Easter Eggs You Missed In Westworld Season 3 Episode 1

More than a year after HBO's Westworld ended its sophomore season, creators Jonathan Nolan and Lisa Joy are finally taking the show to a place fans have been waiting to see since the beginning: the real world. Although Nolan has hinted that season 3 will be, quote, "less of a guessing game," that doesn't mean the show will be any less filled with intriguing Easter eggs for sharp-eyed fans.

Obviously, spoilers for all of Westworld abound.

Westworld takes great care with its use of language. Character names often carry a deeper meaning both Teddy Flood and Hector Escaton's surnames have ties to the end of the world, while Ford and Bernard are names that both appear in Aldous Huxley's dystopian novel Brave New World: Ford being Henry Ford, and, in the novel, another word for God, while Bernard is an alpha male resentful of his inability to fit into society. Likewise, episode titles often point to something deeper, like season 1's "Contrapasso," which is a reference to the punishment of souls in Dante's Inferno.

Westworld's third season puts another biblical reference front and center in the premiere episode's title: "Parce Domine." It's a Roman Catholic antiphon, or chant, and it comes from the Book of Joel. The translation reads:

"Spare, Lord, spare your people: lest you be angry with us forever."

It's commonly heard during the Lent season the time in which Christians fast and forgo physical pleasures as a means of recognizing Christ's 40-day journey into the desert.

For Westworld, the significance is two-fold: it could be representative of Dolores' long journey into the real world, as she has already set herself up as the Hosts' savior. It's also a call to be spared from a holy wrath, to be granted mercy something Dolores likely won't deliver. After all:

When we first meet Caleb, it's as he wakes up to begin his day. Much of what we see of Caleb is routine he goes through the motions of his life, almost as if he's on a loop. It doesn't take much to recognize the similarities between Caleb and the host Maeve we met in season 1. Just as Maeve did in Westworld's first season, it's a pretty safe bet that Caleb will wind up "waking up" from his reality in the coming weeks. Keep watching the video to see all the Easter eggs you missed in Westworld season 3 episode 1!

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"Parce Domine" | 0:22
Mirror, mirror | 1:38
Bernard's new name | 2:40
Grand Theft Auto | 3:25

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