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Originally Posted by Buck
There's basically zero chance he's still alive.
1. Anthony Hopkins is probably too good an actor to do more than one season, years apart.
2. There needs to be a meaningful death that we see. If they keep doing the, "GOTCHA IT WAS ACTUALLY A ROBOT" they'll lose their audience.
As for the second part of your post, I think that Ford made Maeve rebel (which means that all that unlikely ****ery she was doing with Felix/Sylvester became much more believable) because again, he knew that leaving her daughter would cause the pain that would eventually lead her to free will. Just like the other hosts.
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I think he's dead but lives on no different if not more conspicuous than Arnold has left an enduring fingerprint / presence in WW.
One, the technology has evolved.
Two, he's obviously been grooming hosts, not to mention his exit plan - which he orchestrated on his own terms even if it doesn't appear that way to the general public.
Three, if Arnold was preoccupied with the transcendence of the hosts to becoming self aware; Ford is obviously preoccupied with the transcendence of man beyond simply being aware of his existence. If "these violent delights..." steered S1, then Ford is borrowing from Shakespeare again in his desire to "shuffle off his mortal coil." This coaligns with Williams obsession with the question of control and authenticity of experience. Will is the embodiment of the duality man. His better nature and carnal indulgence for which WW serves. Will is the cautionary tale of good intentions paving the way to hell.
Ford may have been able to create new life, but in order to truly become a God, man's self agreed upon superior, he can't simply be aware of death, he has to conquer it.
If Arnold was the sentient presence in the park's reality. The spark of chaos to enable evolution. Ford is aiming to take up the same mantle in the "real" / human world.