, it looks like were going to be seeing more of those
flashbacks surrounding Maeve and Caleb's time together after Season 3.
We see Caleb bleeding out with someone watching over him, and this may link to what he said
to Maeve in Episode 3 about her saving his life and their time at
this previously referenced lighthouse.
The following shot is of Maeve opening her eyes, so she could be going over those memories.
If it is her, maybe she's trying to figure out why
Halores would specifically want Caleb for the fly experiments that she's been conducting.
But the other reason we might be seeing these flashbacks is because maybe it's for whatever
interoggation Halores is putting Caleb through.
In the start of this episode 4 trailer, we see Hale confronting Caleb, and after Caleb
asks her what she's doing to him, she says "I'm
going to do it to all of your kind".
So we get a continuation of what Hale has been saying for a few episodes now, in that
she's using these infected flies to control humanity.
The big answer of what this leads to is still up for
question, but again, It still leaves me thinking about why specifically Caleb.
Does it link to those flashbacks or does it even date back
to him being an outlier in Season 3.
It also makes me think back to when Dolores talks to her father Peter Abernathy in season
1 and they often go back to a routine about flies on
their ranch, infecting the cattle with 'blue-tongue disease'.
Her dad repeatedly references the disease culling the herd, and that only the strongest
survive.
So I'm thinking that maybe Halores invented the fly infection program
for a similar reason.
To control most of humanity, but then the strongest of them are involved in a deeper
process.
Maybe Caleb, being an outlier of the Rehoboam system means he's
actually one of the obstacles that Hale faces.
And of course, what's unfolding now is a fitting reflection to those conversations between
Dolores and her father.
To be honest, I have no idea what Halores ultimately plans for Caleb if that is the
route, but it's just something to think about when it comes to all the fly
related reflections and this specific example when looking back at season 1.
And there have already been a lot of reflections to that season so far.
We'll have to see, but it's going to be interesting to find out what process
he's being put through in episode 4.
The other footage of Caleb from this trailer does show us more towards what happens after
the flies do start to have control over him, and it could
add another layer of intrigue to this theory.
We see footage of Caleb in the streets of the Temperance or the Golden Age park, holding
Maeve at gun point and saying, "do you ever think about what happens next?".
It's looks like he's struggling to shoot her, and maybe that goes in line with him being
the strongest of the humans, and Halores experimenting on that.
There is also a shot of Caleb's brain on a tablet seemingly being linked up and turning
red, and it's very similar to what we saw with
the hosts back in season 1.
So I predict that we're seeing Halores experimenting with her control, using Caleb as one of the
strongest who can break through that fly method we've
already seen, and in turn, she's trying to either achieve control or get something else
that she needs.
Maybe it's something else altogether, but I think it would be interesting if
this whole fly plot links to that season 1 conversation.
Coming to the other narrative segments from the episode 4 trailer, we do get a few other
clips of what other characters could be getting up to.
And while it doesn't give us too much in comparison to the greater hints we got with
the flies and Caleb, it does suggest that they are also going to be after something
themselves.
And I'm talking about everything going on in
the potential future timeline with Bernard, who has now squaded up with a resistance called
'The Cause', years into the future.
Obviously, the current theory is that this about 15 to
20 years after everything were seeing with Maeve, Caleb and Halores, and many fans including
myself, believe that this new character by Aurora Perrineu is actually Caleb's daughter
Frankie all grown up.
We have to take it all with a grain of salt but after the huge hints we've been getting,
I think it's becoming more obvious that this could be the case.
In the trailer for episode 4, they are continuing
to hunt for that secret weapon that Bernard said was buried in the codemmed lands.
We have had no hints as to what this weapon might be, but
I do have a theory based on what we've seen before.
Could we actually be seeing the start of the fidelity program that human William was being
used for in the season 2 post credits scene.
The 6th episode of season 4 is actually titled fidelity and with Ed Harris hinting in an
interview that he might have a change of heart later in the season, could that actually
be suggesting that the weapon to fight back against Halores and the control she seems
to be gaining over humanity, is actually that fidelity program they've hinted at before.
Now Ed Harris might actually just be referencing
host Man In Black that we've seen with Halores, but based on what we've seen of him already,
he seems like just the violent host version of
that character from the park.
Human William however, if successfully rebuilt as a host with a concience might have the
ability to change and make free thinking decisions.
Now I don't know if we're going to reach that season 2
post credits scene this season but based on the many years since we've seen it and the
fact that the show is heading in a direction where
that program may be needed, it makes me think that this could be a possible option here.
Bernard and the cause might be digging for something completely different, but that would
be my loose prediction on what we may be seeing.
Other than what they are digging for, we do get some shots of Daniel Wu's new character
holding Bernard and Stubbs at gun point and Stubbs
asking Bernard "what are they doing", and Bernard replying "deciding our fate".
I would guess that this is Bernard still trying the stay on the path he set to stay on in
the previous episode, but it seems that it's not going
to be easy with The Cause seemingly turning on them.
I think they might find out that Bernard and Stubbs are hosts, so Bernard might have to
convince the resistance to keep them around.
And that may involve helping them find the location of this weapon.
Whatever he does, he'll have to act quickly, and stay on the right path
to avoid destruction.
Moving on, in the final narrative point, it looks like we will finally be getting a return
from Christina in Episode 4, and after waiting since that episode 1 ending for Teddy to
return and see what this version of him is up to, we seem to be getting just that.
They once again replay that shot of Teddy picking up the lipstick that Christina drops
and it seems that we are going to be getting some details
surrounding why he is actually there and maybe even who he is.
Not much we can say towards that, but the more interesting clip from
Christina's world is actually the one of her friend Maya seeing a painting of the Tower
that Christina might have painted in her room.
Now we don't know whether this is her trying to
understand what Christina has been saying about the Tower or if she's going to once
again try and convince her to stop looking into it.
But I think her reaction to this is going to be
crucial, because it will give us some ideas towards whether people are in know about Christina
in this actual location.
Maya does look quite shocked when she sees what Christina has
shown her.
Still, we have to keep in mind that Maya's name literally means illusion, so for all
we know she'll make another suspictious move.
We'll have to see, but like the previous episodes, Christina's world is still a big
mystery.
The only thing I'd say to keep in mind is that in one of the previous trailers, we do
see Christina in the red map control room at
Hale's Tower.
So that could be a big clue towards this taking place in the same timeline as Halores and
Maeve.
The questions we still have are where this actually is, who Christina is
and why has she been put there.
I'm sure the end of this season will answer these confusing questions and the next episode
may even give us some greater hints.
But they were my thoughts and predictions for Westworld Season 4 Episode 4.
Overall, I think this episode is going to really delve into some of the answers we've
been waiting for.
Ones that revolve around Caleb and ones that start
to clear up what Halores is actually doing with her new program.
I think we will also get hints of what's to come surrounding that weapon
in Bernard's timeline and also where we are going with Christina.
We do reach the half way point, so I expect that we will start to get some answers to
keep us really intrigued as we come to the second half of season 4.
From everything I've heard about Generation Loss, reviewers seem to be highlighting this
as one as the best episode of the first 4, and with Paul
Cameron directing, I think we could be in for a great one.
He directed one of the two episodes that I did love from Season 3 and I think he can
really bring an impactful episode to mark the halfway point of this season.
It's hard to decipher everything in this new cryptic trailer, but based on the things we
can gather, it looks like were going to get some
interesting developments.
But to those who saw the trailer, what are your predictions and theories for Episode
4 and are you enjoying everything we've seen in season 4 so far?
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