But, as Serac is one of the dumbest characters in the show, he only has 7 to 8 people guarding the facility. Any appreciation of these weighty realizations comes from Paul, his slack jaw, and those glassy, untethered eyes. If she’s really going to wipe out the human race, she’s not the protagonist in this fight — not that there has to be a clear champion for audiences to root for. ET on HBO. How someone feels about the third season of Westworld can be determined by a number of factors, but one of the most important ones is shaping up to be how a viewer feels about Caleb Nichols (Aaron Paul) and his place in the Dolores Abernathy Expanded Universe. It took the show a while, but we finally know what Dolores (Evan Rachel Wood) is up to in season 3. Because this episode of Westworld isn’t about that explosive beginning, but instead focuses on revealing the story of who Caleb really is, exposing characters that continue to live in loops and hammering home just how similar the real world is to life in one of Delos’ parks. The Essential DanMachi Moments, Westworld Season 3 Episode 7 Review: Passed Pawn. 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The three-time Emmy winner expresses such a raw reaction to such a dense upending of his character’s reality, he’s almost convincing enough to make you believe someone, anyone, could process all that so quickly. The former “Breaking Bad” star is straining to convey the pain his “Westworld” character, Caleb Nichols, feels at this climactic moment. And yet, you know they can’t because you, dear reader, were trying to do it at the same time. This review contains spoilers for Westworld Season 3, Episode 7, "Passed Pawn." An actor like Aaron Paul doesn’t tend to be brought on board to be a part-time player, and as the third season has progressed, Caleb and his mysterious past have become more and more important to the narrative, like how bit players would be pulled into the schemes of the guests in the park. However, as details were being sorted out, Maeve showed up. The stage is set for Westworld season 3 finale, next week! Ali Arslan Ahmad started off his professional life as a Civil Engineer, but his other interests got the better of him. Because some of the plots from season 3 still don’t make much sense. But he isn’t talking to the viewer. Remember Serac’s previous version of Rehoboam, Solomon that we saw at the start of Westworld season 3? How someone feels about the third season of Westworld can be determined by … Page 1 of 1. Aaron Paul is staring directly into the camera. If she’s really going to wipe out the human race, she’s not the protagonist in this fight — not that there has to be a clear champion for audiences to root for. In fact, his story had been written over countless number of times by a greater power that didn’t truly see him as a person, only as a conduit for its storytelling. May 11, 2020. Stay on top of the latest breaking film and TV news! To refresh your memory of where we left off, check out our review of Westworld Season 3, episode 6. However, in that place, he begins to shake off the back story he was given—his unit was indeed wiped out, but that’s not what he’s been doing in the years since the war—and recover his post-war period working alongside Francis (Kid Cudi) as a bag man for Serac and Rehoboam, trimming off loose ends and plucking undesirables out of the gene pool for reeducation or removal. In episode 7, we finally understood Dolores’s endgame and her showdown with Maeve, but that’s not all. In the beginning of the season, the jumbled and vague motivations and winding storylines held promise and excitement, as I had hope that they’d come to a satisfying end. A recap of ‘Passed Pawn,’ the penultimate episode of Westworld season three, episode seven. What? The way “Westworld” treats its characters like puzzles doesn’t end with Caleb; after seven episodes, lots of chatter, and two big brouhahas, it’s hard to fully understand why Maeve (Thandie Newton) and Dolores (Evan Rachel Wood) are fighting each other — and that’s after an episode where they try to explain their rationales to each other. Looks like Caleb just got upgraded from a pawn, but to what, exactly? Tears are filling his eyes. Caleb did have a friend Francis in the military, but he survived. Which either makes it bad writing (possible) or means that Dolores doesn’t care about humanity and is simply manipulating Caleb to serve her own means (more possible). As Bernard so eloquently explains, Dolores was built with poetic sensibilities, which means she’s more than capable of and happy to use a human to bring about the doom of humanity. Honestly, I thought Francis and Caleb were in love, and that technically could still be true, but that Caleb killed the man he’s been mourning is a knotty emotional twist that takes some untangling to appreciate. Complicated characters are great, but these two feel manipulated into a fight to a) serve a longterm goal (we’ll find out their real motivations later), and b) provide a reason for a big robot battle. The Outlier. But, there was a lot more to be revealed in episode 7. We recap Westworld Season 3 Episode 7, which offers a backstory for Aaron Paul's Caleb and features some of the best action of the series. Westworld Season 3 Episode 7: ‘Passed Pawn’ Review Posted By: Oliver VanDervoort on: April 27, 2020 In: News , Reviews , Streaming , TV , TV Reviews Tags: HBO , Westworlds3 No Comments Print Email Sign up for our Email Newsletters here. 'Lovecraft Country' Finale Review: Season 1 Is Beautiful, Bonkers TV -- and Little Else But he isn’t talking to the viewer. It’s an uninteresting trajectory for a character whose central character trait thus far has been agency and authority over herself, and puts her in a direct conflict with Dolores that I don’t really think is necessary, for all that I do think it could be fun to watch. Strangely, as enthralling it is to watch chaos topple the technocracy that is Westworld, it’s almost as effective to watch the black corona of divergence spread across the white face of Serac’s wristwatch monitoring the system. It stumbled quite a bit in Season 2, but still retained much of what made Season 1 work. Any appreciation of these weighty realizations comes from Paul, his slack jaw, and those glassy, untethered eyes. But as we find out in this episode, the life he thought he had led this whole time was mostly a lie. We see first that William is officially declared dead, so Serac and Charlotte could seamlessly take over Delos. Dankanator - For Millennials. The penultimate episode of "Westworld" season three, "Passed Pawn," aired Sunday night on HBO.

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