'Westworld' Review: 'Virtu E Fortuna' Starts A War

Westworld is finally ready to head into the much-hyped Shogun World. But first...let's head to yet another park. That park would Park 6, mentioned in the previous episode as a place that features Bengal tigers. It turns out this park is devoted to re-creating a 1930s India under British rule. Just why anyone would want to create and/or visit this (and I'm sure several people are already penning some think-pieces) will have to be a story for another day. In the meantime, we're introduced to a brand new character: Grace (Katja Herbers). She's chilling in Park 6 – which is officially called The Raj – and soon hooks up with a handsome fellow (played by Neil Jackson).Grace is clearly a mysterious, and possibly important character. The show wouldn't devote so much time to her if that weren't the case, and Grace is granted a very lengthy cold open in which she and her hunky new friend engage in some violence, sex, and elephant riding. Then everything goes to hell, as it turns out the host revolt happening in Westworld is happening in The Raj as well.Grace's male companion ends up doomed while Grace runs for her life, chased by one of those robot tigers. The only way she can truly get away is to dive off a cliff into the ocean. Don't worry, though – she'll be back. In fact, she returns near the end of the episode – washed up on the shores of Westworld, where she's instantly greeted by members of the Ghost Nation.

Revolution leader Dolores (Evan Rachel Wood), Teddy (James Marsden) and the band of Confederados she enlisted end up at Fort Forlorn Hope, where even more soldiers join their cause. Dolores says that the Delos security detail will be coming, and coming soon, and she needs an army to fight them off.But first, she reunites with her father. Peter's robot brain is overloaded with the mysterious info Charlotte uploaded, and he's beginning to twitch and act very, very crazy. Dolores tries to reconnect with him by reminiscing about their lives before everything went to hell, and once again, Evan Rachel Wood's acting is phenomenal – there's so much weighted emotion in her voice that we almost forget that these fond memories she's recounting aren't even really real since they were all part of some programmed storyline.Distraught at how badly Peter is deteriorating, Dolores enlists Bernard's help. Before he examines Peter, Bernard takes a shot in the dark and asks: "What do you want Dolores?"Dolores' answers: "To dominate this world," says Dolores. "This world is a speck of dust sitting on a much, much bigger world," says Bernard. Dolores then counters with more of her cryptic, florid nonsense that really doesn't make much sense but sounds good mainly due to how well Evan Rachel Wood delivers it, so let's all just go along with it for now.From here, Bernard examines Peter, and says that the old man is becoming very unstable, and adds that there's a huge, encrypted file in Peter's head. Bernard – who is a bit twitchy and glitchy himself – eventually cracks the encryption and sees something on his iPad-like device. We're still not sure just what it is, but it's clearly a big deal, because Bernard greets the info by whispering, "Oh my god..."While this is going on, the Delos security team arrive at Fort Forlorn Hope, and a big (and surprisingly boring) battle ensues. I can't stress how strange this is – this battle, which involves old West characters facing-off against futuristic storm troopers – should be thrilling. But it all looks kind of dull, and poorly staged. In the ensuing chaos, Peter gets captured, which sends Dolores into Terminator mode – she tries to rescue her father by shooting her gun while getting shot repeatedly herself – and not even flinching. She's unable to rescue Peter, though, who is whisked away by Charlotte Hale.Clearly distraught at the loss of her father, Dolores orders Teddy to tell some of the troops to split up in every direction to find her father while they head to Sweetwater. Then she turns cruel and allows the rest of the troops to be slaughtered. Why? I'm honestly not entirely sure. It seems that this was all a distraction to buy some time, but it doesn't really make much sense. She boils it all down by saying, "We don't all deserve to make it." No matter what her real reasoning, it's clear that we're dealing with a much more brutal, much less forgiving Dolores. She orders Teddy to execute the surviving troops, but Teddy – good natured sap that the is – lets them go.Bernard, meanwhile, finds himself knocked unconscious by Clementine (Angela Sarafyan). Clementine then drags Bernard away. Where are they going? Tune in next week!