I'm still watching, still enjoying it. But I'm still fearing the storytelling used will not capture and hold audiences. They're opening way too many "mystery boxes". It can reach a point where the audience feels exploited. And the character goals are so weak it's hard to even remember what they are. It's extremely unfocused.

I'm curious what you think about what happens in this week's episode, but I'll wait til you watch.

I'm loving it. Some friends I know where getting a bit bored of the show reliving the same day over and over but all changed their minds when they watched episode 6. Episode 7 is described as a game changer, we will see!

I also have my concerns about how far they can take this show. But one thing I am not is bored. That scene between Ed Harris and Anthony Hopkins was just lovely. It was like watching DeNiro and Pacino for the first time having coffee in Heat. Two A-class actors in a scene together with good dialogue is enough to keep me going. Great stuff. More please.

I watched episode 6 last night and was falling asleep, so maybe I missed something, but I did not like that episode and thought it was quite dull.

I do like Thandie Newton's character and where she's going, but they seemed to completely leave out several other story lines, which for me, was a mistake.

What did you think of how easy it was for her to convince the techs to up her character settings, starting with intelligence? It seemed to me that it was far too easy. If it was that easy, and there were no safeguards in place, it would have happened many years before.

I agree that leaving the other storyline hanging was a mistake. The Delores character and her human buddy there are already on a vague mission as is. Those are good characters, but they're drifting around more or less.

Still watching, but it occurred to me during the last episode, there's not a single character I'm rooting for. The robots are hardware and software, so why should I care about "them", and as for all the real life humans, I wouldn't sneeze if any were killed off.  I like the show, but I won't miss it if it's not back next year - not yet anyway.

Yup, meaningful stakes are the fundamental problem. And the robots don't even die, they are usually brought back the next day, so death is meaningless.

As the robots go rogue, the stakes should rise. Because their destruction will be in play.

Westworld is thought provoking, and I enjoy it for that reason, but it's void of tension.

Quoted from leitskev What did you think of how easy it was for her to convince the techs to up her character settings, starting with intelligence? It seemed to me that it was far too easy. If it was that easy, and there were no safeguards in place, it would have happened many years before.

Totally!  In fact, the scene there was quite odd and played way too long.

Don't get me wrong, I enjoy watching Thandie sitting, standing, or running buttass naked, and her big puffy nipples are very impressive, but again, it just seemed to run too long and didn't make all that much sense.

Maybe they will dial up her nipple levels too.

Quoted from Dreamscale Don't get me wrong, I enjoy watching Thandie sitting, standing, or running buttass naked, and her big puffy nipples are very impressive, but again, it just seemed to run too long and didn't make all that much sense.

The puffy part may get me watching this again.

Sigh.

The finally is upon us and sadly, If I had to grade at this point, I would say fail.

The production value continues to be an A+. But so are video games - that does not make them good drama.

Acting still continues to be solid.

Story - is now a totally at a WTF for me?

- You have a trillion dollar park with a thousand robots - many of which that have to be repaired daily - a huge technological infrastrcuture, thousands of staff AND - 3 or 4 human guests at the park. What - are they paying a trillion dollars each to be in the park?????  

- So many explanations missing. When raping and slaughtering - How do guests distinguish between robots and other guests?

- How do robots seamlessly go through past and present reality (see last episode with Dolores changing clothes and setting as she walks from scene to scene)??

- How does the robots can do no harm to humans square with them hitting their heads against rocks, punching them, nearly strangulating them, etc. etc. ???

- Why does a robot die when shot but not when their guts are ripped out (see last scene with Harris and Delores)??

etc. etc. etc.

So I am watching because of the artistry of the production. But that's not the test. If it was, Cirque du Soleil  would win best picture every year. From a story perspective this series sucks. It is mindless, devoid of logic and has so many WTF moments I can't imagine that the writers are not just saying - whatever - wing it - will band aid the logic later.

A shame - a mindless plot. It should have been about what happens to humans when they visit a world where all of their actions have no consequences. What happens to them when they return to their real world - are they able to temper their behavior? Does a good man become a bad one and vice versa. How about some female guests? The robot uprising should have been a slow boil, a back story, culminating in the final season. A long way of saying - if his series was a cowboy - it would be one with a lot of hat and no cattle.  

A giant spool of wool has been weaved together and pulled over Westworld's audiences' eyes.

What a disappointment.

SPOILERS.

Since this show is happening in the future, how come no one knows what Arnold looked like? There are no photos or documents of the co-inventor of this huge revolutionary park? No one did their research of the history of their place of business?

Or did I miss something?

Followed the series up until now. Will watch the finale. Not sure I'm on board for S2.

Solid talent but practically no compelling characters, save for Ford, I guess, who wasn't even all that compelling (to me) from the start. I like some of the turns Bernard has taken in the last few episodes, but I think I'm more compelled for the sake that it's Wright portraying that character. If it had been someone else, I might not have cared as much. Even my interest in the Man in Black has waned at this point. Some have suggested that character is ultimately a metaphor for fan culture. What a superficially clever but ultimately lame idea.

Beyond that, my main issues have been difficulty in keeping up with all the minute details (which ultimately become major details) and characters essentially being mouthpieces for the themes of the series. The latter has always been an issue for the Nolans as far as I'm concerned. When the characters aren't mouthpieces, they're either boring/cliche (e.g. the guests tagging along with Dolores, whose names I haven't even bothered to remember) or super dumbed down/also cliche (the lab dudes caught up in Maeve's machinations). Each episode, I've become more and more confused and tended to be doing something else entirely whilst watching the show.

In retrospect, I've considered the possibility of me having not given the show an honest try from the start (admittedly something I've attributed to other people with other shows in the past). At the end of the day, though, I realize this is only because it's been a while since I watched the premiere. I was more or less on board from the start and have in turn been worn down on an episode-to-episode basis. Hoping this all amounts to a slow first season, which even GOT was for me, and that there's some kind of show-stopper at the end of this thing. Otherwise this one might not be for me at all.

Quoted from James McClung Otherwise this one might not be for me at all.

Seems like you already made a decision.