The first series, based on the 1973 film of the same name by Michael Crichton, reveals a Wild West-themed park populated by extremely lifelike robots (‘hosts’), which react to events in the same way as humans would. Thus, while there are storylines to follow and quests to go on, guests at the park inevitably prefer to enact their darkest fantasies on ‘people’ who can’t fight back instead: hurting, abusing and killing the hosts repeatedly.

As some of the hosts begin to retain memories of their experiences, questions of free will and the true nature of human consciousness are raised.

Newton’s character in particular seemed to play an important role in freeing herself and her fellow robots from the cycle of violence and repair, before it was revealed that her dramatic and bloody escape plan was also programmed into her at some point.

However, the show’s creators, Jonathan Nolan and Lisa Joy, revealed in March that the closing moments of the first series actually saw Maeve make her very first decision – jumping off the train she’d fought her way to and deciding to re-enter the park to find her daughter, despite knowing her remembered relatives were merely part of past storylines.

The show has been a huge hit, raking in millions of viewers and landing 22 Emmy nominations.

In some of the final scenes of the last series, the audience hears Dolores whisper, “I understand now. This world doesn’t belong to them. It belongs to us.”

If this trailer is anything to go by, looks like she’s on the money.

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The Westworld series two trailer is here – and Dolores is taking no prisoners