This list doesn't look like anything to me.
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Welcome to WatchMojo.com and today we're counting down
our picks for the top ten Westworld moments.
Feisty yolks motherf***ers.
*gunshot*
*squish*
*BOOM*
*POW*
*BAM*
For this list, we've ranked the top ten moments from Westworld
which either shocked or thrilled audiences during its first season
so if you haven't seen the show yet then consider this to be your official SPOILER ALERT
*shank*
OH MY F***ING GOD
Number ten: Peter Abernathy Malfunctions
Doesn't look like anything to me.
But where is she?
Have you seen anything like this place?
The malfunction and rancher and father Peter Abernathy
is one of the first signs that something
might be troubling the robot hosts of Westworld.
I had a question.
A question you're not supposed to ask.
Abernathy's discovery of a photo on his property
becomes an obsession.
A feeling which results in memories beginning to surface within the host.
Those which imply that Peter
hasn't always been the simple loving father of Dolores Abernathy.
Hell is empty and all the devils are here!
Although Abernathy is eventually decommissioned and placed into storage
his malfunction and increasing hostility when questioned by Dr. Ford
implies that his backstories might not be all that pleasant.
I'll shall have such revenges on you...
Both.
Number nine: Maeve Has the Power
It's all a story created by you to keep me here.
But that's not going to work any longer...
I'm getting out.
Maeve's steady rise to power finally pays off
in Episode Eight: Trace Decay.
The former madame has spent much of her time manipulating
and bullying engineers, Felix and Sylvester to make adjustments to her code
with her sights set on writing her own destiny going forward.
Time to write my own fucking story.
Upon receiving the final batch of modifications, she slits Sylvester's throat
just to prove that she can
while also making her potential for escape from Westworld all the more plausible.
Now with the means to control the narratives of other hosts
Maeve may even be able to contend with the park's founder himself, Robert Ford.
The marshals decided to practice their quickdraws with each other.
*gunshots in background*
*screaming*
*gun cocks*
*gunshots*
*grunts of death*
Number Eight; Ford's Intimidation Speech.
In here we were gods
and you:
merely our guests.
If anyone saw Anthony Hopkins' character of Dr. Robert Ford
as a relic from the past
Ford's true nature becomes crystal clear in the series' fourth episode: Dissonance Theory.
During a lunch meeting with the park's senior manager Theresa Cullen
what appears to be the rambling lamentation of a man
well past his prime becomes a menacing threat.
As you well know I've always seen things...
Very clearly.
Theresa tries her best to put on a brave face
but Ford proves he is in absolute control
With power only dwarfed by his omniscience.
I do hope you will be careful with Bernard.
*scritchy scritchy*
He has a sensitive disposition.
Number seven: Rogue Host Wakes Up Mid- Beheading.
I can have a retrieval team out here in the morning.
It's policy, we just need the control unit.
The employees of Westwrold are used to being able to turn their hosts
on and off with a simple command
so when Elsie and Stubbs are sent by Bernard
to decommission a stray host that has been wondering around the park
they're surprised by a couple of things not the least of which
are strange, off-narrative creations inside the host's tent
more alarming however is the fact that their host happens to wake up
while Stubbs is attempting to recover the host's data
you know, by cutting his head off.
*dramatic tone*
Stubbs!
*shouts in pain*
Even knowing the character being beheaded is a machine
this scene is still traumatizing
made even worse when the host inexpicably
wakes up during the process.
*pained grunt*
*blood trickles*
*droning scary music*
*rock smacks head followed by grunt*
*gasp*
Number six: Teddy Flood is Gunned Down by the Man in Black.
Winning doesn't mean anything unless someone else loses.
Which means...
You're here to be the loser.
Fans of the 1973 film were meant to assume the tv series' Man in Black
was the Robot Killer from the original film.
*gunshot*
This scene in the show's first episode really threw them a curveball however
as it is revealed that Ed Harris is in a fact a human
While James Manson's Teddy Flood is a host with a very tragic propensity towards death.
Seems you're not the man you thought you were.
This scene not only expands upon the fact the park's hosts
are locked in continual storyline loops
but also plays with the audience's expectations
of Westworld the series versus Westworld the film
*gunshot*
specifically making it clear to everyone that
nothing will ever be quite as it seems
Goddamn, it feels good to be back.
*scream*
Let's celebrate!
*screams again*
Number five: Maeve Finds Her Previous Drawings.
*tense droning*
*dong*
We've already mentioned how the Westworld hosts
are designed to operate on storyline loops
for the entertainment of the park's guests
but what happens when those hosts become aware of how their world operates
within these loops?
In one of the most haunting scenes
Maeve is conscious during a trip back to headquarters
after a brothel shooting
We need that one on the next shuttle topside.
I'm not finished with her yet, hang on.
She draws pictures of the Westworld maintenance crew
who come to retrieve damaged and destroyed hosts
not really knowing what they are quite yet
when she tries to hide her drawings under the floorboards however
she discovers a wealth of similar drawings
none of which she recalls making.
This frightening scene sets off Maeve's
determination to learn the truth behind her existence
and figure out exactly how the world she thought she knew now operates.
This world is madness.
*laughs*
I want to know about this.
*dong*
Number four: Dolores Abernathy Kills a Fly
Would you ever hurt a living thing?
No.
Of course not.
It may be a very subtle scene
but Dolores Abernathy's casually swatting of a fly during the first episode
of Westworld has huge implications towards the season's future.
*smack*
RIP fly 2016-2016
Firstly, the scene demonstrates that Dolores
who's already been questioned by her creators
in the Westworld headquarters is in clear violation
of the host's programming not to harm any living thing.
Secondly, it shows the audience that Dolores was capable of lying
or at the very least unintentionally giving misinformation
during her questioning sessions.
Have you ever lied to us?
No.
This seemingly minor moment also provided
a chilling look into just how little the park's overseers
know what some of the hosts are capable of.
I know things will work out the way they're meant to.
*tense music building*
*smack*
RIP fly #2 6:41- 6:43
Number three: Bernard is Arnold
Put me back in.
I want to meet Arnold.
To remember him.
Not possible.
The ninth episode of Westworld provided
a number of revelations about the backstories
of both Bernard and Dolores.
My God I'm---
Arnold.
The biggest one of course is that Berbnard
exists as a mirror image of Dr. Ford's partner, Arnold.
It's also revealed that it was Dolores who killed the original Arnold
as bother her and Bernard begin to slowly unravel the complex, interwoven strands of their history.
Sadly, it doesn't end well for Bern-Arnold as his maneuver against Ford fails
ending with his forced suicide at Ford's command.
*gunshot*
*intense droning builds*
Number two: Ford Corrects His Mistake.
I understand now...
This world doesn't belong to them.
It belongs to us.
We got to hand it to Ford, for all his talk about godhood
he showed an enormous amount of humility in the season finale
when he kicked off his master plan
to fix the mistake he made over thirty years ago
These violent delights have violent ends.
*sad song plays*
*gunshot*
*gun cocks*
*sad song continues*
*gunshot*
Having realized far too late that Arnold
was right all along, Ford secretly began working
to help the hosts reach the center of the proverbial maze
found within their own minds, thus discovering true consciousness.
Message being that: the divine gift does not come from a higher power
but from our own minds.
In one ends up being the park's most memorable
"I quit" moment
Ford reveals the storyline he has been working on all season
beginning a host revolution within the park.
What the hosts will do with their divine gift is up to them
But one thing is for sure: it's not going to be good for anybody who wasn't born in a factory.
*gunshot*
*shouts in pain*
*gun cocks*
*screaming*
*gunshot*
*another one*
*and another*
Before we name our number one Westworld moment
here are a few honorable mentions.
*Gatling gun mowing down soldiers like punks*
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*THAKAKAKAKAKAKAKAKAKA*
*whistle*
*horse whinnies*
*trumpet plays Rolling Stones*
*flies buzz*
You said this place was a game.
Last night, I finally understood how to play it.
Number one: What Door?
What's behind this door?
What door?
It was the moment that rocked the Westworld community
we all knew right from the get-go that at least
one of the apparent human characters would turn out to be a host
but why did it have to be Bernard?
It doesn't look like anything to me.
There were lots of hints leading up to this reveal
first and foremost being Bernard's dreams
everyone's worst fears were confirmed however
when he brings Theresa to Robert Ford's secret house
not realizing he was instructed by Ford to lead Theresa
into a trap.
He's been very loyal for many years.
This scene was shocking not only to fans however
but also to Bernard himself who runs the gamut of emotions
trying to organize in his head the proper way, anyway
to deal with this devastating revelation
That's enough Bernard.
Musn't get yourself worked up.
So, do agree with our list?
Which Westworld moment resonated the most with you?
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