It’s probably just a coincidence that tonight’s Westworld is airing on Father’s Day. But as (probable) coincidences go,…

It makes sense that Westworld would have Indians. Not Native Americans, but “Indians”—the kind that used to show up in…

We’ve talked before about how Westworld doesn’t have a particularly high view of humanity. There’s nothing wrong with…

“Phase Space” isn’t a terrible episode. It’s also not a particularly great one. There are sublime moments here,…

How much do the stories we live by matter when we find out those stories are a lie? It’s an idea that Westworld keeps…

Anyone looking for proof that the second season of Westworld is playing with a different set of rules than the first…

The colonial critique inherent in Westworld’s premise has been present from the start. The only ones with any real…

Well what do you know. Last week, I was predicting that Jimmi Simpson wouldn’t be reprising his role this season as…

Who are we rooting for here? And do we have to be rooting for anyone? Westworld’s first season began with a…

Dorm-room philosophizing gets a bad rap. The phrase has become shorthand for lazy, facile thought experiments, but in…

There’s a thing that happens to me sometimes in the middle of the night, and I’m not sure there’s a name for it. I’ll…

The downside to stalling until a big reveal is the stall, of course; and the longer we wait, the stronger that reveal…

Clearly, Westworld is building towards something. Whether it’s a reveal of multiple timelines, hidden identities, or…

The reveal of Teddy’s true nature in Westworld’s first episode did two things. First, and most obviously, it forced us…

The nudity on Westworld is beginning to make me uncomfortable. Thandie Newton spends a few scenes in tonight’s episode…

Westworld is very good at mood. I would go so far as to even say it’s the show’s single greatest strength; the pilot…

Confession: when I watched the first three episodes of Westworld, I did not think of it as a “mystery box” show. In…

Westworld seems to be falling into one of my least favorite forms of modern television: the “let’s have a bunch of…

In its first episode, Westworld spent the majority of its time focused on the inner workings of the amusement park that…

Most of the time, we’re rooting for the robots. Oh, there are exceptions: your Terminators, your Brainiacs, your Eves…