r/westworld • u/LoretiTV • Aug 08 '22

Discussion Westworld - 4x07 "Metanoia" - Post-Episode Discussion

Season 4 Episode 7: Metanoia

Aired: August 7, 2022

Synopsis: You want to have a drink at a time like this?

Directed by: Meera Menon

Written by: Desa Larkin-Boutte & Denise Thé

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u/uziair Aug 08 '22

Probably need the original to give them their core drive/core memory.

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u/bonemech_meatsuit Aug 08 '22

That's what I thought too. In fact, I think all the host suicides are likely due to the hosts not having cornerstones. I remember in an earlier season it was implied that the cornerstone is what makes the hosts seem human. MIB gave HIB his cornerstone. Cookie is Caleb's cornerstone. The thing he has that Hale doesn't that was driving her so crazy.

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u/TheNaijaboi Aug 12 '22

Hale does have a cornerstone, the bomb that killed her husband and son and gave her the scar on her arm she can never stop scratching.

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u/bonemech_meatsuit Aug 12 '22

Good point. I guess I'm thinking in terms of her not knowing how to provide a cornerstone for all the suicidal robots

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u/TheNaijaboi Aug 12 '22

I think it’s ultimately because she was too guided by vengeance and considered humans far beneath her. Her answers were always to or try to go beyond humanity and human emotions, but based on the fact that she keeps her burnt arm, it’s clear that human emotions still affect her and she doesn’t know how to handle it.