Westworld

Ramin Djawdi is a goddamn genius

Yes he is.

Dolores is a BAMF.

The ending was terrific.  I also loved the cold open and then at the end when the Indians find her.  Curious about Dolores's trip to Sweetwater.  I've been waiting so long for Shogun world and it's going to suck if we don't follow up with Maeve.

I was confused for a minute there but I guess you must be a week behind? I literally just finished this week’s and was sure there was no cold open  
You have me questioning the nature of my reality  

It’s not cloning. A clone would be an entirely new individual born ‘tabula rasa.’ What Delos are doing is seeking ‘eternal life’ by downloading the consciousness/mind of someone who is physically dead and transferring that to an empty host (ideally in the same physical appearance as the previous body). So the difference is, cloning is the physical and genetic copying, this is all to do with the mind and consciousness.
We’ve barely seen Emily yet so I think it’s a bit early to make judgments about her being “badass.” She’s survived the host uprising but not through anything exceptional. She is presumably a regular to the park too, so she’d have experience of ‘dangerous’ situations anyway. Also see my speculation above, that Ford deliberately drove her towards William as part of the final game by getting the hosts to chase and/or carry her places. We see this is possible with Clementine and Bernard. And there is a shot in the trailer where Clementine seems to be leading the Delos folk somewhere too

And the actress didn’t stand out but she wasn’t bad either, just average. But again only very brief scenes so far.

ford is the most likely option. Again see my previous post

Delores and Bernard are hosts so they don’t need to ‘become’ immortal, they already are (barring non-natural deaths obviously).
Emily quite clearly wasn’t in the park to fetch her Dad since she was in Rajworld and only ended up in Westworld because of the host uprising. Hence my speculation about Ford manipulating things to get her there. As for why she is in Rajworld, she is the granddaughter of James Delos, of course she visits the park.
The timeline is much more straightforward this year. We have essentially three timelines. The past, which is always obvious because it’s the stuff with young William. The immediate aftermath of the uprising, which is Delores’ bloodthirsty campaign, Bernard and Elsie, Maeve, Hector and Armistice in Shogunworld. And the present, which is Bernard washing up on the beach, the drowned hosts, etc. We know Bernard and Stubbs are alive in the present timeline. William and his daughter are in timeline 2,the immediate aftermath.
Rajworld is a throwback to Colonial superiority so I think it’s natural the super wealthy capitalist elite feel all nostalgic and enjoy it.

Many people have opinions. But your opinion on Elsie is wrong, sorry. Been rooting for her and Stubbs to return

They technically left room for Logan to be alive. William says he overdosed but that doesn’t necessarily mean death. I mean, he probably died, but just the way William doesn’t then include Logan in the list of James’ loved ones that are dead “your wife, your daughter” leaves me wondering if they want him to appear again at some point.

Yeah I wonder where Elsie is in the present day. She could very well be dead.

I wonder whose “brain” Bernard took from that lab when he killed everybody. My first guess is Ford, which would make me think he’s coming back, but I feel like they wouldn’t have been able to keep that a secret. Now, I didn’t follow filming like at all but I feel like that would have gotten out or something.