Westworld Episode 7: Thandie Newton as Maeve. (John P. Johnson/HBO)

Maeve Millay
(Thandie Newton)

Maeve is the tough-as-nails brothel madam in her current narrative. But after memories surface of a past life in which she and her daughter are brutally murdered by the Man in Black, Maeve gains control of her own mind both in and out of the park. As the season progresses, Maeve uses her expanded sentience to learn more about the dark masters of her world — and devise a plan for their undoing.

Episode Nine: Maeve has just recruited Hector Escaton (Rodrigo Santoro) to her army of enlightened Hosts.