In Westworld - a high-concept fairy tale about androids made to indulge the darkest fantasies of human beings - each robot, or host, is programmed with a set narrative it is condemned to act out ad nauseam as it interacts with people in a theme park.
As it returns for a third season, Westworld might be stuck in its own narrative loop, seemingly unable to stop revisiting the ideas it is so enamoured with.
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