Westworld’s season 2 finale was excellent, but maybe it should have been the last episode of the show. Do we really need season 3?

There are many different opinions about Westworld’s season 2 finale, but if there’s anything we can agree on, it’s that the episode brought the second season to an excellent conclusion.

Spoilers for Westworld’s season 2 finale below.

In the finale episode, “The Passenger,” we saw all the different characters’ journeys come to an end. Dolores finally reached the Valley Beyond and carried out the mission she had set out to do — with some hiccups along the way. Bernard came to terms with Ford’s presence in his brain and finally took a definite side in the Hosts vs Humans battle. Maeve finally got to save her daughter, and Lee found his purpose in the world he had created. Even William, after a terrible breakdown, seemed to come to some terms with the person he really is.

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Seeing all our favorite characters’ close this chapter — whether it’s because they died or because they have an entirely new drive now, in the real world — felt like a definite conclusion to Westworld as we know it. The parks are gone, now; the hosts (or most of them) got what they wanted.

So is it really necessary to have a season 3?

The season finale could have worked just as well if it had been the series finale. It certainly had all the elements we would have wanted for the end of the show: closure for the main emotional storylines (Maeve and Akecheta’s search for loved ones), an explanation of the purpose of the more mysterious characters (Dolores, Bernard and even the System itself), a dramatic ending (the death of nearly all the hosts and the end of Westworld), and a surprising twist (Stubbs is a host?!).

And if fans were upset at the lack of explanation about some of the park’s mysteries, maybe that’s just as well; aren’t all good mind-blowing show finales a bit disappointing to the theorizing fans? (Remember LOST?)

More importantly, “The Passenger” dove deep into the main concept of the show: free will and the things that make us human. From the conversations between Dolores, Bernard and the System — in the shape of Logan — to Lee’s moment of change, which reveals a bit more about humans than the System seems to understand, we got quite a complete picture of how Westworld approaches humanity and the concept of freedom.

What could a third season possibly explain that hasn’t been touched on already? Sure, we have the ending scene with William, which was somewhat intriguing, and we don’t know much about what Dolores and Bernard will do in the real world, now… but are those stories really necessary?

Westworld — the park — is over. Dolores got what she wanted. Maybe we don’t need to see the human world beyond what we’ve already seen in flashbacks. And maybe it’s okay to let the story end here: to let the hosts rest and leave some mystery to those that are finally free.

It is true that we had a similar question at the end of season 1. Back then, as Dolores’ consciousness developed into rebellion, we wondered how they could possibly keep the story gripping when the tone would change so drastically. But season 2 delivered in a big way, so maybe Jonathan Nolan and Lisa Joy deserve to be trusted.

And yet, the difference between now and then is that by season 3, there’s almost no one left to talk about. Even though Dolores and Bernard have started a new journey, it’s not clear exactly where they stand, practically — and there’s something about the mysticism of their new roles that might be worth keeping a mystery.

William remains the only character who could really go anywhere, but even he has changed irrevocably from the person he was at the beginning of season 2. His story as we knew it is over, and seems difficult to fit in with the story as it is now, without the show completely changing.

What we really want to see, in the end, is Westworld. And if the season 2 finale was the last time we saw the parks and the hosts in it, maybe it should have been the series finale, and say goodbye with dignity.