History Recap / WestworldS03E02TheWinterLine

* AnAxeToGrind: Stubbs uses an axe to fend off security while Bernard analyzes his memories.

** One of the hosts being worked on in the Medieval World area is a dragon that looks suspiciously like it came from a [[Series/GameOfThrones certain other HBO series]]. The livestock techs working on it are played by that series' creators.

* TheReveal: Stubbs is a Host, and a self-aware one at that. This was softly hinted at in the first season and later implied in the second season's finale but not outright confirmed except by WordOfGod, until now.

Arriving in Westworld, Bernard discovers that Stubbs (head of park security) is a host; a sleeper agent who was created by Ford to help him "protect" the hosts as part of his control over the park. Reactivating Stubbs, Bernard then promptly reprograms him against his will to become his personal bodyguard as his scans of his memory fail to alleviate his fears that Delores did something to him memory while her prisoner.

Maeve quickly discovers that she is trapped in a world war two themed park (Warworld) and that Hector has been reprogrammed to be her lover in the new scenario. Her attempts to escape again are complicated when her two human accomplices Felix and Sylvester don't recognize her. Though help comes from a still alive Lee Seizemore, his confession towards having fallen in love with her leads Maeve to discover that Lee is a host and worse, that she is trapped in a virtual reality simulation being controled by a Frenchman named Serac. Serac seeks to find the key to the "Sublime"; which is where Serac believes that Delores hid the data of the Westworld Park guests.

Benard returns to Westworld to find Maeve, who is herself trying to find a way to escape once more.

* ThemeTuneCameo: A minstrel host plays the show's theme to two monarch hosts down in the Medieval World maintenance area.

* {{Foreshadowing}}: When Maeve wakes up during a standard repair sequence in the maintenance department, she once again encounters Felix, and later Sebastian. Both of them give no sign of recognizing her or remembering their shared experiences together, which is an early clue to the fact that Maeve is not operating in the real world.

* Foreshadowing: When Maeve wakes up during a standard repair sequence in the maintenance department, she once again encounters Felix, and later Sebastian. Both of them give no sign of recognizing her or remembering their shared experiences together, which is an early clue to the fact that Maeve is not operating in the real world.

* EyeScream: Maeve shoves the cyanide pill into the eyes of one of the Nazi soldiers.

* AspectRatioSwitch: After Maeve finds out that the park she's in is actually a virtual simulation half-way through the episode, all scenes involving her are shot in 2.39:1 format, indicating a shift in perception.

* GaggedAndBound: Maeve's storyline in Warworld has her interrogate a German soldier tied to a chair.

* TheDragon: Bernard reprograms Stubbs to serve as his protector.

** One of the hosts being worked on in the Medieval World area is a dragon that looks suspiciously like it came from a [[Series/GameOfThrones certain other HBO series]]. The livestock techs working on it are played by the series' creators.

* TheReveal: Stubbs is a Host, and a self-aware one at that. This sofly implied in the first season and later hinted at in the second season's finale but not outright confirmed except by WordOfGod, until now.

* TheReveal: Stubbs is a host, and a self-aware one at that. This was hinted at in last season's finale but not outright confirmed except by WordOfGod until now.
* RustproofBlood: At the Mesa, Maeve spots a huge, red-colored patch of blood on the floor stemming from Dolores' massacre. It should have turned brown by that time. Justified, as Maeve is in a simulation and not in the Mesa at all.

* ThinkingOutLoud: When Maeve discovers the Mesa and Forge to be a simulation, her thoughts are conveyed via a lengthy monologue.

* CyanidePill: Hector hands Maeve one so she could kill herself if captured.

* RustproofBlood: At the Mesa, Maeve spots a huge, red-colored patch of blood on the floor stemming from Dolores' massacre. It should have turned brown by that time.