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Westworld – Season 3, Episode 8 Crisis Theory

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Westworld – Season 3, Episode 8

Crisis Theory

Aired May 3, 2020

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Sci-Fi

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Time to face the music.

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Westworld undermines its third season's big ideas by rushing to conclusions, hiding behind cool visuals instead of letting its characters to grow, turning a once innovative show into just another sci-fi series.

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Liz Shannon Miller

New York Magazine/Vulture

05/04/2020

On balance, the season proved impactful when it came to branching out beyond the confines of the park; unfortunately, at times it felt like it was treading water too often with its biggest ideas.

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Paul MacInnes

Guardian

05/04/2020

That was the summary of the hectic action in a finale that was ridiculous and stupid, but also pacy and thrilling enough to keep me engaged.

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Ben Travers

IndieWire

05/04/2020

C-

The moral questions meant to keep you invested in the characters largely disappear, too. Season 3 doesn't bother developing its characters because it refuses to let them question the nature of their own reality.

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Randy Dankievitch

Goomba Stomp

05/30/2020

As Westworld goes on and on about legacy and destiny, it certainly is strange to see "Crisis Theory" undo its own in real-time; especially when it is doing so in favor of some obtusely-defined, completely unexplored social 'revolution'.

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Calum Marsh

IGN Movies

05/15/2020

5/10

A few limp revelations, repetitive confrontations, and a major surplus of subplot has the unfortunate consequence of making Westworld's third season finale feel both overstuffed and altogether pretty thin.

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Brady Langmann

Esquire Magazine

05/11/2020

Season Three finale of Westworld was a mess of brain orbs, memory wipes, riots, robot FaceTime, and more riots... There were approximately 30 storylines sinking and swelling throughout the episode.

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Synopsis

Time to face the music.

Director: Jennifer Getzinger
Executive Producer: Jonathan Nolan, Lisa Joy, J.J. Abrams, Athena Wickham, Richard J. Lewis, Ben Stephenson, Denise Thé
Screenwriter: Jonathan Nolan, Denise Thé
Network: HBO
Rating: TV-MA
Genre: Drama, Sci-Fi
Original Language: English
Release Date: May 3, 2020