Anna Daniels
Of course, there’s a little more to the story than just Dolores making a daring escape. As those who’ve traversed Westworld‘s ambitious third season already know, Dolores mostly smuggled copies of her own pearl (essentially, a brain-slash-operating system) off the island. Upon arriving in the real world, she promptly set to rebuilding several new host bodies, including her own, and embedding her consciousness into several of them. She then sent the different versions of herself out to accomplish a singular goal that would, ultimately, bring down the powerful techies who’ve seized control of the world, and who badly mistreat their now-defiantly self-aware mechanical counterparts.
Dolores ultimately left her own copied pearl inside of Charlotte Hale, too, stepping up to take control of the nefarious Delos Corporation after the grisly blood-letting in the Westworld park. Fans didn’t find that out, of course, until the third episode of Westworld‘s tricky third season. Prior to then, the mystery of who was inside of Charlotte’s body was one of Westworld‘s biggest. All we really knew was that whoever was in there was not having an easy time living Charlotte’s real-world life. The Charlotte-Dolores hybrid reveal was easily one of the great moments in Westworld lore, and helped shine light on the full scope of Dolores Prime’s (Wood) sweeping plan for what we then assumed would be blind vengeance against humanity.
As that plan progressed, it became crystal clear why Dolores needed the real Charlotte Hale out of the picture to make it happen, but as the hybrid host (affectionately named “Chalores” by Thompson) lived longer in Charlotte’s skin, her will to no longer play the part of pawn took over. In true Dolores fashion, and after one of the series’ most heart-breaking moments, “Chalores” broke free from her programming, and seems primed to reign unholy host-terror on mankind in Westworld season 4.
Written by: Looper
