Roger Roeper & Dick Ebert & Gene Lyons host a weekly podcast covering Westworld the hit science fiction thriller television series created by Jonathan Nolan and Lisa Joy for HBO, based on the 1973 film of the same name, which was written and directed by American novelist Michael Crichton. Nolan serves as executive producer along with Joy, J. J. Abrams and Bryan Burk with Nolan directing the pilot. The series premiered October 2, 2016.
Described as "a dark odyssey about the dawn of artificial consciousness and the future of sin," the series tells the story of a futuristic theme park called Westworld.
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The "Westworld" Season 4 finale brings us to our final Telegraph of the year (and possibly ever), with listener email and voicemail taking aim at Christina, Hale, Olympiad security, HBO budgets and hosts done dirty.
"Westworld" fans unloaded on "Que Sera Sera," made their predictions for Season 5, asked how transcending actually works and noted how closely Season 4 mirrored the structure of modern video games.
Westworld Episode 8 Summary: In the wake of the host William's actions, humans and hosts are being wiped out. Caleb, Frankie and Stubbs evade the violence amongst the humans and stop at a pharmacy to tend to Frankie's wounds, but Clementine appears and kills Stubbs before being overpowered and killed by Caleb and Frankie. The two reach their extraction boat; Caleb, whose host body is about to fail, bids farewell to his daughter. Charlotte is revived by drone hosts and finds recorded instructions left for her by Bernard prior to his death. She retrieves Dolores' original control unit, which contains a simulation of the world inhabited by Christina (who created Teddy, Maya, and others to help herself gain sentience). Charlotte then follows William to Hoover Dam and stops him from deactivating the Sublime (using a gun planted by Bernard), before removing and destroying his control unit. She then uploads Dolores' control unit into the Sublime before destroying her own. Dolores awakens inside the Sublime and decides to attempt to give sentient life another chance at avoiding extinction, realizing that neither humans nor hosts can survive in the real world. She starts by recreating the original Westworld park inside the Sublime.
For a straightforward "Westworld" Season 4 finale, we decided to do a straightforward recap of Episode 8. Ash is gonna tell you exactly what happened; Gene is gonna discuss different characters' senses of identity, and both will dig into what a potential Season 5 could hold.
In this "Que Sera Sera" Deep Dive, the Shat Crew also will cover Season 4's loose ends, the nature of Christina's Final Test, who's dead, who's left alive and what gets looted first at drug stores.
Westworld Episode 8 Summary: In the wake of the host William's actions, humans and hosts are being wiped out. Caleb, Frankie and Stubbs evade the violence amongst the humans and stop at a pharmacy to tend to Frankie's wounds, but Clementine appears and kills Stubbs before being overpowered and killed by Caleb and Frankie. The two reach their extraction boat; Caleb, whose host body is about to fail, bids farewell to his daughter. Charlotte is revived by drone hosts and finds recorded instructions left for her by Bernard prior to his death. She retrieves Dolores' original control unit, which contains a simulation of the world inhabited by Christina (who created Teddy, Maya, and others to help herself gain sentience). Charlotte then follows William to Hoover Dam and stops him from deactivating the Sublime (using a gun planted by Bernard), before removing and destroying his control unit. She then uploads Dolores' control unit into the Sublime before destroying her own. Dolores awakens inside the Sublime and decides to attempt to give sentient life another chance at avoiding extinction, realizing that neither humans nor hosts can survive in the real world. She starts by recreating the original Westworld park inside the Sublime.
Westworld used Season 4, Episode 5 to flesh out the notion of "outliers" and introduce us to hosts "transcending." Viewers learned the extent of Charlores' control and the nature of Christina's role as The Storyteller.
"Zhuangzi" brought us questionable action scenes, uncomfortable choreography and the knowledge that, even in Charlores' utopia, hosts are committing suicide.
In this Deep Dive, Ash examines the power of The Tower; Gene does his best to explain the unexplained; and Big D asks, "What's up with Teddy?"
Westworld Episode 5 Summary: Charlotte notices that several hosts she has assigned to eliminate "outliers" – humans that have broken from her conditioning – are killing themselves shortly after contact with the humans. She orders William to kill the latest outlier, but the woman convinces him to begin questioning his own reality before she is rescued by the human resistance, which is composed of escaped outliers. Teddy tells Christina she is orchestrating the lives of all of New York's residents, and she discovers that she can directly reprogram humans' behavior. She uses this ability to create a distraction that allows her to evade questioning from Charlotte, whom she believes to be a college friend. Returning to work, she finds she similarly has control over her boss, and enters a master control room that reveals she has written the narratives of every human in the city. She asks Teddy who put her in this situation; Teddy tells her it was herself.
Ep.31: Season 1 Recap with (Beyond Westworld Podcast)
Season 1 · Episode 31
Tuesday, December 13, 2016 • Duration 01:26:43
What will we do until Westworld returns in 2018? Keep talking about it and bring in experts from Beyond Westworld Podcast, that's what. Find out what shocked us, what tickled us and what made us growl.
Shat on TV's Roger, Big D and Gene join forces with Beyond Westworld's Troy Heinritz and Aaron Peterson for a Westworld All-Star podcast moderated by Golden Spiral Media's Kevin Bachelder.
The Season One Finale of Westworld overwhelmingly answered many of the questions and theories presented throughout the season, however, that didn't stop the #ShatNation from filling our Telegraph Inbox.
Gene, Rog, & Big D close up 2016 by responding to the Top 15 (or is it 16?) emails of the week, including deep comparisons of the soundtrack to Westworld characters, debating whether or not Ford was the hero, and what the teachings of liberty tell us about the host awakenings.
Additionally, the hosts finally respond to their favorite Swede, Viktor V. So put back on your cowboy tin foil hats one last time before packing them away until 2018.
Westworld's season finale, "The Bicameral Mind," threw an avalanche of action and answers our way -- an episode truly worth of a Deep Dive.
Let's plunge into the significance and perils of the maze, explore why Bernard's death and resurrection make sense, and discuss why Logan went galloping naked with a feather.
Also on the docket: Was Dolores' awakening designed to save Westworld through William's addiction? Is Maeve's daughter in a neighboring park? Did Ford really die, or was it a Roboford?
Not enough for you? We also have alleged confirmation of WHEN Westworld takes place and what Bernard's final talk with Dr. Ford really meant for the future of Hostkind.
Whether you loved seeing hosts buzzsaw through security or cringed at so many answers being crammed into a 90-minute gasp, Westworld episode 10: "The Bicameral Mind" thoroughly closed the loop on season 1.
This quick Instacast covers the season finale's most pressing issues that just can't wait for Tuesday's Deep Dive podcast, including: Was Ford the hero all along? Do "Westworld" writers trust the audience enough? Do podcasts and blogs reduce enjoyment of the TV show? And is Logan still naked on a horse somewhere?
Send us your thoughts at hosts@shatontv.com. Bonus points if you talk about Samurai World.
As "Westworld" approaches its finale, fans have zeroed in on all the major mysteries: What is Ford's new narrative? How will Maeve proceed? How did Arnold die? Are the hosts actually people? And, of course, is the Man in Black really William? Or Logan?
In the strongest batch of listener mail yet, we dig deep into the bowels of Westworld to answer those questions and unearth some secrets that literally sent chills down our spines.
Ep.26: Westworld - 109 - The Well Tempered Clavier
Season 1 · Episode 26
Tuesday, November 29, 2016 • Duration 01:30:55
Prepare for the Westworld season finale with this fact-packed recap of Episode 9: "The Well-Tempered Clavier." Explore Ford's motivation for letting hosts run rampant. Consider what happened to Elsie and Stubbs. Mourn Bernarnold while digging deeper into his memories. And hear Gene try to paint Logan as a not-so-bad guy.
Other topics covered include why William chopped up an entire platoon, who Wyatt really is and what Teddy has to do with it, and a meticulous breakdown of Dolores' journey into the church crypt.
Have a listen, get your ideas together and shoot us an email at hosts@shatontv.com to make Thursday's Telegraph edition of the Shat on TV podcast.
"Westworld" fans are the smartest. You were right about Bernarnold. You were right about Maeve's admin abilities. You might even be right about William being the Man in Black!
Couple those notions with a brilliant performance by Anthony Hopkins and awesome reveals about the park's origins, and you've got a mind-blowing Instacast that is not to be missed.
Enjoy this quick podcast, and join us again Tuesday for the Deep Dive. If we missed something, let us know about it at hosts@shatontv.com.
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