Westworld: 10 Biggest Twists - Ranked Worst To Best

From brilliant to crazy, what were Westworld's greatest twists?

By Tom Chapman /

Well, Westworld's first season certainly went out with a bang - quite literally. With more twists and turns than an average trip to a maze, audiences were kept on their toes for 10 thrilling weeks. Given that Momento and The Prestige's Jonathan Nolan is one-half of the creative team, what else did you expect?

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Westworld was always going to be a thinker's show, and HBO promised that the 2016 reimagining would go above and beyond Michael Crichton's 1973 original. It certainly did that, elevating from a cult sci-fi film to a fully blown episodic mystery show.

Superbly cast, expertly written, and carefully interwoven, you needed to put your spurs up and have a shot of whiskey after each episode. Perhaps the best thing is, watching Westworld's first season back now, knowing what we know, it all makes sense (as much as it can). It may be a long wait until Season 2 side-saddles onto screens, but there is plenty to mull over.

From humans that are really robots, to non-existent mazes, and black hats galore. Let's look at the 10 biggest twists that HBO strolled into town, and where they ranked between WTF and GTFO.

10. The Maze Is A...

Episode: 10 - The Bicameral Mind

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Shock Factor: 0/5 bullets

The maze is a...state of mind, based off a toy - wow!

For 9/10 weeks we searched along with Ed Harris's Man in Black for where this mythical maze was, and what was at its center. Was it a way to destroy the park? Was it the key to everlasting life? Was it the equally mysterious Arnold sitting there waiting for us? None of the above: the maze was a subconscious representation of the hosts reaching a higher level.

All MIB wanted was a way to add some danger to the game and the hosts to fight back, while ironically, among the hunt for non-existent mazes there was his robot uprising. At least he got what he wanted, which might explain that smile on his face when his arm takes a bullet.

The maze though was undoubtedly the series's biggest lame duck, along with the reveal that it was nothing at all. Sure, it is a highly intelligent/meta way of looking at it, but it was a wild goose chase for MIB and us. Given that the symbol became a huge part of the first season, and the overarching "mystery of the week," we are right to feel a little cheated.

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