One of the popular Westworld theories of season 2 is that William is a host. I happen to be on that team.

In searching for answers, I found an email on the Delos intranet site from “Emily Foster”, with a mock-up for a new wanted poster.

I took that as a clue and went back looking at the wanted posters. At first, I thought maybe the changes in the designs would be time markers when I stumbled on this.

In Season 1 – Episode 3, “The Stray”, there is a scene where William is exploring Sweetwater and sees a bounty hunter, Holden. Holden has caught Horace Calhoun and takes him into custody. Eventually, Horace manages to escape and shoots William, but this is what we see leading up to that.

As the bounty hunter catches Horace and slams him against the wall rips off his poster. You can see behind him is a different poster for Slim Miller.

Then watch as William walks up, suddenly, Horace’s picture is back up on the wall.

Then finally, when he stops to take a look, we are back to the configuration we had before.

That seems to indicate a cognitive dissonance.

BTW, William is introduced to us in Season 1 Episode 2, “Chestnut”. Guess what the new brain units are called… chestnuts. Coincidence?

I’m sure lots of people will yell “continuity errors”. That’s OK. The whole show is about continuity errors. For now, I’m adding it to the William-is-a-host bucket. In case you haven’t ready my Goldfish theory, please check it out before you go. There, I talk a little more about who I think William really is.

Thanks for having a look. Please come find me on twitter @jezzie_bell and let me know your thoughts.

More. Soon.