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The latest episode of HBO's Westworld explores what happens when an android develops a messiah complex.
Westworld Episode 3.03: “The Absence of Field” Review
Like many of Westworld’s best hours, The Absence of Field mostly focuses on a crisis of identity.
Westworld Episode 3.02 Review: “The Winter Line”
The idea of "The Winter Line" is embedded into the episode’s understanding of how its characters are trying to escape from the obstacles and fortifications before them on their respective journeys.
Westworld Episode 3.01 Review: “Parce Domine”
After a brilliant first season and a muddled second season, Westworld's third outing keeps the mysteries intact, increases the thrills, and streamlines that feeling of deliberate confusion significantly.
Page of the Wind Episodes 83 – 89
This week we’re going to talk about Nick’s favourite part of the whole book: the rhyme about Lady Lackless that Kvothe recites on Pages 85-86 of The Name of the Wind.
Jimmi Simpson on the Westworld Season Finale, His Favourite Westerns, and His Dork Shelf
Westworld's Jimmi Simpson discusses the big season finale, his love of Westerns, what he’d do if he were in a real life robot cowboy theme park, and much more.
Westworld: Searching for Character at the Heart of the Maze
If HBO's Westworld wants its ambitious plot to matter it needs to give audiences better rounded characters.
The Walking Dead Episode 6.9:
Be Like The Zombie
The Walking Dead is best watched like a zombie.
The Walking Dead: Do We Want TV Death to Matter?
As we wait for answers about a major character death on The Walking Dead is it becoming clear that we're tired of permanent death on TV?