Westworld: 31 WTF Moments From Season 1

9. Bernard Is Arnold

Westworld Bernard
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The mysterious Arnold is a key figure throughout the first season of Westworld, despite the fact he technically doesn't appear and is long dead.

He's the one talking to the hosts, guiding them into this new realm of consciousness. And, as it turns out, he's actually Bernard.

Yeah, as if being a robot wasn't a twist enough, it's also revealed in episode 9 that Bernard was designed as a recreation of Arnold, even down to being given a similar tragic backstory about his son's death. It also helped bring together the show's multiple timelines, layering mindf**k on top of mindf**k.

Of course, we all should've seen it:

Bernard Lowe.

Arnold Weber.

F**king anagrams.

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