Moving away from the Arnold of it all, the Bernard reveal makes every single one of his phone calls or private meetings immediately more suspicious. In other words, are those scenes with Dolores taking place almost 40 years ago when Arnold was still alive? If so, that adds another wrinkle to the show's already complicated chronology. But if we buy that it's Arnold and not Bernard in the scenes with Charlie (and, it's worth emphasizing, your mileage may vary on whether you buy it), then it's worth wondering if it's Arnold in the scenes with Dolores. Read more: 'Westworld' Star on Theresa's Devastating Discoveryĭuring his visit with Charlie, Bernard reads excerpts from "Alice in Wonderland." It's the same book Bernard uses during his conversations with Dolores earlier in the series. Given its appearance in Ford's first conversation about Arnold, and then again here in this scene of a man we believe is Bernard, is it possible that "Reverie" is a music cue the show uses when Arnold's in the forefront? Unless it's not Bernard, but Arnold, he's dreaming about. It's also the same piece featured in the opening of episode seven, as Bernard sits with his son Charlie … or, at least, Bernard dreams of this moment, one we now have to question given recent revelations. It's Claude Debussy's "Reverie," a moving piece with a provocative title given the use of reveries in Westworld. Sticking with the same episode-three scene, consider the music that the host is playing in Ford's office when he and Bernard walk in. Episode seven established that Bernard couldn't see his own schematics, that he "cannot see the things that hurt him." It would make sense, then, that he wouldn't be able to see Arnold in the photograph if Arnold is the basis for Bernard's physical design. When Bernard studies the photograph of Ford and his "partner," who we now know is Ford's father, notice that there's enough room on the right side of the picture for another person. Revisit the scene in episode three where Ford tells Bernard all about Arnold. Here's where we start tripping down the deep rabbit hole of the "Bernard is Arnold" theory. Read more: 'Westworld' Creators Explain "Terrible," "Devastating" Game-Changing Reveal (Also no wonder he doesn't see Ford in the cottage at first, since he emerges from the door Bernard cannot see.) But if this guy isn't Arnold, who is? No wonder that Bernard initially mistakes this man for Arnold, then. He's speaking to the host we soon learn is modeled after Ford's father - the same man glimpsed in the photograph of Ford and Arnold that Ford shows Bernard back in episode three. Is Bernard planning something with the decommissioned hosts? And if so, should we presume Ford is in on it as well?īernard asks this question back in episode six, when he stumbles upon Ford's cottage. The whisper becomes much more suspicious and foreboding now that we know Bernard and Abernathy are both hosts. Bernard accompanied Abernathy on his journey toward cold storage, and before filing him away, he whispered in Abernathy's ear - words we did not hear at the time, and still don't know. Let's begin all the way back with the show's very first episode, when Dolores' (Evan Rachel Wood) father, Peter Abernathy (Louis Herthum), was decommissioned. Read more: 'Westworld' Star Jeffrey Wright Goes Inside That Big Twist
#Seven moments worth revisiting series
Really, every single Bernard scene deserves a second look, now that we know that he's not only a host, but also completely under Ford's thumb.įor example, here are seven scenes across the series thus far worth revisiting now that we know more about Bernard:
There's no telling where the story moves from here, but Bernard's past actions certainly warrant closer scrutiny in light of the reveal. In a grand show of power over his host, Ford commands Bernard to murder Theresa Cullen (Sidse Babett Knudsen), a startling act of violence that only amplifies the horrific truth behind Bernard's tragic reality. And so, the truth is out there: Bernard Lowe (Jeffrey Wright), the mild-mannered scientist and programmer who oversees the hosts in Westworld, has much more in common with his subjects than he ever knew.Īt the end of the show's latest episode, "Trompe L'Oeil," Bernard stands revealed as a host, unknowingly working on behalf of Robert Ford (Anthony Hopkins).
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