Decrypted: Westworld Episode 07 "There has to be a blood sacrifice" | Ars Technica

Topics discussed: Metafiction (i.e. fiction about fiction), what the hell with the Bernard reveal, the challenge of telling a story that feels familiar yet surprising, whether the robots are just like humans or radically different (yes and no), Ford's real motivations (it's complicated), how intellectual property might be the enemy of storytelling, whether stories can be dangerous (sometimes), what characters and ideas got Yu excited about writing for Westworld, and why Felix is so important.