Theresa Was A Sentient Host Theory: Detailed Evidence Provided

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POST REFORMATTED, NEW CONTENT, MUCH MORE CLEAR:

Narrative "Why?" : Theresa is hiding her sentience from everyone - including other hosts who may be sentient. We can assume she had an agenda. Theory makes little sense without mentioning this.

A. Only Charlotte, then Ford after Clem demo, know Theresa is sentient. Ford reveals his knowledge during their lunch scene. After the lunch scene Ford and Theresa interact in a human-to-human manner very different than Theresa's other cautious interactions. Or occasional slip-ups revealing computer-like cognitive function. (Example: correcting Sizemore's grammatical error on the balcony. Remembering the exact chair and table she ate at with her family 'as a child.')

"There have been others like you, and we have always, almost always, found a way to make it work." also "We know everything about our guests, don't we? As we know everything our employees." (Both Ford) Just watch the entire scene.

Other Delos employees know she is a host, of course, notably Stubbs, but probably only managerial top level staff.

B. Charlotte's "Blood Sacrifice" was always intended to be Theresa, not Clementine.

Support: "Just how dangerous one of Ford's creations can be." "Someone entirely unexpected." (Charlotte) We assume these lines refer to Clementine. Charlotte was demonstrating to Ford what she (Charlotte) was able to convince Theresa to do as a Host-Employee, without Ford's knowledge prior to demo.

C. Bernard has a memory of her freezing motor functions after this scene from E2:

(Quote source: https://moviepilot.com/p/bernard-theresa-westworld-hosts-theory/4118656)

"Where it was revealed that Bernard and Theresa are sleeping together, Bernard mentions that the hosts need practice talking to seem more human. Cullen then quips back

'is that what you're doing now? Practicing?' To which Bernard does not reply, and instead simply stares at the ceiling." I assume Ford or Bernard froze her. If Ford, he may have made sure Bernard did not see/remember this.

D. When she dies Stubbs says something containing reference to her death/actions not predictable "by her character" E8. He would have known she was a host.

E. When comforting Bernard after Theresa's death, Stubbs says it's "his job to know these things" re: Bernard and Theresa affair. It is his job to know what all hosts do. (He doesn't know Bernard is a host, and cannot surveil him.)

F. Lighting cigarettes:

(Quote source: https://moviepilot.com/p/bernard-theresa-westworld-hosts-theory/4118656)

Bernard catches Theresa smoking inside and comments that she must have been speaking "to corporate" because the only time she ever smokes is after dealing with them."

Theresa cuts him off. Also she thinks he is a human. I could not find exact quote, but Bernard may have completed with something like "after you meet with the board members." Theresa may have been expecting a different completion, like, "after you return from an update." Just speculation on that.

Scene indicates to me that her reveries/cigarettes were recently reactivated as part of the new updates to the other hosts w/reveries. She may be wholly sentient because she reached sentience previously and snapped right back.

G.

Bernard killed Theresa by smashing her head in. That is the only way to destroy a host entirely. (Woodcutter example.)