Westworld Season 5 Will Be Its Last, But HBO Hasn’t Renewed It

The a lot improved fourth season of HBO’s sci-fi sequence Westworld concluded final night time with a cliffhanger for the ages. A cliffhanger that does, in reality, arrange the tip of the sequence. We simply might by no means get to see it.

Recently, The Wrap spoke to Westworld co-creator Lisa Joy who confirmed that season 5 of Westworld would be the present’s remaining season. The solely downside is HBO has not renewed the present but, so it might not occur. Her quote will get into spoilers so, when you haven’t watched, beware…

“We had always planned on ending the series next season,” Joy instructed the commerce. “You know, we always thought that Westworld should kind of come full circle and back to the West. But with Dolores, who was just a player in other people’s games, finally getting to write her own. Just to close up a lot of the stuff that we’ve seen before like the flashforward with The Man in Black and everything, so we have a plan for Season 5 but you know, life can make other plans for you. So we’ll just hope for the best.”

io9 reached out to HBO about this story however a spokesperson didn’t supply remark or clarification. As coated in our recap, Westworld season 4 ended with the up to date model of Dolores (Evan Rachel Wood) constructing a brand new model of the unique Westworld in an try to offer humanity yet another likelihood at redemption. An opportunity that each humanity, and the hosts, have squandered time and time once more. The distinction this time although is she’s in management. It’s her world. her sport.

“She was a ‘thing’ to people,” Joy mentioned of Dolores. “She lived through countless lives and reboots where she was at the mercy of guests in a park, indulging in their vices and id. She’s seen a lot of human nature, and maybe enough to know how to structure something or give a game in which some kind of hope for it might emerge.”

Read extra in regards to the finish of Westworld season 4 right here and we’ll let if or when a fifth season is deliberate.

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