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The Season Three finale of Westworld was wonderful, identical to the remainder of the season. And simply as we loved in Season 2, the Season Three finale additionally had a compelling post-credits scene. However understanding the way it meshes with the Season 2 post-credits scene could be a little complicated. Right here’s a have a look at some theories on how they may work collectively.
This put up has main spoilers.
A Recap of the Season Three Finale Put up-Credit Scene
Within the after-credits scene for the Season Three finale, William is on the Delos headquarters, asking the place the hosts are. He’s heading to the decrease stage analysis lab, absolutely embracing his Man in Black facet and his want to destroy all of the hosts earlier than they destroy humanity.
Charlotte is within the decrease lab, ready for him.
“Properly carried out,” she says. “You’re proper on time William.”
William says his position is to kill her and save the world. However Charlotte says Dolores wished that too, and look how that turned out for her.
“However you’re proper William, you’re going to save the world for us,” she provides.
And he or she brings out a brand new William. Sure, it seems that there’s a brand new host who appears identical to William. This host tells William Unique that he solely thought the darkish facet of him was simply part of him that he tried to suppress. But it surely was truly all of him, and now Host William is that darkish facet.
They interact in a fairly fierce combat, however not surprisingly, Host William finally ends up the winner. As he kills Unique William, he says: “Welcome to the top William.”
And we see a brand new lab, the place many extra hosts are being created. William did not cease the hosts, it seems, and now his host model is left to deliver extra hosts into the world.
How Does This Match the Season 2 Put up-Credit Scene with William?
So the place does that depart what we noticed within the Season 2 Epilogue and the way does that mesh with what we simply watched? You’ll be able to rewatch that scene within the video above.
It’s all a bit complicated, so hopefully, Season four will clear a few of that up. It was clear that Host William matched Unique William fairly properly, since he might say the identical issues as Unique William on the identical time, word-for-word.
Some followers assume the Season 2 epilogue was truly Charlotte-Dolores testing constancy within the new Host William. However I’m going to guess that’s not the case. Season 2’s post-credits scene appeared to happen far sooner or later on the Westworld lab itself, not on the Delos Headquarters. And so they talked about how they’ve been via numerous iterations with William.
In that epilogue scene, William wakened in what seemed to be a a lot older model of the Westworld headquarters, though he had the identical accidents as he did within the Season 2 finale.
“I’m already within the factor aren’t I?” he requested. A bunch in a physique that was identical to his daughter’s mentioned no, the system was lengthy gone.
“This isn’t a simulation… That is your world. Or what’s left of it. Are you aware the place you might be, William?”
She requested him how lengthy he’d been there, and he wasn’t certain. “What have been you hoping to search out, to show?”
“That no system can inform me who I’m,” he mentioned. “That I’ve a f***ing selection.”
“And but right here we’re. Once more,” she mentioned.
“What number of instances have you ever examined me?” he asks. He’s been delivered to a room identical to the place he had questioned James Delos’ host.
“It’s been a very long time William,” she mentioned. “Longer than we thought. I’ve a couple of questions for you. The final step’s a baseline interview to permit us to confirm… Constancy.”
In an after-credits speak following the Season 2 finale, Lisa Pleasure revealed extra about this scene.
“The very factor he created is his biggest concern,” she mentioned. “By the point that elevator …lands, he’s someplace else… His worst concern has come true… The whole quest he’s been on this season, as much as the killing of his daughter, he’s repeated time and again and once more as a result of the hosts are testing for one thing, and so they have but to search out the factor they’re searching for.”
She mentioned the final scene is “as he realizes the total import of his hell. He’s.. in a jail of his personal sins and he shall be for a lot of lives to return.”
We additionally be taught in that very same interview that his daughter’s now a number and so they’re very far sooner or later. That’s seemingly confirmed by the producers after the Season 2 finale, which makes it even much less doubtless that the scene concerned the Host William we noticed within the Season Three finale.
So primarily based simply on Lisa Pleasure’s interview, it seems that Season 2’s post-credits scene was NOT testing constancy for the brand new Host William that we noticed in Season 3’s post-credits scene. Slightly, it was one thing else going down far sooner or later. Maybe mankind wasn’t capable of save itself like Dolores hoped, however ended up self-destructing simply as Rehoboam predicted, and now they need to create a “new” humanity instead.
I’m going to guess that as a result of William died, there’s going to be a must deliver authentic William again sooner or later within the far future. The hosts’ solely means would be the identical means William tried to deliver again James Delos. But it surely’s going to take an infinite string of constancy exams to take action.
What About Bernard’s Scene?
We additionally noticed Bernard, coated in mud, waking up a very long time later within the Season Three post-credits scene. He’s again, however it’s unclear simply how a lot time has handed.
The ash and mud protecting Bernard meant that Bernard wakened a very long time sooner or later.
There’s an opportunity it might have been a shorter level sooner or later, since we see buildings exploding when Maeve and Caleb are speaking on the finish. All of that destruction might depart loads of mud and ash.
However I’m going to guess that Bernard is waking up across the identical time that William did within the Put up-Credit scene for Season 2. Each left us with the impression that loads of time had handed. Nonetheless, we weren’t given loads to go on in Bernard’s scene, so that is solely a guess.
I’m glad the present’s been renewed for a fourth season. Perhaps some questions shall be answered that we have been left with tonight.
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