The fourth season of Westworld was released on April 22nd. The first episode, titled “Journey Into Night,” aired and left viewers with many questions about the show’s plot. There are two main storylines that will be explored in this season. One is the aftermath of Dolores shooting Ford and how she plans to fight back against her creators. The other storyline deals with Bernard Lowe as he tries to figure out what has happened since his last memories from being shot by Dolores in the finale of Season 2.
ABOUT WESTWORLD SEASON 4:
The show has been created by J.M. Straczynski and is based on Michael Crichton’s 1973 film of the same name about a futuristic amusement park populated with animatronic robots that malfunction in strange ways or break down altogether. The series takes place thirty years after the events of the film.
RELEASE DATE:
The official date has not been announced, but it is expected to release by 2022.
THE STARRING CAST:
The cast of Westworld season four has not been fully revealed. However, we do know that newcomers include series regulars Lena Waithe and Tessa Thompson as well as new guest stars Gustaf Skarsgård, Fares Fares, Betty Gabriel and Jonathan Tucker. Anthony Hopkins, Ed Harris, Evan Rachel Wood, Jeffrey Wright, and James Marsden are all returning.
THE PLOT:
When the sci-fi western thriller Westworld debuted in 2016, it was an instant hit with critics and audiences alike. The series is set about exploring a futuristic amusement park populated with animatronic robots that malfunction in strange ways or break down altogether. The series takes place in the not-so-distant future, and its one that has been ravaged by war, pestilence, famine, poverty. The series follows a group of humans who visit this amusement park to indulge in their deepest desires (a la robots).
A common criticism of the first season was that it felt too much like a paint-by-number variation on Jurassic Park. Still, as far as reboots go, Westworld actually does offer something new to viewers in its exploration of what happens when we use and abuse technology without regard for human consequences or limitations. A scene from the premiere episode showed Bernard in a lab where Delos is mass-producing hosts. Bernard, it turns out, was a host himself who had been manufactured by the company.
RATINGS:
The show has received positive reviews from critics. The first two seasons of the series have a score of 83% on Rotten Tomatoes and 78 out of 100 on Metacritic. Season one had an average rating of 73%, season two had an average rating of 88%, and season three had a mixed response with an average rating of 68%.
The fourth season has received mostly positive reviews, scoring 83% on Rotten Tomatoes. Westworld Season Four is set to come out on April 22nd, 2022, and will have ten episodes in total. The series has also surpassed Breaking Bad for HBO’s second-most-watched show of all time, with an average viewership of 18 million viewers.
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Westworld Season Four is set to come out on April 22nd, 2022. The series has also surpassed Breaking Bad for HBO’s second-most-watched show of all time, with an average viewership of 18 million viewers.
