History Recap / WestworldS03E04TheMotherOfExiles

With help from Caleb, Delores empties the bank accounts of Incite owner Liam, who they then kidnap. They are opposed by Bernard and Stubbs, but Caleb helps Dolores escape with her ex while the host copy of Martin, who is also a copy of Dolores, captures Bernard.

Maeve is given the task of hunting Delores down by going after the doctor who helped her obtain the DNA used to fake her new identity. Though she finds out the information, she is murdered by Shoganworld host Musashi, who reveals that Delores only took one pearl with her with a host personality on it (Bernard) and that the other for pearls were blanks that she copied herself onto and then installed into hosts from the park, and later Jerry.

With help from Caleb, Delores empties the bank accounts of Incite owner Liam, who they then kidnap. They are opposed by Bernard and Stubbs, but Caleb helps Delores escape with her ex.

Meanwhile William struggles with the guilt over having murdered his daughter the previous season. He is visited by Charlotte, who reveals that she plans on taking Delos private so that Serac can't seize control over the company. Unfortunately, Charlotte betrays William and Delores; revealing her true nature (that she is a copy of Delores) as she has William declared insane and taken off to an asylum.

Serac enlists Maeve in tracking down the hosts Dolores has made, while Dolores and Caleb target Liam.

--> '''William''': I know who the [[PrecisionFStrike fuck]] I am!

--> '''Dolores (in Musashi)''': [[MesACrowd If you want something done right, do it yourself.]]

* CassandraTruth: William yells at the guards that Halores is a host when they're restraining him, but no one believes him because of his mental health issues.

* BatmanGambit: Halores reveals to William that she's actually Dolores, which causes him to violently attack her. This provides the justification she needs to have him committed to an institution, knowing that no one will believe his mad ravings about her being a host. As a result, since he appointed her as his representative to the board, she's given control of his shares.

* BatmanGambit: Charlotte's impostor host reveals to William that she's actually Dolores, which causes him to violently attack her. This provides the justification she needs to have him committed to an institution, knowing that no one will believe his mad ravings about her being a host. As a result, since he appointed her as his representative to the board, she's given control of his shares.

* CassandraTruth: William yells at the guards that Charlotte is a host when they're restraining him, but no one believes him because of his mental health issues.

* HasAType: Liam's friend notes this about him at the HighClassCallGirl auction when he former is drawn to a blonde who looks similar to Dolores.

* BavarianFireDrill: When the teller at the bank questions the bizarre nature of Caleb's transfer, since it's highly unusual to empty an entire account worth millions of dollars, Caleb shoots back that he banks at their establishment precisely because they ''don't'' ask those questions. This cows her into going along with the transfer without further complaint, other than a final security check.

* HasAType: Dempsey's friend notes this about him at the HighClassCallGirl auction when he is drawn to a blonde.

* DidntSeeThatComing: Bernard makes a device that can remotely freeze a host and tries to use it on Liam, who he assumes Dolores would pull a KillAndReplace on. He's shocked when Liam turns out to be human, and in doing so tips his hand, allowing Martin to take the device from him before he can use it.

* StartsStealthilyEndsLoudly: Alluded to when Caleb asks what Dolores plans to do if his BorrowedBiometricBypass degrades sooner than expected. She tells him she'll just kill everyone at the bank. Fortunately, it doesn't come to it.

* WouldntHurtAChild: When Maeve asks Serac if he is going to hurt the children of the identity forger, he denies it, saying that the world [[CruelMercy can be a very cruel place]]. Without a mother and father anyway.

* ExplosiveLeash: In addition to this ability to freeze her motor functions, Serac warns that his techs built in a way to shut down Maeve's consciousness should she attempt to betray him.

* HasAType: Dempsey's friend notes this about him at the HighClassCallGirl auction.

* BatmanGambit: Charlotte's impostor host reveals to William that she's actually Dolores, which causes him to violently attack her. This provides the justification she needs to have him committed to an institution, knowing that no one will believe his mad ravings about her being a host.

* MasqueradeBall: The episode climax plays out at one of these.

* StartsStealthilyEndsLoudly: Alluded at. Dolores's plan B if the BorrowedBiometricBypass fails is to mow down all people at the bank. Fortunately, it doesn't come to it.

* BorrowedBiometricBypass: Dolores knocks out Liam's banker and steals a sample of his blood to get the encryption key to his account for Celeb.

* WouldntHurtAChild: When Maeve asks Serac if he is going to hurt the children of the identity forger, he denies saying that the world [[CruelMercy can be a very cruel place]]. Without a mother and father anyway.

* BloodIsSquickerInWater: There is an overhead shot of Maeve bleeding out in a puddle of the fluid used to create host bodies.

* UnderestimatingBadassery: The bouncers at the night club mistake Maeve for an easy target for ridicule.

* BloodIsSquickerInWater: There is an overhead shot of Maeve bleeding out in a puddle of some milky substance.