Dolores

The cancellation of Westworld in 2022 came as a shock for multiple reasons. HBO’s marquis lineup of prestige dramas have generally gotten to end on their own terms, and the sci-fi show seemed like it was hoping for one last season to tie everything together. Instead, we’re left with questions about how things could’ve gone, something even its cast is still wondering about.Alex Winter on Innovative Horror Movies In a recent interview with the Hollywood Reporter, lead actor Evan Rachel Wood (who played Dolores and…

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Real Housewives of New Jersey star Dolores Catania is riding high in her own love bubble amidst a season of turmoil. While her journey to find the right man has been fraught with challenges, it seems she may have found her match in Paul Connell. Real Housewives of New Jersey's Dolores Catania finds love in Paul Connell after a rocky romantic journey. Dolores has had her fair share of romantic misadventures. First, there was Frank Catania, whose past escapades with "hookers and boats" tarnished their…

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The Man in Black heads home.Image: HBOThe much improved fourth season of HBO’s sci-fi series Westworld concluded last night with a cliffhanger for the ages. A cliffhanger that does, in fact, set up the end of the series. We just may never get to see it.Recently, The Wrap spoke to Westworld co-creator Lisa Joy who confirmed that season 5 of Westworld will be the show’s final season. The only problem is HBO has not renewed the show yet, so it may not happen. Her quote gets into spoilers so, if you haven’t watched,…

Photo: John P. Johnson/HBOAs it had to, it came down to Dolores and the Man in Black.Forget Caleb’s rescue. Forget Maeve’s death. Forget Bernard’s nine-million-step plan. Forget humanity, forget the Hosts, forget everything. None of it matters now. Westworld has swept away the old world more thoroughly and efficiently than the Man in Black, Host or otherwise, could have ever dreamed of doing. Hell, the show has almost gotten rid of itself, given that by the time the credits roll, almost the entirety of the cast has been…

Photo: John Johnson/HBOThe penultimate episode of the fourth season of Westworld is titled “Metanoia,” a word I was surprised to learn means “change in one’s way of life resulting from penitence or spiritual conversion,” according to the Oxford English Dictionary. I had assumed it was a portmanteau combining the words “meta-narrative” and “paranoia,” because that’s exactly what I felt when watching the episode.Has there been an episode of Westworld that you could trust less to tell you what was real and what wasn’t? Has…

Screenshot: HBO“I only know what I tell me.”This short, stunning line of dialogue is spoken by Caleb (Aaron Paul) to Caleb (still Aaron Paul), both of whom—along with many other Calebs—are in a unique hell in “Fidelity.” He’s already faced the devastating news that he failed to stop Hale (Tessa Thompson) from taking over the world 23 years ago, but things manage to get worse when he discovers as a Host that hasn’t achieved fidelity, he’s beginning to malfunction.Hale’s been bothering to make 277 previous copies of Caleb…

Screenshot: HBOIs Westworld even Westworld if it’s not trying to break your brain? It’s a valid question, and I think “no” would be a valid answer. But since the show left the park at the end of season two to explore the dystopia of the real world, the third season felt like everything was a mystery until the final pair of episodes, which left the answers feeling either unsatisfying or unearned. Now that season four has arrived, it seems clear the show knows it can’t be completely baffling and must parcel out some answers…

Photo: John Johnson/HBOThe marketing for Westworld season four made it clear that Evan Rachel Wood—whose formidable Host character, Dolores, was obliterated at the end of season three—would return. Now that the first episode has aired, we’ve met Wood in her new role: Christina, a shy single gal in the big city. Westworld is known for throwing curveballs, but this might be its biggest one yet.Obviously Wood can’t divulge much about what lies ahead for Christina, even though every Westworld fan who’s been following the show…