What Actually Happened in the Westworld Season One Finale, and What We Want From Season Two

8. How Did Maeve’s Escape Attempt End Up?

Ugh, it didn’t! After an entire season of slowly awakening to the fact that she was artificial, Maeve’s goal wasn’t about becoming human. It was about getting out of Dodge. Of course, in the last moments of the finale, Bernard reveals to Maeve that she’s likely just following a programming protocol. It would seem that her desire to get out of the park was implanted there by some mysterious, unnamed source. That might have contributed to its ultimate success. Maeve managed to grab some outlaws, amp up their aggression, and use them to secure her passage to the park’s exit train . . . then, Maeve gave her escape attempt up to chase after a host who was once programmed to be her kid. It’s an incredibly human maneuver, but it still nullifies her efforts to date. She’s still on the loose, but she’s also still in the park. Oh, there’s also the matter of the super pissed off, naked, snake-tattooed blond lady who’s rampaging through the back offices of SamuraiWorld . . . she might be a problem moving forward.