James Delos

James Delos
Information
Also known as	Jim (by William)
Status	Deceased Destroyed
Species	Human Hybrid
Actor	Peter Mullan
Appearances
Seasons	2, 3
First Seen	"Reunion"
Last seen	"Decoherence"
Death episode	"The Riddle of the Sphinx" (hybrid version)
History
Occupation	Founder of Delos CEO (formerly)
Cause of death	Unknown illness (real body) Incinerated by Elsie Hughes (hybrid body)
Narrative & Backstory
Family	Logan Delos - Son (deceased) William - Son-in-law Juliet - Daughter (deceased) Emily - Granddaughter (deceased) (Unnamed) - Wife (deceased)
Physical Attributes
Age	50s
Gender	Male
Ethnicity	Caucasian-Scottish
Hair	White
Eye	Brown

“	If you aim to cheat the devil, you owe him an offering.	”
–James Delos to William

James Delos is a character in HBO's Westworld, he is the founder of Delos and the father of Logan and Juliet. He is played by Scottish actor Peter Mullan.

Biography

Background

From his accent, James Delos was born in Scotland and was known to have been a "self-made" man by founding the company of Delos. He also had at least two children: Logan and Juliet. His children are American.

Plot

Season Two

"Reunion"

James Delos is first seen visiting Sweetwater early in the the park's history. With the Hosts, including Dolores Abernathy and Teddy Flood frozen around them, James and William have a conversation about the potential of the park. William tells him that if James can't see the potential for data-mining of the guests, then he is not as good a businessman as he has heard. James likes William's courage at challenging him, and invites him to tell him what kind of ideas he has in mind.

Later, James is at his retirement party, having seemingly passed over Logan for control of the company in favor of William. James mentions that he does not have much time left and coughs repeatedly, indicating that he is ill.

"The Riddle of the Sphinx"

We see James in a stylish apartment, and he is notified he has a guest. It turns out to be William, and James asks when he will be able to get out of his confinement. William tells him that they are monitoring him, and need to do some tests on him to determine if he can be released. This scene repeats several times, including when William is the age of the Man in Black, and we find out that James is a host in whom they have implanted the memories of James as a test.

Host James appears to be lasting a number of days working fine, but eventually he breaks down and the Westworld staff have to burn down the apartment and start over again.

Eventually, William comes to the realization that trying to keep Delos immortal was a mistake, and leaves an unstable malfunctioning Delos to wreak havoc on his apartment, telling the technician to avoid incinerating him and keep him under observation for a few days.

Bernard and Elsie find a locked room in a secret lab in Sector 12, where host James is barely functioning after having been left alone for so long, having destroyed the most of the room and killed the technician.

“	I'm all the way down now. I can see the bottom. Don't you want to see what I see?	”
–James Delos's host, right before attacking Elsie.

After a scuffle Bernard manages to incapacitate host James, and Elsie incinerates him to put him out of his misery. They realize that Delos wants to sneak whatever technology they used to resurrect James Delos out of the park through Peter Abernathy.

"Les Écorchés"

Ford explains the immortality project to Bernard in the Cradle, noting that it's clear from James Delos's case that the project is a failure, as while the human mind can work just fine in the virtual environment, once it is placed into a host it degrades after a period of time.

"The Passenger"

The Forge takes the form of Logan Delos to tell Bernard and Dolores how it created the James Delos host, creating 18 million versions of him to find one that made the exact same decisions he made. It reveals that studying Delos caused it to come to the conclusion that human codes are not complex, but in fact embarrassingly simple: James Delos's code only amounts to 10,000 lines. In all the iterations of James Delos it tested, everything came back to one moment: only months before Logan's death by overdose, he had come to James in a last ditch effort for help. However, Delos turned him down, doubting Logan's sincerity. The guilt Delos felt haunted him for the rest of his life, and even affected his host: Logan's last words to his father, referring to the time when Delos tried to teach him to swim by throwing him into the pool, were the exact same words he said to Elsie and Bernard.

Season Three

"Decoherence"

Death

Killed By

• Unknown illness (Off-Screen)

James Delos was known to be suffering from an unknown fatal illness (cancer was hinted) and he wanted to put his consciousness into a host before he expired to reach immortality. But the technology to accomplish that was not ready in Delos' time, and is still not proven to be ready many years after his death. James Delos is presumed permanently deceased in all forms.

Destroyed By

• William (Caused)
• Delos technicians

Hybrid James Delos Build 1 - 148 were all incenerated after their test failed.

• Elsie Hughes (Out of Mercy)

After discovering the testing chamber, Elsie incinerates it with the last hybrid version of James to put him out of his misery.

Related Casualties

This list shows the victims James' hybrid has killed:

• At least 5 unnamed Sweetwater residents (Simulation)

Relationships

William

William and James have a close, but not tension free, relationship. James trusts William with his business when his health fails - rather than letting Logan run it.

Juliet

Juliet is James Delos's daughter.

Logan

Logan is James Delos's son. After Logan's drug abuse, the two seem to have a tense relationship with James having disowned him. 

Emily

Emily is James Delos's grand-daughter, Juliet and William's daughter, they seemed to have had a good relationship when she was a kid.

Known Deaths

James Delos' hybrid version was tested and destroyed by fire after every fidelity test failure 148 times off-screen. The 149th version was destroyed on screen:

• Incinerated by Delos staff in a flashback, in The Riddle of the Sphinx

Appearances

• Season Two
  • "Reunion" (flashback)
  • "The Riddle of the Sphinx" (flashback, host)
  • "Les Écorchés" (flashback, host)
  • "The Passenger" (flashback, host)
• Season Three
  • "Decoherence" (simulation)

Trivia

• Lisa Joy has confirmed that Delos's repeated incineration is a metaphor for him being in hell.

Gallery

William visits James

Bernard & Elsie confront James

Mr Delos in Sweetwater

James Delos, in a dancing mood