# 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. ## Related Articles and Collections - **Collection:** [[collections/Consciousness Continuity|Consciousness Continuity]] - **Collection:** [[collections/Neurotech|Neurotech]] - **Collection:** [[collections/Westworld|Westworld]] - **Article:** [[articles/Mind Uploading and AI — The Host is Reusable and the Person is the Delta|Mind Uploading and AI — The Host is Reusable and the Person is the Delta]] - **Article:** [[articles/Technologies for Consciousness Mapping and Transfer|Technologies for Consciousness Mapping and Transfer]] - **Article:** [[articles/Uploading Is Imminent|Uploading Is Imminent]] ## Related Topics - [[wiki/Robert Ford|Robert Ford]] - [[wiki/Westworld S2E7 — The Last Analog Device|Westworld S2E7 — The Last Analog Device]] - [[wiki/Whole Brain Emulation|Whole Brain Emulation]] - [[wiki/Mind Uploading|Mind Uploading]] ## Share on Social Media ``` “We weren’t here to code the hosts. We were here to decode the guests.” — Robert Ford, Season 2, Episode 7, “Les Écorchés” (2018) https://bryantmcgill.com/simple-reminders-robert-ford-park-decoded-guests ```