Instead, it’s horsey time! One wonders if Aaron Paul insisted on getting the chance to ride a horse as a condition of taking this job - or secretly hoped, after hearing the original pitch for the character, that he would be able to avoid it. The ramifications of “Charlotte’s” rebellion are likely to play a bigger role in the finale (which is to say, they don’t come up again in this episode). The fight that ensues features “Musashi” wielding a very cool machine gun that folds out of a suitcase (in general, this season has featured a wide array of cool future tech), but despite bringing a gun to a sword fight, he ends up losing, and Hanaryo slices him up, claiming the top half as a prize. It’s a big Caleb episode in the end, though it doesn’t start that way instead, we begin with a quick trip to Jakarta, where it’s revealed that there is dissension within the Dolores clone ranks “Charlotte,” following the explosion that killed her ex-husband and son, is now no longer interested in being a part of Dolores’s plan, and thus leaks the whereabouts of “Musashi,” another Dolores copy, to Maeve’s newly revealed allies: Clementine and Hanaryo (the Japanese equivalent to Armistice in ShogunWorld, as made clear by the snake tattoo on her face).
The title “Passed Pawn” is extremely on the nose here, as the chess term ( per Wikipedia) refers to a pawn with no opposing pawns and thus threatening to become a queen - essentially, a piece that was overlooked by the opponent, and now has the potential to be far more dangerous than before.
In fairness, while the reveal that Caleb killed Francis - fearing a potential double-cross - isn’t all that shocking, it does tie into a bigger realization about what kind of role Caleb plays in this game. Gentle reader, let’s start this humble Westworld recap with a question: At what point did you suspect the truth about what happened to Francis? Was it when Caleb first began questioning the nature of his reality memory at the beginning of the episode? Was it when Enrico Colantoni started trying to make a deal? Or was it episodes ago, when it was clear that something was up with Caleb’s memories in general?
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