The 'Westworld' creators just offered up every season 2 spoiler to superfans — here's what you need to know

• "Westworld" co-creators Jonathan Nolan and Lisa Joy did an AMA on the show's subreddit.
• They posted a note at the end of it, proposing a radical idea to fans.
• "We're going to post a video that lays out the plot (and twists and turns) of season [two]," Nolan wrote. "Everything. The whole sordid thing. Up front."
• This is a new plan to avoid the conflation of "fan theories" and "spoilers" on the show. 
• Though Nolan might be joking, the suggestion seems real for now.
• Read the full Reddit post below.
• Spoilers ahead for the first season of "Westworld."

HBO's "Westworld" is a series unlike any other, the first season of which provided fan-theory-enthusiasts with more fodder than any single person could digest. Thanks to the ravenous "Westworld" fans on show's subreddit, most of the "twists" on the first season were figured out weeks in advance. 

Now "Westworld" co-creators Jonathan Nolan and Lisa Joy are proposing a radical solution to the increasingly blurred line between a "fan theory" and a "spoiler." 

They want to upload a video laying out the full scope of the second season, with every plot point, ahead of time. 

"If you guys agree, we're going to post a video that lays out the plot (and twists and turns) of season two. Everything. The whole sordid thing. Up front," Nolan wrote during an AMA on the "Westworld" subreddit."That way the members of the community here who want the season spoiled for them can watch ahead, and then protect the rest of the community, and help to distinguish between what's 'theory' and what's spoiler."

Of course, we must consider that Nolan and Joy are pulling our leg. Perhaps the video will simply be a new trailer, or a compilation of misdirections that will leave everyone more lost than ever ahead of the second season premiere.

"It's a new age, and a new world in terms of the relationship between the folks making shows and the community watching them," Nolan's comment continued. "And trust is a big part of that. We've made our cast part of this decision, and they're fully supportive. We're so excited to be in this with you guys together. So if this post reaches a 1000 upvotes we'll deliver the goods."

Read the full comment posted from Nolan's account here.

While explaining the decision, Nolan mentions how "Game of Thrones" fans have approached protecting spoilers for show-only fans. The first five or so seasons of HBO's show contained plot points from George R.R. Martin's "A Song of Ice and Fire" novels, and for the most part book readers kept those details from leaking into mainstream discussions. 

But "Westworld" is a different beast. The first season was only loosely based on Michael Crichton's 1973 movie of the same name. The twists fans figured out — like William being the Man in Black or how Bernard was really a host-copy of Arnold— were deduced by using clever foreshadowing and clues placed by Nolan and Joy intentionally. 

However, since most TV reporters these days will look to subreddits like /r/Westworld in the course of their coverage, those fan theories that were correct were widely shared by sites like the one you're reading now. Which led to inadvertent spoiling of storylines well ahead of the show's reveals.

So if Nolan and Joy were to unveil the season's arc in advance, that would hypothetically put a stopper on media sites writing articles about fan theories because we'll already know it's right. Right? 

This entire idea hinges on the creators placing a lot of trust in their fans. Spoilers for major shows like "Game of Thrones" and "Westworld" can be weaponized when placed in the wrong hands. 

We'll have to see how this proposal pans out, and if it is true, where this major TV experiment goes next. 

The second season of "Westworld" premieres Sunday, April 22. Catch up with 19 major details you might have missed in the latest trailer here. 

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