Westworld Season 3 finale recap: Dolores and Caleb engage in their final battle with Serac as the fate of mankind itself is held in the balance
Dolores (Evan Rachel Wood) and Caleb Nichols (Aaron Paul) wage war in the final battle with Serac (Vincent Cassell) in the gripping Season 3 finale of Westworld.
All season long, Serac has been trying to control all of humankind through a program he created called Rehoboam, while Dolores and Caleb have been trying to destroy humanity as we know it.
The two sides collide in the final battle in Sunday night’s finale, Crisis Theory, which comes a week and a half after HBO renewed Westworld for a fourth season.
Caleb’s war: Dolores (Evan Rachel Wood) and Caleb Nichols (Aaron Paul) wage war in the final battle with Serac (Vincent Cassell) in the gripping Season 3 finale of Westworld
The episode begins back in Westworld, with Dolores in her powder blue dress once again, before we cut to Bernard assembling a new Dolores.
‘When I saw the world for what it really was, I saw how little beauty there was in it,’ Dolores is heard saying.
‘In the end, my path has lead me here, to you, and we have a choice to make,’ Dolores says. ‘I’ve died many times, but there is only one real end. I will write this one myself,’ she adds.
At the end of last week’s episode, Passed Pawn, Dolores engaged in an epic battle with Maeve (Thandie Newton), though Dolores got the upper hand, taking both herself and Maeve off line.
In the preview for Crisis Theory, Caleb is seen looking quite frightened, while Bernard (Jeffrey Wright) is heard saying that, ‘what’s about to happen was always going to happen.’
Dolores is found offline, as the Solomon machine is offline as well, as Caleb is seen riding a motorcycle.
Back at the abandoned gas station, William (Ed Harris) says he wants to put them in cold storage.
While Bernard says they both want the same thing, William doesn’t believe him and starts shooting at him.
Bernard ends up taking the gun away and a fistfight ensues, though the San Francisco police shows up in riot gear.
Bernard subdues one of the cops, but the masked cop says that wouldn’t ‘be a good idea, nodding at the explosives behind him, when the cop is revealed to be Lawrence (Clifton Collins Jr.), another copy Dolores saved from the park.
Lawrence gives him a briefcase, says it’s something that will help him on his journey, and he says that he knows where to find her, and gives him a piece of paper before leaving.
Caleb arrives at a distillery, as a graphic reveals there are ‘divergences’ happening all around the world.
Caleb unlocks the door and finds a large container, which he unwraps and opens, finding a large body bag that says, ‘Property of Delos,’ with another copy of Dolores inside, along with a number of weapons.
Caleb inserts the core inside Dolores and she comes back to life, looking at Caleb, saying, ‘You brought me back, I wasn’t sure if you did.’
Caleb asks how she always knows exactly what he’s going to do, and she says Delos studied him as well.
There is flashback footage of Caleb in battle, when it’s revealed he’s fighting hosts, as Dolores says they were logging his every decision.
‘There is a reason I chose you,’ Dolores says, as Caleb asks if he’s a bad guy.
Dolores starts putting the skin over her robotic frame, as she asks him if that night in the tunnel, if he wanted something from her.
‘Would you care if I had this face? This skin?’ Caleb says she needed help and Dolores says don’t question her motives and she won’t question his.
Dolores says he was identified as a threat, and that the people who built both their worlds both assumed that humans don’t have free will.
‘Humans do have free will, but it’s f***ing hard,’ telling him that this is Caleb’s chance to free everyone else, but the choice is his.
Dolores is seen rebuilding herself, so to speak, in a new robotic body, as she’s also seen wearing the blue dress she always wore when she was at Westworld, while Maeve also returns as well.
Maeve returns: At the end of last week’s episode, Passed Pawn, Dolores engaged in an epic battle with Maeve (Thandie Newton), though Dolores got the upper hand, taking both herself and Maeve off line
Rebuild: Dolores is seen rebuilding herself, so to speak, in a new robotic body, as she’s also seen wearing the blue dress she always wore when she was at Westworld, while Maeve also returns as well
While this season has largely been set in the ‘real world’ outside of the sprawling theme park, it seems likely, and fitting, that the finale will bring us back to the park.
Bernard is also heard positing, ‘What happens after the end of the world?’ possibly suggesting that Dolores may in fact succeed in destroying humanity.
Serac is also seen pointing a gun at Caleb’s head, as Serac is heard telling him, ‘You think you’re in control? You think you’re the hero?’
Blue dress: While this season has largely been set in the ‘real world’ outside of the sprawling theme park, it seems likely, and fitting, that the finale will bring us back to the park
Caleb has been confronted with this notion in the past, that what he’s doing for Dolores might not be the best path for him, but he’s been at her side all season long.
William a.k.a. The Man in Black (Ed Harris) is also seen pointing a machine gun at Bernard and Ashley (Luke Hemsworth), adding he has a ‘role to play now,’ which is to ‘save the f***ing world.’
He revealed in last week’s episode that his ‘role’ would be to kill every host in the world, and it seems he starts with Bernard and Ashley since he’s seen firing a gun at them outside of an abandoned gas station.
Dolores and Caleb: Caleb has been confronted with this notion in the past, that what he’s doing for Dolores might not be the best path for him, but he’s been at her side all season long
Role: William a.k.a. The Man in Black (Ed Harris) is also seen pointing a machine gun at Bernard and Ashley (Luke Hemsworth), adding he has a ‘role to play now,’ which is to ‘save the f***ing world’
Bernard and Ashley: He revealed in last week’s episode that his ‘role’ would be to kill every host in the world, and it seems he starts with Bernard and Ashley since he’s seen firing a gun at them outside of an abandoned gas station
The trailer also teases that Dolores and Maeve will be engaged in a big fight in the dark in the season finale.
The season premiere in March surpassed nine million viewers across all platforms, which was directed by series creator Jonathan Nolan and written by Nolan and co-creator Lisa Joy.
While Westworld will return for a fourth season, there is no indication yet when production may begin, or when the new season will air.
Since all of the first three seasons have had two-year gaps between them, it’s possible Westworld Season 4 won’t debut until 2022.
Fight: The trailer also teases that Dolores and Maeve will be engaged in a big fight in the dark in the season finale
Creator: The season premiere in March surpassed nine million viewers across all platforms, which was directed by series creator Jonathan Nolan and written by Nolan and co-creator Lisa Joy
New season: While Westworld will return for a fourth season, there is no indication yet when production may begin, or when the new season will air
Gap: Since all of the first three seasons have had two-year gaps between them, it’s possible Westworld Season 4 won’t debut until 2022
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