`These violent delights have violent ends.` If you haven`t gotten into HBO`s Westworld yet, it`s not too late. The premiere isn`t until this Sunday, April 22. You only have to watch a single 10-episode season to be all caught up. Then, you too can disappear down the rabbit hole that is the Westworld fan community.Not since Game of Thrones has a show inspired this much theorycrafting. Showrunners Jonathan Nolan and Lisa Joy put enough loose threads and MacGuffins in Season 1 to put J.J. Abrams--another of the show`s executive producers, actually--to shame.And although most of those threads have been tied off, there`s still a few that we`re pulling at. Here are the five most pressing ones, to refresh your memory after that agonizing year and a half break.When you`re finished here, check out our list of the 5 craziest Westworld Season 2 fan theories, our interview with some of the actors returning for Season 2, our Westworld Season 1 story refresher, and the 13 things we want in Westworld Season 2. 5. Who programmed Maeve to rebel, and what is their end game?The most linear, well-plotted arc in Westworld belongs to host Maeve (Thandie Newton), who staged a nearly successful escape from the park at the end of Season 1. In hindsight, Maeve`s awakening was sparked by Elsie`s adjustment of her attributes, to undo what `those morons` adjusted to make her more aggressive to potential clients. Maeve would later use those Elsie-given attributes to charm Felix and Sylvester and acquire intelligence.But the jaw-dropping twist came in the Season 1 finale; we learned that Maeve`s entire rebellion had been programmed into her. She denies this possibility, and at the very end of the episode, she goes back into the park for her `daughter` from a previous loop. Perhaps this shows that she`s truly rebelling against her programming.But who programmed her to break out to begin with? Was it Ford? If Ford wanted her to break out, for what reason? After all, with the ability to cont ...
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