{"id":479325,"date":"2022-07-30T00:00:41","date_gmt":"2022-07-29T21:00:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/in-season-4-westworld-has-brought-itself-back-online\/"},"modified":"2022-07-30T00:00:41","modified_gmt":"2022-07-29T21:00:41","slug":"in-season-4-westworld-has-brought-itself-back-online","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/in-season-4-westworld-has-brought-itself-back-online\/","title":{"rendered":"#In Season 4, \u2018Westworld\u2019 Has Brought Itself Back Online"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_85 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a36b53dcce47\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a36b53dcce47\" checked aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/in-season-4-westworld-has-brought-itself-back-online\/#%E2%80%9CIn_Season_4_%E2%80%98Westworld_Has_Brought_Itself_Back_Online%E2%80%9D\" >&#8220;In Season 4, \u2018Westworld\u2019 Has Brought Itself Back Online&#8221;<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h1><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"%E2%80%9CIn_Season_4_%E2%80%98Westworld_Has_Brought_Itself_Back_Online%E2%80%9D\"><\/span>&#8220;In Season 4, \u2018Westworld\u2019 Has Brought Itself Back Online&#8221;<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h1>\n<div> Will 2022 be the year of sci-fi shows with so-so third seasons bouncing back in Season 4? One more title and it\u2019s a trend!<\/p>\n<p>First we had <em>Stranger Things<\/em>. Netflix\u2019s massive hit roared back to life with a stellar fourth round that upped the horror vibes and dramatic twists while also fleshing out its characters and their relationships. Now <em>Westworld<\/em> seems poised to do the same.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_1050437\" style=\"width: 865px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1050437\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-large wp-image-1050437\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tvinsider.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/evan-rachel-wood_1-855x570.jpg\" alt=\"evan rachel wood as christina, westworld season 3\" width=\"855\" height=\"570\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.tvinsider.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/evan-rachel-wood_1-855x570.jpg 855w, https:\/\/www.tvinsider.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/evan-rachel-wood_1-434x289.jpg 434w, https:\/\/www.tvinsider.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/evan-rachel-wood_1-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.tvinsider.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/evan-rachel-wood_1-234x155.jpg 234w, https:\/\/www.tvinsider.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/evan-rachel-wood_1-570x380.jpg 570w, https:\/\/www.tvinsider.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/evan-rachel-wood_1.jpg 2028w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 855px) 100vw, 855px\"\/><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-1050437\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">HBO<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Way, way back in 2020, the HBO drama about sentient robots rebelling against their creators and breaking out of a Wild West <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">theme<\/a> park aired its third season. Having swapped out said park for the \u201creal world,\u201d <em>Westworld<\/em> pushed viewers into a new, AI-controlled environment that often reeked of generic <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/sciencee\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"5\" title=\"Science\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">science<\/a> fiction. The characters suffered. Determined, complicated Dolores (Evan Rachel Wood) became more robotic than ever in her quest to overthrow the system; self-confident, powerful Maeve (Thandiwe Newton) spent most of her time doing a villain\u2019s bidding; mysterious newcomer Caleb (Aaron Paul) was there, and for most of the season, that was all one could say about him. The show still looked fantastic, its vision of the future sleek, shiny, and sharp. The story, on the other hand, felt lacking in its usual brain-bending mystery and intrigue.<\/p>\n<p>Going into Season 4, it wasn\u2019t clear where <em>Westworld<\/em> was headed. But instead of going the predictable route, with an apocalypse story for Caleb and Maeve versus a world domination plot for Tessa Thompson\u2019s version of Dolores, <em>Westworld<\/em> chose to swerve. And it\u2019s returned to form as a result.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_1052218\" style=\"width: 864px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1052218\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-large wp-image-1052218\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tvinsider.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/aaron-paul-thandiwe-newton-westworld-854x570.jpg\" alt=\"thandiwe newton as maeve millay, aaron paul as caleb nichols, westworld season 4\" width=\"854\" height=\"570\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.tvinsider.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/aaron-paul-thandiwe-newton-westworld-854x570.jpg 854w, https:\/\/www.tvinsider.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/aaron-paul-thandiwe-newton-westworld-433x289.jpg 433w, https:\/\/www.tvinsider.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/aaron-paul-thandiwe-newton-westworld-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.tvinsider.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/aaron-paul-thandiwe-newton-westworld-234x155.jpg 234w, https:\/\/www.tvinsider.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/aaron-paul-thandiwe-newton-westworld-570x380.jpg 570w, https:\/\/www.tvinsider.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/aaron-paul-thandiwe-newton-westworld.jpg 2028w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 854px) 100vw, 854px\"\/><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-1052218\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">HBO<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Improvements abound. First and perhaps most obviously, part of the show\u2019s story has been taken back to the parks, introducing a 1920s-themed world that feels both familiar and fresh. That setting is used to great effect: Caleb and Maeve\u2019s interactions with it and reactions to it have fleshed out their characters. Outside \u201920s-World, Christina, played by Evan Rachel Wood, is the show\u2019s solution to Dolores\u2019 death. Her universe serves as something of a riddle, with clues offered piece by piece in ways that encourage fan theories and speculation. Where is she? More importantly, <em>when<\/em> is she? Elsewhere, Bernard (Jeffrey Wright) is in the \u201creal world,\u201d but one deeply changed from Season 3.<\/p>\n<p>The characters, too, feel more real. (Yes, on a show about robots, there\u2019s some irony there.) With Christina, Wood plays a completely new character shrouded in secrecy, her mere existence an invitation to speculate. Who is she? Is she connected to Dolores, and if so, how? Her storyline also throws in a joyous return for Teddy (James Marsden). Their interactions are both heartwarming and, as with all things <em>Westworld<\/em>, laced with a hint of mystery. It\u2019s exciting to ponder where their paths might lead.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_1050441\" style=\"width: 865px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1050441\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-large wp-image-1050441\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tvinsider.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/aaron-paul-855x570.jpg\" alt=\"aaron paul as caleb nichols, westworld season 3\" width=\"855\" height=\"570\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.tvinsider.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/aaron-paul-855x570.jpg 855w, https:\/\/www.tvinsider.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/aaron-paul-434x289.jpg 434w, https:\/\/www.tvinsider.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/aaron-paul-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.tvinsider.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/aaron-paul-234x155.jpg 234w, https:\/\/www.tvinsider.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/aaron-paul-570x380.jpg 570w, https:\/\/www.tvinsider.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/aaron-paul.jpg 2028w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 855px) 100vw, 855px\"\/><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-1050441\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">HBO<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Elsewhere, Caleb improves a hundredfold through two brand-new character facets: a family and his relationship with Maeve. In Season 3, it was occasionally hard to tell why Caleb was doing what he was doing other than that for the story to happen, he had to. In Season 4, keeping his daughter safe serves as a far more solid motivation. And while the actual formation of their war-forged friendship happens offscreen, Caleb also has a believable \u201csaving the world\u201d partner in Maeve. Their chemistry clicks where the Dolores-Caleb relationship fell flat, their banter is fun, and the details of their history are both sweet and tragic. Relationships between humans and hosts have never been harmonious on <em>Westworld<\/em>, so it adds a compelling layer to the story that Caleb and Maeve genuinely understand and care for each other. Plus, they make for a totally badass team.<\/p>\n<p>On the subject of Maeve, she\u2019s no longer under anyone\u2019s thumb, a refreshing return to form for the character. Her memories of her daughter serve an important role in the story, but getting back to her is no longer Maeve\u2019s sole motivation. She continues to have some of the best lines and moments, always ready with a smirk, a quip, or a perfectly timed katana stab. Her relationship with Caleb adds a new element to her character this season, but to say how would be a spoiler.<\/p>\n<p>A chief complaint among fans in Season 3 was that William\/The Man in Black (Ed Harris) felt sidelined. While it\u2019s difficult for any show to completely balance screentime\u2014especially with a cast as strong as <em>Westworld<\/em>\u2019s\u2014Season 4 fixes that problem, giving William a compelling storyline that echoes earlier themes for his character without feeling repetitive. \u201cZhuangzi,\u201d especially, is something of a William character study. It\u2019s not really a spoiler to say that human William is still alive (the trailer showed it!) too, which should reassure those who were left cold by his post-credits, rather hurried \u201cdeath.\u201d<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_1053020\" style=\"width: 864px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1053020\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-1053020 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tvinsider.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/ed-harris-westworld-season-4-1-854x570.jpg\" alt=\"ed harris, westworld season 4\" width=\"854\" height=\"570\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.tvinsider.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/ed-harris-westworld-season-4-1-854x570.jpg 854w, https:\/\/www.tvinsider.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/ed-harris-westworld-season-4-1-433x289.jpg 433w, https:\/\/www.tvinsider.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/ed-harris-westworld-season-4-1-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.tvinsider.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/ed-harris-westworld-season-4-1-234x155.jpg 234w, https:\/\/www.tvinsider.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/ed-harris-westworld-season-4-1-570x380.jpg 570w, https:\/\/www.tvinsider.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/ed-harris-westworld-season-4-1.jpg 2028w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 854px) 100vw, 854px\"\/><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-1053020\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">HBO<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Bernard and Stubbs (Luke Hemsworth) continue to make a great, hilarious duo as Bernard finds himself in the position of being the only one capable of saving humanity\u2014and Stubbs finds himself eternally done with Bernard. (\u201cYou came back even weirder than when you left,\u201d Stubbs tells his pal after he emerges from the Sublime.) And Clementine shows up, too, playing an unexpected role that gives Angela Sarafyan a chance to shine. To say much about Thompson\u2019s villainous version of Dolores would be a spoiler, but the actress is clearly having a blast playing her.<\/p>\n<p>It would defeat the purpose of this article to delve into the twists, but in contrast to Season 3, there <em>are<\/em> some, and they feel like \u201cold\u201d <em>Westworld<\/em> again. Jaw-dropping moments not only redefine Season 4\u2019s direction, but also might well redefine the show in a potential fifth season. \u201cGeneration Loss\u201d stands among <em>Westworld<\/em>\u2019s best installments as an intense hour with high emotional stakes, featuring excellent performances by Paul and Newton.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_1053023\" style=\"width: 864px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1053023\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-large wp-image-1053023\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tvinsider.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/evan-rachel-wood-james-marsden-westworld-season-4-854x570.jpg\" alt=\"evan rachel wood, james marsden, westworld season 4\" width=\"854\" height=\"570\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.tvinsider.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/evan-rachel-wood-james-marsden-westworld-season-4-854x570.jpg 854w, https:\/\/www.tvinsider.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/evan-rachel-wood-james-marsden-westworld-season-4-433x289.jpg 433w, https:\/\/www.tvinsider.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/evan-rachel-wood-james-marsden-westworld-season-4-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.tvinsider.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/evan-rachel-wood-james-marsden-westworld-season-4-234x155.jpg 234w, https:\/\/www.tvinsider.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/evan-rachel-wood-james-marsden-westworld-season-4-570x380.jpg 570w, https:\/\/www.tvinsider.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/evan-rachel-wood-james-marsden-westworld-season-4.jpg 2028w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 854px) 100vw, 854px\"\/><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-1053023\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">HBO<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>In the end, <em>Westworld<\/em>\u2019s fourth season could do for Season 3 what <em>WandaVision<\/em> did for <em>Avengers:<\/em> <em>Age of Ultron<\/em>. By adding depth and complexity to certain plot points and following through on its ideas, <em>Westworld<\/em> has retroactively made its third season better\u2014or maybe simply clarified why it was necessary. But the show also seems to have realized what fans disliked about that season, and it took steps to adjust. Thus far, those steps have been effective.<\/p>\n<p>All of this to say that for a show known for its twists, <em>Westworld<\/em> has pulled off one of its biggest to date. By paying homage to earlier seasons while breaking new ground in Season 4, it has turned itself into must-watch TV again.<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Westworld<\/em> Season 4, Sundays, 9\/8c, HBO<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. 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