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==== In The Mesa ====
 
==== In The Mesa ====

Revision as of 22:09, 21 May 2018

"Akane No Mai" is the fifth episode in the second season of Westworld, and fifteenth episode overall.

Plot

Synopsis

ショーグン・ワールドへようこそ(Welcome to Shogun World)

–HBO Synopsis

Detail

Official synopsis here

Edit or add to this section as necessary, document anything in the episode that seems important to you.

In The Mesa

Near one of the labs in the Westworld Mesa Hub, Bernard Lowe, without a scar, watches as the Delos Extraction Team pile up Hosts in the corridors.

In the Control Room, Karl Strand looks at the bodies of hosts and his extraction team lying everywhere, and takes a call from Maling. She's collecting hosts from the new lake and has started draining it. He tells her to try and re-set the hosts to work in their original loops. She acknowledges and tells him she has teams looking for Peter Abernathy, Strand wants to see Abernathy himself.

Bernard watches as technicians remove Control Units from hosts lined up on gurneys. Across the corridor, Strand arrives and asks Antoine Costa for an update. Antioine tells him that 1/3 of the recovered control units are as clean as if they'd never been used. He also tell Strand that the Cradle has been destroyed by fire, along with all of the hosts' backups it contained.

Teddy Flood is one of the hosts that have been piled up.

How did all of these disparate threads come together to create this nightmare? If we figure that out, we'll know how the story turns."

–Strand, to Antoine

Welcome to Shogun World

Maeve Millay and her group (Hector Escaton, Armistice, Lee Sizemore, Felix Lutz, Sylvester ) are threatened by a man with a katana, he hurts none of them but does come very close with the blade. Maeve is about to give the order to fire when they are lassoed and made helpless - despite having modern firearms against Japanese Edo period swords. The katana wielding man and his associates take them captive. Maeve tries to control them with using voice commands but, for some reason, this doesn't work and they gag her.

They're bound and led, Maeve gagged, past dead human bodies. Maeve discovers she can understand them, and Sizemore reveals that all of the hosts have that capability buried somewhere inside them.

They reach a Japanese town that's oddly familiar, and realise that the same narrative loops play out in both Westworld and Shōgunworld.

Musashi, the man with the katana, is challenged by a younger man who accuses him of stealing the horse he's riding. Musashi admits this and kills him. The narrative being played out is the equivalent to the Westworld story where the Mariposa Saloon is raided by Hector and the safe stolen. One his companions has a dragon tattoo on her face, equivalent to Armistice's tattoo. Musashi goes inside the "Mariposa" and Armistice realises that the Japanese hosts are copies of themselves. Sizemore admits it. Using Felix and Sylvester as a human shield, Japanese "Armistice", Hanaryo steps behind them and starts shooting hosts in the street with a bow. She's quite good, and the street is soon nearly empty.

Inside the saloon, Musashi is making his introductions and talking with Japanese "Maeve" (Akane), while his gang are stealing the safe. The conversation and events follow the Westworld version closely.

Outside, Hanaryo continues to clear the street. Armistice helps her by warning of an enemy behind here, and Hanaryo releases them.

The scene plays out in the tavern, with Musashi's men deciding to take Sakura, the equivalent of Westworld's Clementine with them - but they are interrupted by Maeve who enters and demands, in Japanese, that they stop fighting and talk. Akane, recognising herself in Maeve, agrees.

Meanwhile, in Sweetwater

Wyatt's gang, led by Teddy Flood ride down the main street and find the streets are filled with bodies, we can't tell if they are host or human; Teddy is unsettled.

Dolores gives her orders about the train, fix her and "strip her for speed"; she and Teddy, followed by Clementine Pennyfeather go into the bar. Teddy and Dolores get a drink at the bar, which is in ruins and littered with bodies, and a couple of hosts still running their narratives. They're interrupted by hearing one of them, New Clementine Pennyfeather talking to Maeve, who isn't there. Clementine listens to her replacement, her mouth moving in time with the lines she used to say, visibly upset. Dolores puts a stop to it and sends Clementine back outside. Dolores goes outside, Teddy tips his hat to New Clementine and follows her. New Clem is left standing on her own in the ruined saloon, surrounded by bodies.

The Shogun's Emmissary Visits Akane

Maeve and Sizemore are watching the Shogun World equivalent of Clementine, a young host called Sakura as she dances. Tea has been served. Things are, as Maeve requested, much more civilised - but now they are so slow that she's impatient.

Sizemore tries to calm her, saying that hospitality is the usually just before a new quest in a narrative - and that Shogun World hosts can become homicidally violent if offended.

Hector is worried about Musashi, says he doesn't trust him. Sizemore says that Hector is behaving strangely because he's out of his normal environment - and points at Armistice and Hanaryo, who are sitting cross legged opposite one another, strangely mirroring one another's movements. The dance finishes and and emissary from The Shogun enters, The Shogun wants to buy Sakura and Akane says no. Sizemore explains that this is all part of the narrative and that Akane will be forced to give the younger woman up, Sizemore says that it's a narrative called Army of Blood.

The emmissary says to Akane - to name her price. Akane comforts Sakura who is now standing behind her, and then turns back to the emmissary - says that she will name her price, and stabs him through the eye, killing him. Sizemore is surprised. Akane says that need to be far away when The Shogun realises what has happened and Sizemore suggests, in Japanese, that they go to a place Sakura knows called Snow Lake. Sizemore explains to Maeve that Snow Lake is Sakura's corner-stone, and also that there is an access point to the tunnels there. Maeve offers their services and Mushasi accepts.

While they are waiting for nightfall and the time to leave, the Shogun's Ninjas attack the tavern. Maeve intervenes by telling the Ninjas to fight one another - they obey. Another grabs her from behind and prevents her from saying any more. She is almost losin consciousness when she discovers she does not need to speak to direct other hosts. She tells the hosts attacking her to kill himself, and he does. The others retreat - having kidnapped Sakura.

The Shogun's army parade into town - Sizemore protesting that they never do that. The commander calls Akane out, Mushari goes out to meet him and buy some time for Maeve. They are all captured very quickly.

Dolores and Teddy

Dllores and Teddy ride out to whetre thet used to look at the Abernathy herd. They talk about the life together they'd planned and Teddy asks her to leave the war against the humans and leave with him now - find a place where they can be happy. Dolores says that Teddy is a kind man, but implies that "kind" sometimes isn't enough, but that she will think about it.

The Shogun

Sizemore and Maeve discuss what to do, Sizemore wants to run for Snow Lake and its access point, abandoning Sakura. Maeve disagrees.

They set off to the Shogun, Felix and Sylvester being made to pull a cart. They pass the bodies of a QA team tied to trees with their heads in wooden cages. Sizemore takes a toilet break off to the side and takes the QA radio from a corpse.

They reach the Shogun's camp - somehow Sizemore is being carried by Felix and Sylvester.

Maeve offers the Shogun a fine gold statue - a humble gift - which he rejects and throws back. As the Shogun speaks it becomes obvious that he is not well, cortical fluid is leaking from his left ear. He reveals that he has deafened his troops - so that Maeve cannot influence them.

The Shogun parades Sakura in front of them, and Akane stands and talks to him. He doesn't understand why they haven't fled after killing his emmissary. Akane offers any privce for Sakura - He aks that Akane dance for him, and then Sakuar is hers.

Sweetwater

Work on the train is going well, and Angela turns up with information about where Peter Abernathy has been taken - to the Mesa. Dolores decides to head there. She takes Teddy to one of the bedrooms in the hotel. He tells here that he will go wherever she goes - and they spend their first night together.

The Shogun's Camp

Sakura reveals to Maeve and Akane that the Shogun has had a picture of a cherry tree (reflecting her name, which means "cherry blossom") carved into her back, she's in great pain and Akane comforts her by telling a version of the story Maeve always tells, about being who she wants to be.

Maeve tells Akane about her daughter, and about the wider world - offering her freedom. Akane declines, looking at Sakura.

Teddy and Dolores

Dolores wakes Teddy and takes him outside, talking about her questioning her feelings. She takes him into the store in Sweetwater, says that she realises her feelings are true and then leads him into a trap where he is taken by other hosts. She tells the human technician to make changes to Teddy, we don't see what those changes are.

Dance of Akane

The Shogun says he wants the witch, Maeve, where he can see her, and seats her to his right.

Akana and Sakura start their dance but the Shogun stops them, he walks up to the low stage and kills Sakura, giving her - dead - to Akane. He makes her dance, Maeve can't do anything but watch as Akane dances. She dances towards the man - removes a large pin from her hair and stabs him in the ear, killing him. The Ninjas prepare to execute Maeve and Akane - Maeve silently controls them and the Ninjas kill each other. Sizemore scrambles to get out of the way and the Ninjas slaughter themselves.

The rest of the army rush to the attack, and Maeve prepares herself to control them.

Cast

Main Cast


Guest Starring

Co-Starring

Trivia and Notes

The title

The title probably refers to 茜の舞 which translates to "Dance of Akane".

General

Mistakes

Quotes

Music

  • Paint It Black (Rolling Stones). A cover of the song is played during the attack on the tea house in Shogun World.
  • C.R.E.A.M. (Wu-Tang Clan). A cover of the song is played during the geisha dance.

Image Gallery/HBO Episode Stills

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