Maeve has recently been experiencing vivid scenes flooding her mind mid-conversation. In these visions, she sees her saloon and brothel being raided by gunmen, with herself and her friends shot and fallen to the ground. What terrifies Maeve more than death itself is that just as she believes she is about to die, people in full-body suits and helmets appear, taking her away to an unknown place. When Maeve returns to the saloon to entertain guests again, it is as if nothing had ever happened—even the gunshot wound on her abdomen leaves no scar. Maeve senses that these "outsiders" in full-body suits may hold secrets of great importance to her. She decides to sketch their appearances on paper while she still remembers and hide the drawings under the floorboards.
As Maeve pries open the floorboards to hide the drawing, she discovers a large stack of papers. Picking them up, she realizes they are all drawings she had hidden at some point, each depicting the "outsiders" from her memories.
Bernard speaks with Dolores again. He notices that Dolores's emotional awareness is becoming increasingly sophisticated, more and more like that of a human. Having lost her parents, she appears deeply sorrowful, feeling that this sense of grief brings her pain. Knowing that Dolores is programmed with such nuanced emotions, Bernard asks her if she would like to erase this painful feeling. Dolores's response astonishes him. She wishes to keep these painful memories, as this pain is the only reminder she has of her parents.
Dolores's growing resemblance to a human both frightens and inexplicably excites Bernard. Dolores is a unique existence in Westworld, and Bernard decides to create an opportunity for her to engage in a "maze game" within the park, hoping she can uncover the truth of this world through clues.
After the death of her parents, Dolores breaks free from her storyline to solve the mysteries in her heart. The operations staff notice this anomaly and dispatch a host under the pretext of searching for a missing person to bring Dolores back to her storyline. Just as the two are arguing, the young man appears and takes Dolores away.
While participating in a bounty hunter activity with his friend, the young man passes through a small town where he once again sees Dolores, who has been occupying his thoughts. Knowing she is in danger, he decides to take her along on his journey.
The Man in Black, with a skull engraved with a maze, a captive, and a team of men, prepares to break into the prison. Hector, the gunslinger who caused chaos in the town earlier, is imprisoned. The Man in Black's actions are not out of mere boredom or goodwill—to find the truth, he must first play by the world's rules. Freeing Hector is necessary to push events toward a deeper truth. The Man in Black offers the captive, a deserter from the opposing faction, to their leader in exchange for Hector's release. Just as both sides believe the trade is successful and the captive is about to be executed, the Man in Black suddenly opens fire, shooting at the opposing faction. Hector is released back to Sweetwater, where Maeve is, while the Man in Black continues his plans with the captive.
Hector once again storms into the saloon where Maeve works, this time as a raider. Within the scenario, Maeve knows she has been killed by this man before and decides to strike first this time. However, she does not intend to kill him but instead threatens him with a gun, forcing him into a room. Maeve knows Hector wants the contents of her room's safe. She does not stop him but demands a trade: for every two digits of the safe code she reveals, Hector must share something he knows about those "outsiders." Hector tells Maeve that these people are like gods—they can help them but also control them. Maeve finds this both unbelievable and yet somehow expected.
Maeve instructs Hector to hold a knife to her abdomen and cut open the area where she was shot. The moment her abdomen is slit open, Maeve realizes that the scenes frequently appearing in her mind are her real experiences. She retrieves a bullet that had not been fully cleaned out after she was shot.