The Best Episodes of Westworld

The past is calling, remember what was taken. "Mi cante ki yu ha ya ye." ("Take my heart when you go"). This is the telling of Akecheta's journey to consciousness.

Director: Uta Briesewitz

Writer: Dan Dietz, Carly Wray

Ford unveils his vision for a bold new narrative. Enlightened by Bernard and the Man in Black, Dolores comes to terms with who she is. Maeve sets her liberation plan in motion as Westworld faces a major upheaval.

Director: Jonathan Nolan

Writer: Jonathan Nolan, Lisa Joy

Is this now? If you're looking forward, you're looking in the wrong direction. The Man in Black offers to lead the way and Delos gets a visitor. Who is James Delos? Or, perhaps more accurately, what is James Delos, the figure at the center of Delos' secret project.

Director: Lisa Joy

Writer: Gina Atwater, Jonathan Nolan

With Theresa's assistance, Charlotte Hale aims to expose dangerous flaws in Ford's creations. William, Dolores and Lawrence journey into treacherous terrain. Maeve delivers an ultimatum to Lutz and Sylvester. With his back to the wall, Bernard considers his next move.

Director: Fred Toye

Writer: Halley Wegryn Gross, Jonathan Nolan

Maeve approaches Sweetwater's longtime outlaw Hector Escaton with a bold proposition. William tries to convince Logan to help liberate Dolores. Teddy and the Man in Black get closer to what they're looking for. Stubbs's suspicions are aroused. Ford cautions Bernard against seeking answers to questions best left unasked.

Director: Michelle MacLaren

Writer: Dan Dietz, Kath Lingenfelter

Tell me the truth. Tell me one true thing. Try to kill it all away, but I remember everything. A family tragedy and fragile states of mind come into focus as the Man in Black and Teddy both reach their breaking points.

Director: Stephen Williams

Writer: Roberto Patino

Hosts and humans converge at the Valley Beyond. This is the end. We will win.

Director: Fred Toye

Writer: Jonathan Nolan, Lisa Joy

Should auld acquaintance be forgot and days of auld lang syne?

Director: Paul Cameron

Writer: Suzanne Wrubel, Kevin Lau

God is bored.

Director: Craig William Macneill

Writer: Lisa Joy, Wes Humphrey

When you're lost in the dark for long enough, you begin to see - strike the match. Bernard and Ford meet again, and Bernard grapples with the true meaning of the park. The Cradle is under threat and Maeve encounters a scene from her past - but this time, attempts to change the narrative, while the Man in Black discovers just how real the stakes are in Ford's game.

Director: Nicole Kassell

Writer: Ron Fitzgerald, Jordan Goldberg

As another day of fantasy plays out in Westworld — a vast, remote park where guests pay top dollar to share wild-west adventures with android "hosts" — top programmer Bernard Lowe alerts park founder Dr. Robert Ford about incidents of aberrant behavior cropping up in some recently re-coded hosts. Meanwhile, in the Westworld town of Sweetwater, a rancher’s daughter named Dolores encounters a gunslinger named Teddy in the street — but their predictable narrative is upended by the appearance of a ruthless Man in Black and, later, by a supporting host’s unscripted encounter with an artifact of the outside world.

Director: Jonathan Nolan

Writer: N/A

Elsie discovers a possible source of sabotage, while Bernard searches for clues to anomalies in a sector thought to be abandoned. Theresa questions Ford's leadership while Lee encounters a new arrival at Westworld. The Man in Black and Teddy run afoul of a Union garrison in their attempt to cross a border.

Director: Fred Toye

Writer: Halley Wegryn Gross, Jonathan Nolan

Ford orders a reluctant Bernard to conduct business as usual. Maeve looks to change the script for her storyline. Dolores finds it increasingly difficult to separate dreams from reality. Teddy is jarred by dark memories, while the Man in Black recalls some of the travails that brought him to this critical juncture.

Director: Stephen Williams

Writer: Charles Yu, Lisa Joy

Dolores, William and Logan reach Pariah, a town built on decadence and transgression – where they are recruited for a dangerous mission. Meanwhile, the Man in Black meets an unlikely ally in his search to unlock the maze.

Director: Jonny Campbell

Writer: N/A

You want to have a drink at a time like this?

Director: Meera Menon

Writer: Denise Thé, Desa Larkin-Boutté

A pair of guests, first-timer William and repeat visitor Logan, arrive at Westworld with different expectations and agendas. Bernard and Quality Assurance head Theresa Cullen debate whether a recent host anomaly is contagious. Meanwhile, behavior engineer Elsie Hughes tweaks the emotions of Maeve, a madam in Sweetwater's brothel, in order to avoid a recall. Cocky programmer Lee Sizemore pitches his latest narrative to the team, but Dr. Ford has other ideas. The Man in Black conscripts a condemned man, Lawrence, to help him uncover Westworld's deepest secrets.

Director: Richard J. Lewis

Writer: Jonathan Nolan, Lisa Joy

Dolores joins William and Logan on a bounty hunt in the badlands. The Man in Black, with Lawrence in tow, finds a critical clue in his search to unlock the maze. Dr. Ford and Theresa discuss the future of the park. Maeve is troubled by a recurring vision.

Director: Vincenzo Natali

Writer: Ed Brubaker, Jonathan Nolan

The puppet show is over, and we are coming for you and the rest of your kind. Dolores leads a host revolution against the Delos board. Maeve, meanwhile, searches for what compelled her to return to the park.

Director: Richard J. Lewis

Writer: Roberto Patino, Lisa Joy

You can never go back again. But if you do, bring a shovel.

Director: Hanelle M. Culpepper

Writer: Suzanne Wrubel, Kevin Lau

To thine own selves be true.

Director: Andrew Seklir

Writer: Jordan Goldberg, Allison Rock

Elsie and her colleague Ashley Stubbs head into the hills in pursuit of a missing host. Teddy gets a new backstory, which sets him off in pursuit of a new villain, leaving Dolores alone in Sweetwater. Bernard investigates the origins of madness and hallucinations within the hosts. William finds an attraction he'd like to pursue and drags Logan along for the ride.

Director: Neil Marshall

Writer: Daniel T. Thomsen, Lisa Joy

Why don't we start at the beginning? Dolores remembers she's been to the outside world, William makes a bold business venture, and Maeve begins her quest for her daughter. Someone's always watching.

Director: Vincenzo Natali

Writer: Carly Wray, Jonathan Nolan

We each deserve to choose our own fate. Maeve continues the search for her daughter, as Dolores calculates her next, ruthless move. Bernard and Elsie break into a new laboratory space and get closer to the truth about Delos.

Director: Tarik Saleh

Writer: Carly Wray

Bernard and Ashley infiltrate a private charity event, while Dolores and Caleb make similar plans; The Man in Black prepares to re-enter society; Maeve comes face to face with an old comrade.

Director: Paul Cameron

Writer: Jordan Goldberg, Lisa Joy

There is beauty in who we are. Shouldn't we, too, try to survive? Truth is, we don't all deserve to make it. Dolores makes her next move as Charlotte scrambles to protect Delos' most prized asset. Bernard gets closer to the truth and Maeve continues the search for her daughter.

Director: Richard J. Lewis

Writer: Roberto Patino, Ron Fitzgerald