bobinator said:
DannyDuberstein said:
Yeah, that's a terrible idea. Doesn't make any sense and I don't think it will go there.
I'll be honest that's where I was until I heard the full explanation and now I'm in the "I can see it" camp.
Basically the gist of it is that Ford discovered the way across the 'cognitive plateau' is that the person had to discover for themselves that they where in a host body, they couldn't be told by someone else. This is basically exactly how Ford gets Dolores across the bridge to consciousness, ultimately she has to hear her own voice in her head.
So 'the maze' was built for the hosts, but Ford built a different path for Williams and that's what he's on this season.
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Man in Black is a host and Ford is testing him to see if the Grand Experiment has finally worked
I posted that after the episode on Sunday, you can definitely make the arguments to support it as a possibility. Ford built this entire game for William, why? Why is he trying to trigger things in William, to what end? Ford may have hated him and this is a devious game that ends in pain for William, thats a possibility - but I could argue the "he's a host and Ford is trying to awaken him" just as well. William has backstories he refers to and had a host like memory flashback of his wife in a tub.
If William is a host, what led to that and what is the motivation? Perhaps he was killed in the park early on and it was a cover up to save the viability of the investment? Perhaps Ford saw it as a way to get into a position of power within Delos and be left to do what he wants? William certainly grew in confidence back when pitching to Delos and gradually wresting control away from him, may have been maturing and growth in himself gained in the park, may have been Ford controlling him.
Why the daughter? Maybe the daughter has been searching for her "father" and has come to learn how to get to him as a host? Symbols she and Bernard have seen match, maybe it's all a map to William?
Have never seen any William copies. If he died a long time ago they had to gradually age his host body to keep it a secret? Seems like a stretch.
What is Bernard, really? Is he just a copy of Arnold as Ford saw him - looks like him, talks like him, shares same views as Arnold based on how Ford interpreted it and programmed it? He looks identical and seems to talk and behave in a similar fashion to Arnold, so what is the difference between Bernard and the Host Delos? Implanted consciousness vs programmed attempt to replicate behaviors?