Like most robots, the hosts in "Westworld" are also controlled by specific voice commands. Take Amazon's Echo or Google's Home, these two devices have their own 'wake word' to be able to fully operate. In the case of the bots on HBO's hit scifi series, a new theory just dropped linking a popular Shakespeare quote as a trigger for Dolores.
"These violent delights have violent ends," is the Shakesperean quote "Westworld" fans have heard one too many times uttered mainly by Ford as the season progressed. While it certainly sounds poetic, it appears that this one line has a double purpose. A Reddit user postulated that the quote is also a command that ties up to the Wyatt narrative.
To recap, viewers saw in the finale that Arnold said the words right before Dolores shot him. While Ford was doing his speech, Bernard whispered the quote to himself as he saw Dolores positioning herself to pull the trigger behind Ford.
Now, the burning question is: Is the quote a kind of secret 'trigger phrase' that launched Arnold and Ford's future plans, altogether? Did they create Wyatt's prototype as a back-up in case of future setbacks?
It's unclear at this point if the quote also works with other hosts like Maeve, whom viewers thought was finally breaking free from the "gods." But then it was revealed that someone (possibly Ford) had been manipulating her system to go rogue.
"Westworld" fans have yet to endure a 2 year-wait before continuing their quests to unlock the biggest mysteries in the park. The finale dropped a lot of clues including the introduction of the Samurai world and possibly more other parks. However, Dolores killing Ford is probably the biggest blow fans had to endure during the final 90-minutes of the show.
Showrunners Jonathan Nolan and Lisa Joy have not yet confirmed whether or not Anthony Hopkins will be back as the park's enigmatic founder. However, they did not shut down the possibility that the veteran actor may still return.
"We were very lucky to have one amazing season with Anthony Hopkins," Nolan recently told Entertainment Weekly.
"We loved working with him. As for the show, where it goes, the characters - we've well established we're playing in a more advanced ruleset in terms of death and resurrection than other [projects] I've worked on. So I would say: Assume nothing."
"Westworld" Season 2 will air sometime in 2018 on HBO.
