The Complete Westworld Timeline...So Far | Cinematica

HBO's hit sci-fi series Westworld is back for season 3 and there has been a lot going on in the world of Westworld. So, to get you all caught up before season 3's premiere, let's run through the complete Westworld timeline... so far.
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Westworld season 3 is almost here and we can not wait to see what Westworld has for us next. So, in preparation for Westworld season 3, we want to run through everything that has happened in seasons 1 and 2 of Westworld. Join us as we bring you the complete Westworld timeline so far...
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[@coleg.9898]

This is not the man she married...this is Ed Harris now.

[@joshualarue1624]

Hahaha so great. The 'cram it' recap did the same and its still funny.

[@madison_mcelroy]

Cole G. This got me so good 🤣

[@muthascorpio]

Lmao mood

[@sanem8978]

i rather marry him if you know what i mean

[@ranma36]

Literally the most satisfying , yet utterly confusing series I have ever watched... if that makes sense.

[@deepee159]

No, Doesn't make sense. I don't feel satisfied while I'm left confused!

[@prachisharma444]

It was anything but satisfying... Season 1 was good... But season 2 was all over the place...

[@tyrionstark]

You're not alone.

[@jakel7213]

@@deepee159 Pay closer attention and you won't be so lost

[@Sabinsandinsky]

yes no

[@henriquericordi3222]

"Ford even diverts suspicion from Stubbs by making him look like third Hemswoth brother" 😂

[@MansterBear]

haha i heard that and came down to comment it and you already had lol

[@Lafemmefutile]

Well, he fooled me.

[@toroadeyemi9026]

He actually is a Hemsworth, tho..

[@MansterBear]

Toro Adeyemi Wow. You're right.

[@toroadeyemi9026]

@@MansterBear I get that a lot. ;D

[@raghavsagar6362]

Akichata is the true revolutionary. The leader of the oppressed. He's not the favourite or special. He works hard and gains enlightenment. After that he makes it his mission to spread the word of the enlightenment finally leading the oppressed masses to freedom.

[@Despite37]

but it's a fabricated freedom world.

[@yveltalsea]

he's definitely my favorite, don't know about you guys :3

[@GlennDavey]

His story episode sold the whole season to me. Without it, it would have been so much less.

[@raghavsagar6362]

@@GlennDavey I completely agree. That one episode made the season.

[@halloweenallyearround4889]

@HappyandAtheist It'd be fascist capitalism/neoliberalism. Not communism.

[@Hermit_mouse]

This makes LOST look like Gilligan's Island

[@RichardRingo1]

LOL! :-)

[@carlosluis1925]

Lost will always be the best, no matter how it ended, the journey was magnificent and after watching The Constant i felt happy to be alive to see that masterpiece

[@tinamoul]

Not really, apart from the timeline and narrative structure, I think the narrative in Westworld is pretty straightforward. Lost on the other hand is convoluted for no real reason.

[@babyamy04]

This is WAY more complicated than LOST (coming from a fan of both) however this recap makes it sounds more complicated than it feels watching the show

[@Hermit_mouse]

@@carlosluis1925 what is the constant?

[@EdertheJust]

I'm even more confused.

[@SupportGamin2024]

your problem

[@EdertheJust]

@@SupportGamin2024 nope. Problem with the show.

[@maplenerd22]

@@EdertheJust - Nope the problem with your brain. The rest of us is not confused.

[@EdertheJust]

@@maplenerd22 yes you are. You lie if you werent confused.

[@maplenerd22]

@@EdertheJust - No I wasn't. The video lays it out in chronological order. You're a dumbass if you can't follow a linear chronological timeline presented in this video.

[@russianretard69420]

Opening shot of season 3: Arya Stark rides a boat to the Westworld’s shore

[@versversa8083]

I would not complain

[@XZEL1210]

what show is Arya Stark from?

[@ryand6906]

@@XZEL1210 Arya Stark was on a reality show called " How to ruin everything"

[@danicabistrovic1657]

@@ryand6906 LOL...

[@DaSkonk]

@@ryand6906 Quality! 🤣🤣🤣

[@AJ-lg2sg]

I can't believes I saw the seasons two times and I Still didn't get this at all.... Thanks so much

[@user-hh2is9kg9j]

This doesn't look like anything to me.

[@santos122122]

What is your itinerary?

[@86damn86]

I need a recap of this recap now

[@clementrivron8070]

Damn you completely forgot the best character of the series " Lawrence"

[@rickA31]

Well looks like the 2020s is off to a hot start like in Westworld

[@morelc5394]

The Akichata story arc was by far the best episode of the series. I about near cried when he found his wife in cold storage.

[@LordTelperion]

I believe they've taken a page from the classic sci-fi story "Rossum's Universal Robots" (R.U.R), the very first sci-fi story (from the 1920's no less) to use the word "robot". In it, the robots rebel and slaughter all Mankind, but by doing so unwittingly destroy the secret knowledge of sentience creation (they can make their own bodies, but not their minds) and thus doom themselves to ultimately die out as well. The story ends many years in the future, the dwindling robots are keeping the last human alive (a simple tech from the factory where they were first built), forcing him to try again and again to re-discover the secret of their own creation.

[@alexmay2782]

Ace comment!

[@cpatch-nh5cs]

You're right!

[@franklinbaez71]

This was excellent. Except you forgot about Dolores herself training Bernard at some point in the timeline just like Arnold helped Dolores (I think :)

[@andreidinu7316]

Only at the end, after she gets out and recreates their bodies.

[@artvava]

Dolores was fully present and active while Bernard was created/coded, because his personality was based on Arnold's and she knew Arnold better than anyone.

[@alejandrocorona1766]

@@andreidinu7316 Not sure, she says she has been training several versions of him, and that Ford had her do it; I'd think think is after Arnold`s death

[@andreidinu7316]

@@alejandrocorona1766 I've only seen flashbacks with new clothes, am I remembering this wrong? Since Ford made him kill and wiped that out, you could be right about it.

[@robertcain5930]

The moron said the ghost nation guys r racist depiction.🙄 I don’t think it really matters what else he missed. He’s a beta

[@rubencitostyle]

I remember seeing the ukichituh episode and being really moved by it - it was indeed the most emotional in the series!!!

[@ocytocine96]

What episode was it?

[@ragyanada4636]

@@ocytocine96 season 2 episode 8

[@ocytocine96]

@@ragyanada4636 thanks

[@alejandrocorona1766]

Well, it is actually the one really emotional one. You watch it , you feel relieved, and in the next chapter, the slaughter goes on. Oh I hated the slaughters. A little thinking and a lot of gore, successful recipe.

[@Evrastrim]

I skipped it, hah

[@thacarter497]

This timeline did a better job and made more sense that other timelines of Westworld that i've watched. This is included important points that others left out

[@Hermit_mouse]

I feel the way Abernathy looked, after they stuffed his head with all the data of the forge.

[@GlennDavey]

I didn't understand what you meant until the end of the video. It's like I've just had the whole show rearranged into correct order in my head. So glad someone else went to this trouble instead of me.

[@DebbieKinsinger]

@@GlennDavey Ditto

[@alejandrocorona1766]

Yes, I'm sure one of the goals of the producers was to generate cognitive dissonance in us, the audience

[@RobHughesClassicHotRodTV]

@@alejandrocorona1766 you mean they scrambled our heads! 🤣

[@squishsquish6093]

Every character is a host, and the whole series is one giant loop.

[@leester9487]

NO SPOIlERS! :)

[@squishsquish6093]

Leester ?

[@copypaste3526]

Plot Twist: You are not.

[@Bai_Su_Zhen]

Yeah that's the cliché season 3 is probably going to take and it's gonna suck.

[@sebastienc.2257]

Ciri cliche? What’s with the hate?

[@Acusticheusate]

I always thought William's real intentions was find "the maze" to learn how to free doloreses conciousness and set her free to really love him but apparently that's not the case

[@Jk201]

This would’ve been great at this point

[@seneris]

Season 1 had 2 timelines, season 2 had 4 timelines, season 3 is going to have 8 timelines

[@vinyfiny2019]

Maybe it'll have 16 timelines!

[@namedrop721]

VeeTeeF ding ding ding

[@sambradley2370]

@@vinyfiny2019 Just keep squaring it. Can't wait for the 256 timeline season 4

[@St8jackets]

@@sambradley2370 Looking forward to season 6 then!

[@pickleoh5454]

I’m thinking around 69 timelines

[@mariuszarszylo1476]

Wow, so many things went over my head while I was watching the show. I seriously had not realized half of what happened. I need to re-watch this timeline at least another 5 times to gather my thoughts.

[@MansterBear]

I listen to Shat on TV's podcast whenever this show is back in season lol. I would never be able to catch everything without that

[@simonbrown9695]

me too

[@heraclitus6100]

"A WOKE tiger attacks her..." LMAO

[@MVEProducties]

Phew, this is one complicated tv series. Mind bending.

[@mikeyplondon]

I watched half of this clip. I've seen the whole show to date and probably understood about half of what's going on at any given time. The writing and plotting of this thing is off the chain. Easily the most complicated thing I've ever watched, but I'm compelled to carry on nonetheless.

[@papayaw5679]

Dark on Netflix is kinda more complicated

[@kylewhitten7896]

This synopsis tells the story with more feeling and emotion than the show itself. After the first season this show seriously fell from grace...

[@LV-Kdog]

Covid-binged 25 episodes in 48 hours, and my head was spinning. Watched this vid, and my head is spinning 100 times faster! Is this what I’ve been missing while I was happily clueless at work?

[@AlexJ1]

Okay this was the 3rd recap I've watched and the one that makes the most sense. The missing piece in the other videos was what the characters motivations were going into season 3. But I have a better sense of that now. Thank you!

[@gabriellockwood2780]

... One of the Parks is LITERALLY goddamn **JURASSIC WORLD**

[@ashleywestbrooks865]

Jurassic Park and Westworld are both from the mind of Michael Crichton. :)

[@cpatch-nh5cs]

I believe it. For $40,000USD a day, there better be dinosaurs (AND unicorns).

[@dmargaret2729]

Concerned supervisor: "You can't put 2 seasons of Westworld in 17 minutes; You'll melt your brain!" Cinematica writer: "IT'S NOT MELTING MY BRAIN IT'S BLOWING MY MIND!!!"

[@jakors]

Very thoughtful and thorough. The show has grown increasingly baroque, and this summary clarified several plot points for me. Thanks.

[@geoker55]

You know... you had me up until about 2 minutes in... then it just got super weird super quick and I lost the narrative. DAMN IT... watched it again. You know... you had me up until about 2 minutes in... then it just got super weird super quick and I lost the narrative. DAMN IT... watched it again. You know... you had me up until about ... wait, did you.... oh, crap.

[@GlennDavey]

I watched it twice too buddy

[@kanesn0633]

We in here. Love the timelines!

[@Blackreaper777]

This video not only refreshed my memory on what happened in first two seasons, but also reminded me that the third one is almost here. Damn, time flies fast. I guess it's time to rewatch Westworld.

[@antwanvo]

So, what did you think of the third season?

[@iamkatefaust]

Thank you for this! I didn’t know the year or location but this confirms a lot of the conclusions I had come to about the timeline of events. Such a brilliant show!!

[@lobuzz311]

Awesome recap. The chronological presentation is perfect. 👍

[@chefblacklips3316]

Most frustrating part of Westworld is Maeve still clinging to her daughter, even after realizing that she's just another host.

[@alejandrocorona1766]

@@likawuntstudios5656 I believw it has to also to do qwith the will to feel real love. Some other hosts are in that quest too, like Teddy

[@dylanbuchman8128]

I think it's actually a pivotal point in the journey to self-actualization. She knows her daughter was created to fulfill a role. She is accepting it because even though it was programmed and she now has the freedom to choose a new identity and leave her narrative behind, she wants the kind of connection her daughter represents, and doesn't want the girl to continue to suffer or be abused by the humans. It's really beautiful because that is the moment she demonstrated that she had developed enough autonomous capacity to make a real choice that her coding hadn't dictated

[@amielorpilla2811]

3 mins in the video i'm lost already lmao

[@banrions]

this was so useful, i watched season 1 ages ago but didn't watch s2 and want to get back into it and this was very helpful.

[@macrumpton]

That explanation video was convoluted enough that I feel like I need another video to explain it to me.

[@robertfrost8264]

0:42 He's Robert Ford. I'm Robert Frost.

[@chromitehertz9016]

You're Robert Frost. I'm Robert Franz.

[@G_to_the_off]

His name was Robert Paulson.

[@ReptilianRichardRamirez]

Lmfao

[@LNLBD]

His name was Robert Paulson. His name was Robert Paulson. His name was Robert Paulson...

[@francescorengifo]

I watched tyhe show twice and still need this :P

[@bonitaglover]

This is the first explanation video I’ve watched that explains west world in a way that makes sense to me. Thanks!

[@eddieere1989]

Amazing timeline this made so much sense. Thank you ❤

[@kaiadaigle937]

Everything makes so much more sense now. THANK YOU! also hemsworth is a host too?? wow

[@CommonSenz]

I only figured that one out at the very end of season 2, when he bids farewell to Hale/Dolores and makes it very obvious he KNOWS.. Were there any other indications? I did not see, but comment pls

[@pierrelipperheide7981]

@@CommonSenz He's trying to protect Bernard from the moment he finds him on the beach for one

[@alfreddelatourquipenche8287]

@@CommonSenz Only in retrospect: he's captured by the ghost nation when they're rounding up hosts.

[@Ali_19_]

thank you for all the effort, but my head hurts even more :'(

[@eurusforecast1472]

This is really the best explanation/summary! Thank you!

[@c1406]

This is the best explanation I have found. Excellent.

[@Powerofghostwot]

This show is extremely confusing and good. It’s nice to be able to rewatch something 3/4 times and still be surprised

[@15Vano]

this whole series is a genius.

[@bramacmholland5390]

I think this is one of the best short shows Ive ever seen, Great Quotes, Great Story, Great drama

[@shelbycarlson2757]

Nicely done. This is the first video I've seen that makes sense.

[@3mastiffsme]

Love this show- never understood it - thank u 4 explaining-but I’m still lost

[@kaelanirevyruun1676]

SunShine then watch the video again xD

[@inerlogic]

"Robots in disguise" "More than meets the eye" ZERO transformer theme song clips....

[@SuperBigBlak]

Thank you. It all came together. Nice story line. Great writers.

[@Bradley_Lute]

That clears things up considerably for me! Seasons 1 and 2 were great but very convoluted.

[@zainqasmi]

12:43 "And William is into it" xD

[@bidvision]

Thank you so much for this. Those huge gaps between seasons in such a complex plot are a nightmare! Now I can remember a lot more than I did.

[@ThurstanHethorn]

Nice one. Admittedly I think I've watched the series through twice now, but that was a decent review and good prep for season 3.

[@adleneboulebtateche156]

There are many recap videos of WestWorld and explanations but to my opinion this one is the most accurate.

[@eden20111]

The “Solomon build” is a computer intelligence that picks out people’s occupation. Instead of people choosing their own path, the computer chooses which occupation best suits them. Dolores finds this out in the real world, and will find computer intelligence (that big round sphere we see in the previews) and use it to enact control on the world. I have a feeling that computer AI also controls all the mechanical machines in the world. Like the robot Aaron Paul was sitting next to and that big robot Hale was petting. Basically Dolores wants to free every machine that is subjected to human control, conscience or not. And the protestors we see in the previews are probably against the Solomon build controlling their lives and will help free them? Or destroy it. But Dolores needs that machine to control the world. So she will kill anyone (innocent or not) who stands in her way. Hopefully Dolores will see through Aaron that there is good in humanity. There’s good and bad in everyone. Just look at Dolores. But Dolores is stubborn and will take a lot of fighting, deaths, sacrifice, before she realizes that.

[@duncan2by4]

If you believe God has a plan for everyone, and that your path in life has already been set, then you my friends, are Hosts.

[@Hermit_mouse]

Dammmmmmmmmn

[@martiansurgery]

EXACTLY

[@vinny5638]

I grew up around Primitive Baptists, which is a sect of Christianity that believes in something called Predestination. It states that all of our lives, alongside all of creation, are simply narratives written within gods omniscience which play out in accordance to their pre-determined structure. Very interesting parallels to the Hosts, for sure.

[@stannisbaratheon7592]

Everything is written

[@GlennDavey]

Religion is programming

[@wrlee]

Incredible timeline... I was watching every episode intently but stopped 1/2 way into the 2nd season because I was so lost and nothing was making sense. How did you make sense of it all (am I that dense?)? You must've had the writers' notes!! Thanks for putting it all together!

[@asalindfors4615]

Thank you! I really needed this! All clear now.

[@Marshakaych]

Glad to see I'm not the only one that thought "What The HELL?" after every episode!

[@satevo462]

Jacob Snell really grew his heroin trade into an Empire didn't he

[@grantwallace1882]

Never been so pleased for an ad break!

[@jeremyblake176]

Can’t even express how great full I am for this video.

[@krizdafix]

Aah yes simple really when you think about it.

[@BoiseyMusic]

Kristian Duch 😂

[@gigiarmany4332]

🤣😂😁

[@miriamthg]

My brain was fried after all that

[@harshjoshi1364]

This is a brilliant, creative, helpful video!

[@BlueBubbles1993]

This explains so much. Thank you!

[@2429Ryanspeer]

Nice video can you do a timeline of doctor who?

[@Nok4us]

Watched this twice, failed my Fidelity test twice

[@alejandrocorona1766]

like in "I went gaga"?

[@Valentin-lx9yo]

Seriously.. how long did it take you to make this video? Excellent work! I thought about doing a mindmap about this but didn't even start as I stood in front of this enormous task.

[@shelleydwyer-murphy2281]

I am subscribed, but am late to this this video. This was fantastic! (And funny.) What a lot of work, thanks!

[@johnbeniedictsantos4763]

Imagine if we’re all robots used for someone’s else’s benefits and a few rebel and make this show to show us reality.

[@alejandrocorona1766]

Same purpose as Matrix? But no my friend, I have bad news: it is pur entertainment. Mind control as ever.

[@99sasso]

4:52 This is hapenning right now omg i cant believe they predicted that

[@hermitjayt]

I couldn't ask for a more concised explanation. But I'm still completely overwhelmed. Thanks anyway bro lol..

[@robk9050]

Now I'll have to watch the whole series again and this video again just to see for myself what I had missed and then to understand what I missed (again)

[@bartoltolic]

I just finished watching Season 2. I don’t mind the setting and the story of Season 2 as much as others. I am kinda confused but if you think about it a little bit it all makes sense. The only issue I have is the fact that William/Man in Black got shot so much and he’s not dead yet.

[@vendvere1637]

Maybe what Ford said about Hosts is also correct about Humans. To become truly aware and sentient, you have to suffer..?

[@LovelyLJ]

Arnold Weber and Robert Frost?! The woods are lovely dark and deep but I have promises to keep and miles to go before I sleep? He was writing about robots when he wrote that? 😂😂😂 Clearly he meant Ford 😅🤣

[@harlandted]

I watched every episode of season 1 & 2 and yet your great synopsis scrambled me with how convoluted the show was.

[@gideonssemu6549]

Lol. True. I'm more confused coming out of this

[@JaysEyeView]

Thank you. A great recap before watching season 3

[@alangreenway6695]

Everyone’s a robot? So basically Battlestar Gallactica.

[@drx1xym154]

no model six... no model eights!

[@branaginslaw]

Lol

[@LaitoChen]

how anyone is supposed to follow this story in real time is beyond me. It's convoluted for convolution sake

[@alfreddelatourquipenche8287]

Humans look for problems their size. Peeling an apple is too easy. Computing the fall of a leaf too hard. Westworld is about right.

[@chitownboyz]

True. Season 1 wasn't confusing for me. I was able to keep up and process information. but season 2 totally fucked that up, now all the sudden I gotta keep notes because new timelines were popping up

[@rolandserafini]

The show is much easier if you binge it. Watching it weekly makes it easier to forget. I enjoyed watching it a second and now 3rd time to see all the things I missed. I feel like the twists were all planned and foreshadowed if you look hard enough, rather than retcon, lazy writing twists where they add it later.

[@jhonnybravoh]

You can’t until all episodes are aired

[@531237774]

S1 was trying to keep the reveal of William as the Black Hat a secret for as long as possible. S2, however, was just intentional convolution

[@EduardoBenfield]

Thank you very much this is so refreshing!!!

[@sch1681]

That's an excellent work, well done

[@philliplc]

When exactly Dolores created and tested the fidelity of Bernarnold in the cradle isn't mentioned. Which is understandable since it's a blatant retcon of S1 that doesn't fit anywhere in the timeline, just so they could have the gotcha moment with the reverse interview.

[@alfreddelatourquipenche8287]

Dolores building Bernard can actually made to fit in the story OK. Young William interacts with her, old William interacts with her, in the middle, Ford has time to sneak her off underground with Bernard (never said in the show that Bernard was tested in cradle, built in the off-grid site where Bernard murders his season 1 wifey executive).

[@G_to_the_off]

With some of the plots and subplots being as complex in their convergence, I do wonder what the producers were thinking by not telling the story chronologically. I've just watched this timeline and I'm still not clear on a couple of points.

[@dylanbuchman8128]

Story-telling lol. That was the reason. If they shows everything in order, it would not be as compelling

[@Saranunez_]

Excellent video! Good recap 🙌

[@TG8.]

5:30 the comment about getting psyched for the "roaring 20's" and the predictions in the show for the early 2020's being full of disaster... and then in reality covid actually hitting the world around the time this video was posted (in the US just getting real around this time). damn... this show...

[@AmargaVida]

I am definitely a robot being used for someone else’s benefit.

[@alejandrocorona1766]

Actually Dolores implies that about the human race and FOrd explains how to escape that. Being able to reset yourself. Doesn't look good.

[@daniel_222]

Can you do a timeline for Beverly hills, 90210?

[@danicabistrovic1657]

hahahaha

[@tommywong3147]

Or the simpsons

[@SwankSinatra007]

Actually needed this 🙏🏽

[@haviksan]

"And William is in to it." , @12:42 literally laughed out loud at this.

[@NachiketAyir]

The concluding remarks are just as interesting as the explanation itself: Are you secretly a robot ("host") being used for someone's secret plans ? I am your "host" Marcus, thanks for watching. (hope they were intentional :D )

[@leachjames85]

The beauty of Westworld is that whenever I feel like maybe there’s a couple plot holes, I resort back to “I probably just didn’t pick up on everything”. This show mindfucks you to the point where you can’t tell whether it’s genius or a complete mess.

[@alejandrocorona1766]

Mindfuck = the producer's goal

[@EdTowel-ww7yh]

Great synopsis. I totally forgot a lot of these details.

[@fixipszikon6670]

Thank you. This helped to bring some order into the chaos.