Westworld Season 1 Finale: 13 Huge Questions After 'The Bicameral Mind'

5. Have We Seen The Last Of Ford?

Westworld Questions Dolores
HBO

Dr Ford's reveal was one of the show's great twists. Everyone was so busy focusing and theorising on William's journey over 30 years, to becoming the Man in Black, that they didn't think about his own transformation.

Ford was painted as the villain of the piece - a part Anthony Hopkins played marvellously - but really he was on the hosts' side.

And that all leads to his demise. He retires from Westworld, and then Dolores shoots him in the back of the head. He is, almost 100%, dead.

Almost. While it seems certain he really is gone, and you can imagine Hopkins not wanting to return for Season 2 (it's a long shooting schedule, after all), nothing can really be certain just yet.

There's always the chance his consciousness could live on without him too, and even if Hopkins doesn't return, Ford's presence will surely still be felt.

Contributor
Contributor

NCTJ-qualified journalist. Most definitely not a racing driver. Drink too much tea; eat too much peanut butter; watch too much TV. Sadly only the latter paying off so far. A mix of wise-old man in a young man's body with a child-like wonder about him and a great otherworldly sensibility.