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Countless times in Season 2 of HBO's Westworld, we hear characters say they're looking for "fidelity." Dolores wants a perfect version of Bernard before he can be released into the park. William is looking for the perfect version of James Delos, over and over. Taking a look as a whole at the recently concluded second season …
This is a guest article by Hannah Searson who previously wrote Hysteria in Twin Peaks and Ghosts, Sympathy and bearing witness in Twin Peaks The Return We hope you enjoy! “Consciousness isn’t a journey upward, but a journey inward. Not a pyramid, but a maze”, or so Jeffrey Wright’s Arnold tells us in the final episode of Westworld season …
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While recently rereading Mark Frost's The Secret History of Twin Peaks, I came across this passage[1]: "...it is important that we learn to distinguish between mysteries and secrets. Mysteries precede humankind, envelop us and draw us forward into exploration and wonder. Secrets are the work of humankind, a covert and often insidious way to gather, withhold or …
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With HBO's sci-fi thriller-mystery Westworld returning for a second season on April 22, I had an urge to give it another spin. Going in knowing what happens, for the most part anyway, (I first watched the show as it aired back in 2016, so it's been a while), I wondered if I would find it …
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