Westworld season 2, episode 3. Recap of Virtù e Fortuna – Part 1
By Renay
Westworld season 2, episode 3 recap of Virtù e Fortuna – Part 1 of 3. The hosts continue their takeover to reign supreme over the park. Welcome to Fort Forlorn Hope.
There is beauty in who we are. Shouldn’t we, too, try to survive? -Dolores
Westworld episode 3 ‘Virtù e Fortuna’ aired tonight. For those of you who don’t speak Italian the episode’s title translates approximately into ‘Virtue and Fortune’. Fortuna can also mean ‘luck’ depending on the context of the sentence. On with the recap!
Spoilers ahead!
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This was an action-packed episode. It had so much tension my tummy was doing somersaults throughout! This season certainly has a different feel to it. No, I’m not talking about the different parks and sets. It’s something I can’t quite put my finger on. Perhaps it’s the different episode Directors or it could even be a subtle filter being used. This season’s scenes are visually brighter. Whatever it is, there’s a distinction between how the seasons look and feel.
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One of the very first things we got to experience was the unveiling of Park 6, Raj World. It’s here when we’re introduced to a new character named Grace. Grace is my kind of girl! At first I wondered if she was somehow a young Theresa. I don’t think she is, as a fan pointed out a timeline fact, but with Westworld, you just never know.
Raj World is firmly based on the British Raj era (1858 -1947) which matches up nicely with the Wild West period in the United States (1865 – 1895). Again, I have to give it to the writers for being so damn good at details like this. From costuming to accessories and everything in between it’s truly one of the most accurate shows ever made. Even the future tech is plausible!
There are people in the background wearing traditional clothing such as saris, dupattas, achkans and dastars. Grace and her male companion arrive at the hunting campsite by elephant. The camp is made up of white canvas and gauzy linens draped over teak wood support beams. As usual the set designers nailed it. All seems peaceful and well.
A handsome young fella approaches Grace and asks if she’s there for hunting Bengals. She doesn’t answer the question. Later on, Grace and her companion dismount from their elephants and opens a notebook which has familiar symbol drawn over a map. This is why she didn’t answer his question from earlier. She’s not there to hunt Bengals.
The two barely have a moment to walk into the tent when they see all hell has already broken loose. One of the hosts says those magical words from season 1. ‘These violent delights have violent ends.’ he says and shoots Grace’s companion. We did not want to hear that phrase again! (Yes we did.) This confirms Ford’s code changes affect all the hosts regardless of which park they’re in.
At the end of the scene, we finally see how poor mister Tiger gets killed. R.I.P. computer generated tiger. You will be missed. All this happens in the first 12 minutes of the show.
Next up we see Maling, Strand, Stubbs and Bernard. Maling says they’ve got the go ahead from recon but it’s a slaughter house in there. ‘Slaughter’ should be the word of the month for this timeline. Charlotte is inside and is surprised Bernard made it out alive. She didn’t think he had it in him. She wants to know where Peter is. Her Holy Grail.
I feel like we flashback to a time when Bernard and Charlotte are searching for Peter. In the previous scene Charlotte says Peter keeps slipping out of her grasp and seems to imply Bernard is at fault for it. They see Peter tied up with a group of guests among Rebus’ gang. Charlotte provides as distraction and Bernard knocks Rebus out to reprogram him from hostile to virtuous.
A reactivated and virtuous Rebus let’s the guests and Peter go just in time for the Confederados to ride in. Bernard and Charlotte take Peter away as Rebus takes out the Confederados. Peter starts to glitch out again as some remaining Confederados close in on him. Charlotte literally heads for the hills leaving Bernard with Peter. And yet she blamed him in the previous scene for letting Peter slip though her hands? Pshaw.
I keep getting the feeling Charlotte isn’t human but then she goes and does very human-like things.
We see an Alamo-esque structure filled with Confederados. Out of the doors, amidst a fanfare of gun salutes and a bugle horn blare, a Colonel rides out to greet Major Craddock, Dolores, Teddy, Angela, et al. Of course the Colonel insults Dolores because she’s a woman riding ahead of the Craddock. Dolores says he can call her Wyatt. We already know this won’t end well.
Dolores lays out her strategy warning against he impending army. To prove it, Angela whistles and out comes a crap-ton of men. The best part is seeing Clementine appear from the tree line dragging the tech guy (who had his face put into the white goo by Angela) behind her as if he were a rag doll. Oh my darlin’ Clementine! How we’ve missed you.
Dolores says they need to combine forces to survive the forces coming for them. They use the tech as an example of who these forces are. As further proof, the Colonel is given one of the red modern-day automatic assault weapons. The tech is told to run, Dolores instructs the Colonel to hold the weapon tightly. He squeezes the trigger and – bye bye tech guy.
“Wyatt. Welcome to Fort Forlorn Hope.” Click here to see Executive Producers Lisa Joy and Jonathan Nolan take you behind the scenes on the making of Fort Forlorn Hope, crafting Dolores as a character, and dealing with topics that women face when oppressed.
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