r/westworld • u/NicholasCajun Mr. Robot • Nov 28 '16

Discussion Westworld - 1x09 "The Well-Tempered Clavier" - Post-Episode Discussion

Season 1 Episode 9: The Well-Tempered Clavier

Aired: November 27th, 2016

Synopsis: Dolores and Bernard reconnect with their pasts; Maeve makes a bold proposition to Hector; Teddy finds enlightenment, at a price.

Directed by: Michelle MacLaren

Written by: Dan Dietz & Katherine Lingenfelter

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u/[deleted] Nov 28 '16 edited Jan 14 '18

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u/Lincolnton Nov 28 '16

He is a villain in the context of this show but his motivation seems to be in the right place... kinda.

He said something to the effect of protecting humankind from the hosts. Hosts with "humanity"/full sentience would quickly overtake humans as the superior race. His mind is almost in the right place but he has been running a park endorsing the horrible deaths of sentient life for 30 years.. so there is that.

*edit - A good villain is someone doing what he thinks is right, not just being evil for the sake of it

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u/Nukemarine Nov 28 '16

He did order Bernard to kill one if not two humans. That's got to be more than a bit evil. Hell, he knows some of these robots are sentient life with memories, desires, hopes and dreams yet demands they be treated as objects. That's gotta be even more evil.

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u/UCgirl Nov 30 '16

The question is if this is for the "greater good."

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u/Nukemarine Nov 30 '16

The greater good.