That was my impression. And the story could be easily implanted in other hosts so that they had the right reaction to him. But it has me wondering if it really did play out, or if it was based on an incident that actually happened.

It could just be a plot device to foreshadow exactly how badly you can mess up when playing with the hosts settings, leading in to Maeve being reprogrammed at the end of the episode.

Are we 100% sure that Arnold is really dead? Other then the story from Anthony Hopkins saying he died at the park under mysterious circumstances nobody has mentioned Arnold.

What if he is still alive in the park?

It's possible. That could have been Arnold grabbing what's her name at the end of the episode, living as a hermit in some secluded area of the park. But nobody mentions him because the event (whatever it was) was a PR nightmare.The company scrubbed his existence. I like to think it was the breakdown from the movie-this universe's version of it.

Maeve is going to be one bad ass conniving robot. Lowered loyalty, 100 intelligence when shew as 14 before.

It's a 20 point scale:

https://i.redditmedia.com/2Mtne8_z9-...Vc.png?w=1024&

The pic I linked from Reddit isn't showing up so I hosted it on Photobucket. Here is a pic of Maeve's settings from a screen capture of the scene in the episode:


http://i121.photobucket.com/albums/o...%20Capture.png

Here's a screencap of the picture of Ford and Arnold as seen by Bernard:

https://i.kinja-img.com/gawker-media...vi8kjuqi9y.png

Here's a screencap of the host portraying Ford's father:

https://i.kinja-img.com/gawker-media...qzjpgxxwwk.png

I just saw a piece on Deadspin (yes I know they suck) and noticed that Ford now dresses similarly to Arnold's style, and that Arnold's sweater vest in the picture looks like the one that android Dad is wearing. Here's what Deadspin said:

This week’s theory that’s sending the internet into a tailspin is that the actor playing Ford’s robot father looks a lot like Arnold in the photo Ford showed Bernard in episode three. We all assumed the younger one is Ford, because otherwise he’s aged really well. But if this is accurate, was Arnold Ford’s dad? That definitely would explain why Arnold’s version of his family was so idealized. And also, possibly, who took Elsie. Plus, it would make sense, narratively, for this whole thing to have started as a family business. There’s also the possibility that Bernard isn’t seeing the photo properly because he is a host. If he’s the Arnold copy, the photo wouldn’t show him as himself. We know that photos that disrupt the hosts’ belief in their world don’t appear weird to them. On the one hand, it’s seeming likely that there’s something off about Arnold and Ford’s dad. On the other hand, what the ****?

damn

Yeah I noticed that too.

Recap:
https://youtu.be/zmuqXcQM00s







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We get another trip down into the deepest levels of Westworld. I’m assuming that was mock-up of Yul Brynner from the Westworld film Bernard saw in the background?

Jonathan Nolan: It was indeed. It was a little tip of the hat. We didn’t want to feature it too heavily, we don’t want you reading too much into that.

Right. Because you’ve previously said the film’s events did not literally happen in your story.

http://www.ew.com/article/2016/11/06...sary-interview

Just finished the first episode. I'm in. Makes me want to play Red Dead though.

What is the maze?

https://youtu.be/1XTt2M7V7AE









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Here, I embedded it for you.

Yeah I kinda hollered when I saw that like YEAH!

What cracked me up in the original movie is he NEVER runs. Just walks. Both thumbs hooked in his belt all Al Bundy style. and no matter how fast that dude runs....Yule catches up. :D

This show is SO damn GOOD! I am nerd boy familiar with the original movie and I couldn't see how they'd take that story and be able to turn it into a sustainable series. man....well done!