Que Será, Será

Unfortunately, I am somewhat disappointed by the way in which S4 draws to a close - after the quality of its writing remained so high throughout, only to partially dip in the concluding hour. Thus, the finale is a fitting, cynical goodbye to what's always been a consistently cynical show, but it's frustratingly so focused on setting up a possible S5 (that I'm not entirely convinced we actually need), it never really takes the time to properly & satisfyingly bring the current narratives to a natural finish.

Hence, pivotal protagonist & antagonist's deaths (which should theoretically feel like profound, series defining moments that have been years in the making) are instead rather inconsequential & captured with very little consideration to the significance that they should have had to the audience... And that's only exacerbated by the fact that we're constantly reminded of how unimportant events are in this world - due to the fact that the only one which now matters is the one we're yet to be acquainted with, in the sublime.

As a consequence, character is sacrificed at the expense of the increasingly convoluted plot... And it culminates to form a rather lacklustre send-off.

This is only worsened by Richard J. Lewis' flat & unimaginative direction - which basically squanders potential in each & every scene... So all in all, we've been robbed of a rewarding conclusion under the pretence that the closure we're seeking will alternatively be provided in the series' denouement. Therefore, surely it's just a continuation for the sake of it?

It's no secret that "Westworld" has gone from a show that impressed through its mind bending complexity, into a show that bought way too much into its own hype. The third season (and to some degree the second) went too much out of its own way to seem like the most intelligent thing without actually being intelligent at all. The fourth season, while having dumbed it down a little bit, still feels like it tries to be more and not utilize its actual strengths. The finale of this season brought it all to a slightly anticlimatic conclusion, but left the door open for a promising future.

Ask any of my friends and they will tell you that I was obsessed with the first season. I was that guy who would throw my theories into the maze every week and hope to get some answers at every turn. However, with the show's declining quality, I've lost that desire. The fourth season came up with interesting storylines, but many of them were kept in secret and came out of left field. This finale is that as well, although it works due to the seeds that were planted for its existence earlier on. It's an all-out battle royale, which leads me to my first big fault of this episode. The scope was way off. To me, it looked more like a few blocks in New York City were squaring off against each other and not the entire city, so that felt a little disappointing. Other than that, I don't think Caleb's arc had a satisfying ending. But for the most part, this episode did satisfy me, especially when it comes to how William's storyline concluded and how they set the stage for what will probably be the show's final season, if it doesn't get canceled after this. And more than anything, I think that this episode's ending is what keeps my enthusiasm going, because this next season seems like it could be the season that I've always wanted from this show. Hopefully, they won't let this showcase what this show can be at when it's at its best. Please give them that fifth season!

"Que Será, Será" is a serviceable episode for the people who have stuck with this show, but it's impossible not to notice all its flaws. Some of the storylines ended satisfactory while others felt anticlimatic, but it's the ending of the episode that keeps my enthusiasm going and hopes that we'll see it to fruition.

With its 4th season, Westworld was very weak in terms of production, script and editing. It was a boring and repetitive path. We watched a low-budget FX series and waited 2 years for it.

Everyone agrees on the quality of the first two seasons, there is nothing left to write for the first two seasons. Then the 3rd season came, it got a lot of reaction, how is it Westworld, but I appreciated the point reached with the 3rd season, contrary to the general, and I was glad that the atmosphere created came out of the wild west concept, but with the 4th season, they could not put any innovations on it, on the contrary, the beautiful series attracted the audience. He closed with an arrogance saying that they will watch whatever we give them.

The whole load was placed on a few players and a feeling of being stuck in the same tight circle was created. It was a pity that it turned into a 3rd class science-fiction that created a whole universe and made us watch only a few streets, a few futuristic building designs and three or five characters of this universe, waiting for us to believe everything without question, and fooling the audience.

It's as if the budget was cut and only one kind of food came out, and the beautiful serie sent it to the corporate cafeteria.

If I were the HBO executive, I would take this season 4 as an insult and cancel the project outright.

Logic has left the building . Actually, after season 1 ended so did this show. This show seems like a scratch pad for actors and studio. Let's just do whatever we think is cool and go with it. Show is done . Stop making episodes.

Look how they massacred my boy.

The writers clearly don't care about this show anymore, nor do they have what it takes to tell a brilliant story, since everything after s2 went downhill rapidly.

They should've just ended this show after s2. It's a shame that all those brilliant performances are wasted on this pile of crap.

I sincerely hope that their new Fallout show gets cancelled soon.