The 4th exciting season of HBO's Westworld has now officially come to a close. True to form, this year was packed with unexpected twists and startling implications.
While it can often be difficult to discern the direction the show is heading, showrunners have been known to leave clues hiding in plain sight. Have a look below and check out these Westworld hidden costume details that fans might not have caught in Season 4.
Westworld began in the not-so-distant future as an adult theme park, set in the time of the old west. It was a place where guests could live out their fantasies and can choose to be heroes or villains.
These "hosts" were at the mercy of their human guests. They were subjected to violence, ridicule, and even sexual abuse. Then, at the end of every day, their memories of these traumatic events were simply wiped clean.
Several hosts began recalling the horrific events of past guest visits, while others show signs of true sentient thought. In the end, this caused a bloody revolt against staff and guests.
However, the one aspect that remains constant is the showrunner's tendency to hide easter eggs and allusions to past and future storylines within the characters' costumes.
"We wanted the knockoff to look just as pretty and stand out in the same teal as Angela wears in previous seasons," costume designer Debra Beebe told Insider.
Just as Dolores is always depicted in blue, Maeve is seldom seen without a burgundy dress. Her outfit in Season 4 is nearly identical to that of Season 1, except for the fact that it's a little darker.
One is white, while the other pair is black. This was intended to be a throwback to Season 1, where William is asked to make a similar choice.
In Season 1, William chooses the white hat, and in Season 4 — Christina does the same. "It registers something in Christina in a way, like, 'I've been through this before,'" Beebe explained.
Just as Clementine does, Delores also has a knockoff version in Season 4. Christina therefore purposely wears blue as a callback to previous costumes worn by Westworld's original host.
Color schemes denote a character's intentions as well as their purpose in Westworld. But since Hale (Tessa Thompson) is essentially running the show in Season 4 — she gets to wear whatever she wants.
"She can dress however she wants, wear whatever color she wants, be whoever she wants. Tessa embodies everything that I put on her."
