Westworld Recap: Trace Decay

Season: 1 / Episode: 8 / HBO **Spoilers collecting Workman’s Comp & Life Insurance** Previously on Westworld: They killed Clementine, Bernard is a Host, he killed Theresa, Maeve is ready to bounce, THEY KILLED CLEMENTINE, and y’all give the rest of these trash ass Westworld employees too much credit…

Who fucked up the park more? #Westworld #SetsInTheWest — Black Nerd Problems (@BlkNrdProblems) November 14, 2016

I still say it’s Employee Incompetence but I guess I’m in the minority…whatever, y’all. We pick up with Ford doing an assessment with Host!Bernard. At least you get to keep your clothes on, bruh. Turns out Ford built Bernard to program the Hosts with more heart. Probably not the best idea, Ford, but I don’t want him to make it to season 2 anyway. But Bernard isn’t having it, he’s ready to burn all this shit down. Ford tells him to bury all evidence of Theresa’s murder and he’ll make him forget Theresa. Maeve surveys the plethora of fuck shit happening at the Mariposa while the player piano plunks out a discordant “House of the Rising Sun”. She overhears Clementine’s opening pick-up line but when she looks over it’s some blonde Becky and not our Clem. Maeve, I’m with you girl.

Me when the new Clementine Pennyfeather showed up & it wasn’t @AngelaSarafyan #Westworld #SetsInTheWest pic.twitter.com/JWG3h8Svol — Brittany N. Williams (@BrittanyActs) November 21, 2016

Maeve flashes back suddenly to the prairie house and her daughter as everything slows and …