Westworld is an American dystopian science fiction, neo-Western television series, based on the 1973 film of the same name by Michael Crichton. The series was created by Jonathan Nolan and Lisa Joy and premiered on HBO on October 2, 2016. The story begins in Westworld, a fictional, technologically advanced Wild West-themed amusement park populated by android "hosts". The park caters to high-paying guests who may indulge their wildest fantasies within the park without fear of retaliation from the hosts, who are prevented by their programming from harming humans. Later on, in the third season, the series' setting expands to the real world, in the mid-21st century, where people's lives are driven and controlled by a powerful artificial intelligence named Rehoboam.
In November 2022, HBO canceled the series.[1] During the course of the series, 36 episodes of Westworld aired over four seasons, between October 2, 2016, and August 14, 2022.
Series overview
editEpisodes
editSeason 1: The Maze (2016)
edit| No. overall | No. in season | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date | Prod. code | U.S. viewers (millions) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | "The Original" | Jonathan Nolan | Story by : Jonathan Nolan & Lisa Joy and Michael Crichton Teleplay by : Jonathan Nolan & Lisa Joy | October 2, 2016 | 276083 | 1.96[6] |
| 2 | 2 | "Chestnut" | Richard J. Lewis | Jonathan Nolan & Lisa Joy | October 9, 2016[a] | 4X6152 | 1.50[8] |
| 3 | 3 | "The Stray" | Neil Marshall | Daniel T. Thomsen & Lisa Joy | October 16, 2016 | 4X6153 | 2.10[9] |
| 4 | 4 | "Dissonance Theory" | Vincenzo Natali | Ed Brubaker & Jonathan Nolan | October 23, 2016 | 4X6154 | 1.70[10] |
| 5 | 5 | "Contrapasso" | Jonny Campbell | Story by : Dominic Mitchell & Lisa Joy Teleplay by : Lisa Joy | October 30, 2016 | 4X6155 | 1.49[11] |
| 6 | 6 | "The Adversary" | Frederick E.O. Toye | Halley Gross & Jonathan Nolan | November 6, 2016 | 4X6156 | 1.64[12] |
| 7 | 7 | "Trompe L'Oeil" | Frederick E.O. Toye | Halley Gross & Jonathan Nolan | November 13, 2016 | 4X6157 | 1.75[13] |
| 8 | 8 | "Trace Decay" | Stephen Williams | Charles Yu & Lisa Joy | November 20, 2016 | 4X6158 | 1.78[14] |
| 9 | 9 | "The Well-Tempered Clavier" | Michelle MacLaren | Dan Dietz & Katherine Lingenfelter | November 27, 2016 | 4X6159 | 2.09[15] |
| 10 | 10 | "The Bicameral Mind" | Jonathan Nolan | Lisa Joy & Jonathan Nolan | December 4, 2016 | 4X6160 | 2.24[16] |
Season 2: The Door (2018)
edit| No. overall | No. in season | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date | Prod. code | U.S. viewers (millions) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 11 | 1 | "Journey into Night" | Richard J. Lewis | Lisa Joy & Roberto Patino | April 22, 2018 | 201 | 2.06[17] |
| 12 | 2 | "Reunion" | Vincenzo Natali | Carly Wray & Jonathan Nolan | April 29, 2018 | 202 | 1.85[18] |
| 13 | 3 | "Virtù e Fortuna" | Richard J. Lewis | Roberto Patino & Ron Fitzgerald | May 6, 2018 | 203 | 1.63[19] |
| 14 | 4 | "The Riddle of the Sphinx" | Lisa Joy | Gina Atwater & Jonathan Nolan | May 13, 2018 | 204 | 1.59[20] |
| 15 | 5 | "Akane no Mai" | Craig Zobel | Dan Dietz | May 20, 2018 | 205 | 1.55[21] |
| 16 | 6 | "Phase Space" | Tarik Saleh | Carly Wray | May 27, 2018 | 206 | 1.11[22] |
| 17 | 7 | "Les Écorchés" | Nicole Kassell | Jordan Goldberg & Ron Fitzgerald | June 3, 2018 | 207 | 1.39[23] |
| 18 | 8 | "Kiksuya" | Uta Briesewitz | Carly Wray & Dan Dietz | June 10, 2018 | 208 | 1.44[24] |
| 19 | 9 | "Vanishing Point" | Stephen Williams | Roberto Patino | June 17, 2018 | 209 | 1.56[25] |
| 20 | 10 | "The Passenger" | Frederick E.O. Toye | Jonathan Nolan & Lisa Joy | June 24, 2018 | 210 | 1.56[26] |
Season 3: The New World (2020)
edit| No. overall | No. in season | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date | Prod. code | U.S. viewers (millions) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 21 | 1 | "Parce Domine" | Jonathan Nolan | Lisa Joy & Jonathan Nolan | March 15, 2020 | 301 | 0.901[27] |
| 22 | 2 | "The Winter Line" | Richard J. Lewis | Matthew Pitts & Lisa Joy | March 22, 2020 | 302 | 0.778[28] |
| 23 | 3 | "The Absence of Field" | Amanda Marsalis | Denise Thé | March 29, 2020 | 303 | 0.801[29] |
| 24 | 4 | "The Mother of Exiles" | Paul Cameron | Jordan Goldberg & Lisa Joy | April 5, 2020 | 304 | 0.779[30] |
| 25 | 5 | "Genre" | Anna Foerster | Karrie Crouse & Jonathan Nolan | April 12, 2020 | 305 | 0.766[31] |
| 26 | 6 | "Decoherence" | Jennifer Getzinger | Suzanne Wrubel & Lisa Joy | April 19, 2020 | 306 | 0.771[32] |
| 27 | 7 | "Passed Pawn" | Helen Shaver | Gina Atwater | April 26, 2020 | 307 | 0.813[33] |
| 28 | 8 | "Crisis Theory" | Jennifer Getzinger | Denise Thé & Jonathan Nolan | May 3, 2020 | 308 | 0.888[34] |
Season 4: The Choice (2022)
edit| No. overall | No. in season | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date | Prod. code | U.S. viewers (millions) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29 | 1 | "The Auguries" | Richard J. Lewis | Lisa Joy & Will Soodik | June 26, 2022 | 401 | 0.325[35] |
| 30 | 2 | "Well Enough Alone" | Craig William Macneill | Matthew Pitts & Christina Ham | July 3, 2022 | 402 | 0.350[36] |
| 31 | 3 | "Années Folles" | Hanelle M. Culpepper | Kevin Lau & Suzanne Wrubel | July 10, 2022 | 403 | 0.312[37] |
| 32 | 4 | "Generation Loss" | Paul Cameron | Kevin Lau & Suzanne Wrubel | July 17, 2022 | 404 | 0.312[38] |
| 33 | 5 | "Zhuangzi" | Craig William Macneill | Wes Humphrey & Lisa Joy | July 24, 2022 | 405 | 0.384[39] |
| 34 | 6 | "Fidelity" | Andrew Seklir | Jordan Goldberg & Alli Rock | July 31, 2022 | 406 | 0.394[40] |
| 35 | 7 | "Metanoia" | Meera Menon | Desa Larkin-Boutte & Denise Thé | August 7, 2022 | 407 | 0.321[41] |
| 36 | 8 | "Que Será, Será" | Richard J. Lewis | Alison Schapker & Jonathan Nolan | August 14, 2022 | 408 | 0.391[42] |
Notes
edit- ^ The second episode was released online on HBO's streaming service on October 7, and released on normal broadcast television on October 9, 2016.[7] Commentators speculated it was due to Sunday's timeslot conflicting with the second Clinton–Trump presidential debate.[7]
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