Westworld Episode 4 “Dissonance Theory” Preview

Check out the trailer for Westworld Episode 4 “Dissonance Theory”.

The name of the 4th episode of Westworld is “Dissonance Theory.” Wikipedia describes dissonance theory, or cognitive dissonance like this:

"In psychology, cognitive dissonance is the mental stress or discomfort experienced by an individual who holds two or more contradictory beliefs, ideas, or values at the same time; performs an action that is contradictory to their beliefs, ideas, or values; or is confronted by new information that conflicts with existing beliefs, ideas or values.Leon Festinger’s theory of cognitive dissonance focuses on how humans strive for internal consistency. An individual who experiences inconsistency tends to become psychologically uncomfortable, and is motivated to try to reduce this dissonance, as well as actively avoid situations and information likely to increase it."

It sounds like Dolores may be heading towards an identity crisis; the question is, who will she be when she comes out the other side?

Check out the preview for Westworld Episode 4 “Dissonance Theory”.

There’s no doubt that Bernard is pushing Dolores along now. We are certainly going to come to a moment soon where Bernard’s goals and the goals of Ford are no longer going to line up. Then again it may not be Bernard who Ford is arguing with in the trailer at all. It may be that Ford is arguing with Theresa. Theresa does seem to be more focused on what the shareholders and management want and less focused on whatever it is Ford wants or is trying to do.

We’re also very interested to find out how the missing host issues from the last episode get resolved. Surely no one in management can doubt that something big is going on with the hosts now?

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