Maeve Is in Full Control: Last week some viewers were confused about the timeline of Maeve’s scenes with the “butchers” Felix and Sylvester. But this week we see for ourselves how Maeve keeps fatally taking herself out of her loop—as early in the day as possible—so she can return to the backstage area and get more answers. In my opinion, Thandie Newton gives the performance of the series so far as she and Felix wander through the halls of Delos while she puts together all the lies of her own existence.

She learns, significantly, that her character has only been the madam of the Mariposa for a “year or so.” If we believe that William’s story line is taking place 30 years in the past (and we do, right?), then it would make sense that William and Logan never interacted with Maeve in the saloon. (They didn’t.) It would appear that 30 years ago, Clementine was in charge.

But thanks to some choice blackmail and a heavy dose of charm, Maeve now has her intelligence bumped all the way up, so I’d say she’s in charge of whatever she wants to be until someone catches her.

Multiple Time Periods: While we’re on the subject of time periods (I know), we got another look at those contrasting logos in this episode. In William’s plot in Episode 2 (and on the ancient computer Bernard accesses in the sub-level this week), we see the “old” logo. As Maeve and Felix wander around Delos, we see nothing but the “new.”

There’s also the convenient way the show avoided having Teddy and the MiB go to Pariah. If we believe (as I do) that Teddy and the MiB are taking the same route William and Dolores did 30 years ago, then it would be a problem, narratively, to have them roll into Pariah this week. We would know for certain if William and Dolores were just there a day ago—there’s no way Teddy and the MiB would avoid any discussion of them once they hit the Confederado-infested town. Instead, we get the vague mention of “trouble in Pariah” (come on, there‘s always trouble in Pariah), warning Teddy and the MiB off that path. So, instead, the pair go a different route, and the question of who is traveling where and when can remain a mystery for at least another week.