Player Piano | A Weekly Conversation Decoding Hbo's Westworld

Player Piano is a weekly conversation recapping HBO's Westworld. Hosts Dan and Trevor do their best to decode the plot, philosophy and filmcraft of the sci-fi epic. This week Dan and Trevor go deep, recapping the full episode and decoding a few of its clues as well as discussing some of the big ideas touched on in the episode including: the ethics of simulated violence, religion as a form of cognitive dissonance and the persistent two-timelines theory. Recap starts at 9:54 Broader, half-drunk discussion begins at 1:27:41