Westworld (2016–2022)
9/10
Best when watched as one 36 episode series
1 February 2024
This is a fascinating series hampered by 2 year gaps between season releases.

Having recently sat and watched all episodes over a few days seasons 3 and 4 make a lot more sense and the whole run of seasons is more coherent.

Having said that people are correct season 1 is the best and closest to Michael Chricton's inspiration. Season 2 is very good too but Seasons 3 and 4 struggle to maintain the high standard.

They are still good story telling but particularly in season 4 "Dolores" has little to do, and what she does do is not that interesting. Bernard and Maive have pretty much the same story line in both 3 and 4 so does not really develop them.

Given that most of the characters are destroyed/dead by the end I can't really see what another season could have added except another reboot of all the characters. But who are the guests in the new reboot?

It struck me at the end the entire story is told rather more succinctly in a short novella: Orwell's Animal Farm!
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