Westworld, Season 2, Episode 2, Scene 8

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Dolores begins her loop in Sweetwater as a demonstration to James Delos arranged by William when it is halted in order to allow Delos to tour the park first-hand. William pitches the true value of the parks potential to Delos.

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(time-start: 30:55)

(DELORES LEAVES THE GENERAL STORE, WALKS TO HER HORSE AND BEGINS TO PLACE HER GOODS IN THE SADDLE BAG. A CAN OF MILK FALLS TO THE GROUND AND ROLLS TO A STOP. TEDDY REACHES AND PICKS IT UP, THEN MOVES TO HAND IT TO HER)

TEDDY (to Dolores): Don't mind me. Just trying to look chivalr...

(ALL THE HOSTS FREEZE)

(HELICOPTER FLIES OVERHEAD TO LAND)

(JAMES DELOS WALKS THROUGH THE FROZEN HOSTS ON MAIN STREET)

(DELOS TAKES THE CAN OUT OF TEDDY'S HAND)

(DELOS LOOKS CLOSELY AT DOLORES' FACE)

DELOS: Mm. You were right about one thing, William. It's awfully fuckin' pretty.

WILLIAM: I think it's perfect.

DELOS: It ought to be. I've looked at the books. It's like parting the Red Sea. He's got two years. Maybe three. The whole thing is folly.

WILLIAM: Hmm. It's leverage. He's drowning. We can... we can dictate our terms. The investment here is in the future.

DELOS: Yeah, you're a smart lad, William, but you kinda missed the trick here. My fuckup of a son invested in this place because he believed in the future. I'm not interested in the future. I'm not interested in fantasies. I'm interested in reality.

WILLIAM: I think in 20 years this will be the only reality that matters.

DELOS: Maybe so, but I'll be long gone by then. Meanwhile, I don't wanna underwrite some fuckin' investment banker's voyage of self-discovery. That's not a business.

WILLIAM: You're right. This place is a fantasy. Nothing here is real. Except one thing: The guests. Half of your marketing budget goes to trying to figure out what people want. Because they don't know. But here, they're free.

(INHALES, EXHALES)

WILLIAM: Nobody's watching. Nobody's judging. At least that's what we tell them. This is the only place in the world where you get to see people for who they really are. And if you don't see the business in that, then you're not the businessman that I thought you were.

DELOS: You're a cheeky little cunt, aren't you? There's not a man alive would talk to me like that. Not anymore.

(WILLIAM SWALLOWS)

DELOS: Okay. Talk to me. I'm listening.

(WILLIAM AND DELOS WALK AWAY IN DISCUSSION)

WILLIAM: Thank you, Jim. Let me walk you through how this would work...

(time-end: 35:14)

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