Last nights episode was pretty good, not as good as last weeks, but it was nice to catch up with Maeve's storyline. So Maeve's plan was to kill the Shogun herself? That was a little foggy to me, as she showed in the ambush that she was able to control the hosts without voice commands. I also didn't like that Lee had to keep filling in the blanks for Maeve (but mostly this was for the audience) about how the hosts have all these abilities in their code - they just need to access them somehow. It was too much like when Superman suddenly discovers a convenient new superpower that can stop the villain. I don't really know how else you could have explained that organically as the story moved along, but it just felt a little sloppy, but I guess it proves that Lee still has some usefulness.
The parallels between Hector and Teddy are really interesting and I hope those are explored more. Hector is very much the protector/soldier that Dolores wants, yet Teddy's awareness and empathy is what Maeve needs from Hector to find her daughter. We saw Hector get anxious and want to kill the Ronin because it made him uneasy - I think that showed that Hector isn't that self-aware yet to understand that the Ronin is a copy of himself and that he is still playing his part as a host. Even Armistice recognized right away that the town was an exact replica of WestWorld.
I wonder if Akane will be a permanent addition to the cast? They could do some really interesting things with her, as Maeve gave her the ability to "see" what she truly is, yet she rejected it - or maybe she accepted it after the death of Sakura? If Akane and Maeve are the same, then can Akane manipulate her way to gain control of hosts like Maeve can? Like I stated above, Hector couldn't trust "himself" (the Ronin version of himself) - will Maeve be able to fully trust "herself" (Akane)?
