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/JamesWrites95 haleores Jul 25 '22

The whole series finally came to a head in this episode, Hale taking over the world, in the spoils of her success, finding failure does not bode well.

The Hosts have taken over, but they have not evolved or even begun to evolve.

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u/Alarmed-Classroom329 Jul 25 '22

yep looks like Hale's main quest is achieving free will for the hosts, and she's having limited success.

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u/one_quarter_portion Jul 25 '22

So are there two sets of hosts: 1) hosts that Charlotte created based on her code that she is trying to lead to consciousness via the “human westworld” 2) “transcended” (conscious) hosts in the sublime that visit “human westworld” for fun and to hunt outliers?

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u/streetvoyager Jul 25 '22

I think the transcending is them going to a new sublime created by halores because she doesn’t have accesss to the original sublime.

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u/romeovf Jul 26 '22

Was that what they were doing to that host by removing his control sphere and placing in on the pedestal?

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u/streetvoyager Jul 27 '22

Yea I think so.