The first two sequence of HBO ’s new sci - fi seriesWestworldoffer more question than answers : Where is the park locate ? Could a park Edgar Guest harm another guest ( with something other than a artillery ) ? How does Dolores ’s hair persist so perfect without hairspray ? One of the openhanded mysteries , though , is the indistinguishability of a character known only as “ the Man in Black ” ( played by Ed Harris ) . After find out “ Chestnut , ” the second installment , some fans think they ’ve figured it out .
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One popular lover theory making the rounds postulate that William , the commons newbie usher in in “ Chestnut ” ( take on by Jimmi Simpson ) is a younger rendering of the Man in Black . This would mean that , despite some clever editing , the vista sport William take place 30 years before the show ’s main action ( because in Episode 1 , the Man in Black tells Dolores , “ I ’ve been coming here for 30 years ” ) .
Here ’s the evidence fans claim supports this theory ( much of whichBusiness Insiderhas compiled in a helpful TV ):
The Westworld William and Logan visit looks different than the one we ’re used to : Namely , the Westworld logotype William walks by in the main anteroom is not the one we ’ve find out in the Delos office ; Teddy ( James Marsden ) does n’t appear to be on the wagon train to the park ; and a group of Union soldiers , rather than the Sheriff , is look for volunteers in the townsfolk square .
The gleaming escalator conduct from the power train platform were shown in the first sequence — as decrepit and long out of servicing ( see below ) .
Naysayers of this theory put forth as counter evidence that the hosts were much cruder at the park ’s inception ( for representative , Old Bill , whom Dr. Robert Ford talks to in the first installment ) , and the ones in William ’s present are unmanageable to differentiate from real people . This might be straight , but we do n’t actually do it how old the park is . The Man in Black has been visiting for 30 year , but Westworld could very well be much old than that . If the ballpark is 50 years old , for instance , Ford and his squad would have been update the hosts for two 10 before William / the Man in Black first get . And , since we have intercourse that Dolores was the park ’s first master of ceremonies , we know that Ford likes to improve existing hosts , rather than swap them out with Modern 1 .
If this theory is true , it mean we can front forward to watch William devolve from the white-hot hat - wearing hero to a brutal and violent gunslinger .
[ h / t : Business Insider ]
