Westworld Theory #1

By Jessica Dwyer

(spoilers…duh)

I don’t think I’ve ever done a theory write up before. But after watching the first five episodes of Westworld I am addicted, hooked, and my mind is racing with what is really going on. So I’ve come up with a theory and decided to share it with others who might be interested or who want to rip it to shreds.

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THEY ARE ALL DEAD

Now before you all say JESSICA THIS ISN’T FREAKING LOST let me explain who “they” are. “They” are the Hosts.

The Man In Black made a comment that sort of cemented what I was thinking already. He tells Teddy that before when they opened up a Host that they were intricate little bits and pieces that made them all up. But that style of Host was changed for the sake of cost cutting and now they are different. As previously stated they are more “human like” and not artificial. You could shake their hand and know back then they were fake.

The reason this has changed is that someone made the decision (possibly Dr. Ford) to start using corpses as the Hosts, augmenting them with tech (or possibly just human brains and some tissue.) But one way or the other…these are dead people that are being reused as the Hosts at the park.

Another piece that I think supports this theory is the fact that the retired Hosts are being kept in a sort of deep freeze underground. This is to preserve the bodies for later use perhaps? Maybe for parts?

If this is true think of how truly horrifying it would be if the truth was known? And in a way Dr. Ford would be creating a new form of life ala Frankenstein with this new form of Host (the very term “Host” seems to hint at an encasement for a form of life, a human brain perhaps.)

There are a few more things that I theorized branching off from this train of thought. One of them comes from the idea of there being multiple time lines shown in the show. But the one that I’m currently arguing with myself on is the possibility that Arnold may in fact be The Man in Black and he was the first of these new Hosts. His search for the final maze is intriguing as is the conversation with Dr. Ford he had. Makes you wonder.

Even if I’m completely wrong, one of the great things about Westworld is the fact that the mystery of it is so compelling and the stories and levels are so deep. So as the show goes on I’ll keep sharing theories with you and we shall see if I’m right or completely wrong. That’s just part of the fun.

So what do you think of Theory #1?