Wyatt's Gun

Lore & Background

The episode features the Man in Black and Teddy continuing their journey to find Wyatt, heading to Pariah for answers. The Union Army has closed the border, preventing them from proceeding further. One of the soldiers recognizes Teddy and accuses him of being an accomplice to Wyatt's massacre of his unit. The Man in Black and Teddy are captured, with the Union soldiers planning to brand Teddy with a symbol of the Maze to mark him as a traitor. Teddy has a flashback confirming that he indeed was complicit in Wyatt's massacre and breaks free of his bonds. He then commandeers a Gatling gun and kills all of the Union soldiers at the camp.

In Their Own Story

Theresa informs Bernard that she wants to end their relationship. She fears that the revelation that she is sleeping with the head of the Behavior department could create a conflict of interest and hurt her credibility. Bernard continues his investigations into the stray host. He discovers a small family of unregistered hosts operating in Sector 17. Dr. Ford reveals that this host family is based on his family, and are first-generation hosts that Arnold designed for him. Elsie finds evidence that Theresa is responsible for trying to smuggle data out of Westworld. She discovers that another person has been remotely reprogramming first-generation hosts. After warning Bernard about her discoveries, Elsie is grabbed by an unknown assailant.

Reader's Guide

Dr. Ford checks in on his host family and finds the dog dead. He interrogates Robert, the child host, who lies that the dog died naturally. Dr. Ford catches the lie and figures out that Robert killed the dog. On further interrogation, Robert admits that he was told to "put the dog out of its misery" by Arnold. Maeve begins deliberately getting herself killed so she can continue her chats with Felix. Felix reveals the entire truth to her, showing that all of Westworld is fake. Sylvester discovers what Felix has done and threatens to inform QA but Maeve convinces Sylvester to help her. She asks them to modify some of her programming to her advantage, making her smarter and increasing her pain tolerance. When they check her program, the duo realizes that somebody has covertly modified Maeve's program.

Did You Know?

• "The Adversary" was written by Halley Gross and series co-creator Jonathan Nolan, and was directed by Frederick E.O. Toye, who worked with Nolan on his previous TV series, Person of Interest.
• This episode features a strings-only cover of "Motion Picture Soundtrack" not by the usual composer Ramin Djawadi, but rather by Vitamin String Quartet, which plays as Maeve is in the control room and sees the technician
• "The Adversary" was viewed by 1.64 million American households on its initial viewing. The episode also acquired a 0.7 rating in the 18–49 demographic.
• The episode currently has an 89% score on Rotten Tomatoes and has an average rating of 8.6 out of 10, based on 28 reviews.
• Eric Goldman of IGN reviewed the episode positively, saying, "Thandie Newton has done fantastic work all season, but this episode was a true standout for her, as she expertly played Maeve going through so much and proces