Westworld Season 2 Finale: What Does The Ending Really Mean?

5. Free Will Doesn't Really Exist For Humans

Westworld James Delos
HBO

If Season 1 of Westworld was about the hosts developing consciousness, then Season 2 has been about agency, and whether or not lives are pre-determined and if you can truly make your own choices.

That doesn't just go for the hosts, though, but even more so the humans. Logan's return in the finale is designed to hammer home this point, making it clear that while the hosts have free will - or at least, have been granted the idea of it - humans cannot possess it, using the example of his father as an example.

It makes a strong case that, while artificial intelligence can have its autonomy, it's actually the human brain the is programmable. Sadly, there aren't many human characters left by this point to explore it through further.

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