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Let's do another spoiler-filled #Westworld 
thread, shall we?
thread, shall we?
As always, you can just read most of this in my Sunday #Westworld article here! https://www.insider.com/westworld-season-3-episode-4-details-analysis-explained-2020-4
article here! https://www.insider.com/westworld-season-3-episode-4-details-analysis-explained-2020-4
The episode's title — "The Mother of Exiles" — is another name for the Statue of Liberty. Dolores seems to fancy herself a Mother of Exiles. Do we buy it? Who knows. This is #Westworld we're talking about.
we're talking about.
The name of the custom suit company (Friston Custom Clothiers) Dolores and Caleb visit is a likely reference to a famous neuroscientist named Karl J. Friston.
Friston is famous for developing brain imaging techniques, which means in the narrative of #Westworld his work would have been the basis for William's secret Delos project (where they mapped the brains of all the guests using the HATS 
)
his work would have been the basis for William's secret Delos project (where they mapped the brains of all the guests using the HATS )
@ShaunRaviv did an INCREDIBLE feature on Friston for Wired Magazine in 2018, writing that he "first became a heroic figure in academia for devising many of the most important tools that have made human brains legible to science." https://www.wired.com/story/karl-friston-free-energy-principle-artificial-intelligence/
But brain imaging isn't the only link between Friston and "Westworld." As Raviv's piece explains beautifully, Friston is the genius behind an idea that could revolutionize artificial intelligence (if it hasn't already).
Friston's revolutionary idea is called the "free energy principle." Raviv writes that Friston said this principle sets out to answer a simple question: "If you are alive, what sorts of behaviors must you show?"
It's incredibly hard to succinctly explain the free energy principle. Really everyone just needs to read this piece (which is so, so phenomenal, and changed the way I think my own life and AI) https://www.wired.com/story/karl-friston-free-energy-principle-artificial-intelligence/
I did a tiny summary in my article:
I did a tiny summary in my article:
Liam Dempsey's total net assets add up to just over $315 billion, in case you were wondering how much Dolores stole from him.
Serac alludes to a thermonuclear incident in France — this event was already teased by HBO with the "Westworld" season three date announcement back in January. #Westworld
(I'm also very curious about the dead [?] cow next to Young Serac in that shot. It's oddly similar to the scene in S3E1 when we first see Bernarnold working at a meat plant and finding an injured cow)
"Chalores" helping William shave was an early tip-off about her true identity. #Westworld https://www.insider.com/westworld-season-3-episode-4-details-analysis-explained-2020-4
https://www.insider.com/westworld-season-3-episode-4-details-analysis-explained-2020-4
In my interview with Tessa Thompson for this week's #Westworld episode, we discussed what her character should be called.
Last season it was "Halores" (a portmanteau of Hale and Dolores). But now, since this copy is having to be a little more Charlotte, it's "Chalores."
episode, we discussed what her character should be called. Last season it was "Halores" (a portmanteau of Hale and Dolores). But now, since this copy is having to be a little more Charlotte, it's "Chalores."
That full interview is here! https://www.insider.com/westworld-tessa-thompson-interview-charlotte-host-reveal-2020-4
@Djawadi_Ramin did a full instrumental cover of The Weeknd's 2011 song "Wicked Games" (released o a mixtape back when The Weeknd was all mysterious and anonymous)
A lot of other people have also picked up on what sounds like an instrumental cover of Bjork's 1997 song "Hunter" (playing when Serac and Maeve are in a bar in Singapore)
