The Original

Episode aired Oct 2, 2016
TV-MATV-MA
1h 8min

8.9/10

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The park staff begin to notice strange behavior from the hosts; A mysterious Man in Black roams the park, wreaking havoc.The park staff begin to notice strange behavior from the hosts; A mysterious Man in Black roams the park, wreaking havoc.The park staff begin to notice strange behavior from the hosts; A mysterious Man in Black roams the park, wreaking havoc.

8.9/10

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Director
- Jonathan Nolan
Writers
- Jonathan Nolan(teleplay by)
- Lisa Joy(teleplay by)
- Michael Crichton(based on the film written by)
Stars

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Westworld: The Original

Sidse Babett Knudsen and Shannon Woodward in Westworld (2016)

Sidse Babett Knudsen in Westworld (2016)

Thandiwe Newton and Rodrigo Santoro in Westworld (2016)

Director
- Jonathan Nolan
Writers
- Jonathan Nolan(teleplay by) (story by)
- Lisa Joy(teleplay by) (story by)
- Michael Crichton(based on the film written by) (story by)
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As another day of fantasy plays out in Westworld - a vast, remote park where guests pay top dollar to share wild-west adventures with android "hosts" - top programmer Bernard Lowe alerts park founder Dr. Robert Ford about incidents of aberrant behavior cropping up in some recently re-coded hosts. Meanwhile, in the Westworld town of Sweetwater, a rancher's daughter named Dolores encounters a gunslinger named Teddy in the street - but their predictable narrative is upended by the appearance of a ruthless Man in Black and, later, by a supporting host's unscripted encounter with an artifact of the outside world.

man wears black pipe smoking programmer slapping a fly dragged by a horse 113 more

Trivia
The skeletal robot hands playing the piano during the opening credits were modeled after composer Ramin Djawadi's own hands. Djawadi provided reference footage of himself and some of his musicians playing piano to Elastic, the production company behind the title design.

Goofs
In town, after The man in black speaks with Dolores he walks away. They each have two shadows.

Quotes
Dr. Robert Ford: What is your itinerary?
Peter Abernathy: To meet my maker.
Dr. Robert Ford: Ah. Well. You're in luck. And what do you want to say to your maker?
Peter Abernathy: By most mechanical and dirty hand
[laughs]
Peter Abernathy: . I shall have such revenges on you... both. The things I will do, what they are, yet I know not. But they will be the terrors of the earth. You don't know where you are, do you? You're in a prison of your own sins.

Crazy credits
In Loving Memory Eddie Rouse 1954-2014

Connections
Featured in The Daily Show: James Marsden (2016)

Soundtracks
Partita No. 3 In A Minor
(uncredited)
Written by Johann Sebastian Bach (as J.S. Bach)
Piano Cover performed by Ramin Djawadi

Top review

A perfect beginning for a perfect season

Westworld season 1 is just the perfect season. Cleverly combines sci-fi with western, beautiful photography and excellent music. This first chapter is mysterious, and offers us a hole world to discover. It also presents us some of the best characters of the series, with an amazing cast.

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