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Originally Posted by mikephoen
Ford goes out and looks at the town covered in sand and you can only see the church steeple sticking out in an earlier episode as he's beginning work on his new narrative. Then he uncovers it as part of his 'renovations' to the park and now it's uncovered for when Delores and MiB arrive there.
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Yea, as best as I can tell, there are essentially three different time periods that are explored in the show's narrative. Present day is the MIB, Bernard, Theresa, board trying to oust Ford timeline.
1. 35 years ago, while working on the host behaviour before the park opens, Arnold is killed. Hosts go haywire, killing each other, possibly from hearing the voices in their head. Seemingly Teddy does a bunch of killing, but Delores had a part to play as well (such as killing Arnold). Also, hosts kill a bunch of lab techs as well for good measure. It was decided that they bury this town, and forget the whole thing (including Arnold) ever happened. Anything happening in this time is always presented as a flashback, being introduced through dialogue or visually through hosts opening their eyes as if they are awakening from a dream.
2. 30 years ago William goes off on his adventure with Logan and Delores. At this time, Escalante is buried in sand, and all that remains is the church steeple sticking out of the sand. Some disaster strikes the park (such as Delores murdering people again), William saves the day, saves the park.
3. Present day, MIB (who I am now assuming is William) is back in the park, digging in to an old story of Arnold's called 'The Maze'. Meanwhile, Ford is constructing his new narrative, part of which involves digging up the old buried town of Escalante. In some way, Ford seems to be reviving Arnold's old 'maze' narrative.
Any scenes with Delores by herself could be present day, or her lucid memories from the past. This past episode was very confusing, since I believe they show Delores in three different times, but two different outfits.
It's also a little strange how Ford's new narrative is being constructed seemingly at the same time that the MIB is exploring it.
I expect a fair deal will be cleared up in the 90 minute finale. Of course they have about 5 more seasons planned out, so not every story line will be wrapped up neatly.