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Fallout S1 E7, E8

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“The Radio”

“The Beginning”

I ended the first season of Fallout with the final two episodes of this video game adaptation. The first season, which absolutely ended with a set-up for season two, was great, and I would be excited to see a second season and spend more time with these characters.

Lucy arrived to rescue her father, Hank, but she was not too happy to discover the truth. Hank was the driving force of destroying the city of Shady Sands. The confrontation between Lucy and Hank was intense and tough to watch, mainly because I did not want to be rooting against Kyle MacLachlan.

Maximus may have finally won me over. He has taken a serious journey this season and, since leaving the vault, Maximus has done some awesome things. Plus, we learn that he did not sabotage the shoes of his friend. I liked how he and Lucy’s relationship developed. It felt earned and helped me feel more for Maximus.

The Ghoul and his back story continued as he discovered that his wife was behind a bunch of the original issues 200 years before. But in the present, he still does not know what has happened to his family.

Norm is on his way to discovering the truth about his father as well as he has manipulated his way into Vault 31 and discovered a weird brain in a mobile jar. It speaks too in a slightly funny tone. This was an odd set of scenes with Norm in Vault 31. It was not what I was expecting.

Still not sure what Betty wants with sending a group of the people to Vault 32. I hope that is another story to build in the second season.

Fallout S1 E6

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“The Trap”

This show has been very consistently solid every episode, and it has given us enough from the history of the world and the background of these characters, as well as the mystery surrounding the vaults to keep things really interesting.

The main thrust of this week’s episode was two pronged. One, we get to see more with Lucy and Maximus inside the new Vault that they quite literally stumbled into at the hospital at the end of episode five. Then, two, we get to see more about the background and life of the Ghoul, and start to get some idea about what is motivating him all the while continuing to see what a bad ass he is.

Maximus finding the vault-life to be appealing is a funny bit. Having him see all of the things that he had never seen before while living on the surface, such as a hot shower, a record player or oysters, was comedic while serving his character. And Maximus’s response to Lucy’s questioning him to see if he wanted to have sex was truly hilarious. “It gets hard and explodes like a pimple” is an appropriate manner to describe it.

There was some weird stuff happening in this vault too as there were a lot of surface dwellers who had been brought into the vault. We saw them carrying off some kind of cult-like ceremony involving blood. Never a positive sign.

It creeped Lucy out and she is anxious about what is happening in this vault. The episode ends with Lucy getting grabbed by people from the vault while Maximus is just living his best life, with popcorn in his new, white robe.

There was also an epic scene with the Ghoul and some guy he knew from before, who claimed to be president. The Ghoul is just an awesome character.

Fallout continues to be so good that I am looking forward to the final two episodes of the season. Video game adaptations are on a pretty good role.

Fallout S1 E5

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“The Past”

I have to say that I am really enjoying the mystery aspect of the Vaults. I wonder if the mystery is as compelling to those people who have played the video game as it is to me. Either way, I am excited to know more about the machinations going on with the elections. Betty is surprisingly sinister. She has some kind of plot going on.

My thoughts about Norm being suspect seem to be gone from my mind now. He is the person

The interactions between Maximus and Lucy are great. Maximus has not been my favorite character, and I think that is by design. When he revealed his identity to his squire and the squire did not react well, Maximus had every intention of killing him. This makes me think that Maximus has a long way to go to be a decent guy.

The whole conflict on the bridge with the fiends was tense and surprisingly funny. It was really well written.

It also led to Maximus taking a bullet wound that he tried to brush off, but was worse than he let on. This led them to a hospital and they ended up in a vault. Which one? I do not know. But I can not wait to see where it goes.

We did not see the Ghoul in this episode, which dealt with some of the past history of the world. We did get a glance at the head of poor Ben Linus…

Fallout S1 E3, E4

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“The Head”

“The Ghouls”

Lots of things happening on the next two episodes of Fallout. I don’t want to recap everything, but, instead, I just want to give some of my thoughts.

I love Lucy. She has shown to be a remarkable survivor, facing off with all kinds of challenges. And who knew the Golden Rule could be used like that? Her coming out party as a bad ass at the end of episode four was excellent.

The Ghoul’s back story looks to be awesome. Seeing more about him by seeing some of the time of his life when he was an actor provided some nice specifics about this character.

Maximus is still my least favorite character in here and his absence in episode four was fine with me. Giving him a squire to play off, specifically the one they give him, should help him to develop more.

The soundtrack has been amazing. I love the variety of the music that they use to tell the story.

Lucy’s brother Norm, is giving me the Maximus from the Inhumans vibes. I don’t know if I am misreading the situation, but I really get some eventual evil from him. Maybe I’m incorrect. There is certainly machinatio0ns going on in the vault.

The idea that they are all trying to find Ben Linus’s head is funny. I guess Maximus currently has the head, but who knows where it goes next.

Lucy saving the Ghoul at the end…where will that lead?

This has been a ton of fun so far. The whole series is available on Amazon Prime.

Fallout S1 E2

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“The Target”

Look, it Benjamin Linus!

Oh…poor Ben.

Michael Emerson, who played Benjamin Linus on my all time favorite TV show LOST, made his debut and finale(?) on Fallout’s second episode in an episode that absolutely rocked hard.

Michael Emerson played a character named Dr. Siggi Wilzig, who is a scientist who goes on the run with his dog. He can’t be that bad of a guy, can he?

Well, he brings all of our main characters that we were introduced to last episode together for a big time fight over the now legless (thanks Ghoul) Wilzig.

I enjoyed the progression of the character Maximus in this episode too as he claimed this giant armor for himself. His battle with the Ghoul was rough and displayed how dangerous the Ghoul actually is.

Michael Rapaport cameoed as Knight Titus and I swear the guy trying to get the sand through the water filter sounded like Woody Harrelson, but I can not find a confirmation about that.

Lucy continues to have a great arc and is my favorite character. When she has to do what she does at the end of the episode, I felt so bad for Wilzig and laughed at the situation for Lucy.

I really enjoyed this episode all the way through. It feels as if it took a step up from a very strong premiere.

Fallout S1 E1

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“The End”

I think the TV shows that are based on video games have been doing great recently. There was The Last of Us, and now we have a new video game series on Amazon Prime called Fallout.

I have not played the Fallout video game so I have no predetermined expectations for the corresponding show.

However I do have a love for the actor Kyle MacLachlan, who was Agent Cooper in Twin Peaks. I know that Michael Emerson, who played Ben on LOST, is coming next episode. Love these actors and it gives me an inspiration to watch the show.

The opening scene of the bombs being dropped on LA was devastating and kind of difficult to watch. It reminded me of the dark beginning of The Last of Us, which saw the death of Joel’s daughter Sarah.

We focus in on two main characters for most of the episode: Lucy and Maximus. Then, we end the episode meeting The Ghoul.

Lucy is played by Ella Purnell. Lucy is Kyle MacLachlan’s Hank’s daughter. Maximus is played by Aaron Clifton Moten. The Ghoul is played by the exquisite Walter Goggins.

Hank is taken from the bomb shelter by people from the surface world. This sends Lucy after him. I would expect her to come into contact with our other protagonists. Her story, for me, was more compelling than Maximus’s so the show does have some work to do for me to engage with his character. The Ghoul is just a cool cowboy and I want more from him.

All eight episodes have dropped on Amazon Prime and I will be working to watch the rest of these over the next few weeks. I do not expect a binge as the episodes are all around (or surpassing) the hour runtime.