WESTWORLD, 2.4 – ‘The Riddle of the Sphinx’
[usr 4.0] While enjoyable, this season of Westworld’s lacked the compelling mystery and pleasurable sense of discovery the first year’s episodes delivered in spades....
WESTWORLD, 2.2 – ‘Reunion’
[usr 3.5] The second season of Westworld continues with “Reunion”, an instalment that predictably finds many characters being reacquainted, while broadening the scope of...
WESTWORLD, 2.1 – ‘Journey into Night’
[usr 3.5] Television adaptations will often take a different approach to the movies or books they’re based on. Michael Crichton’s Westworld (1973) completed its...
WESTWORLD, 1.10 – ‘The Bicameral Mind’
[usr 4.0] I’m pleased Jonathan Nolan and Lisa Joy had a few surprises up their sleeves, because “The Bicameral Mind” took a long time...
WESTWORLD, 1.6 — ’The Adversary’
[usr 4.0] Entering the second half of this first season, and “The Adversary” was an instalment that moved things forward in surprising ways. In...
WESTWORLD, 1.5 – ‘Contrapasso’
[usr 4.0] It’s always worth reflecting on the big picture when we’re halfway through a season, as this usually represents the ‘point of no...
WESTWORLD, 1.4 – ‘Dissonance Theory’
[usr 4.0] I’ve been impressed with how quickly Westworld is rattling along, as part of me suspected it would spin its wheels—as so many...
WESTWORLD, 1.3 – ‘The Stray’
[usr 4.0] Backstories are at the heart of Westworld’s third episode, “The Stray”, in the invention of a new narrative for Teddy (James Marsden),...
WESTWORLD, 1.2 – ‘Chestnut’
[usr 4.5] Most doubts I had about Westworld last week (of which there were few) were washed away by its second episode, “Chestnut”; a...
WESTWORLD, 1.1 – ‘The Original’
[usr 4.0] Updating Westworld (the 1973 movie Michael Crichton wrote and directed) is a great idea because enough time’s passed for a different approach...