“The Bicameral Mind,” in the midst of a lot of exposition, did both of those things. And I think “The Bicameral Mind” largely affirmed that the pleasures of the show don’t involve out-guessing it. But that much-telegraphed reveal was the least interesting thing about the season finale of “Westworld.”In fact, “The Bicameral Mind” is structured to directly push back against the idea that trying to solve Westworld the park or “Westworld” the show. And the literal point of “The Bicameral Mind” as an episode of television was that it’s the journey that matters, that brings us to a higher stage of consciousness just by taking it. If “The Bicameral Mind” had simply revealed that William was an evil genius all along, it would have been a variation, albeit a very minor one.

Source: Washington Post December 05, 2016 04:24 UTC