Westworld – Crisis Theory (S03E08) – The end of Dolores as we know her

Four years ago it all started and will continue, that's for sure. In the first series we were introduced to the park, the second was on the run and the third is about humanity. We won't find out what the fourth one will be about until two years from now.

I hate to say it, but unfortunately the last episode of the third series disappointed me. It just doesn't reach the quality I imagined anymore. I have no interest in living in a ruined world with a robot god watching everyone. That's a mistake. The third season is not about robots, it's about humanity driving itself to destruction.

The story has come to an end and the main star of the entire series (Evan Rachel Wood) has finished her part and said goodbye with honor. She may well return, but she certainly won't be the same person we knew. The other character, Bernard (i.e. the Arnold clone) has been such a small pawn to stop Dolores all through Season 3 and today it was revealed that he will be the main character of Season 4 and that Dolores has given him an even bigger task to accomplish.

The third and final character who can be considered the centerpiece of the show and has animated the first two seasons for us is William, who has a role in Season 3 that only became clear in the last episode. And he was also used to get Dolores and her human partner where she wants to go. William has nothing more to say and his death (human) is the end of a popular villain. Of course, he spoiler…

"returns" as a robot in the next season, as does the Dolores version of Charlotte Hale.

Unlike the previous two seasons, the story of just eight episodes takes place chronologically. Something is only recalled in flashbacks, and so it's not as complicated as one would imagine. The first season was simple, the story was set in the past and present. The second was complicated in that the individual events of several days were very jumbled. And the third one just had a straightforward and simple story about Dolores and saving humanity.

I appreciate the creators' efforts in bringing back a few cameos from previous seasons to the cast. Namely Clementine, Hector, Musashi, and also a younger version of William in Doctor Rush. Other favourites of mine sadly didn't make an appearance, and I was expecting Ford, who could have easily appeared as a dream or simulation for Dolores.

The new human character Caleb was well chosen, his communication with Dolores was just right and the plan worked because he's the right person. And more importantly, a soldier who was escaping the system.

The main villain Serac of the first 7 episodes was the most evil thing that could happen to humanity and robots, but the last episode kind of blew it. He's become a mere puppet, following orders from "god."

And I can't forget Maeve, who is just as important as Dolores, just with different mannerisms and behaviors.

What's the ending to the entire third season? The last episode is a disappointment, I give it only 50%, I expected a different solution than what the creators have prepared. It may be a bit of a shock to humanity, but Dolores' plan worked well and ended the journey that Ford had planned for her with honor. It's pretty well done and there's nothing to fault about it, but the story of humanity's self-destruction and the chronological narrative isn't what I expected, so I'm hoping that another season will come along in two years and explain some of the unexplained things from the end of season two (recall the post-credits sequence of William his daughter).

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Original release of May 4, 2020 – Kritiky.cz