Westworld.

AuthorSoave, Robby
PositionTV - Television program review - Brief article

The "hosts"--humanoid robotic attractions at a massive Wild West-themed park--didn't always seem so human, their engineer explains in the first episode of HBO's exciting new sci-fi drama Westworld.

"They repeated themselves, broke down constantly," says their aging and melancholy inventor, portrayed by Anthony Hopkins. "A simple handshake would give them away."

That has changed in the grippingly realized future presented in this show, one that promises as much twisty world building and compelling human interest as Game of Thrones. The hosts have become real enough that guests can't always tell the difference--at least not at first. But that's part of the thrill: The guests can befriend the hosts, have sex with them, or even kill them if they want. Come morning, the hosts are always returned to factory condition, good as new, their memories wiped. Or so it seems.

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