No offense taken , I like to hear different opinions and ppl explaining their point of views to me or even challenge my views because that is much more interesting than debating the same theories over and over just for the sake of being right about something . Looking at Westworld as neutral as possible and ignoring any timeframe theories etc . one could argue that there can not be much character development yet because they are just setting the stage for the final episodes . And from that point of view , the story telling isn ' t that confusing because everything is happening more or less chronologically , except for a few flashbacks ofc . And I agree , they could have reduced some of these plot devices in order to have more continuity or a better flow with slightly different focus on underlying themes . I just hope that they can wrap this up properly without any major plot twists because if the show really relies on such wild theories as the community believes in , that would be rather weak writing and result in even more questions due to conflicting scenes .