[Yamer]

Originally Posted by pseudoreality

I wouldn't bother. I kept watching it, but really don't know why. It kind of reminded me of Entourage that way. The only way you can enjoy the show is if you really buy into machines are people too, and it is okay to change the rules on how they work to fit the narrative. For example, in the first season, the robots were programmed to act dead when shot and then they got picked up, patched up, and sent back out. This season, some can override the act dead programming, but for others, it is supposed to be all dramatic when they die.

When you look at the hosts as experiencing various stages of sentience it is much easier to be flexible on their mortality.

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For instance, Maeve or Delores reviving a group of dead hosts is different than Teddy committing suicide after fully becoming aware of the situation he is in and what Delores has done to him.

Hosts are humans 2.0. Delores said as much when William is trying to kill her in the finale.

Teddy's death had a huge impact on me as a viewer. He began as a prototypical "white hat" character ignorant of his programming. He was brought into sentience slowly, and reluctantly, by Delores. Delores transforms him into the "black hat" character. However, like humans, he cannot betray his core coding (white hat and love for Delores), and instead of living a violent life that betrays everything he believes in, he chooses suicide.

I also thought it was really touching that Delores transferred him to the system.

To me, it's more about buying into the fact that the hosts are evolving and developing all the same qualities of humans, except typical notions of mortality.