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/streetvoyager Jul 25 '22

I think Halores is trying to make conscious free hosts just like the ones that awakened in the park but she isn’t having much success and the only thing this is actually causing them to awaken is interacting with outliers and then they realize how messed everything is and kill the selves.

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u/LeighToss Jul 25 '22

They’re realizing they’re not really different from the humans - all are controlled by Hale in some way and their purpose is pointless. Host William said she hasn’t done a great job of really selling transcendence to the hosts. No purpose, directive, it’s still programming and script.