The Super Powered Fancast

Westworld

HBO

Season 2 Episode 6

Phase Space

Choices are the main theme of this episode as it begins with Bernard/Arnold relaying his fears of what Dolores will become once she outgrows her circumstances. We also find out that the tables are turned with a call back to the conversation William had been having with the Host of Delos.

We get our first look at the new Teddy as well and we get to see what Dolores has turned him into. Subsequently, we also get to see that she might be having some regrets about what she did. As they get ready to board the train, Charlotte and Ashley have secured Abernathy and Charlotte calls in Delos to let them know she has what they are after.

We also get a return to Shogun World as Maeve stands over the carnage from the battle the night before and sees the parallels from her own narrative. The aside ends that particular part of the story, but it doesn’t really add anything to the story. It starts to get good when William and his daughter are back on the scene. William thinks that she’s there as part of the game, but she proves to him that he’s wrong and that she is as capable as he is, maybe more so.

Bernard and Elsie make their way back to the station and start their journey back to the control room, experiencing the damage and carnage along the way. She determines that there is something wrong with the system. More specifically, they discover that the system itself is fighting back. This adds another interesting wrinkle to the story. Hopefully this is a thread that leads to a satisfying conclusion.

It’s a strange notion that Maeve is showing that she is clearly the strongest host, but she has the weakest, most boring storyline. So much of it feels unnecessary because it doesn’t enhance or add anything. It really feels like filler that takes away from more interesting stories like Dolores, William and Bernard’s. William and Grace have a compelling back and forth and the issue of choice comes up again. She gives him a choice as well. One that could end the game itself for William if he takes it.

This is a good episode. It would have been much better if the story concentrated more on William and Grace, Elsie and Bernard and Dolores and Teddy.