Contrapasso 

Dolores, William and Logan reach Pariah, and are recruited for a dangerous mission; The Man in Black meets an unlikely ally.

Director:

Jonny Campbell

Writers:

Jonathan Nolan (created by), Lisa Joy (created by)

Stars:

Evan Rachel Wood, Thandie Newton, Jeffrey Wright

Cast

Episode cast overview, first billed only:
Evan Rachel Wood	...	Dolores Abernathy
Thandie Newton	...	Maeve Millay
Jeffrey Wright	...	Bernard Lowe
James Marsden	...	Teddy Flood
Ben Barnes	...	Logan
Clifton Collins Jr.	...	Lawrence / El Lazo
Jimmi Simpson	...	William
Shannon Woodward	...	Elsie Hughes
Ed Harris	...	Man in Black
Anthony Hopkins	...	Dr. Robert Ford
Michael Wincott	...	Old Bill
Ptolemy Slocum	...	Sylvester
Leonardo Nam	...	Lutz
James Landry Hébert	...	Slim Miller
Oliver Bell	...	Little Boy

Storyline

Logan, William, Dolores and Slim head to Pariah, a dangerous and wild town of outcasts, to meet El Lazo. They team up and El Lazo tells that there is a shipment of nitroglycerin that he wants. They ambush a wagon to steal the explosive for the army, but Slim is killed. William shoots and kills the escort team and they return to Pariah to party in a brothel, where William and Logan have an argument. Dolores sees El Lazo stealing the nitroglycerin and she asks William to flee with her. Meanwhile, the Man in Black is riding with Lawrence and Teddy; out of the blue, he kills Lawrence to use his blood to save Teddy to force him to lead him to Wyatt. Elsie finds that someone is transmitting data out of the park and decides to investigate.

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Plot Keywords:

naked female corpse | playing piano | flask of liquor | switch | jumping a train | 

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Genres:

Drama | Mystery | Sci-Fi

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Certificate:

TV-MA

Did You Know?

Trivia

This is the only episode of season one to be certified '18' by the British Board of Film Classification (BBFC). All the other episodes were certified '15'.

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Goofs

[All goofs for this title are spoilers.]

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Quotes

Man in Black: Welcome back. Looks like a couple of gallons of Lawrence swirling around in you did you good. Ready to get back on the road?
Teddy Flood: Merciful thing would be to put a bullet in me.
Man in Black: Whoever said I was merciful? And it's not my fault you're suffering. You used to be beautiful. When this place started, I opened one of you up once. Million little perfect pieces. And then they changed you. Made you this sad little mess. Flesh and bone just like us. They said it would improve the park experience. But you know ...

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Connections

Featured in Late Night with Seth Meyers: Joel Edgerton/Evan Rachel Wood/Ina Garten/Allison Miller (2016)

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Soundtracks

Main Title Theme
Written by Ramin Djawadi

User Reviews

Westworld: Contrapasso

Short and Simple Review by WunsTheFadger

This episode has a bit of everything in it. We see a team up between two characters, we get some backstory and character development, and we get a stunning end scene that leaves you wanting more. Evan Rachel Wood, Jimmi Simpson, and Ben Barnes give the best performances.

The pacing is a little slow and there is a huge amount of unneeded nudity. Towards the end, there is a huge orgy were male and female full frontal nudity is shown. This orgy scene is not needed to further the story in any way.

Pros: Dynamic story, great acting, more backstory and character development, and a great ending scene

Cons: Slow pacing and a lot of unneeded nudity

Overall Rating: 9.2

Details

Official Sites:

Official site Official site

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

30 October 2016 (USA)

Filming Locations:

Moab, Utah, USA

Company Credits

Production Co:

Kilter Films, Bad Robot, Warner Bros. Television

Technical Specs

Runtime:

56 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital Dolby Atmos (Blu-ray release)

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.78 : 1