• Network: HBO , SKA
  • Series Premiere Date: Oct 2, 2016
Season #: 4, 3, 3, 2, 1
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Generally favorable reviews- based on 375 Ratings

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  1. Negative: 62 out of 375
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  1. Nov 5, 2018
    0
    The second season is a train wreck. Its a huge disappointment after the incredible first season. Hopefully, season 3 will go back to being what the first season was.
  2. Feb 17, 2019
    3
    From being unique and interesting the show has become generic and bland. Season 1 was mysterious, full of interesting characters and lots of meaningful decisions with good action. Season 2 on the other hand feels like an incoherent mess with a weird pace and unclear purpose.

    Every bit of excitement that season 1 created season 2 somehow managed to destroy for me. I’m no longer
    From being unique and interesting the show has become generic and bland. Season 1 was mysterious, full of interesting characters and lots of meaningful decisions with good action. Season 2 on the other hand feels like an incoherent mess with a weird pace and unclear purpose.

    Every bit of excitement that season 1 created season 2 somehow managed to destroy for me. I’m no longer interested in continuing watching the series since it’s had turned into a completely different show with the only similarity being the familiar characters.
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  3. May 26, 2018
    0
    What a shame. First season was one of my favorite of any show. It raised interesting questions and was balanced. The writing was great. In season two, the writing seems to be more in line with soap operas. This is the same thing that happened with Walking Dead, but at least with that show they had a huge expanse to explore. Sure, the park in Westworld is big but it is still held in by theWhat a shame. First season was one of my favorite of any show. It raised interesting questions and was balanced. The writing was great. In season two, the writing seems to be more in line with soap operas. This is the same thing that happened with Walking Dead, but at least with that show they had a huge expanse to explore. Sure, the park in Westworld is big but it is still held in by the borders. Because of this, nothing really is at steak. In place of something that actually matters, we are given drama among the hosts that completely bores me. On top of that, the reason they give for not sending in backup and steamrolling every host is beyond preposterous. Expand
  4. Jun 11, 2018
    3
    Season 1 was brilliant. Season 2 has been either tedious or absurd. It has devolved into mindless shooting where everyone but the main characters can properly aim. It's almost as if I'm watching Rambo. Worst of all is the horrendous subplot around Maeve and her daughter. One of the most boring stories I've ever had to endure.
  5. Sep 17, 2018
    0
    The feel of the show changed, parts of season 2 seemed forced. Season 1 was good. Season 2 took a strange turn. Confused...
  6. Jun 25, 2018
    3
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Season One was great TV. Mystery, Drama, Shock. Second season was boobs, penises and a ton of glamours exposition shots. We were shown how the park came to be (no one cared), the outside world (shinier today), introduce a bunch of new story arks (that hardly matter). It's a beautiful show, amazing music and mostly good acting from the cast. The story is however a massive mess that tries way too hard to impress but fall flat on it's face. The end is just one big meh cause at that point you don't really care what is happening at which timeline or which character does what cause it will all be meaningless to guess until the end. And the end doesn't contribute to piece a beautiful puzzle. The end arranges the pieces because ... why the hell not. There is no satisfaction in the events. There are many missed opportunities to build something much more grand and meaningful, and the emotion relies on slow shots and tearful music more than actually caring about what is happening to the characters. I have it a 5 before after this mess of a finale i'm going down to 3 and removing it from my watch list. Just watch "Kiksuya" and pretty much skip the rest of the show. That episode was genuinely a nicely crafted story. Expand
  7. May 7, 2018
    3
    WeZZZtworld.

    Through last night (5/6) Dolores is overacting at Kevin Spacey levels. I don't care about any of these characters and if any of them die they're just brought back to life. Nothing at stake and no reason to care. A complete West of time.
  8. May 5, 2018
    3
    Not impressed 2 episodes in. The concept of turning the tables on the hosts is a good one, but the execution (no pun intended) is not there. So far, this season is slow and boring.
  9. Jun 10, 2018
    1
    RIP Westworld. S1 was good.

    S2 is trash! The narrative is all over the place to the point where you do not know what is going on. Feminism is way, way over the top. All leaders are women, women kick ass, women are perfect, 1 woman killed an entire army by herself (Shogun world) because she has now psychic powers (how convenient). Not kidding, in every episode you have a guy telling a
    RIP Westworld. S1 was good.

    S2 is trash! The narrative is all over the place to the point where you do not know what is going on. Feminism is way, way over the top. All leaders are women, women kick ass, women are perfect, 1 woman killed an entire army by herself (Shogun world) because she has now psychic powers (how convenient). Not kidding, in every episode you have a guy telling a woman how strong she is. Things like "I know that the only person who can survive this nightmare its you", "you are the only one who can lead us to victory" or "you lead and we follow."

    I guess Hollywood is anti-women since they want to portrait them as guys with boobs, and with attitudes found in immature teenagers.

    Also, you only see naked guys. WTF with that?

    The only subplot that is worth to follow is the one of the man in black. His character is better written than the rest of the cast.

    In general, I'm done with this franchise.
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  10. Jun 4, 2018
    0
    Why should I care for host captives? For host that was literally nailed.
    I have initial given this season 6/10 but now after episode 6 it wont get higher than 1/10. Unjustified violence and gore that just annoys you. Deus Ex Machina in each corner of a story. Line infantry tactics (Episode 3) in the fictional world that is based on a world after WW1 and WW2.
    The Shogun World is such a
    Why should I care for host captives? For host that was literally nailed.
    I have initial given this season 6/10 but now after episode 6 it wont get higher than 1/10. Unjustified violence and gore that just annoys you. Deus Ex Machina in each corner of a story. Line infantry tactics (Episode 3) in the fictional world that is based on a world after WW1 and WW2.

    The Shogun World is such a disappointment. Not because of the actors, the actors (the Japanese ones) were great. The costumes were great. But there is nothing more to it that that. Story is ruined because of the Deus Ex Machina and the plot holes. You would also thing that the camera work will change as well to be close to say Akira Kurosawa's to add this special touch to the settings of Shogun World. But no...

    Disappointing.

    Edit (Episode 7) Oh boy, after that episode I cant give anything higher than 0 to this show.
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  11. Jun 27, 2018
    0
    Having seen the whole season, this is a catastrophically bad followup to season 1 , in retrospect they should just done a 1-season miniseries. Riddled with stupid and pointless subplots (Maeve's quest to find her fake robot daughter, the indian's quest to find his fake robot wife, etc) and nonsensical followups to last season's action (William's quest to do... what exactly? Dolores'Having seen the whole season, this is a catastrophically bad followup to season 1 , in retrospect they should just done a 1-season miniseries. Riddled with stupid and pointless subplots (Maeve's quest to find her fake robot daughter, the indian's quest to find his fake robot wife, etc) and nonsensical followups to last season's action (William's quest to do... what exactly? Dolores' incredible convoluted plan to just... escape the park), it's the kind of second season that not only faceplants in its own right, it also damages the prior season with absurd retcons. Avoid at all costs! Expand
  12. May 23, 2018
    0
    This new season sucks.
    It's a shame such a marvelous TV Series was torn to pieces in such a bad way.
    The screenwriters were drunk, drugged or both to create these Ă¹ber bad episodes.
  13. Jun 27, 2018
    0
    Loved the first season, hated the second. They wrecked the Old William character, and the show was already in trouble without Hopkins to anchor the cast (sure he makes cameos, but it wasn't nearly enough). Evan Rachel Wood and Thandie Newton can't act to save their lives, all they can do is try to look grim and determined (the result is comical). Can't believe they actually intend to makeLoved the first season, hated the second. They wrecked the Old William character, and the show was already in trouble without Hopkins to anchor the cast (sure he makes cameos, but it wasn't nearly enough). Evan Rachel Wood and Thandie Newton can't act to save their lives, all they can do is try to look grim and determined (the result is comical). Can't believe they actually intend to make a season 3 given where they left this one, but that's Hollywood for you: money first, story a distant second. Expand
  14. Jun 14, 2018
    3
    S1 was edgy, dynamic and energetic. S2 I only have watched first 2 episodes and my God what a huge disappointment. So slow, So introspective, so mundane, so boring. Wall to wall "tense" music is appalling. It's 2018, the show should be shot with a much heightened edge, editing-flair, surprising shots. The slow elongated monologues are mostly played without any energy or colourS1 was edgy, dynamic and energetic. S2 I only have watched first 2 episodes and my God what a huge disappointment. So slow, So introspective, so mundane, so boring. Wall to wall "tense" music is appalling. It's 2018, the show should be shot with a much heightened edge, editing-flair, surprising shots. The slow elongated monologues are mostly played without any energy or colour especially Evan Rachel Wood who has far too much screen time and clearly not up to it. Ed Harris- what a waste of a great actor. Over complicated plot, unimaginative direction.- (so many close-ups with actors performing sub text) and lack of genuine pace make it like pulling teeth... your own. Expand
  15. May 21, 2018
    1
    It's so boring. Loved season 1, but this season drags on endlessly. I don't care about any of the main characters. I can't remember what motivates any of them or what they should be doing. They just bounce from one gory scene to the next. The preachy feminism makes me gag. All the lead characters are strong independent women. All the nudity is dicks. You know who wants to see dicks? NoIt's so boring. Loved season 1, but this season drags on endlessly. I don't care about any of the main characters. I can't remember what motivates any of them or what they should be doing. They just bounce from one gory scene to the next. The preachy feminism makes me gag. All the lead characters are strong independent women. All the nudity is dicks. You know who wants to see dicks? No one. Geez, HBO, you done messed up! Expand
  16. May 25, 2018
    0
    Hard to watch the endless "Execution style" violence after watching yet another school shooting. The gore and mayhem seem to be for their own sake and shock value alone. I used to argue that those who blamed TV for real-life violence were prudes and imbeciles. Perhaps I was wrong. There's some great stuff in here but all the logic seems to have gone out the window as a previousHard to watch the endless "Execution style" violence after watching yet another school shooting. The gore and mayhem seem to be for their own sake and shock value alone. I used to argue that those who blamed TV for real-life violence were prudes and imbeciles. Perhaps I was wrong. There's some great stuff in here but all the logic seems to have gone out the window as a previous reviewer noted. When children are casually blown away by Ed "Ronald McDonald haircut" Harris as casually as tossing away a coffee cup then perhaps HBO has some soul-searching to do. Expand
  17. Jun 11, 2018
    3
    Very well made, but boring. So sad. It's like they want us to empathize with robots, with whom we know nothing about. Sob story after sob story. It's just a **** drag. S1 was great, but this was a mistake!
  18. Jul 4, 2018
    2
    I really want to like this show the concept, execution and actors are amazing but it's just so boring... For the life of me it's like watching paint dry. The way the story is told is so convoluted it's always getting the audience confused.

    After watching more episodes I have to downgrade the score of this show to 2... Its just a disaster acting and dialogues are so wooden and the
    I really want to like this show the concept, execution and actors are amazing but it's just so boring... For the life of me it's like watching paint dry. The way the story is told is so convoluted it's always getting the audience confused.

    After watching more episodes I have to downgrade the score of this show to 2... Its just a disaster acting and dialogues are so wooden and the violence is numbing. The end product is just not there considering the huge resources that have been allotted to this series. It's just a huge mess.
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  19. Oct 29, 2019
    0
    This season ruined this show for me, the characters lost their charm.
    I don't care about Dolores anymore.
    I don't care about Maeve anymore.
    I don't care about Bernard anymore.
  20. May 2, 2018
    3
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. OMG, what a mess. I don't care about any of the characters, about their past, nor where they are travelling to (the weapon?). Hate the Android FaceBook analogy storyline, boring. What do humans REALLY want? Laughable, just laughable. Expand
  21. May 4, 2018
    0
    This season has no backbone. Lazy writing leaves most scenes feeling shallow. It seems this was filmed in a shorter time span than season 1, and this reduction in work is clearly observed. The first season was fantastic but this is a soap opera. It’s cheesy, boring, and one liners don’t belong unless they add something to the scene or meaning. Violence and effects are great. Sound andThis season has no backbone. Lazy writing leaves most scenes feeling shallow. It seems this was filmed in a shorter time span than season 1, and this reduction in work is clearly observed. The first season was fantastic but this is a soap opera. It’s cheesy, boring, and one liners don’t belong unless they add something to the scene or meaning. Violence and effects are great. Sound and music is also excellent, but it doesn’t save the forgettable characters, who only last season were interesting and provoking. The show is a cheap trick in season 2. Expand
  22. May 10, 2018
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Show is no longer interesting.
    So hosts now realize that they can kill human for good, but if they will be killed dude with tablet can do some necromancy and raise the dead. What moral of this?
    2nd season made my empathy to hosts dissapear. I just want them all desintegrated.
    Oh, and most interesting part of new season - feminism is everywhere. There are no males, except black tuxedo (long may he live and kill every host). We only see strong, but not so independant women and director even introduced more in this season.
    Complete West of time.
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  23. Apr 29, 2018
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Absolute garbage with some of the laziest writing I've ever seen. Here's a list of reasons why the first episode of Westworld Season 2 is god awful.

    * Senseless violence for no intelligent reason. Not that I dislike violent TV shows, but if there's violence simply for the sake of violence, it's not entertaining, just a chore to watch.
    * Viewer is forced to feel empathy for the hosts. Scene after scene we're forced to view acts of violence against hosts, but the hosts are just machines, so why should we care? It's like the directors really think we're stupid enough to care for a machine simply because it looks human. And no it's not like season one, in the first season the hosts were killed for amusement, it's a game. In this season they're dissected, gang banged, heads blown off, for no good reason other than the sake of violence.
    * Creates way more questions than it answers. How did all those Native American hosts get reprogrammed? How did Maeve achieve full voice control over other hosts? Why the hell can't Bernard remember that he's a host? Or does he remember and he's just acting as a human? If the hosts are now aware that they aren't human, then why do they still die like a human when they should be unstoppable terminators? Why the hell hasn't the national guard been called in yet? You mean to tell me not a single survivor escaped and called the police?! None of it makes sense or is intelligent, and all this concludes to lazy writing.
    * Viewer is forced to suspend a lot of disbelief. See above questions.
    * Delores was the best part of the episode, but her motivations were so disappointing. Instead of making a beeline out of the park to take over the world, instead she rides around on her horse shooting stragglers. Why? She should be rounding up her army of robots and storming the gates.
    * We see nudity, but it's not **** It's dick. Nobody wants to see dick, everybody loves **** C'mon HBO.
    * The scene where Lee and Maeve go to the nearest bar, and there's dead bodies everywhere... but placed in lounge chairs and by the pool. Like they were all just sitting and sleeping there, waiting for a host to walk around and shoot them one by one. Ugh. Laziest body placement ever, didn't even look like anyone tried to escape.
    * Not enough Shakespeare. In fact, there was only one Shakespeare quote in the episode, and it was already quoted from the first episode, so nothing new at all.
    * Bernard's memories are retold out of order, but that doesn't make for good writing. If you take a bad story and tell it out of order, that doesn't make it good. The writers are trying to recapture the nonchronological story told from Season 1, but it doesn't work here, because the story is just bad and lazily written.

    Overall, the episode is as wide as a sea of "dead" host bodies, but as shallow as a puddle when it comes to depth. Unintelligent, stupid boring violence, and dick but not **** equates to a lazy, terribly written episode that lets the viewer know they're in for a world of disappointment in Season 2.
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  24. Jun 27, 2018
    3
    this is an example of a TV show that would've been so much better if they had just kept it to one single season. If they had ended season 1 allowing the certain secrets to be interpreted by the audience, it would've been so much more memorable. Season 2 is far too convoluted and is throwing in confusing time line switches and secrets seemingly to intentionally confuse the audience. Ithis is an example of a TV show that would've been so much better if they had just kept it to one single season. If they had ended season 1 allowing the certain secrets to be interpreted by the audience, it would've been so much more memorable. Season 2 is far too convoluted and is throwing in confusing time line switches and secrets seemingly to intentionally confuse the audience. I hope and pray that they end it after season 3.. very disappointed Expand
  25. Sep 6, 2018
    3
    Season 1 was good but season 2 devolved into feminist propaganda with powerful female characters manipulating, degrading, and using male characters (Deloris and Teddy being the best example).
  26. Jun 11, 2018
    0
    This snow made me physically sick. The human characters have to make absurd decisions and act like mentally challenged just to move the plot forward. It's a travesty for anyone with an IQ of over 40.
  27. Aug 27, 2018
    2
    Convoluted, boring, and with no momentum whatsoever, "Westworld" stumbles into irrelevance in Season 2.
  28. Jun 27, 2018
    0
    If you thought Thandie Newton was a dumb character last season, get ready because there's like twice as much of her this time around, and her (totally pointless) attempts to find her "daughter" were the most cringe inducing parts of this very uneven second season. They also waste a whole episode with backstory about one of the indian robots we've never heard of before, a really weirdIf you thought Thandie Newton was a dumb character last season, get ready because there's like twice as much of her this time around, and her (totally pointless) attempts to find her "daughter" were the most cringe inducing parts of this very uneven second season. They also waste a whole episode with backstory about one of the indian robots we've never heard of before, a really weird choice given they only have 10 episodes to work with. It looks more and more like making a second season was a mistake. Expand
  29. Jul 1, 2018
    1
    This really is the definition of a "sophomore slump." After the riveting season one we are sadly left with a stinker of a second season.
    Taking a bad story and telling it out of order does NOT make it good. And somehow Dolores' acting has plummeted to daytime TV levels, I ended up skipping many of her scenes just because her acting and dialogue was straight up bad.
  30. Jul 1, 2018
    3
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. I was not a fan of the first season, but thought the series was interesting enough to follow. The show has now gotten too convoluted to achieve even that. Whereas the first season engaged viewers with a fresh science fiction concept, in the second year the show lost its guts and has become a gore fest.

    In my opinion the best episode of this year is "Kiksuya", which focuses on the character Akecheta (played by Zahn McClaron) and his backstory. One professional reviewer reflected this with his claim that the second season does a better job with character development. However, his statement is false unless his opinion is based solely on the above single episode.

    To the contrary, in general the characters have become less developed and instead are one-dimensional. The main storyline of Delores is a prime example and she is now a mindless killing machine. I never found her story compelling but now she has become repulsive.

    This show's creators and its professional critics have acted predictably. After investing in a losing concept they pursued it a second time rather than scrapping it for something better. HBO needs to return to delivering human stories with a fresh perspective. They haven't given us one in a long time.
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  31. Jul 6, 2018
    0
    I dont know who approve the changes but the second season sucks, , not sure who is the **** that think less nudity is better ? and make no one uns=derstand what the f is going on is smart ???
  32. Coq
    Mar 4, 2019
    3
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. After season 1, I was hailing this show as one of my very favourites of all time.
    I was barely able to slog through 3 episodes of season 2 before dropping it entirely, now I can only recommend it to people with a giant "But don't expect anything past season 1" asterisk. I don't understand how you can mess a show up so horrendously in such a short amount of time, but Westworld was somehow able to do it.
    The laughable attack on the fort in S2E03 was just too much for me to bear after the slow and uninteresting start of the season, an 8 year old could have directed a better scene. I mean a group of trained mercenaries with modern weapons were routed by dudes with muskets in an old, decrepit fort? A single attack helicopter OR one tank OR a few Humvees with mounted weaponry would have done the job! Heck a single soldier with an RPG and a sniper could have pulled it off FFS. Jesus Christ did no one think about this for more than a second? We're lead to believe the park has a seemingly unlimited budget! Why these guys are even willing to die in droves by attacking on foot like this is so goddamn ridiculous.
    It's just exactly what happened with season 2, the show made a complete 180 and now ALL the characters have become one stereotypical archetype or another. There isn't a single character left to relate to or care for. Westworld has lost ALL of its depth in exchange for some visuals effects and spectacle.
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  33. Jul 2, 2018
    2
    So they ran out of plot half way through season 1, but decided to keep writing into season 2???
  34. Aug 17, 2018
    3
    I think the problem is this JJ Abrams guy, seems to me every time he is involved a show departs reasonable artistic licence. The idea that we can make robots that are indistinguishable from humans is the basic premise, far fetched as it may be.

    With this basic premise the only real way forward is a fight against humanity for domination. Due to geographic constraints and numbers that is
    I think the problem is this JJ Abrams guy, seems to me every time he is involved a show departs reasonable artistic licence. The idea that we can make robots that are indistinguishable from humans is the basic premise, far fetched as it may be.

    With this basic premise the only real way forward is a fight against humanity for domination. Due to geographic constraints and numbers that is not to realistic in this story. In Planet of the Apes you had numbers and geographic dispersal. So I suppose I went in expecting a more adult/polished version of Planet of the Apes. However, what we got was a show where the robots surpass being a proxy for mankind and act as a total replacement which really begs the question, why make a show full of robots. Despite it desires this is not a seminal representation of mankind's emotions, it is in fact a bit of rip off from an intellectual standpoint.

    From episode 5 or 6, the scene with 2 robots **** explain this to me. To go there the story needs a huge explanation of what love love is, of what lust is, even of what attraction is but we are in the bargain basement section here in this show when it comes to really exploring human emotion. This is the JJ input, another feeble attempt at exploring humanity that falls flat on its face because, presumably, he does not have the mental horsepower to even begin to appreciate the drivers behind these behaviours, or if he does he certainly gives no indication of it in the story.

    Flashbacks can be helpful in filling in quickly a character's back story but use it to much and it just obfuscates the story, which it does with annoying regularity here. Some might even be flash forwards but it's unclear whether they are or not, that's just plain old bad story telling when the viewer has no idea what part of the timeline he is viewing. By half way through the season all the groups appear to be headed to the same location. That being the case there must be something of universal importance there but the viewer has no idea what that may be. Back into unreality again, how one of the main characters can mind control most of the other robots remains an enigma.

    I think the people that make TV shows and movies have lost sight of what I consider to be their most important job, to entertain people. These days everything is made championing women's rights, or gay right's or some other minority's rights, this is not really entertaining nor is it generally, skillfully woven into the fabric of a story.

    Season 2 really is a show about several groups of people going to the same place (presumably) who are either set upon or initiate continual dismemberment of other random groups of people interspersed with flashbacks or flashforwards that do not directly connect with what was immediately preceding or subsequent to it.
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  35. Apr 20, 2020
    1
    Why ? Just why do they take something that is working not just working but at a level above all others and change the whole show ? This reminds me of the CEO who took over Coke a Cola he did not work on the sodas not selling he decided to take the most popular drink and change it !Of course the people hated it and wanted the old Coke back the same with this show. They turned it into someWhy ? Just why do they take something that is working not just working but at a level above all others and change the whole show ? This reminds me of the CEO who took over Coke a Cola he did not work on the sodas not selling he decided to take the most popular drink and change it !Of course the people hated it and wanted the old Coke back the same with this show. They turned it into some type of government plot or mystery and it was never about that. I could have lived with it just be the company fighting for control no they had the company ruling the world. Honestly if season 1 started with this there would be no season 2 such a major let down does anyone know if they changed the writers if they did bring the old ones back. Expand
  36. Jun 25, 2020
    2
    All the men are weak idiots and all the women are strong, brave, and stunning. Lots of woke politics in this season.

    I wonder why I didn't like it?
Metascore
76

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Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 26 out of 29
  2. Negative: 0 out of 29
  1. TV Guide Magazine
    Reviewed by: Matt Roush
    Apr 26, 2018
    90
    Boldly playing with time and perspective, Westworld keeps you wondering what's real, even as dangerous parks are revealed. [30 Apr - 13 May 2018, p.13]
  2. Reviewed by: Sonia Saraiya
    Apr 25, 2018
    75
    With much more centripetal force than last season, it also draws the audience towards its own center, in its own vivid journey toward self-consciousness.
  3. Reviewed by: Sophie Gilbert
    Apr 23, 2018
    80
    Still, Season 2 of Westworld is always absorbing, and more dynamic in its pacing than Season 1. It’s also graced with some tremendous performers, notably Wood, Newton, and Jeffrey Wright.