Westworld: Season 2 Will Be 'Defined by Chaos'

The showrunners preview what's ahead.

By Terri Schwartz

Full spoilers for Westworld's Season 1 finale continue below. Read on at your own risk.

Westworld ended Season 1 on a major turning point, and the creators of the show explained in a segment following the episode how Season 2 will explore the fallout of that.

"If the first season was defined by control, the second season is defined by chaos," said co-showrunner Jonathan Nolan during the episode's "The Big Moment" segment. "That's part of what we come to understand Ford has been planning all along."

The big question remaining after the finale is what Ford's true motives are, and Nolan promises that will be a key focus in Season 2.

"Ford has set in motion what he thinks is a plan. The nature of that plan is something we explore in the second season," said Nolan. "What his intentions are: are they to let Dolores or the other Hosts escape? Are they simply to teach the human guests a lesson?"

Added executive producer J.J. Abrams, "What happens at the dawn of consciousness? What happens when you begin to actually wake up?" Co-showrunner Lisa Joy reiterated the unanswered question behind the Hosts' uprising, saying, "Is it consciousness? Is it programming? Is it awareness?"

Though Dolores finally reached the center of the "maze" and realized the voice in her head was her own, it's still unclear if she simply is acting on Ford's direction. The same goes for the other major Host characters in the show, particularly Maeve. There's also the question of what comes next for the Hosts now that they seem to have achieved consciousness.

Evan Rachel Wood reflected about what comes next for her character, saying, "If Dolores is the oldest, this girl has seen three lifetimes of pain and trauma. I would think there would be only so much one can take, whether you're human or not."

Westworld: Season 2 isn't expected to air until 2018. In the meantime, stay tuned to IGN this week as we break down some of the biggest reveals and speculate on what will come next.

Terri Schwartz is Entertainment Editor at IGN. Talk to her on Twitter at @Terri_Schwartz.

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