Westworld creators explain the Season 2 premiere twist

The Hollywood Reporter

"In the first season, we were playing cards down with the way that the hosts' memory works," says co-creator Jonathan Nolan. "Which is to say, through the first season, we are not aware that Dolores is actually remembering things and mistaking them for reality. One of the things we were excited for in the second season was now playing cards up with the idea that hosts mistake their realities for their memories, get lost in time, bounce back and forth." Co-creator Lisa Joy adds: "It was kind of embedded in the DNA of the show."

ALSO:

• Read another explanation of that confusing twist
• Here is the most important revelation from the premiere
• Here are the 16 biggest questions from the premiere
• What it's like to be asked to do male full-frontal nudity on Westworld
• What's up with Anthony Hopkins?
• Read the funniest tweets about Westworld fans being confused by the season premiere
• An AI writer has five questions after watching the Season 2 premiere
• Even Westworld cast members were fooled by the "spoiler" prank