Westworld

Michael Crichton's 1973 film about a robot theme park, the sequel nobody remembers, the CBS series nobody saw, and the HBO show that was cancelled one season short.

0%
complete

Where to start with Westworld

Two separate things share this name. The 1973 film is a lean eighty eight minute thriller about a theme park going wrong. The HBO series is credited as based on that film, not as a sequel to it, and shares the premise and almost nothing else. Start with whichever appeals, because neither requires the other. What you should know before starting the HBO series is that it was cancelled after four seasons with a fifth planned, so it does not end so much as stop.

  1. 1
    Westworld, season 1 Westworld

    Ten episodes and the best thing here. It intercuts events thirty years apart without telling you, which is deliberate; accept the contradictions and let the finale explain them.

  2. 2
    Westworld (1973) Westworld

    Crichton's original, and a good reason to stop after the first season and watch something that does the same idea in eighty eight minutes.

  3. 3
    Westworld, season 2 Westworld

    Ten episodes and more interleaved timelines than the first. Where people either commit or get off.

  4. 4
    Futureworld Futureworld

    Only if you liked the 1973 film enough to want the sequel. It is not good, and it is short.

Then what? undefined

A suggested way in, not an official one. The full list is below: tick anything off in either place.

0titles watched
0episodes checked
0left to watch
up next

The Films

  • Westworld 1973
  • Futureworld 1976

The 1980 Series

  • Beyond Westworld 1980, 1 season, 3 episodes

The HBO Series

  • Westworld 2016, 4 seasons, 36 episodes

Sync & backup

Your progress is saved on this device automatically. The code below takes a copy out and puts it back. Moving a whole list onto a device that has nothing on it yet is part of the subscription.

The code holds only this franchise. The link opens the tracker with your progress already filled in, good for showing someone where you're at. The image is a picture you can keep anywhere: scan the code on it with a phone, or drag the file back in below.

Every franchise you have touched, in one code.

Scan it with another device's camera, or paste the code in below. It never leaves your browser.

Drag a SagaList image here, or .

This reads the progress stored inside the picture, so nothing has to be retyped. If the image has been through a messaging app it may have been re-encoded and lost that: scan the code on it instead, or copy the code printed along the bottom.

Takes either kind of code. A single franchise code replaces that franchise, on any device. An everything code merges by default, so nothing you have ticked on this device is lost. Putting a whole list onto a device that has nothing on it yet is the part an account pays for.

Read only. This never changes what you have saved, and nothing leaves your browser. The code has to be their code for this same franchise: codes do not carry a name, so one from somewhere else may not be recognised as wrong.