The BEST episodes of Westworld

Every episode of Westworld ever, ranked from best to worst by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The best episodes of Westworld!

Westworld is a dark odyssey about the dawn of artificial consciousness and the evolution of sin. Set at the intersection of the near future and the reimagined past, it explores a world in which every human appetite, no matter how noble or depraved, can be indulged.

Last Updated: 10/29/2026Network: HBOStatus: Ended
The Riddle of the Sphinx
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8.40
261 votes

#1 - The Riddle of the Sphinx

Season 2 - Episode 4 - Aired 5/13/2018

Is this now? If you're looking forward, you're looking in the wrong direction.

Directors: Lisa Joy
The Bicameral Mind
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8.40
1159 votes

#2 - The Bicameral Mind

Season 1 - Episode 10 - Aired 12/4/2016

Ford unveils his bold new narrative; Dolores embraces her identity; Maeve sets her plan in motion.

Directors: Jonathan Nolan
The Well-Tempered Clavier
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8.30
1158 votes

#3 - The Well-Tempered Clavier

Season 1 - Episode 9 - Aired 11/27/2016

Dolores and Bernard reconnect with their pasts; Maeve makes a bold proposition to Hector; Teddy finds enlightenment, at a price.

Kiksuya
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8.30
348 votes

#4 - Kiksuya

Season 2 - Episode 8 - Aired 6/10/2018

“Mi cante ki yu ha ya ye.” (“Take my heart when you go”).

Directors: Uta Briesewitz
Trompe L'Oeil
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8.30
1216 votes

#5 - Trompe L'Oeil

Season 1 - Episode 7 - Aired 11/13/2016

Dolores and William journey into treacherous terrain; Maeve delivers an ultimatum; Bernard considers his next move.

Journey Into Night
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8.20
549 votes

#6 - Journey Into Night

Season 2 - Episode 1 - Aired 4/22/2018

The puppet show is over, and we are coming for you and the rest of your kind. Welcome back to Westworld.

Directors: Richard J. Lewis
The Original
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8.10
1390 votes

#7 - The Original

Season 1 - Episode 1 - Aired 10/2/2016

Programmers at a visionary park worry over aberrant behavior by android 'hosts.'

Directors: Jonathan Nolan
Reunion
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8.10
406 votes

#8 - Reunion

Season 2 - Episode 2 - Aired 4/29/2018

Why don't we start at the beginning?

Directors: Vincenzo Natali
Vanishing Point
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8.10
377 votes

#9 - Vanishing Point

Season 2 - Episode 9 - Aired 6/17/2018

Try to kill it all away, but I remember everything.

Directors: Stephen Williams
The Passenger
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8.10
348 votes

#10 - The Passenger

Season 2 - Episode 10 - Aired 6/24/2018

You live only as long as the last person who remembers you.

The Adversary
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8.00
1360 votes

#11 - The Adversary

Season 1 - Episode 6 - Aired 11/6/2016

Maeve charms Lutz; Elsie uncovers possible sabotage; The Man in Black and Teddy run afoul of a garrison.

Phase Space
star
8.00
319 votes

#12 - Phase Space

Season 2 - Episode 6 - Aired 5/27/2018

We each deserve to choose our own fate.

Directors: Tarik Saleh
Writer: Carly Wray
The Stray
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7.90
1534 votes

#13 - The Stray

Season 1 - Episode 3 - Aired 10/16/2016

A rogue host goes missing in the hills; Teddy receives a new backstory, setting him off in pursuit of a new villain.

Directors: Neil Marshall
Trace Decay
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7.90
1129 votes

#14 - Trace Decay

Season 1 - Episode 8 - Aired 11/20/2016

Bernard struggles with a mandate; Maeve looks to change her script; Teddy is jarred by dark memories.

Directors: Stephen Williams
Virtù e Fortuna
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7.90
232 votes

#15 - Virtù e Fortuna

Season 2 - Episode 3 - Aired 5/6/2018

There is beauty in who we are. Shouldn't we, too, try to survive?

Directors: Richard J. Lewis
Contrapasso
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7.80
1187 votes

#16 - Contrapasso

Season 1 - Episode 5 - Aired 10/30/2016

Dolores and William are recruited for a dangerous mission in Pariah, a city of sin and sex. The Man in Black makes an unlikely ally.

Directors: Jonny Campbell
Chestnut
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7.80
1622 votes

#17 - Chestnut

Season 1 - Episode 2 - Aired 10/9/2016

A pair of new guests arrive at Westworld; engineers debate whether a recent host anomaly is contagious.

Directors: Richard J. Lewis
Dissonance Theory
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7.80
1390 votes

#18 - Dissonance Theory

Season 1 - Episode 4 - Aired 10/23/2016

The Man in Black finds a clue towards the maze; Maeve is troubled by a recurring vision.

Directors: Vincenzo Natali
Akane No Mai
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7.70
290 votes

#19 - Akane No Mai

Season 2 - Episode 5 - Aired 5/20/2018

ョーグン・ワールドへようこそ. Welcome to Shogun World.

Directors: Craig Zobel
Writer: Dan Dietz
Les Écorchés
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7.70
377 votes

#20 - Les Écorchés

Season 2 - Episode 7 - Aired 6/3/2018

Strike the match.

Directors: Nicole Kassell
Crisis Theory
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0.00
0 votes

#21 - Crisis Theory

Season 3 - Episode 8 - Aired 5/3/2020

Time to face the music.

Que Será, Será
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0.00
0 votes

#22 - Que Será, Será

Season 4 - Episode 8 - Aired 8/14/2022

Like what I’ve done with the place? (I just cranked it to expert level.)

Directors: Richard J. Lewis
Metanoia
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0.00
0 votes

#23 - Metanoia

Season 4 - Episode 7 - Aired 8/7/2022

You want to have a drink at a time like this?

Directors: Meera Menon
Fidelity
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0.00
0 votes

#24 - Fidelity

Season 4 - Episode 6 - Aired 7/31/2022

To thine own selves be true.

Directors: Andrew Seklir
Zhuangzi
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0.00
0 votes

#25 - Zhuangzi

Season 4 - Episode 5 - Aired 7/24/2022

God is bored.