I’d have to watch the scene again, but AFAICR, there was emphasis on the word ‘him’ that implied a different person from the previous question. ‘Do you remember the man I used to be? No? Hardly your fault. [But]* I’m sure you remember HIM. Arnold. The person who created you.’
*the ‘but’ was not said, but implied by the tone of voice indicating the second question was about a different person.
Logan did say to William that the place was ‘hemorrhaging money’, so…
I’ve been assuming since the start that a significant portion of their revenue stream is from the discreet sale of information about their guests. They could build one hell of a psychological profile about their regular customers. Since their regular customers would tend to be wealthy, this profile would be of great interest to any number of people, businesses, or governments.
I would hope not. If I’m paying $40,000 per day, I would expect a great deal of discretion, particularly when they encourage people to act out their fantasies, however weird, corrupt or perverted.
Of course, it’s entirely possible that in the future, literally nobody gives a fuck if one’s fantasies include roasting girl scouts on a spit - I can see this as the natural outgrowth of the current “announce all your feelings on twitter” attitude - what comprises privacy in the future is likely to be radically different from what we think of it.
It may turn out that the smuggled data is about what the guests do, in which case I’ll be disappointed in the show’s lack of imagination. For now, I think it more likely the data is technical in nature. Of course, even the whole “satellite uplink” concept is more elaborate than necessary, since I think it safe to assume that in the future, someone could physically smuggle out yottabytes of data on something the size of a pinhead. Feed this to a guest, let it sit in their stomach until they leave the park, then retrieve by whatever means practical.
I never said the guests would be aware of this. That would defeat the purpose. We’ve seen Ford display a very controlling attitude and describe being aware of every detail of the guests’ visits.
On a more general topic, the latest episode contained some very weak writing. The scene with Maeve and the two techs was poorly done and unconvincing. The techs were basically cartoon characters (especially the asshole one). One would assume they had at least some amount of intelligence in order to perform that job, yet they make truly idiotic decisions.
Perhaps having the hosts working in the park and interact with guests is a way to develop the artificial intelligence in a controlled environment?
Minus 10 points for Aeden’s misuse of palate/palette
Wow! I think you are right. Did Ford say that picture was of him and Arnold? Because if so, the ‘dad’ at the cottage looks exactly like him! And would also explain why Arnold didn’t want to make the ‘dad’ an alcoholic as he apparently was in real life.
“Hunting in the park is unparalleled”…? Hunting of what? Vat-grown robot buffalo?
Hunting? Does that mean people eat the robot animals? I guess there’s no reason you couldn’t,* but I hadn’t thought about that possibility yet.
*Not necessarily, anyway. It is entirely possible that some element of the 3D printing process would make the flesh unpalatable or unfit for human consumption. What exactly is the white substance the printers extrude? It could be an organic matrix for stem cells (the white substance they’re dipped in?) to grow in that would naturally be absorbed as the cells reproduce, but might leave traces in the meat.
ETA–Ninja’d!
Oh, give me an abode
Where the buffaloes are growed
In a processed futuristicky way.
And the whores are all cleaned
In a washing machine
And I’ll gladly give you forty k!
Nice. 
Great post, but I was wondering how the whored are cleaned. Like some sort of anti-venereal power washer?
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I could be mistaken, but weren’t white hat/black hat eating rabbit or something at the campfire when Deloris stumbled into the campsite?
Yes! I wondered if I was reading too much into it.
Exactly my thought. They’re holding the little programming tablet - she has nothing. Should be a snap.
What could possibly go wrong?
Called it! I thought the kid was a young Ford from when he first appeared.
Creepy to have it blink while the face was retracted. They do something quite similar in Spielberg’s A.I. Artificial Intelligence (jump to 1:33 if you’re feeling impatient): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nqlhYcPx4K0
I assumed Ford, Arnold or someone else has been downloading new memories into Teddy.
Y’know, with these new Delos hosts, it’s just one small step from a homonym error to a murderous robotic killspree.
Just into the second season of Person of Interest and enjoying it muchly, thanks to whoever recommended it.
Well, well, well. Bernard certainly has an interesting backstory.
“What door?”
Fuuuuuuu…