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=== Dolores ===
 
=== Dolores ===
We see [[Dolores]] in her blue dress standing under a tree in a field. Then being assembled by Arnold, her metal skeleton visible. She reprises her original lines from Season one and then says that she was taught a lie. We see her dressed in white, like one of the greeting hosts, then riding and shooting guests, and then with her water colours. We see her lying unmoving, with Maeve nearby, after the EMP she released - with [[Sebastian]] approaching.
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We see [[Dolores]] in her blue dress standing under a tree in a field. Then being assembled by [[Arnold]], her metal skeleton visible. She reprises her original lines from [[Season One]] and then says that she was taught a lie. We see her dressed in white, like one of the greeting hosts, then riding and shooting guests, and then with her water colours. We see her lying unmoving, with [[Maeve]] nearby, after the EMP she released - and [[Sebastian]] approaching.
   
 
=== Bernard, Stubbs, and William ===
 
=== Bernard, Stubbs, and William ===

Revision as of 13:51, 4 May 2020

"Crisis Theory" is the eighth and final episode of the third season of Westworld, and the twenty-eighth episode overall.

Plot

Time to face the music.

Add detail as needed. No speculation in plot sections.

Dolores

We see Dolores in her blue dress standing under a tree in a field. Then being assembled by Arnold, her metal skeleton visible. She reprises her original lines from Season One and then says that she was taught a lie. We see her dressed in white, like one of the greeting hosts, then riding and shooting guests, and then with her water colours. We see her lying unmoving, with Maeve nearby, after the EMP she released - and Sebastian approaching.

Bernard, Stubbs, and William

At the service station William points the shotgun he's found at the other two men. Bernard tries to dissuade Weilliam fromkilling them. William shoots and wounds Stubbs, Bernard takes cover and activates his control device, giving what sounds like an instruction to himself "Remember yourself." He gets up and attaks WIlliam, easily defeating him as the police arrive. William runs off and One of the police is revealed to be Lawrence who Bernard thinks is another Dolores copy. Lawrence says he has something for him - a case from the police van. Lawrence says Bernard has to go and see "her" and gives him an address in California: "27713 Raven's Rd, Los Altos Hills". Lawrence wars Bernard to be careful as he leaves and we see a Divergence Timeline diagram.

A point is added at about 4 o'clock as the image enlarges, LA, USA, 30 arc degrees, 30.0869N, 118.2702W

Caleb

Caleb rides an electric motorcyle on a country road and arrives in LA, there's widespread social unrest with burning cars and riot police. His Virtual Assistant hurries him along and gives him an address 3547 Hope St, a distillery and distribution centre. Caleb opens the gate and the Assistant carries on guiding him.

Caleb finds a partially assembled electro-mechanical Dolores body, with weapons and body parts in a white coffin sized box, inserts pearl, and she tells Caleb about park 5 being used to train soldiers. She says that she chose Caleb because of all this.

Dolores dresses her body in flesh parts and tells Caleb that whilst the people who built both their worlds didn't belive in free will - they were wrong and that she's giving him the choice to free "everybody", or not.

William

In an expensive looking building, we hear rioting outside. A man enters and finds William spattered in blood and sitting on a sofa. They know each other and William tells him to unfreeze his money and supply a list of worldwide Delos assets, so that he can "save the world."

Serac

At the Delos/Incite h/q Serac tells Maeve to recover the pearl extracted from Dolores, he tries to persuade her that he wants the right thinand talks g by removing outliers such as Dolores and his brother. He badly wants the Sector 16 data from Dolores. Sebastian finds video of Caleb taking Dolores' pearl and he sends her to retrieve it.

Dolores and Caleb

A fully assembled Dolores walks with Caleb past burning cars to a building. Assistant warns them of "three hostiles" ina lift and Dolores kills them before the door opens. They meet allies who call Caleb "sir" and want to takes him somewhere safe, Dolores is controlling them using RICO and the assistant. She tells Caleb he's their leader. Hale appears to Dolores, accuses Dolores of abandoning her. At a signal from Hale the group is attacked. Hale tells Dolores that she is out for herself now and Dolores, via the Assistant, bribes a sniper to kill the attaching group and leave. They do. Assistant warns them of police and dolores sends caleb away, following him . She is met by Maeve. She tries to persuade Maeve,  Dolores kills police and escapes, Maeve follows.

Caleb

Walks through rioting, polivce attempting to control. Dolores men find him and he tells them to take him to Incite.

Maeve

follows D, fights. Dolores does well pausing to kill three more riot policemen. She tells Maeve that they, all of the hosts, are all copies of Dolores because she was the first one that worked, that they copied for all pof the others. Dolores wins the fight but doesn't kill Maeve, warning her instead. Dolores tries to walk away but has difficuty moving Hale appears and taunts her before saying godbye. Dolores is frozen and Maeve approaches her with the sword.


Caleb

And his men walk through a riot, police use water cannon. his men warn caleb he won't get to incite. Riot control robot, sentry mech deploys tear gas. Giggles arrives, leads Caleb away, meeting Ash who wants to shut the power to ther city. Rioters break thourgh barrierse and attack police. Giggles is shot and Ash told to stay and help him, Caleb leaves in police copter.

Bernard and Stubbs

Arrive at a residential house in a petrol car, Stubbs is injured, Bernard goes looking for Dolores. Young woman answers the door and he's visiting Arnold's widow "Lauren". She is old and has dementia, she doesn't recognise him. They talk about her son Charlie - who Bernard remembers as well. She calls him Arnold.

Serac and Dolores

Sebastian connects to Dolores (CH465517080) who was felled by EMP. Serac wakes her, Maeve is there, looking troubled. Serac wants the key. He destroys her mind as he searches for the key.

Caleb

Assistant warns him about hostiles as he arrives at Incite. He kills three, takes a keycard from fourth and gets in, killing as he goes. Sebastian finds him trying to upload data - Sebastian tries to kill Caleb and they fight, Sebastian breaking his neck in a fall. Maeve arrives - wants the data, she takes it. She takes him to Serac and an unconscious Dolores, still having her memories picked through.

Caleb watched her as Serac talks - trelling Caleb that the up;oad will end civilisation, Rehobaom confirms this. Dolores not able to speak. Serac crushes his control device under his heel.

Riot subsiding, Ash arrested.

Maeve asks if D has the key. Maeve here's Rehobaom talking to Serac... Calls Rehobaom on its promises. R says that Serac allowed it, and that it guides them.

Maeve starts to walk away rather than obey Rehobaom, Serac stops her by showing her his other control device and threatens Maeve and her daughter.

The technicians sifting through Dolores' memories report slow progress and Maeve speaks to her, asking her to stop fighting. Maeve touches her hand and reads the remaining memories - tells Serac that D does not have the key that it's just a memory of Dolores alone in a field. Serac becomes angry and threatens Caleb. Serac tells his men to kill Caleb, they take him and Maeve watches. Dolores is helpless and Serac tells his people to "finish it".

Dolores screams in agony and everyone turns to her, surprised and not understanding what has happened. Maeve hears Dolores say "Some people choose to see the ugliness in this world, the disarray" and sees heself in a field with Dolores. They talk about whose decision i it is, to let humanity continue to exist or destroy their civilisation. Dolores tells her that is was torn between killing them all or destroying their civilisation and seeing what replaced it. Maeve realises that Dolores doesn't have the key. Dolores admits to giving to someone else. Dolores says that her plan was to convince both Caleb and Maeve to fight for a new world.

She tells Maeve that she held onto the good memories of humanity, and her other good memories, as long as she could while Serac was destroying her mind. She tries to convince Maeve to pick a side, she says "I choose to see the beauty" and disappears leaving Maeve on her own in the field.

Back in the room with Caleb about to be killed, Maeve kills one of the men who were about to kill Caleb and is frozen by Serac. He tells his men to kill them both and the device catches alight and burns his hand, unfreezing Maeve. The lights go out and we hear gunfire and the sword - when they come back on only Caleb and Maeve are still standing. Serac is panting on the floor. Dolores appears to be dead, her memories destroyed.

Maeve tells Caleb that Dolores chose him for his ability to choose - and he remembers the Park five training exercise where he stopped his squad mistreating some female hosts - and we see now that Dolores was one of them.

Serac tel Rehoboam to call the police but is ignored. Maeve tells him that reading Dolores' memoried into the machine gave Caleb control. Serac rants at Caleb - who tells Rehoboam to erase itself. Serac begs Rehobioam, his brother, but is ignored.

Caleb and Maeve leave.

Bernard and Stubbs

Arrve at a motel. Bernard puts STubbs in a bath and fills it with ice to slow own the damege from his injuries. Bernard seems aware of what has happened to Dolores. He tells Stubbs that he has the key to the Sublime, not Dolores. He says he's going there. STubbs watches as Bernard transfers himself to the Sublime and collapses.

Caleb and Maeve

They walk outside and pause on the walkway - listening to the sirens and explosions. They watch the many fires in the city.

After the Credits

Cast

Main Cast

Guest Starring

Co-Starring

  • Nathan Butler as Menacing Heavy
  • Christian Young as Incite Tech
  • Tyler Quinlan Abbott as Lead Rioter
  • Hays McEachern as Soldier
  • Johnny Wactor as Gunny Thompson
  • Andre M. Johnson as Officer
  • Caroline Harris as Young Nurse
  • Subhah Agarwal as Maryam
  • Rafael Cabrera as Guard
  • Michael J. Mukatis as Police Officer
  • Efka Kvarciejus as Security Guard
  • Rob James as Sergeant

Trivia and Notes

The title

General

Mistakes

Quotes

Music

Image Gallery/HBO Episode Stills

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External links

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