"We Each Deserve To Choose Our Fate. Even If That Fate Is Death..."
Arriving with a steadier, more productive narrative pacing than previous episodes so far this season, this week's chapter of Westworld was undeniably the best entry within its' second season so far, mixing superbly choreographed action set pieces with interesting core story developments and a surprising character return which ended the episode on the most thrilling cliffhanger yet, and whilst most of the action primarily occurred within the Shogunworld portion of the various narrative strands, each of the core character arcs did manage to be examined this week in a fashion which pushed the story further ahead in riotously entertaining fashion. With Maeve and co. wishing a fond farewell to the antics of Shogunworld for the time being, the episode at least managed to produce a swashbuckling samurai duel before returning to Maeve's long lost home, where upon discovering the rules of Westworld at its' coldest and cruellest, was seen to bear a similar path with that of the wildly unpredictable Ghost Nation.
Elsewhere, the fundamental changes implemented by Delores onto Teddy paid obvious dividends with a newly found murderous streak which even Delores seemed to find surprising, and with the first real productive attack on Westworld HQ, the endgame of Delores' plan seems to be somewhat put in motion, but with an opening scene which detailed a test outlining the "fidelity" of Bernard's host, this particular scene is yet another which hasn't yet identified its' place in the wandering time strands within Westworld's storytelling technique, outlining that there is still many more secrets to be let loose before anything can be taken as a certainty. Of course, the most interesting plot thread this week lands with Bernard and Elsie's attempts to crack into the Cradle, a hybrid hive mind which seemingly acts as the home hub for everything within the park, including the mind of every single active host, defective or not defective, and with Bernard jacking himself into it in a The Matrix influenced sensibility in order to locate the source of a mysterious contact attempting to communicate with the Cradle, the episode ends with the ghostly reflection of Anthony Hopkins' Dr. Ford and a cliffhanger which results in "Phase Space" being the most rewarding and deliciously entertaining hour to come out of Westworld season two so far.
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