Dissonance Theory
"Dissonance Theory" is the fourth episode in the first season of the HBO science fiction western thriller television series Westworld.
Armistice offers to give more information on her tattoo if they help free Hector, held by the local sheriff.
She waits for Hector's gang to rob the saloon's safe to ask him about the figures and he tells her it is a Shade, a spirit that can cross back and forth to the underworld.
[4] In an interview, composer Ramin Djawadi spoke about the song "A Forest" by The Cure, that was translated into the playing piano in the episode.
[6] Ratings for the episode fell nineteen percent compared to the previous instalment due to the season premiere of The Walking Dead.
The site's consensus reads "Dissonance Theory spends some welcome time with the Man In Black while continuing the methodical expansion of the Westworld universe.
"[9] Eric Goldman of IGN reviewed the episode positively, saying, "A ton was going on in 'Dissonance Theory' — as Ford displayed a different side, Hector and Armistice (and that tattoo of hers) were put in the spotlight, Dolores set on her own path towards the maze and Maeve began to literally dig deep for answers.
[10] Scott Tobias of The New York Times wrote in his review of the episode; "Evan Rachel Wood's performance continues to astonish.
Dolores cries over losing everyone she cares about, but when Bernard tells her to limit her 'emotional affect,' she not only becomes a machine again, we have to wonder how genuine her emotions are in the first place.
Club wrote in his review, "'Dissonance Theory' doubles down on the confusion in many respects, offering some tantalizing hints about Ford's plans without actually explaining them, showing Dolores slipping a little further down the rabbit hole, and catching up with the Man in Black as he hunts down his mysterious maze.
The maze also turns up in Dolores's memory, and in the drawing of a little girl on the street, so even if we don't have any immediate answers on it, at least there’s a sense of things getting tied together.
[13] James Hibberd of Entertainment Weekly wrote in his review, "Westworld is almost mathematical in its narrative precision.
