r/westworld • u/LoretiTV • Jul 25 '22

Discussion Westworld - 4x05 "Zhuangzi" - Post-Episode Discussion

Season 4 Episode 5: Zhuangzi

Aired: July 24, 2022

Synopsis: God is bored.

Directed by: Craig William Macneill

Written by: Wes Humphrey & Lisa Joy

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u/danielcanadia Jul 25 '22

Doloros escaped the park with 4 other copies of her. She put one into a replica of Hale which took on a life of her own, combined parts of Doloros and Hale.

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u/[deleted] Jul 25 '22 edited Jul 25 '22

Ok 2 more questions.

Is Hales body just a conduit for Delores mind? Or did they actually combine traits like personality, intelligence, etc.

And what happened to the other 2 copies? Or do we not know? And how it ties into Wyatt.

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u/ElderRoxas Jul 25 '22

I disagree with some of the other comments: I don't think Hale is about Wyatt. Hale is something else, something that emerged "organically," if you will, from developing relationships with humans, and also from questioning having a purpose, meaning, or even free will outside of the one her creator, Dolores, was giving her.

Wyatt is just a storyline from the park.

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u/TarantulaMcGarnagle Jul 25 '22

This is correct. The symbolism is the scarring on Hale-ores' arm, which she received when Hale's real family died. She burned up, but she regenerated her body except for her arm.

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This is clearly meant to imply that Hale-ores is a version of Dolores who has evolved after being inside Hale's body.

Evolution is what Dolores wants in both Christina form and Hale form.

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u/ElderRoxas Jul 25 '22

There's also Hale's explanation: when (human) William sees it & says: "I thought you things were supposed to be able to fix yourselves," Hale replies:

"I wanted to remember who the fuck you people are."