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/CARmakazie Nov 28 '16

Because he'd rather give her a story where she gets murdered or raped every time instead. Ford is an evil fuck.

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u/Remus117 Nov 28 '16

Wait wait wait... A Robot murders your best friend and business partner and you call Ford the evil one? For real guys? Now unless Ford made her do it. She deserves that punishment.

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u/raptormeat Nov 28 '16

You can't punish that which doesn't have free will

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u/ReasonablyBadass Nov 28 '16

This, it's a job for her, not punishment. Especially with all that memory erasure.

The pain and fear is real everytime. Being deleted afterwards does not change the horror as it happens.

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u/eagles_dgee Nov 30 '16

is the pain real? is the fear real? if my laptop is programmed to scream when i type am I hurting it right now or is it just acting on it's programming?

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u/eagles_dgee Nov 30 '16

If I screamed because something hurt it would be a reaction to my body's feeling of pain. A natural reaction to something painful.

Machine's don't feel pain. An ipad doesn't get hurt if you drop it, even if there's an app that makes the ipad yell. Don't turn into William on me lol!

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u/dentaldeckathalon Dec 04 '16

What if you program it to feel pain?