Go Behind The Scenes On Westworld Season 2 Episode 9

Hitting The Vanishing Point

♦ HBO’s Westworld returned for a second season on 22 April and here’s a look behind the scenes at the latest episode, episode nine, courtesy of TV Promos…

Here’s a synopsis for episode nine: The Man in Black wakes and notices his daughter Emily brought him to a rally point to call for help. Emily says she knows why he’s still in the park after all these years: He’s punishing himself for the death of Juliet, his wife and Emily’s mother. Emily guiltily recalls a gift her mother gave her: an engraved music box. Emily threw it away, angry that if her mother wasn’t a drunk, she would know she hadn’t danced in years.

On their way to the Valley Beyond, Dolores Abernathy and Teddy Flood encounter Ghost Nation warriors. They address Dolores as Deathbringer and tell her, “Your journey ends here.” Dolores explains the Valley Beyond was built for the people who created the park to ensure their immortality, but she plans to use it against them. Dolores’ horde and the Ghost Nation break out into violence, the battle Antoine Costa played on his tablet in “Journey Into Night” coming to life. As she prepares to shoot a surviving warrior, Dolores says: “I told you, friend. Not all of us deserve to make it to the Valley Beyond.”

In the Mesa, tech Roland tells Charlotte Hale he took some of Maeve Millay’s code and implemented it into Clementine Pennyfeather’s system. This update will enable her to spread a virus to other hosts. Clementine places a hand on the glass wall of the lab. Hosts inside brutally attack each other. Hale orders Roland to contact Ashley Stubbs and organize a team to take Clementine to the Valley Beyond — they no longer need Maeve.

Bernard Lowe finds Elsie Hughes. He informs her Delos is capturing guests’ data and replicating their cognition; a facility called the Forge holds all the data on a giant server — and they have to reach the Forge before the hosts do.

Back in the lab, Roland prepares to terminate Maeve when Ford appears in front of her and reveals, out of all the hosts he made, she’s his “favorite.” He encourages Maeve to continue her journey and unlocks her core directives.

Westworld isn’t your typical amusement park. Intended for rich vacationers, the futuristic park – which is looked after by robotic “hosts” – allows its visitors to live out their fantasies through artificial consciousness. No matter how illicit the fantasy may be, there are no consequences for the park’s guests, allowing for any wish to be indulged. Westworld – which is based on the 1973 Michael Crichton movie of the same name – features an all-star cast that includes Oscar winner Anthony Hopkins and Golden Globe winner Ed Harris.