[Editor’s Note: The following review contains spoilers for “Westworld” Season 3, Episode 2, “The Winter Line.”]And we’re back — not literally back in Westworld, mind you, despite Bernard (Jeffrey Wright) stopping by his former home on the way to Delos headquarters.
No, the most notable return in an episode filled with returns is that of the tried and untrue “Westworld” house style.
Flashy twists on top of long bouts of bewildering exposition add up to very little substantive development, while plenty of choices simply don’t add up at all.
All the work Episode 1 put into rebooting the series is tossed aside this week as “Westworld” screws around in its old game before crashing back to reality — or wherever we are now.More from IndieWire’Westworld’ Review: Season 3 Premiere Reveals a Sleek New Design Built from the Same Old Code’Westworld’ Showrunner Jonathan Nolan on the Season 3 Premiere’s Post-Credits SurpriseBy all intents and purposes, this is Maeve’s episode.
Thandie Newton
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