Westworld S2E08 Explained 

Hey, to clarify - we're not doing a S2E09 video because we don't have time to make a full video next week. This isn't a dastardly plan to get Patrons. The Finale video will wrap everything up!

“Take my heart when you go.” Akane did this literally with Sakura’s heart!

Finally, a well written character driven episode for Season 2. It really is amazing how this series is improved when it narrows down its wide scope and confines the story to a focused examination of the characters. The irony is that in doing so, Westworld ends up exploring its very ambitious themes on free will, determinism, and the contingent nature of reality with more care, nuance and depth than when the story jumps all over the place with unconventional narrative techniques or long-winded monologues about the human condition.

You didn't mention the important detail that's key to understanding this episode: Akecheta speaks Lakota when he's speaking to Maeve through her daughter, and changes to English when speaking to the daughter.

This was probably my favorite episode yet. Gorgeous cinematography, fantastic acting, and a storyline that is deeply emotional, yet still full of information regarding the true nature and intentions of hosts (and their creator).

Easily one of the best episodes in storytelling on TV

This episode was really beautiful!

"The maze is not meant for you." makes so much sense now. William just stumbled into some lore that the hosts pretty much made up by themselves and projected some meaning to it, that it was specifically made for him. Poor William. What a fool

Probably the best episode so far

Sad there will be no episode 9 but appreciate all your work none the less

An exception episode. My wife who had never even seen a single episode was hooked and understood what West world was about after this episode. It was like a mini movie and stood completely on its own.

Can we appreciate the fucking beautiful piano version of heart shaped box

*This episode give me chills*

This episode was one of the best in a long time. A truly beautiful and heartbreaking story, and some light has finally been shed on the elusive Ghost Nation!

It's very brave of Westworld story writers/director to introduce a major character like this. Loved the way they played with him till now... Ake will be as important as Dolores by the end.

I'm just still shocked that we haven't heard a paranoid android cover yet

Alt shift x is definitely the superior channel in this genre

I like how Joy and Nolan explicitly made Akecheta live the “life” of the three major Indian stereotypes. A peaceful primitive living with nature, no horses, no wheel. A blood thirsty savage killing mercilessly and opposed to progress. An enlightened mythical figure with deep understanding that has much to teach.

i cried like crazy when the end credit was rolling

after watching Ep 9: Us: Yayy great episode cant wait for Alt Shift X explanation video! Alt Shift X: It doesnt look like anything to me.

When he said no Episode 9 Explained 😢💔😭

It's a pity we won't have episode 9 explained. Anyway, thanks for the job you take doing every video!

The first time Akecheta had his character redone the head tech instructed the others to just "unaddress" a lot of his code / memories. This goes in line with the reveries we see in the first season. "The memories are still in there, waiting to be overridden." I think when he saw Kohana the for the first time after his rework it triggered a kind of reverie and "woke" him up.

Somehow the more bottled episodes of this season have felt the strongest and most character based. This episode being a prime example.

Dude... Your dry humour is just THE BEST!!! Please make more videos about more things... I'd happily watch hours of your content every day :)

Akecheta= the host's Charles Xavier Dolores= Magneto

I really don't understand why people are not ok with Alt doing a live stream on his Patreon. I wish he'd do a video since I am not on his Patreon but I completely understand why he's not. The man has given us super high-quality videos for every episode FOR FREE yet you can't handle him rewarding those who support him financially for 1 episode? That's sad, learn how to appreciate others for fuck's sake.

Definitely one of the best episodes, packed an emotional punch that was lacking most of the season.

Thank you SO SO much for the shoutout!

Im a simple man. I wake up log onto my macbook, click on alt shift x channel, check for latest westworld video. Nothing there, let off a big sigh become very sad....repeat

The more I think about the maze scalping, the more I wonder--can hosts heal? If they get a minor abrasion, do they have to wait for a tech to fix it? If so, it seems like a lot of extra work for the techs. And how would Akecheta have fared for a decade? If hosts *can* heal, perhaps the intention is to survive the scalping without going below for a patch up.

You're absolutely incredible. Your understanding of the meaning of that episode was more than I could imagine but so on point. Keep it up

The maeve akecheta thing flew over me, also i didnt care about dolores this season, she seems to run on her crazy ideas but the evolution of maeve have been amazing. Thanks for the whole biblical and mythological references.. Keep up the good work alt.

take my heart when you go (for the week) Alt shift X

This was probably the most easy to understand episode in Westworld till today :D :D

Excellent recap. Too bad there won't be an episode 9 analysis though, but I'm sure you have your reasons. Thanks for creating these videos.

This was my favorite episode in the entire series, and rivaled some of the best episode of Game of Thrones. At least to me it did.

Hands down, the best episode this season.

Great work as ever!

I thought The riddle of the Sphinx would be the best episode but...nope, Kiksuya was. The way the writer and the director have used Orpheo's myth, the native americans culture to guide Akecheta in his awakening, and the acting is in one word majestic.

This was my favorite episode yet!! Thank you for the awesome work.

This was my favorite episode so far, loved it

This was such a good episode. It told a great story while explaining so much unexplained actions in the past.

Best episode in the entire series

I just love your videos. Thanks for the awesome work, I'm sure a ton goes into every episode.

Alt Shift X, I am a huge fan and I am so grateful for the shout-out! I will do right by your subscribers and won't let you down boss! You're an inspiration of mine and I hope we cross paths at some nerdy convention one day! haha

Dude I swear your breakdowns are the best!

Still catching up on my Westworld episodes, thanks for these amazing recap/analysis videos! When i finished watching this episode i was like "Huh, a fully contained story, with nothing moving forward in the overall narrative of the series, almost like it was a "filler" episode". But as i unpacked it, I realized it was such an important part of the story, this episode felt a lot like what season 1 felt like - seeing Westworld (the theme park) through the eyes of the hosts.

The work that goes into these videos is impressive and appreciated

Very good, detailed, but straight-forward well-thought-out review. Thank you!!

This episode fucked me up so bad that I can't even watch your video without sobbing. Thank you for all your hard work.

The predictions were so spot on. Bravo!

You are the only RU-vidr that I dont regret subscribing! Great work as always!

Your post episode explanation is the best on youtube. I get it that it takes time to produce this pure gold, but no content for episode 9?

I have been waiting for your vid bro all week thanks

Thank you so much for sharing these details. Westworld is definitely one of the best series.

There's a William/Emily sort of theory thing I've heard about, and I wanted to share it here to hopefully get further input. In their campfire scene from I think, 2 eps ago, was it? When William recounts the memory of the fear of elephants from when Emily was little, that when he gets the memory wrong. Now, I've seen others suggest this is a clue to the fact that William, as we're currently seeing him now, is a host himself. But I don't think that's correct. In fact, that hadn't even remotely occurred to me until I saw another bring it up, and I HOPE it's not going to be case. Rather, the way I perceived that moment, it was William running one more check on the validity of it really being Emily. Because remember when William and Emily finally saw each other face to face? William didn't think it was really her, he'd thought that Ford had "stooped so low" to have created a host version of his daughter just to fuck with him. Thus, cut to later when they're having that conversation at the campfire, I think that William described that memory incorrectly ON PURPOSE, that the whole point was to see if Emily would correct him. I mean you see this basic same thing done in con man stories all the time. Say a family has a kid disappear, someone shows back up decades later and (especially if there's money involved) the family worries about it being an imposter trying to scam them, so you talk about something from the kid's childhood but you get a detail wrong on purpose, cause if it's the real person, they would know what the truth is.

Thanks for making westworld in all its confusion more understanding for us!

Another great video. By far the best episode of the show so far.

Your videos are amazing. Keep up the good work.

The best episode of the whole show by far

Your channel is amazing. That is all. Keep up the good work!

Great videos thanks so much, really enhance our enjoyment of the show.

Such a fantastic video. Top notch stuff. 👍

Brilliant clear video..thanks

Keep up the good work my man

Such a beautiful episode. Wish we had more like it

Been watching your videos for a while now; this is the one that made me hunt down the subscribe button. Good shit!

Never expected this much for a RU-vid video

It's strange for me that Arnold planed to kill all hosts, but Akecheta's tribe was spared. Like Ford said once: "...Arnold was very, very carefull.". This makes me wonder if it's just a small scrip mistake or there is more behind this fact.....Anyway Westworld is one of the best TV show I've ever watched, the plot and episodes like this (one of my fav if not my fav at all), gets bisides with Breaking Bad, GOT (well GOIT isnt that good latly but I still enjoy it), .... Also, Also thank you Alt Shift for the vid analisys. Cheers!!

Good Lord... you're videos are AWESOME!!

Amazing analysis/&dissection 🙏🏿👏🏿

aw :( i use your episodes to better understand and recap the week before's episode..but i understand. Thank you so much for your content 🙏

Defs one of my favourite episodes. Loved it so glad we got to see into the ghost nation. (Also I KNEW they'd been sentient for a while!!!)

awesome video as always!

My favourite episode so far. It made me cry.

I was waiting 4 u guys video xD i can no longer understand episodes until i see this

Why is it that nobody at Westworld Corp. knows that this employee Bermard is physically identical to one of its founders, who , you know, died decades ago?

This was my all time favorite West world episode both seasons, loved it

A Decoding Westworld shoutout! Best podcast for people confused about the show

Favourite episode yet

My favorite episode yet!

This whole 'death is an escape from life' concept kinda reminds me of Buddism. Nirvana basically means no more reincarnation because life is full of pain. Anyway this was THE best episode and the actor who plays Ake deserves an Emmy or five.

Best episode so far.

Really bummed to hear you won’t be here on RU-vid for episode 9 but excited to look back on the finale with you.

Best S2 episode yet by far.

first episode this season that made me cry like a baby

loved this episode...I love every episode

best westworld vids

Great episode, loved hearing Heart Shaped Box on there too.

This is a great episode.

The whole thing with Akecheta not being updated for years is unbelievable, literally. I mean how does nobody have an excel spreadsheet with every host's unique ID number and the date they were last updated on it? If the updates matter at all, and they clearly do otherwise why would they be worried about him not having been updated, they would have people keeping an eye on things.

This episode was a pleasure to watch

subscribed! Awesome video

Best episode I feel so far.

This episode was so good.

Amazing episode. Best of the series. Another awesome video Alt X, really enjoy them. Keep up the great work!

Seeing westworld through your eyes is just so different. And worth it.

I'm so sad that there wouldn't be ep.9 I get so excited to see your videos as much as I do to the original show

My favorite episode so far