# The Park Decoded Guests Instead of Coding Hosts by Robert Ford
> “We weren’t here to code the hosts. We were here to decode the guests.”
> **— Robert Ford**, *Westworld, Season 2, Episode 7, “Les Écorchés” (2018)*
## Sources and Context
- **Complete episode transcript:** [“Les Écorchés” transcript](https://www.springfieldspringfield.co.uk/view_episode_scripts.php?episode=s02e07&tv-show=westworld-2016) — wording, speaker, episode, and scene boundary checked against the full broadcast-dialogue transcript.
- **Official series context:** [Westworld | Warner Bros. Discovery Pressroom](https://press.wbd.com/us/property/westworld) — official series and production context.
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