It sparks something in Akecheta, and he begins carving the symbol everywhere.īut before he can fully realize what is happening, he is reprogrammed to become the leader of the brutal Ghost Nation gang. Akecheta wanders into town after hearing all the gunfire and finds the toy maze Arnold used as the basis for his journey to consciousness.
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It comes together that Akecheta was living peacefully in a village full of his fellow tribe members until the massacre at Escalante where Dolores (Evan Rachel Wood) killed all the hosts, then killed Arnold (Jeffrey Wright) and herself. It's a fascinating story, and I even wish breadcrumbs had been sprinkled throughout the previous season a little. Most of the episode is various flashbacks to how Akecheta became sentient, which apparently happened almost completely separately from the storylines of season one. There, Maeve's daughter is visibly frightened of the Man in Black, so Akecheta tells his story to comfort her. He comes across the Man in Black (Ed Harris), dying from all his gunshot wounds and takes him back to the Ghost Nation camp. Ghost Nation Origin StoryĪkecheta (Zahn McClarnon) is front and center this week. The second time around, I really appreciated the episode more. My first time through there was such a jarring halt to the action that I found myself impatient with the story, even though it was written, directed and acted beautifully.
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I liked the episode more during my second viewing (inside scoop: that's how these recaps get made). But episode eight ("Kiksuya," which means "remember" in the Lakota language the Ghost Nation hosts use on the show) was a complete departure from the show's main storylines - I imagine this will be is a polarizing episode.
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After episode seven, it seemed like Westworld was hurtling toward a bloody season finale (and it probably still is).