How 'Westworld' has uncomfortably reflected our world

The query was raised via an on-screen prompt following the confusing Season 1 finale of HBO's "Westworld." Perplexed viewers were then directed to a website where they could get some answers. But that question has also been ruminating in our collective consciousness since Nov. 8 when Donald Trump's victory marked the biggest upset in the history of presidential elections, after one of the most uncivilized campaign slogs in modern memory. Unfortunately, there is no explainer website to clear things up. Both events offered surprise endings and more dispiriting parallels than were probably good for our threadbare attention spans. "Westworld" started as a sci-fi drama set in a Wild West-style theme park when it debuted in October, where robot hosts fulfilled the fantasies of human guests and, ultimately, it was humanity that took a vacation.