

The maze is a representation of Arnold's theory that hosts can't reach full consciousness on a linear path. He searches for the center of a fabled "maze" until Ford informs him the maze isn't for him, it's for the hosts. Intent on finding more to Westworld as well as meaning to his own life, the Man in Black obsessively returns to the park over many years. This triggers something dark in William and his transformation into the sadistic Man in Black begins. When William and Dolores fall in love, William's future brother-in-law Logan Delos ( Ben Barnes) cuts Dolores open to remind William she's just a machine and his real fiancee is waiting back home. Bernard confronts Ford to find the truth of who he is, resolving to rebel against Ford and help release all the sentient hosts from the park.Įd Harris plays William, aka the Man in Black.Įn route to Escalante, Dolores encounters William ( Jimmi Simpson), future collaborator with the Delos corporation, which runs Westworld operations. This leads him to the revelation he's really a host - "Bernard Lowe" is an anagram of Arnold Weber. Unbeknownst to Bernard, he's an exact replica of Arnold, created by Ford to assist him following the real Arnold's death.Īt the end of season 1, Bernard reels from a murder he's forced to commit under Ford's control. Jeffrey Wright plays Bernard, aka Arnold.īernard Lowe, the park's head programmer who helps create the hosts, is Ford's right-hand man.


But little does she know this was Ford's plan all along: He wanted to play gamemaster and facilitate the robot uprising. In Escalante for the second time, and having reached full consciousness and gained autonomy, Dolores shoots Ford. Yet despite this massacre, Robert Ford ( Anthony Hopkins having way too much fun playing the other founder of the park) revives Dolores and opens the park anyway.
