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The cancelled because the writers had no idea how to finish the story.
These series do not have a set path from day one.
The showrunners had said from the very beginning they had the outline and knew how long it would go. (Also the end of this interview more recently.)
Producers don't sign checks for shows that expensive without knowing what they're signing up for.
I'd also say the regardless of debates on the quality (seems like audiences split pretty hard after S1), the general direction of the story was extremely clear and the entire inversion arc was almost complete. Anyway, regardless of if it were good or not, being robbed of a conclusion of any kind is infuriating.
I think people didn't like how season 2 was filmed. It was non linear. Which was intentional because it's like it was from Bernard's perspective and he had brain damage and couldn't remember or experience things linearly.
I also think a lot of people did not understand this. Even at the end of the season.
It was really a season that had to be watched twice.
I quite liked this artistic approach. But it did not sit well with most people.
I also thought the themes of Westworld are very interesting. It's basically about what counts as autonomy. Are humans programmed ? What counts as a life. And the last season is about what happens if we destroy ourselves. And also delvs into the concept of copies of ones self and what that means.
A lot of philosophy in that show.
I would argue that season 1 was so well crafted because it follows in the footsteps of the original feature film. From the start it had a clear destination, with the real story being "how in the world did we get here?" Constraints make good art and all that.