So Westworld Season 4 has now come to an end, and the final scene suggests that we're
going to be getting one final game in the next season. I'm going to be discussing my general
predictions and theories for what we could see in Westworld season 5, based on everything we know
so far. There will be spoiler from Westworld Season 4, so if you haven't caught up on
the HBO show, then I would recommend watching it before checking out this video. But before I
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lets dive into my predictions for Westworld Season 5.
So after Westworld Season 4 Episode 8, the show can go in many directions when it comes to a
final season. Many have asked whether we will get a season 5 and from what all the cast and
Lisa Joy have said about it in interviews, it seems that they want to make one more.
Also, if you combine streaming numbers on HBO max with the declining number of people who watched
season 4 on TV, then this season still got around a million plus viewers per episode, which I guess
climbs a small bit from season 3's decline. So while it hasn't reached the interest of
Season 1 and 2, the viewing numbers have gone up slightly and I'm sure that HBO will look
at greenlighting one more season. Especially since for a majority of this season people did
enjoy it a lot more. Now I have my problems with the finale and I know a lot of people do,
but the season as a whole was better than season 3, and hopefully that's a good sign going into
a final season. After the way season 4 ended, I do hope that we get a final season and that it's
a really good end to this show. And coming to what we might expect if we do get a season 5,
the finale leaves us with a lot of questions. What is the test that Dolores is going to run
in the sublime version of Westworld? What does this mean for humanity and are they completely
gone when it comes to the real world? Also, what happened to that season 2 fidelity test on the
Man In Black? What characters will come back following their deaths? And ultimately, will
humans and hosts ever get along following all of this? Well, if we do get a final season, it's
time to theorise and predict what might happen when it comes to all of these questions.
Starting with the sublime test in Westworld, obviously the end of season 4 showed us that
the new version of Dolores, or what we presume is an evolved version of one of those copies from
season 3, has set up a test in Westworld, where she can determine whether Hosts and humans
can really get along. Humanity has reached it's last days on earth and Dolores doesn't want
a repeat of things that have happened in the past, and more specifically, she doesn't want them to
fall into their same old loops of violence and chaos. If hosts and humans are going to
be able to live together in some way, they need to be able to do so in harmony and learn from
the mistakes of the past generations. But the question is, with humans almost wiped out, how
could Dolores go about doing this. Well, the first thing to keep in mind is that the human and
host data in this sublime is susposingly pretty big. We've got all the hosts that went there
in season 2 when we were still in Westworld, and then Dolores presumably has all the data
she's carried from the real world and the guest data from the park too. So she can use all of
this to run one final test. And one thing that also has to be noted is that while all of this
does take place in the sublime, they will have to find a way to both leave the sublime and
enter the real world and I would think that something would need to be supplying the power
to the sublime. Some type of maintenance that has to be done by something to keep all the
turbines running, just like we saw with the Hoover dam in season 4 and then the facilities
we saw powering it in season 2 at Westworld. With most of humanity now wiped out, my guess
would be that the sublime has been sent back to the original Westworld, especially with that
being empty. I think there's also a chance that the outliers camp that Clementine talks about
in episode 8 is actually Westworld itself. Maybe the remaining outliers or resistance on earth
are using that as their base because it would have been the one place that Hale wouldn't have
expected when it comes to where they were hiding. And if Frankie is someone that would eventually
come around and help those in the sublime come back, she might learn that her father
Caleb might be able to be brought back successfully. When it comes to leaving the
Sublime, Hale did specifically say that this is an option, but then someone or some sort of system
would need to aid the printing process, by putting pearls into host bodies. And unless
it is automatic, I think it could be Frankie. The thing holding this idea down is that time works
differently in the sublime, so for all we know, Frankie might be dead by the time they do leave,
but she could help with that process, and what's not to say that she doesnt get rebuilt
herself and tested in the sublime, by dolores or her father. These theories are probabaly
a bit out there, but it would be weird if that final scene with her father in season 4 was the
last time we saw her. But you're probabaly also asking, how might Dolores bring someone like
Caleb back in the sublime. Well she could have that data from military training park, which
is where Caleb went and we saw flashbacks of in season 3. Dolores did meet him there so
she might have the memories and data of that to bring him back too. And I think that this
eventually all leads to the fidelity testing, this time making it work successfully, after
testing the humans in the sublime. And when it comes to William, I think it connects to what we
saw with him in that season 2 post credit scene.
That test involved a host masquerading as emily and telling William that there's not
much left of his world and she was testing him for fidelity. And the location of this test very much
reminds us of the facility that held the sublime back in season 2. That's another reason why I
think Hale sent the sublime back to Westworld and I think this is where they will come
back into the real world. The question surrounding the man in black is how will they make this
fidelity test work and what will come of his character after that happens. Well I think
that Dolores is going to realise that if she going to try to eliminate or contain the violent
and chaotic past of the human species, that the person to run that test on is the man in
black. He has the most data, the most twisted history of probabaly any guest in the park,
and she also knew him when he was young William. The human who eventually became the twisted
version we know today. She could try to use her memories and the data of young William
to test whether he can truly be saved and whether there's a way to not make him become the man in
black we know he does. The problem with that though is that it goes against the free will
that William had in making those decisions and I wonder if this conversation is going to make all
the Sublime testing difficult. Still, if the subject can become something else of
their choosing, then that may be the key to preserving free will yet also
making a change that is better for the future of both species.
So yes, I'm predicting that William is going to be that primary test subject,
and I think we're going to start with Young William like we did in season 1
and maybe see some of those events in a different light as part of his testing. If it does work,
this might be the way of making the fidelity testing successful afterwards, and lead to
others like Caleb being brought back too. This time with their minds accepting their new bodies
and not rejecting them, like we saw with both James Delos in season 2 and Caleb in season
4. So I think that fidelity test is the last step for the humans after testing is done in
the sublime. And I think the key to making that work is making it successful with William.
And that ultimately brings us to the question of, will human and hosts get along, and which
ones will make it. Now this might just be the fan in me talking, but I would love to see a lot
of those original characters back in this sublime test, as it does pose the opportunity for that to
happen. People have wanted to see characters like Ford, Felix, Sylevester and more
back in this series one last time and with all the data from the park and the memories of
Dolores being in the sublime, next season would be a way to make that happen. To bring all of
these great characters back in the aim to see if they can be brought back for real and get along.
The world has an opportunity to be rebuilt with a new species, and not replicate the
mistakes of the past. It makes for a good reason to come back into a real world, and with Dolores
using the sublime to test a final big game that involves violence, I think they would
want to come out of it if they did pass the test. But in questioning where this all goes,
I think it's leading to a combined species of host and humans. Hosts that don't go on a path of
violence like their creators and like what we saw them turn too in season 4. And humans
that pass fidelity and in a similar way, overcome the urges for violence. Dolores chooses to see
the beauty in the world and I think she believes that there's a chance the build a
better world with that. I don't know how dolores is going to be successful in making this work,
especially after being told multiple times, even by teddy, that the humans will never change and
she can't save them. Maybe she finds out that this is true or maybe she finds out that it
can work in testing young william and having him eventually pass fidelity. I mean if we're
to picture where the end of his story lies, it would likely be overcoming his original turn
in the park and not becoming the man he is now. There has to be the sense that Dolores
can help the humans have both free will and seeing the beauty in the world when they come
back through fidelity testing. That's what I think she might do, and we have to presume that
host characters like Maeve, her daughter, teddy and some of the others will be all apart of
this test, that wil likely determine if they can truly get along with humans. Ultimately, the
outcome is that if the Dolores test is successful, than everyone can come back to the real
world and there will not be a difference between hosts and humans as all are created by Dolores
and her memories and they are all equal. They are all a combined species in that sense,
with humans living on in host bodies and fulfilling that human host hybrid idea that the
show has been leading to for quite some time. And hopefully they would both make a better world
than the one before. But that is just my guess and if we do eventually get Season 5, then we
will know what comes of this final game. I hope it is as interesting as some of those earlier
seasons, and comes full circle in it's complexity, really delving into the question we had when this
show begun. Can fidelity and free will be achieved by humans as these hybrids, can
they get along with hosts and will the new world be a much better place than where we started? I
think them returning to the complex ideas and narratives of those earlier seasons is much
more compelling than a big blockbuster battle for the fate of the world, and while we'll surely
get some action, hopefully it's the ideas and the writing that shines through. We'll have
to see and as I said there's many different ways that they can take the story in season 5.
But they were my thoughts and predictions for Westworld Season 5. As I said in my Episode 8
breakdown the other day, I enjoyed season 4 but I just wish the finale was slightly better. It
had a lot of sloppy writting and rushed moments, but I do think that most of the narrative events,
set up an interesting season 5. It sounds like this may be the last season and I really
hope that they can go out with a bang with whatever route they take. But to those who've
seen Westworld Season 4, what are your predictions and theories for season 5 and what were your
thoughts on the recent episodes? Let me know down below in the comments section.
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