Westworld: 10 Villains Who Deserved Harsher Consequences
In Westworld, there are no real villains — how can there be, when everyone seems to believe that they're in the right? It's hard to argue against several characters' and their rationalizations: Maeve murders people but only on the path to her daughter, Dolores does the same but her excuse is Host freedom, and the Man in Black would rather kill people than face his own emotional turmoil (this last one is just malevolent, though.)
At the conclusion of Season 3, the story is more intricate than ever, and is showing no signs of slowing down. Characters have shifted their directions along with the flow, but their goals are once again thrown into disarray. Those who were "good" in the past may not be so anymore, and vice-versa. Still, some of the more villainous roles never really faced the justice that they deserved.
10 Dolores Abernathy
For most of the first season, Dolores is a confused mess, her brain sifting through memories of the past and the present without discerning between them. However, when she truly "wakes up", her first major act is to kill Robert Ford and release the Hosts against the Guests (and their children.)
Her final sacrifice fixes the story, but is not sufficient to balance out her horrible behavior. Dolores has the highest kills in the series, not something to boast about when many of them were innocent bystanders.
9 The Shogun
As the overlord/final boss of Shogunworld, the Shogun is a nasty piece of work, caring as little for his "subjects" as he does his own soldiers (he burns their ears off in order to resist Maeve's hypnosis.)
He kidnaps poor Sakura, etching an image of a cherry tree into her delicate back. What's worse: he demands that Akane dance for him in exchange for her protégé's life, a degrading request for any Geisha. Although he does experience an extremely agonizing death, the Shogun's conduct warrants considerably more suffering.
8 James Delos
The Delos patriarch, James, is an early investor in Westworld, a decision he has his son-in-law, William, to thank for. However, he doesn't show the same sense of gratitude or affection towards Logan, his own son, and turns him out of the family for his drug abuse.
For most of his life, he worried more about his wealth and prestige than the well-being of his children, to the extent that his Host replicant feels extreme guilt and regret. Unfortunately, the real James Delos dies of an illness, but without apologizing or feeling the slightest remorse.
7 Craddock
Craddock is a Host, but his programming has been set to pure evil. He and his Confederados rage and burn through the countryside, looting, raping and killing with abandon. When Teddy foolishly lets him escape, he promises to take vengeance on Dolores, but the next time he is seen is in the sleepy hamlet of Las Mudas.
Here, he continues to abuse his power, torturing people into performing impossible stunts and killing them if they fail. The Man in Black takes care of him by pouring nitroglycerin down his throat and turning him into a bomb. Honestly speaking though, Craddock needed some prolonged misery instead of an instant death.
6 Martin Connells
Before he becomes Dolores, Martin Connells spends his time lording his authority over Liam Dempsey, Jr., basically mocking him for not having the guts required to control Incite, Inc. He is a terrible person, aggressively choking Liam for some perceived slight against him, then subsequently ordering that "Lara" be taken away and killed.
Martin's death is offscreened, but it is obvious that Dolores (and her copies) had something to do with it. It would have been truly wonderful to watch his pathetic expression right before he gets what's coming to him.
5 Charlotte Hale
Charlotte Hale is a business prodigy, rising through the administrative ranks of Delos at a rapid pace. She is known to be a cutthroat genius, as seen when she manipulates the control of Westworld out of Ford's hands. Her coldness extends to Hosts as well: she has Clementine get assaulted and regularly rapes Hector.
In the recent season, the Dolores-within-Charlotte, Halores, discovers that the original was so involved with her job that she mostly ignored her little boy's need for her attention. Charlotte dies in Westworld, but first she should first been forced to see the horrors wrought by her actions.
4 Halores
The first of the blended characters, Halores, is a conflict of identities — torn between her Host consciousness and her new persona, she only does half the things she's supposed to do before shifting gears completely and going in a different direction than either Dolores or Serac.
In the post-credits of the Season 3 finale, Halores is at a Delos facility in Dubai, breeding a large number of Hosts in the underground chambers. The fact that she's probably producing an army for some nefarious purpose without being censured or condemned is downright upsetting. She will have to face the consequences soon enough, though.
3 Robert Ford
Robert Ford might give off kind-Grandpa vibes, but he is one of the most selfish people in Westworld. His brilliance notwithstanding, his lack of compassion towards his creations borders on cruelty.
At the same time, he charges Dolores with bringing about the end of human civilization, an act of hypocrisy only possible from a man whose personal ego is the center of the universe. Let's not even talk about his experiments on Arnold/Bernard. Ford never receives any repercussions for any of his deeds (he "lives" even after Dolores point-blank shoots his brains out.)
2 Engerraund Serac
Serac intended to reshape the world in his own image (or rather, according to Rehoboam's blueprint), not holding back against anyone who dares to get in his way. This typical rich-white-old-man arrogance holds him in good stead for the longest time, allowing him to carefully amass a significant fraction of global GDP, as well as collect and categorize information about every person in the world — using this to select the most appropriate path for them.
For some reason, Maeve and Caleb permit him to live, ranting and raving about his failed ambitions. Is he returning in the next season? If not, Maeve should have definitely gone back for another round.
1 The Man In Black
Dismissing the Man in Black, William, as a dead man is not possible (Ed Harris is all set to reprise his role as an AI-clone (?) of himself in the coming arc.)
For all the atrocities he has committed, not to mention murdering his only child because of his paranoia, he goes through a series of punishments: losing his company, being committed to a mental asylum, and finally having his throat slit by another "him." Not enough. Not for Dolores. Not for Maeve. And certainly not for causing his wife to take her own life.