The Well-Tempered Clavier (Westworld)
| "The Well-Tempered Clavier" | |
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| Westworld episode | |
| Episode no. | Season 1 Episode 9 |
| Directed by | Michelle MacLaren |
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| Featured music | Ramin Djawadi |
| Cinematography by | Jeffrey Jur |
| Editing by | Mark Yoshikawa |
| Production code | 4X6159 |
| Original air date | November 27, 2016 |
| Running time | 59 minutes |
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"The Well-Tempered Clavier" is the ninth episode of the HBO science fiction thriller television series Westworld. The episode aired on November 27, 2016.
The episode was lauded by critics in particular to Arnold's revelation and Jeffrey Wright and Anthony Hopkins's performances during the final scenes.
After being pulled in for analysis, Maeve pretends to be functioning in stand-by mode while Bernard interrogates her. Having acquired administrative privileges to control other hosts, she freezes Bernard briefly and reveals to him his identity as a host. Bernard, who at this point in time was already wiped of his memory of killing Theresa and of realising he is a host, re-confronts his identity crisis. Maeve convinces Bernard to let her back into the park while she encourages him to search for the deeper truth concerning himself. Maeve meets Hector back in the park and convinces him to help her escape when she correctly predicts his crew's actions and shows him the safe he stole is empty. She even helps unlock some of Hector's previous memories. The two have sex after Hector agrees to help her, and Maeve tips over a kerosene lamp to start a fire, intending to kill them both.
Teddy, still convinced that Wyatt forced him to kill his own men, has a flashback of himself killing the townspeople of Escalante, including Angela. Angela remarks that Teddy is not ready to join them yet, but perhaps in the next life, and stabs and kills him in the present. After being knocked out by Angela, the Man in Black wakes up the next morning to find a noose around his neck, leashed to the saddle of his horse. He grabs the knife with which Angela stabbed Teddy and frees himself just as the horse gallops away. He encounters Charlotte, who whilst trying to gain his vote to remove Ford, reveals him to be a long-time member of the board of directors. He indifferently agrees and continues his journey to the maze.
Logan takes the captured William and Dolores to a Confederado camp. William tries to convince Logan to use his contacts in the park to smuggle Dolores to safety, but Logan instead cuts open Dolores' belly to show William she is not real. In response, Dolores cuts Logan in the face and manages to escape. While running away, she finds that the cut Logan made has suddenly gone. Logan makes amends with William, promising him that whatever happens in the park stays in the park. However, the next morning, Logan awakes to find that William has slaughtered all of the Confederados. William says that he has figured out "how to play the game" and threatens Logan into helping him find Dolores. Dolores returns to Escalante, the abandoned town and has a vision of entering the church, where other hosts are sitting on the benches and appear to have conversations with someone that only they can hear. Dolores goes into the confessional box, which takes her to an underground lab, where she remembers that she killed Arnold. When she returns to the surface, she encounters the Man in Black much to her horror.
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