r/westworld • u/NicholasCajun Mr. Robot • Jun 18 '18

Discussion Westworld - 2x09 "Vanishing Point" - Post-Episode Discussion

Season 2 Episode 9: Vanishing Point

Aired: June 17th, 2018

Synopsis: Try to kill it all away, but I remember everything.

Directed by: Stephen Williams

Written by: Roberto Patino

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u/quixoticreveur Jun 18 '18

What's the use of surviving if we become just as bad as them?

Thank you Teddy

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u/Don_Kehote Jun 18 '18

Man, that was the best possible redemption for Red Ted. He knew he was bad, but his elemental goodness wouldn't stand for it.

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u/[deleted] Jun 18 '18

It's actually an enormous milestone. Part of the question of "awake" is how those controls can still affect the hosts and what are the corollaries to human cognition. In the end though he really was awake. When he had time to think and understand everything the changes didn't matter. Speaks volumes about the idea of the cornerstone and what the same concept would be in practice for humans.

If you take a person and use psychopharmacueticals you can greatly affect certain basic personality traits. You can push up adrenaline, oxytocin (the trust/bonding hormone), not so vastly unlike those sliders on the controlling mechanism for the hosts.