Zahn McClarnon

While this density resulted in excellent episodes, it has also proved to be a drawback, as the show’s plotlines have grown increasingly convoluted.

Many questions running through the season are answered, but their answers are traded for new questions about the larger implications of the plot reveals.

This episode — the title of which is the Lakota word for “remember” — explains Akecheta’s backstory and the park’s opaque dynamics in a near-perfect set-up.

This episode of “Westworld” kicked off the second half of the season — from this point on, we can expect the plot arcs to finally come together.

In the wake of the hosts’ revolution, this season of “Westworld” consumes itself with exploring a different relationship between life and death.