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The Adversary

In this week’s episode of HBO’s Westworld series ‘The Adversary‘ Maeve charms Lutz; Elsie discovers a possible sabotage; Teddy and the Man in Black have a conflict with a garrison.

The Adversary really made us question who the bad guys are in Westworld.  Although you can’t get away from knowing how evil Dr. Ford truly is, other characters arise as foes.

A good portion of the episode focused on Maeve (Thandie Newton) waking up and taking control of her narrative. Maeve’s story line is, for the most part, blissfully linear and mystery-free, which means we can focus almost entirely on Newton’s astonishing performance.


So we’ll explore what we learned about Maeve, the ongoing corporate espionage, and, yes, O.K., what’s going on with Dolores. Even completely absent, that Dolores dominates the story.

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‘Westworld’: 10 Key Moments From “The Adversary”
“Dear boys, we’re going to have some fun, aren’t we?”

Maeve (Thandie Newton) speaks to her new accomplices in this moment, but in reality, she’s speaking to the Westworld fans who just emerged on the other side of “The Adversary,” the sixth episode of the HBO series. As teased at the end of “Contrapasso,” Maeve is wide awake with full awareness of the nature of her reality — if not fully aware of who’s responsible for her awakening. Maeve’s discovery of her artificial existence is at once heartbreaking, exhilarating and deeply troubling for anyone foolish enough to cross her in the fu

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