Westworld S2E05 Explained 

My favourite part about these videos is that he gets RIGHT TO IT. No introduction begging for likes and suscribes, no silly jokes or plugs, just strictly: "episode 5 starts with...." Best explained videos ever! Well worth the wait!

How incredible was that Paint it black cover as they truly entered Shogun world? I had chills.

HBO should actually pay you for these & show them as the “previously on WestWorld” right before each new episode

This is what i've been waiting for all week and i ain't even kidding

HBO like " Can we copy strike Alt Shift X, like right now"

These explanations are fantastic. I mean this show is so complex with so many narratives interweaving in a non linear fashion which only adds to the complexity. It also has a ton of symbolism and philosophical meaning and inquiry. I get some of it while watching but these videos really clear things up and bring things together which makes it easier to watch the next episode. It’s really impressive how the maker(s) of these videos are able to catch so much and explain it so well. Very intelligent people behind these

"Akane no mai" definitely means "Akane's dance" or "Dance of Akane" in this context. "Akane" does not really mean "deep red", it's just the name of a plant that is used to make deep red dye. If you want to make it a color, you have to say "akane-iro" (color of akane plant ; 茜色). So "deep red dance" would be "akane-iro no mai" (茜色の舞). Source : I'm studying Japanese, and Japanese online dictionaries confirm it. "Akane" on its own is just the name, or the noun for the plant.

I like Maeve and Dolores being a Yin and Yang of awoken hosts. It would make sense for them to develop their consciousness differently and uniquely.

“So rich weebs could wave katana around” me if I could go

I didn’t understand why they chose to play Paint it Black again until Armistice started started talking and I realized we were experiencing the same scene as in season 1 but shogun style. That was really cool.

Mate, I look forward to your new episodes every week. Kudos, and thank you!

I was unable to watch your analysis videos for a few weeks because I fell behind on Westworld. Yesterday I got fully caught up and my next immediate thought was "I cannot wait to hear what Alt Shift X has to say about all this." I'm almost as eager to watch your breakdowns as I am to watch the episodes themselves, is the point; clearly you're doing something very right.

10:55 I'll do you one better, why is Bernard?!

Thank you for making these every week! You help understand the show a lot better!

I’d argue Maeve has developed consciousness with the voice. Now she can control other hosts using a “new voice” from herself. Ford also did this on multiple occasions, controlling his surroundings without a word. This confirms that her own decision at the end of season 1 was indeed fully her own.

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Couldn't Maeve have given the soldiers an other order like stand down or sit down and meditate, in stead of kill eachother? She's a mass murderer.

I have watched many other reviews but what I really wait for the whole week is your exceptionally elaborated explanations.

your level of analysis is amazing. TY

"He's off his loop... " 😁 My new favorite way to say someone is crazy.

You are the best reviewer on youtube.

so sorry to hear about copyrights problems you defiantly add another depth to the series and every week i look forward to your videos. keep it up xoxo

Great ad at the end of S2E6 commentary. I'm not sure if you're the only one blending ads into content on the Internet, but you got my attention! Great work! I hope you can keep it up.

About the flies that spread bluetongue to the cows, do you remember the flies from season 1? How they sat on the faces of hosts. I do not remember all the hosts that this happened to, but it happened to Dolores who gains consciousness. Do you think there could be a connection there? Maybe Ford sent something out via the flies, or maybe the flies just pointed out which hosts were coming to consciousness?

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You continue to have some of the best analysis videos in this site!

I really wish they'd find some way to actually justify Delos security getting their asses whipped by hosts wielding severely outdated tech. You're gonna tell me that super futuristic body armor made from futuristic composites can't stop .45 long colt or .45-70? The setting of Westworld allows for literal cloning and full AI (the hosts are quite literally AIs, as we're seeing once they're unshackled as Maeve, Dolores, etc have been), but they haven't figured out carapace armor or other, more sturdy armor? They're using some kind of shitty futuristic kevlar? Their solution to assaulting a fortified position was to just... walk out into an open field and slowly walk at them? Sure, they have superior firepower but they clearly know their armor doesn't do jack against the enemy bullets and the hosts will, at minimum, be decent shots. If they have access to buggies and other equipment, where's a LAW or grenade launcher? What about a SAW or other weapon to suppress enemy fire? Did HBO hire the people that write Walking Dead or something? Shit pisses me the fuck off.

Wow, HBO gives you grief over these videos?? I'd think they'd be promoting them! Your WW and GoT videos are hands-down the best recaps out there! Indispensable for these kinds of shows...

When I saw Mave use her Neo powers to control the hosts all I could think of was Keanu Reeves saying "Woah!" Very cool though. Thanks for the vid, I have been so confused by the week before/week after timelines and this cleared it up for me...I think. This is getting super cerebral.

These questions you raised from the ep are actually more fascinating to me than the exposition in the actual episode Lol. Cant wait for Sunday though :D

6:00 The SHADE 😅😂🤣

Your explanations are so much better than other's.

Was not expecting the Zoolander reference but it's oddly on point.

Been waiting all week for this breakdown - thanks Alt-Shift team!

i love how you sincerely explain videos with just a hint of delicate humour.

You’re the best Westworld channel I’ve stumbled across this season 👍🏽👏🏽

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there was an update on Maves story line - her computer data says she abandons escape. So Mave is being controlled like Dolores. I'm going to guess it's Arnold, cause he's the one at the center of the maze and once they reached that he like the BOSS in a video game, a new door they open that released him, but Ford also has a backdoor, so he's probably in there too.

Another fantastic deconstruction. Never miss them. Thank you.

Freaking great analysis as always. Keep up the good work.

I don't really enjoy the new season so far, so I am always more excited about your video than the actual new episode

I love looking at it all at the end. great job as always!

I laughed really hard at "what, when and who is Bernard"

So awesome. I keep getting impressed with pic edits.

What I think fundamentally of the security battle between Fort Forlorn and Shogun is the approach of the battle. WW has guns so they stay back having a defensive position (outside the fort, why?) while in SW the warriors have to close the distance in an open road. We also saw that Maeve was ambushed by the Ronins, probably also how the Delos security were killed.

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I think you might have skimmed over the Mariposa scene a bit too fast. True, the two Clementines show Teddy just how fake their lives there were, but there's more to it. Old Clem's status after decommission is ambiguous: she's functioning, but does she have a personality at all? Is she just a blank slate, and that's why she works so well as Dolores' muscle? She seems to be recalling parts of herself despite the "lobotomy" they gave her, and her expressions seem to suggest she's somewhat emotional over that (I read them as nostalgic). Meanwhile, Dolores just cuts her short and sends her off to do her bidding. Her treatment of Teddy makes it the most obvious, but the way she cuts short even Clem's attempt at finding her old (true?) self raises a question: does Dolores care at all about other hosts, their consciousness and personalities?

i have literally have been wating for this my whole evening

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Hey man, Thank you so much. I can not enjoy this show without you. Thanks for your Subtitle.

hahaha, as always, I love your straight to the point humorous videos. Keep it going.

HELL HATH NO FURY LIKE A RICH WEEB SCORNED

Loved the video. Great explanation & exposition.

Your videos are awesome! Funny, and insightful.

Love the vids man! Keep up the great work!

Great review. Nicely done and easy to follow. Thanks!

Thanks for the upload broski

It reminds me of the cgp grey video "you are two" and the veritasium one that resumes "Thinking, Fast and Slow" book. Understand consiousness as a dual system it's actually quite accurate.

BEEN WAITING FOR THIS VIDEO ALL WEEK 😭

I think Delores and Maeve represent reason and emotion

I think there is a chess game between Arnold and Ford. Arnold using Maeve and Ford is using Dolores.

This episode (and much of the season) reminds me of a conversation from The Velveteen Rabbit: "'What is REAL?' the Velveteen Rabbit asked the Skin Horse one day. 'Does it mean having things that buzz inside you and a stick-out handle?' 'Real isn't how you are made,' said the Skin Horse. 'It's a thing that happens to you. When a child loves you for a long, long time, not just to play with, but REALLY loves you, then you become Real.' 'Does it hurt?' asked the Rabbit. 'Sometimes,' said the Skin Horse, for he was always truthful. 'When you are Real you don't mind being hurt.' 'Does it happen all at once, like being wound up,' he asked, 'or bit by bit?' 'It doesn't happen all at once,' said the Skin Horse. 'You become. It takes a long time. That's why it doesn't happen often to people who break easily, or have sharp edges, or who have to be carefully kept. Generally, by the time you are Real, most of your hair has been loved off, and your eyes drop out and you get loose in the joints and very shabby. But these things don't matter at all, because once you are Real you can't be ugly, except to people who don't understand." ― The Velveteen Rabbit by Margery Williams

your analysis of Westworld is the best bar none

Thanks for these videos 👍

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Akane’s dance was to a very awesome version of Wu-Tang Clan’s “C.R.E.A.M.”, by the way-I thought you would mention that. Whoever is choosing the music to transform is doing a helluva job! Love this channel-thank you for the great analysis!

The episode was phenomenal and beautiful!!!!!

who ever does your videos is amazing

Lovely job as always my man. Here’s to you.

thank you for clarifying that's a train at 4:27 i couldn't tell at first

Oh man can't wait to see the video of yesterday's episode

The Geisha music during the dance was actually a rendition of CREAM by Wu Tang Clan. Very neat!

I wasn't expecting Graham Stark! Nunchuck jousting! 5:14

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Thank u man, i realy like your videos.

Love it reassures what I thought. Thank you

Maeve used her pain to unlock the tsukuyomi.

So the Ghost nation people don't respond to voice commands since they weren't spoken in their native tongue, yet stubs trys to freeze them by saying "freeze all motor functions".

I'm glad someone else has addressed the Maeve-Neo paralel, I thought I was the only one (surprisingly)

Best editing ever!!💪👏

ford still has a clone of himself behind the scenes. drinking scotch and enjoying the show.

I stopped watching Westworld, but I still watch your videos.

Love your videos

Who, what and when is Bernard? I'll do you one better -- why is Bernard?!!!!!!!

why do i enjoy theese more than the show

Well done! 👏🏽

great video!

one of the reasons why HBO might be copyright striking these video is due to the fact that it literally explains the episodes. I absolutely enjoy these videos as It is nice to recap episodes before watching the new one coming out in couple days. However for those who do not have HBO subscription and do not have time or money to bother subscribing to HBO may use this as a method to not even bother watching the show. Perhaps that is the reason why HBO keeps copyright claiming. Absurd, but definitely understandable from marketing point of view.

Maybe her grief/suffering after Sakura's murder will make Akane change her mind about Maeve's offer of "freedom". It would be cool to have her join the team.

Not to mention Akane’s dance was performed to the music of C.R.E.A.M. by the Wu-Tang Clan.

Without these perfect explanation videos, I wouldn't be able to enjoy this series as much as I do now! Thank you so much. HBO should have paid you for making these awesome videos and making more people want to watch this series but instead, they copyright! Shame.

I think that Maeve controlling hosts with her mind means that Robert Ford still lives in some form. Clearly controlling hosts with no voice commands isn't possible, seeing how Sizemore is surprised. But Ford did just that in Season 1. So I assume Ford has died a while ago and we've only seen a host bearing his consciousness.

As someone who's already seen game of thrones that spoiler seemed a little uncalled for

Maeve has been fed a kind of Royal jelly AKA being "Woke" and able to Waken others. I fear Delores has also consumed this Royal jelly. & Now we have 2 queens on the chess table. Heck maybe even 3 because of Akane. Keep up the great work.

Saw this in my sub box...instantly tapped!

Incase anyone was wondering about who Stannis and Shireen are... They are from Game Of Thrones... Unlikely that you won't know... But just in case...

Incredible work my son.

“Who, what, and when is Bernard?” That feels like a subtle reference to Infinity War.

The best to way to me how westworld is. Im so confused 😨 but i HOPE more next week. Cant wait love,channel 👏👏🖒

Yay! Ok, so can you make a detailed video on the differences between Maeve and Dolores? Like, it's a very different story. Maeve actually gave herself a new behavioral profile. I understand that Wyatt is also a different profile. But which is better? Did they awaken days apart? Weeks apart? What's the timeline? Thanks!