My theory: Ford is alive.


He has known the moves the board was taking for some time and has been working to keep one step ahead of them at all times. He has a number of unregistered hosts floating around, as we already know. He likely made the changes in Maeve's programming; note that he wasn't surprised at all when Bernard showed up at the gala, despite the fact that Bernard had shot himself in the head last episode. He likely sent a host version of himself to the gala to get killed by Delores; Teddy already had the exact vision of Wyatt coming out and shooting the "General" in the same manner. If anything, Ford is finally giving William/MIB what he's been looking for.

I suspect that we'll have nothing but Ford flashback early on next season, with a reveal that he's alive and been hiding out in the house with his unregistered "family" and his secret lab.

Also- Samurai World means they likely have Medieval World and Roman World like the original movie.

Boc @ 5/12/2016 21:49

is the original movie worth watching? I'm thinking about watching that sometime during the long wait for S2. I've heard it's a lot more schlocky than this though

It's very 70s, but it is a fun romp. Don't look for any depth other than "rogue droids killing" It's not Bladerunner by any stretch. ;)

Peanut @ 6/12/2016 10:25

I hope Ford is dead. He wanted the hosts to be free, he accomplished that as his last hoorah.

There isn't anyone else short of Arnold or Bernard who could have done all the backend programming on Maeve, and having Arnold see that far into the future is much more of a cheap shot than Ford faking his own death. In fact, I find it out of character for Ford to just let himself be offed intentionally when he knows he has a way to free Delores from her programming and still live- after all, isn't that how they did Clem in- by making her believe another host was actually a human guest?

I think the point is that Delores *wouldn't* know it wasn't Ford. Nobody but Bernard knows about Ford's special lab and ability to make his own unregistered hosts. She even thought Bernard was Arnold when introduced, not a host that looked like Arnold. As was witnessed with Clem being overridden to kill a host she was programed to recognize as human, that Ford has done the same thing.