If WESTWORLD Season 2 Didn't Get Confusing Enough For You Wait For The "Radical Shift" in Season 3!
I love HBO's Westworld regardless of how confusing it gets! Westworld Season 1 was a great set up for the series, Season 2 started off pretty amazing, but by the end of it things took some pretty interesting and confusing twists and turns that left a lot of fans scratching their heads. But, just in case things didn't get strange or confusing enough for you, just wait for the "radical shift" coming in Season 3!
Showrunners and creators Jonathan Nolan and Lisa Joy recently talked to THR about what is coming and offers a little tease of the new season they are currently in the process of developing:
"I think it’s a radical shift. What’s compelling and appealing about these characters is that they’re not human. As we said in the show, humans are bound by the same loops the hosts are, in some ways even smaller. You couldn’t expect human characters to withstand and survive the kind of story that we’re telling. The hosts have a different version of mortality, a different outlook. I think clearly with Dolores, as she’s laid out, there is a longer view here, a larger set of goals. They’re existential. They span eons. And that’s a fascinating level of story?to engage in."
While they make this radical shift in the show, I hope that they also start to explain what the hell is going on a little bit better. Hey! Maybe the radical shift is that they won't confuse the audiences anymore! At the same time, I kinda dig the fact that they are moving things in a strange direction that leaves us with more questions than answers... as long as those questions are eventually answered! Thankfully that's the plan. Lisa Joy went on to say:
"We always knew that we were going to do this reveal and let her expand into this new role. We have a very diabolical arc for her planned out. Part of the fun for the character will be self-realization. She will be realizing the things we know about who she is."
I'm curious to see where the story for this show is headed and how the arcs of the characters are going to turn out. What are your thoughts on the second season of Westworld and where do you think it's headed?