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* {{Foil}}: Caleb continues to establish himself as one for William (who at first wore a white hat while acting as a good guy in Westworld and then became the Man in Black) by rejecting the hat choice altogether, saying he's not a hat guy.
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* TheBusCameBack: "New" Clementine, portrayed by Lili Simmons, makes a comeback as Sophia, the greeter at the new Delos Destinations park, based on Prohibition-era Chicago

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* TheBusCameBack: "New" Clementine, portrayed by Lili Simmons, makes a comeback as Sophia, the greeter at the new Delos Destinations park, based on Prohibition-era ChicagoChicago.
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* TrespassingToTalk: Clementine comes home only to find William waiting for her sitting in a chair.

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* TrespassingToTalk: Clementine comes home only to find William waiting for her sitting in a chair.the kitchen.
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* TrespassingToTalk: Charlotte comes home only to find William waiting for her sitting in a chair.

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* TrespassingToTalk: Charlotte Clementine comes home only to find William waiting for her sitting in a chair.
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* GoMadFromTheRevelation: The man in the street who talks to Christina about a tower seems to have gone mad.
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* TuxedoAndMartini: Maeve and Caleb's stylish outfit when they enter the opera house.

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* DangerTakesABackseat: Charlotte assaults the agent from the backseat of his car.



* FliesEqualsEvil: When Caleb and Maeve enter the stable, the first thing we hear is the sound of flies before the characters notice the awful smell coming from the decomposing horses.



* GoMadFromTheRevelation: The man in the street who talks to Christina about a tower seems to have gone mad.
* GoryDiscretionShot: When William slices Charlotte's throat, the camera cuts to the blood splattered on the window.



* KillAndReplace: Zig-zagged. Charlotte has various politicians and their loved ones replaced but doesn't always kill them. The senator's wife is used to test her brainwashing flies. William likewise isn't dead; Charlotte's keeping him in stasis so she can gloat every so often. She also notes that it wouldn't be practical to replace ''everyone'', hence the brainwashing flies.



* KillAndReplace: Zig-zagged. Charlotte has various politicians and their loved ones replaced but [[CaptureAndReplicate doesn't always kill them]]. The senator's wife is used to test her brainwashing flies. William likewise isn't dead; Charlotte's keeping him in stasis so she can gloat every so often. She also notes that it wouldn't be practical to replace ''everyone'', hence the brainwashing flies.



** Maeve has this reaction when she realizes that she in on a train to a Delos theme park, the last place on Earth she wants to go to.

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** Maeve has this reaction when she realizes that she in is on a train to a Delos theme park, the last place on Earth she wants to go to.


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* TrespassingToTalk: Charlotte comes home only to find William waiting for her sitting in a chair.
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* ICannotSelfTerminate: Maeve kills Anastasia, the senator's wife, who had been under Charlotte's experiment some time.

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* ICannotSelfTerminate: Maeve kills Anastasia, the senator's wife, who had been under Charlotte's experiment for some time. time, begs Caleb and Maeve to kill her which Maeve obliges to.
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* MercyKill: Maeve kills Anastasia, the senator's wife, who had been under Charlotte's experiment some time.

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* MercyKill: ICannotSelfTerminate: Maeve kills Anastasia, the senator's wife, who had been under Charlotte's experiment some time.
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* DramaPreservingHandicap: Hale-lores has fortified her new hosts against Maeve's technopathy, making it difficult for Maeve to control them unless she seriously hobbles them first.
* FateWorseThanDeath: Victims of the flies are not only brainwashed, their blood turns black and it's hinted to be a permanent condition.

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* DramaPreservingHandicap: Hale-lores Charlotte has fortified her new hosts against Maeve's technopathy, making it difficult for Maeve to control them unless she seriously hobbles them first.
* FateWorseThanDeath: Victims of the flies are not only brainwashed, but their blood also turns black black, and it's hinted to be a permanent condition.



* KillAndReplace: Zig-zagged. Hale-lores has various politicians and their loved ones replaced, but doesn't always kill them. The senator's wife is used to test her brainwashing flies. William likewise isn't dead; Charlotte's keeping him in stasis so she can gloat every so often. She also notes that it wouldn't be practical to replace ''everyone'', hence the brainwashing flies.

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* KillAndReplace: Zig-zagged. Hale-lores Charlotte has various politicians and their loved ones replaced, replaced but doesn't always kill them. The senator's wife is used to test her brainwashing flies. William likewise isn't dead; Charlotte's keeping him in stasis so she can gloat every so often. She also notes that it wouldn't be practical to replace ''everyone'', hence the brainwashing flies.



* OrificeInvasion: The agent investigating Charlotte is restrained while one of her flies crawls into his eye socket.
* ReforgedIntoAMinion: William tracks down Clementine to locate Maeve, and kills her when she refuses to comply. He then has her repurposed into a secretary, while also retaining her ability to kill.

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* OrificeInvasion: The agent investigating Charlotte is restrained while one of her flies a brainwasher fly crawls into his eye socket.
* ReforgedIntoAMinion: William tracks down Clementine to locate Maeve, Maeve and kills her when she refuses to comply. He then has her repurposed into a secretary, while also retaining her ability to kill.



* RoomFullOfCrazy: When Christina goes to the mental hospital to investigate Peter Meyers, she finds his room which is covered with drawings of a strange-looking tower.

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* RoomFullOfCrazy: When Christina goes to the mental hospital to investigate Peter Meyers, she finds his room old room, which is covered with drawings of a strange-looking tower.
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* ForeShadowing: The hidden speakeasy Maeve and Caleb find under the stage is hinting at the theme of the new park.

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* ForeShadowing: {{Foreshadowing}}: The hidden speakeasy Maeve and Caleb find under the stage is hinting at the theme of the new park.



* KillAndReplace: Zig-zagged. Hale-lores has various politicians and their loved ones replaced, but doesn't always kill them. The senator's wife is used to test her brainwashing flies. William likewise isn't dead; Charlotte's keeping him in stasis so she can gloat every so often.

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* KillAndReplace: Zig-zagged. Hale-lores has various politicians and their loved ones replaced, but doesn't always kill them. The senator's wife is used to test her brainwashing flies. William likewise isn't dead; Charlotte's keeping him in stasis so she can gloat every so often. She also notes that it wouldn't be practical to replace ''everyone'', hence the brainwashing flies.
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* Foreshadowing: The hidden speakeasy Maeve and Caleb find under the stage is hinting at the theme of the new park.

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* Foreshadowing: ForeShadowing: The hidden speakeasy Maeve and Caleb find under the stage is hinting at the theme of the new park.
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* Foreshadowing: The hidden speakeasy Maeve and Caleb find under the stage is hinting at the theme of the new park.
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* RoomFullOfCrazy: When Christina goes to the mental hospital to investigate Peter Meyers, she finds his room which is covered with drawings of a strange-looking tower.
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* MercyKill: Maeve kills Anastasia, the senator's wif,e who had been under Charlotte's experiment for a long time.

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* MercyKill: Maeve kills Anastasia, the senator's wif,e wife, who had been under Charlotte's experiment for a long some time.
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* DramaPreservingHandicap: Charlotte has fortified her new hosts against Maeve's technopathy, making it difficult for Maeve to control them unless she seriously hobbles them first.

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* DramaPreservingHandicap: Charlotte Hale-lores has fortified her new hosts against Maeve's technopathy, making it difficult for Maeve to control them unless she seriously hobbles them first.



* KillAndReplace: Zig-zagged. Charlotte has various politicians and their loved ones replaced, but doesn't always kill them. The senator's wife is used to test her brainwashing flies. William likewise isn't dead; Charlotte's keeping him in stasis so she can gloat every so often.

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* KillAndReplace: Zig-zagged. Charlotte Hale-lores has various politicians and their loved ones replaced, but doesn't always kill them. The senator's wife is used to test her brainwashing flies. William likewise isn't dead; Charlotte's keeping him in stasis so she can gloat every so often.

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*TheBusCameBack: "New" Clementine, portrayed by Lili Simmons, makes a comeback as Sophia, the greeter at the new Delos Destinations park, based on Prohibition-era Chicago



* DramaPreservingHandicap: Charlotte has fortified her hosts against Maeve's technopathy, making it difficult for Maeve to control them unless she seriously hobbles them first.

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* DramaPreservingHandicap: Charlotte has fortified her new hosts against Maeve's technopathy, making it difficult for Maeve to control them unless she seriously hobbles them first.



* MercyKill: Maeve kills the senator's wife who had been under Charlotte's experiment for a long time.
* MythologyGag: Charlotte's plan to replace politicians with hosts is based on the premise of the 1973 original film's sequel, ''Futureworld''.

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* MercyKill: Maeve kills Anastasia, the senator's wife wif,e who had been under Charlotte's experiment for a long time.
* MythologyGag: Charlotte's plan to replace politicians with hosts Hosts is based on the premise of the 1973 original film's sequel, ''Futureworld''.



** It dawns on the vice-president that William is more than he appears when he sinks a hole-in-one three times in a row. Then he sees that Clementine has murdered his Secret Service.

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** It dawns on the vice-president that William is more than he appears when he sinks a hole-in-one three times in a row. Then he sees that Clementine has murdered his Secret Service.Service entourage.



* TheRoaringTwenties: The new US-based Delos park is based on this time period.

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* TheRoaringTwenties: The new US-based Delos park is based on this time period.Prohibition-era Chicago.

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* OhCrap: It dawns on the vice-president that William is more than he appears when he sinks a hole-in-one three times in a row. Then he sees that Clementine has murdered his Secret Service.

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It dawns on the vice-president that William is more than he appears when he sinks a hole-in-one three times in a row. Then he sees that Clementine has murdered his Secret Service.Service.
** Maeve has this reaction when she realizes that she in on a train to a Delos theme park, the last place on Earth she wants to go to.

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* CallBack: The whole sequence of Caleb and Maeve going to the new park (walking into the hall, finding a bar which turned out to be a train heading to the park, having an interview with a host who helps them with their clothes) is similar to William's first arrival to Westworld. It helps that the production crew used the same set of Sweetwater for the new park.



* OhCrap: It dawns on the vice-president that William is more than he appears when he sinks a hole-in-one three times in a row. Then he sees that Clementine has murdered his Secret Service detail.

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* MercyKill: Maeve kills the senator's wife who had been under Charlotte's experiment for a long time.
* MythologyGag: Charlotte's plan to replace politicians with hosts is based on the premise of the 1973 original film's sequel, ''Futureworld''.
* OhCrap: It dawns on the vice-president that William is more than he appears when he sinks a hole-in-one three times in a row. Then he sees that Clementine has murdered his Secret Service detail.Service.


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* TheReveal: Despite having his throat slashed by his host counterpart in the Season 3 post-credits, William isn't dead but rather, he's kept as a prisoner by Charlotte.


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* TheVitruvianPose: While in captivity, William is kept in this position which is like how the hosts are created.
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Maeve and Caleb investigate William's activities, Christina researches Peter Meyers, and Charlotte's plan is revealed.
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* DeadAllAlong: Christina heads to the charity Peter left his money to, only to find the facility has been shut down and Peter's donation happened years ago. If that's the case, who's the Peter that jumped off the roof mere days ago?
* DramaPreservingHandicap: Charlotte has fortified her hosts against Maeve's technopathy, making it difficult for Maeve to control them unless she seriously hobbles them first.
* FateWorseThanDeath: Victims of the flies are not only brainwashed, their blood turns black and it's hinted to be a permanent condition.
* GolfClubbing: William does this to the vice-president, who he plans to replace with a host.
* GroinAttack: Maeve does this to the host replacement of the senator. He may be able to survive wounds that would kill a normal person, but he still feels pain.
* KillAndReplace: Zig-zagged. Charlotte has various politicians and their loved ones replaced, but doesn't always kill them. The senator's wife is used to test her brainwashing flies. William likewise isn't dead; Charlotte's keeping him in stasis so she can gloat every so often.
* OhCrap: It dawns on the vice-president that William is more than he appears when he sinks a hole-in-one three times in a row. Then he sees that Clementine has murdered his Secret Service detail.
* OrificeInvasion: The agent investigating Charlotte is restrained while one of her flies crawls into his eye socket.
* ReforgedIntoAMinion: William tracks down Clementine to locate Maeve, and kills her when she refuses to comply. He then has her repurposed into a secretary, while also retaining her ability to kill.
* TheRoaringTwenties: The new US-based Delos park is based on this time period.
* TrapIsTheOnlyOption: It's lampshaded that listening to the crazy woman babbling about an opera is probably an obvious trap, but Maeve and Caleb agree it's their only lead.
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