Welcome to the Westworld town of Sweetwater. Teddy gets off the train with the rest of the guests, his walk into town giving us a feel for the surroundings. Voice-over: “Have you ever questioned the nature of your reality?"ĭolores: “The newcomers are just looking for the same thing we are, a place to be free. It's evident she cannot feel it on her skin. A fly crawls on her face, across her nose, and onto her eyeball.
She is naked and expressionless while being questioned by a disembodied voice-over. The first scene opens with a dull-eyed Evan Rachel Wood, whose name we later find out is Dolores Abernathy. (Note that there is a voice-over throughout, which is in italics for clarity, as the narration reflects the action.)
Since the first 15 minutes of this episode are CRUCIAL to our understanding of the world we're about to discover, I'll focus on them in more detail than I usually would. If you're the kind of person who has trouble keeping track of the various Houses at play in Westeros, beware: This promises to be just as complicated.
The first episode, "The Original" (more on that later), does a good job of setting up an intricate storyline for characters both real and virtual: The setting shifts back and forth between the park and the high-tech facility that administrates it - a constant reminder that many of the characters we're interacting with aren't technically alive. (You probably know him as the author of Jurassic Park.) The series centers on the titular Wild West-themed amusement park, in which paying guests interact with increasingly lifelike hosts that are artificially intelligent androids.
After this premiere, I'm a believer.Ī brief plot summary for the uninitiated: Westworld is based on a 1973 movie of the same name, written and directed by Michael Crichton. Westworld, it seems, aims to fill that gap. Winter has come and Game of Thrones is on break, leaving the door wide open for a new sci-fi/fantasy obsession.
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