FALLOUT Ending Explained (Full Series Breakdown)

Fallout ending explained. The Fallout Season 1 ending and full series has many iconic moments that fans of the game will understand, while others will leave the show with questions. The ending scene, New Vegas in season 2, the vaults and The Ghoul's origin are just some of the elements of Fallout that need further discussion. In this breakdown of Jonathan Nolan's Fallout on Prime, I've explained it all. There are heavy spoilers in this video.
Fallout is an upcoming American post-apocalyptic drama television series created by Lisa Joy and Jonathan Nolan, and executive produced by Geneva Robertson-Dworet and Graham Wagner for Amazon Prime Video. It is based on the role-playing video game franchise created by Interplay Entertainment and now owned by Bethesda Softworks. The show follows Lucy, a resident of Vault 33, who leaves behind the only life she has ever known to explore an irradiated Los Angeles in an effort to rescue her father, Hank.
#Fallout #FalloutOnPrime #Prime
WESTWORLD Season 5 Theories & Predictions:
bit.ly/3wmZmmh
WESTWORLD Season 4 Episode 8 Ending Explained & Review:
bit.ly/3weh8bj
WESTWORLD Season 1 - The Best First Season Of TV:
bit.ly/3DojjNY
1899 Explained (Ending & Full Breakdown):
bit.ly/3UXNy3Y
Why 1899 Will Be As Good As DARK:
bit.ly/3N2AUO3
DARK Video Essay - The Perfect Ending:
bit.ly/3S6doRL
DARK Video Essay - The Evolution Of Characters:
bit.ly/3LjvNrZ
DARK Video Essay - The Best First Season Of Television:
bit.ly/3BgliBe
The Making Of OPPENHEIMER - Behind The Scenes Details & Featurette Reveals:
• The Making Of OPPENHEI...
Christopher Nolan On Making OPPENHEIMER:
• Christopher Nolan On M...
Why OPPENHEIMER Is A Masterpiece:
• Why OPPENHEIMER Is A M...
OPPENHEIMER Review - The Best Movie Of The Year (So Far):
• OPPENHEIMER Review - T...
OPPENHEIMER - Creating The Ultimate Biopic Film:
• Why OPPENHEIMER Won Be...
The Perfect Scene In OPPENHEIMER:
• The Perfect Scene In O...
OPPENHEIMER: What Makes Cillian Murphy Great:
• OPPENHEIMER: What Make...
OPPENHEIMER Ending Explained (Full Movie Breakdown):
• OPPENHEIMER Ending Exp...
OPPENHEIMER Explained: The Biggest Questions Answered:
• OPPENHEIMER Explained:...
OPPENHEIMER Explained: The Biggest Differences From The Book:
• OPPENHEIMER - Biggest ...
Fallout - Teaser Trailer | Prime Video:
• Fallout - Teaser Trail...
Fallout - Official Trailer | Prime Video:
• Fallout - Official Tra...
Timestamps:
0:00 Intro
1:15 Fallout Season 1 Explained
6:06 Fallout Wasteland Explained
8:11 Fallout: The Ghoul Explained
10:36 Fallout: Maximus And The Brotherhood Of Steel Explained
13:12 Fallout: Norm, Vault 31 And Vault 4 Explained
16:04 Wilzig's Artifact And Cold Fusion Energy Explained
17:14 Fallout Ending Explained
21:26 Fallout Season 2 Teases New Vegas
Follow Cortex on Social Media:
/ cortexvideos
/ cortexvideos
/ cortexvideos
/ cortexvideos
FALLOUT Ending Explained (Full Series Breakdown)

[@CortexVideos]

Jonathan Nolan's Fallout series has now been released on Amazon Prime and I breakdown all the key moments and what's to come in season 2. What did you think of the new show? CORRECTION: The Shady Sands Bombing was around 15 years prior to the main timeline of the show, not 50 years. Was a mistake on my part, so apologies!

[@craigwatt1303]

the organ harvesting robot is snips not cogsworth

[@Jaysin412]

​@@craigwatt1303it's "Snip snip" not snips. 😂

[@Jaysin412]

​@@craigwatt1303the actor that provided the voice for the Mr. Handy bots last name was codsworth in the show. I forget the actual actors name, he's from "what we do in the shadows" on hulu

[@tombuilder1475]

@@craigwatt1303 that is the nick name the Jet heads gave him.

[@tombuilder1475]

@@Jaysin412 that is the nick name the Jet heads gave him.

[@sleepingnarrative2639]

My favorite part is how Amazon made a show about the dangers of massive corporations 😂. Good show overall though.

[@yashashgc3488]

The boys makes fun of corporations and politics.

[@gozerthegozarian9500]

Yeah, the irony wasn't lost on me, either!

[@AdrianFahrenheitTepes]

Vault Tec being at least a questionable organization has been a thing throughout the Fallout Series. Even in Fallout 2 you had the Enclave who called their followers from the Vaults, and understood a bit about the Vaults and Vault Tec Corporation protocols

[@zjmgxclips5633]

They didn’t make it

[@joseemilioborrero1591]

All real

[@michaelll]

The last episode was really good.

[@kickballjedi]

You can tell it was directed by Noland, the same thing happened in his Westworld series season one. All of the little clues that were dropped throughout the episodes all fell into place perfectly.

[@alexramon9679]

@@kickballjediThat happens in like every show ever…

[@anthonygordon9483]

I love how the brotherhood of steel pushes for loyalty within their ranks yet their rules encourage people decieve each other rather then support them.

[@willbaggiins9441]

the show caught me off guard...i really really really loved it... i love the characters Lucy, Maximus, and Lucy's brother. i thank God that we didnt get a Halo type of bullcrap.

[@leecebby7056]

Omg me too!! Kinda wanna watch again. So sad I binged it 😢😂❤

[@Just_Do_It97]

That cult worship hella threw me off guard lmao

[@Phantomgod99]

Agreed that scene was way out of pocket

[@krakulandia]

Season 2 has been officially confirmed, so we will definitely get that.

[@Devil-yo7og]

Season 2 was green lit before ep 1 was even out, I can’t wait to see it, I binged the whole show in a night, I’m so excited

[@erichpizer1]

Prime finally did a great job all things considered

[@macaulayr15]

Coming from someone who’s never played the games, I thought it was great and really enjoyed it!

[@keithkuhn6404]

There was a computer terminal in vault 31. Norm has some computer skills as he had work assignment in 33's computer room, and also broke into 33's managers (Betty?) system to get to 31. So why can't he (Norm) reprogram the system to make himself the permanent manager of vault of vault 32 (which only has an "interim" manager)? He might have to first smash or "brain" the brain in a can" first. When one is told that he has only two choices, he might become very enthusiastic (Norm has said that he has been unenthusiastic about his assignments) and creative. Norm already has two allies in the newly repopulated vault 32 or ones that he can bribe.

[@electriceccentrics]

Walton Goggins.. DAMN what A great actor! I didnt even recognize him until I saw him as The Ghoul! If they cast Timothy at this point, I'll be disappointed. He carries this show!!!!!! (love Justified btw, if you cant tell)

[@JonathanLittle-uu8oy]

I love that they released every episode at once. I wish all streaming services would do that. If you have to wait a week to watch the next episode and there’s one slow episode I end up forgetting ab it and move on. I finished this in 3 days and enjoyed it and want more even though I’ve never played the game.

[@lukegeekwalker2689]

No

[@dwkwb8]

My wife loved this show even though she’s never seen or played the games.

[@krabbza]

7:24 just a teeny bit correction 🤓 but I think the Mr Handy robot is named Snip Snip, Codsworth is our Mr Handy butler from Fallout 4

[@tombuilder1475]

Snip snip is the name the jet heads gave him DERP! they introduce the voice actor for Codsworth so no!

[@quasar7096]

@@tombuilder1475calm it down Bob the builder . Lol Jesus

[@The_Rude_French_Canadian]

@@quasar7096why? He’s right. There’s a whole scene with the codsworth voice actor..

[@tombuilder1475]

@@quasar7096 clam down bob the quasar jesus!

[@Mripvanwinkle29o11]

I 100% believe house is gone cause the strip is in ruins so it’s either NCR or independent Vegas or more unlikely it’s probably legion but I don’t think it will. I also think moldavers raiders are either what’s left of the NCR or just a small group left in California which I hope not.

[@luckyhippy4898]

She has an NCR flag at her headquarters on the last episode.

[@tombuilder1475]

Snip snip is the name that the Jet heads gave him. it is a med bot version of Codsworth. we meet the voice actor for that robco robot line.

[@AtlasH0456]

It’s a mr handy. Codsworth was the sole survivors mr handy

[@mikejamison4520]

If shady sands as you said was nuked 50 years ago. How did maximus survive it and be a child?!

[@CortexVideos]

Corrected it in the pinned comment, you are right. Was a mistake on my part, so apologies about that!

[@mikejamison4520]

@@CortexVideos oh now I see that

[@Jaysin412]

They don't say when shady sands was nuked. It shows that shady sands "fell" in 2077, with an arrow then pointing to a mushroom cloud after the "fall", like we date the fall of Rome, but we know that parts of the empire survived well after the central empire.

[@The_Rude_French_Canadian]

@@Jaysin412it says 2277 on the board that’s when shady sands fell. 2077 is when the original bombs destroy the world.

[@strife9878]

If Chris Nolan really is adapting the prisoner , Walter Goggins would be a great pick for lead

[@loganrp06]

If you watch the ending of episode 8 it seems to be that it was destroyed beaches of the dead machine and deathclaw skull

[@icrywhenisleep2130]

Gotta show the courier but it looks like a battle went down in New vegas so they probably showed up to help but were unsuccessful

[@heroofRaven]

It was not 50 years. Since shade sands was destroyed. Maximus was not 50+ years old. He was a child found in the ruble. Also Lucy lived there prior to its destruction and she's also not 50+.

[@CortexVideos]

Yes i corrected it in the pinned comment.

[@heroofRaven]

@@CortexVideos because you are the best!

[@jakobemilmonkeypants]

The fact we got to see Mr. House and basically some of The Enclave is just amazing to me...

[@jeffreynicol8287]

I’m interested to see which Fallout New Vegas ending is actually canon in Season 2. Lots to think about since the show starts after Fallout New Vegas.

[@Campbell5339]

unpopular opinion but this season was great

[@CortexVideos]

I thought it was brilliant too

[@NotoriousDLT]

That seems to be a popular opinion

[@Dularr]

The debate was dropping all episodes.

[@thomasadams9395]

Don’t think that’s unpopular.Seems most people enjoyed this series.Have heard many bad things from anyone,

[@jakobemilmonkeypants]

It's not unpopular, literally everyone loves it

[@chazclark86]

He was called Snip Snip not Codsworth. Codsworth was from Fallout 4.

[@Icecold_Fitness]

Look forward to seeing the legion in season 2

[@Banzai51]

Maximus doesn't look like anything near 50. He was there when Shady Sands got nuked.

[@HR1S]

I’m pretty sure that the organ-harvesting robot was called snip snip

[@kengenorris4062]

Ive watched a few of these recaps and i think moldaver is a ghoul but has really good rad away.😅 Probably not, but everyone that keeps saying that she was in cryo... Maybe! But she came out to build shady sands so after it got bombed she survived without being irradiated 😮. So you said shady sands was 50 years ago why are Lucy norm and Hank not older also

[@AyshaDederer]

If I hear anyone call Dogmeat “that dog” AGAIN 🤬

[@sparkeyjames]

Micro chips HAD been invented. Remember the Platinum chip from New Vegas. It wasn't just a poker chip it was a microchip.

[@sumcallmejesus]

He's gonna go to Big Mountain for sure. If anybody has a plan it's them

[@printisdead1983]

If they made a die hard remake, goggins should play mclane

[@zanesweeten2523]

It has officially been greenlit for season 2 btw

[@user-yg3gr9en4y]

20:13 wait wait, if shady sands nuke was 50 years ago, & Maximus was a child coming out of a fridge, how old is he meant to be!? im confused

[@nucksfordacup]

Same with Lucy. She was also a child before it got nuked/fell, and her brother was with her too. So does it mean they age much slower?

[@stellviahohenheim]

Yes all the radiation caused everyone to age slower than usual

[@Kingsuketo]

@@nucksfordacuphe messed up it was 15 years ago

[@carpeimodiem]

It kept me wanting more. But I genuinely don't know how long they can keep up that pace going forward. The first season was fantastic. It all came together, exactly like we had hoped it would. But the writing itself was "massive plot twist after massive plot twist..." And there's nooo way to keep that pace running for more than one more season. Maybe two more if they're literal screenwriting gods.

[@rnettles6241]

The fact that a true feast has been presented to starving peasants sacked by Disney, makes it even more satisfying.

[@ChrisRstep]

It was fun better then most video game adaptations

[@greatguytv]

Not 50 years ago. We know that Lucy went to shady sands When she was a child At about age 5Which is about 15 years ago. Maybe she's 25Now and it was 20 years ago Maybe she's a bit younger

[@Ubernerd3000]

Also, Maximus is FROM Shady Sands; he appears to be maybe 5-8 yrs old the day he’s rescued by the BOS, which makes it less than 20 yrs ago…

[@ladymecha8718]

On the chalkboard in vault 4, for the school, Lucy sees the year of bombing of Shady Sands; it’s 2277. This makes it 19 years ago from the series present.

[@cyovu]

@@ladymecha8718shady sands wasn’t bombed on 2277 it was the beginning of the “fall” of Shady sands judging how at the time the NCR was stretched thin in Vegas with the First Battle of The Hover Dam resources would also be thin and that would lead to the decline of Shady Sands and Nv takes place on 2281 and the show takes place on 2296 a 15 year gap also judging how Lucy and Maximus were both young children and were IN shady sands you can kinda pin point that it was bombed somewhere around 2281-2283

[@ladymecha8718]

@@cyovu thanks for further clarifying the point. 👍

[@cyovu]

@@ladymecha8718 no problem just making sure we are all on the same page so no one is confused ✌️

[@silkiesmoove6268]

There's a part in the last episode where all the evil corporations are talking about making America great. And I absolutely just loved that reference

[@The_Rude_French_Canadian]

Make America great was an 80’s Reagan slogan…

[@ashleylee7103]

I have a theory that Maximus is Moldavers son, aka Lucy's step brother 🤣

[@BUY_YOUTUB_VIEWS_347]

Your channel has become one of my favorites. I'm always excited to see new uploads.

[@CortexVideos]

Appreciate that a lot, glad you enjoy the uploads!

[@Revan638]

Shady sands can’t be nuked 50 years ago the fallout show plays in the year 2296 thos are 9 years after fallout 4 and 15 years after fallout new Vegas where shady sands still existed not anymore as the capitol of the ncr but it still was prosperous Shady sand did have go get nuked after 2281 and before 2295

[@silkiesmoove6268]

Do you have a geiger counter?

[@eagleclan6798]

Mine is in the shop

[@andrewprescottmusicprescot1347]

Brilliant 😊. But no super mutants !

[@rickyricardo2280]

Damn Amazon knows how to make shows 💀

[@anngo4140]

Hope to see Thaddeus back next season

[@abrohamlincoln2232]

Idk confirming vault tec either dropped or supplied kind messes up the lore of the games

[@sabian5290]

They didn’t confirm it tho necessarily. All vault tec had to do was sabotage peace talks

[@The_Rude_French_Canadian]

It’s not “inspired by” it’s literally canon.

[@kaitlind3]

How the fuck was shady sands 50 years ago? Lucy is like 25, maximus was a child when it happened? They aren't 50???

[@kaitlind3]

Lucy was out and about in Shady Sands. I'm so confused.

[@tresybear69]

Thirty not furtefree

[@johnpaullomocso3367]

wat so maximus is more tha 50 years old?

[@sparkeyjames]

Given the timeline on the chalkboard Maximus was rescued he looked to be 8-10 years old. So he'd be in his late teens in 2296.

[@usmanshahid5500]

I watced i like very much yes such a good web series

[@Sam_T2000]

seems like any corporation would stand to earn more money by _not_ destroying the Earth.

[@keithkuhn6404]

They were already rich and this bunch of psychos wants what they did not have, that being power or god like power (to be in control of the big game). I am guessing that somewhere along the line something got out of control.

[@Sam_T2000]

@@keithkuhn6404 - then perhaps it’s better to describe them as motivated by megalomania, rather than capitalism.

[@evgeniygerkus9242]

To be completely honest, not looking forward to season 2. Being able to see New Vegas again was a treat for sure, however, the credit scene immediately killed all the excitement. Why did the NCR take the fight to New Vegas? Why did they destroy infrastructure that would've helped them generate money in the future? Why did they destroy other casinos and not Lucky 38? Where was House's laser defence system? Why Bethesda and everyone who works for them are so obsessed with destruction?

[@AdrianFahrenheitTepes]

Because they want to retell successful stories from successful past games. It’s how profit works in a lot of cases such as Star Wars. So what this show did was that the writers knew that the game stories of Fallout 1, 2, and 3 sold, and were iconic to the Fallout game series, so they did a Soft Reboot where NCR gets nuked and they have to tell a story in the status quo of the earlier Fallout games. Also, Vault Tec using the nukes was hillariously bad. The nukes happened in the original Fallout games because the various economies all over the world crashed because of running out of oil and precious metals, so they got insane from their desperation and nuked each other in that madness. Cold Fusion wasn’t even a new invention in even the original Fallout games either. It’s the normal power source both in the past and present day of the Fallout games for everything from laser guns to cars and buildings.

[@evgeniygerkus9242]

@@AdrianFahrenheitTepes and I don't even think that's necessarily a bad thing. If anything, it's good for the environment and I'm all for it. Why write new stories, create new factions and original characters when you can recycle the old ones?

[@AdrianFahrenheitTepes]

@@evgeniygerkus9242 Well there’s two incidences of Bethesda telling similar stories with 3 and 4 just by using new locations. It helped make the world feel a bit larger too, especially with the new monsters in Fallout 4 and to a lesser extent in Fallout 3 along with the settings of Washington D.C. and Massachusetts. Of all the things about Fallout 3, that I wasn’t as impressed with, the New Location of Washington DC was not one of them.

[@evgeniygerkus9242]

@@AdrianFahrenheitTepes it's funny, but with each new piece of fallout content, I realise that the previous stuff wasn't bad at all. Even with the tv show, I enjoyed most of it. The acting, the humor, some of the plot twists, the pre-war story, all of it was great. The only problem I have with it is that for once, Todd didn't lie. The scriptwriters really were given complete freedom. If only they've had some of the game developers help them tell their own story in the world that they clearly don't know all that well.

[@tomv7017]

so Maximus is over 50 years old?

[@kennethgh828]

No, he messed up. The nuke dropped 15 years ago

[@Tigersann]

Its a good story unlike the Witcher, but still they managed to instill the wokeness within... Fallout idea was based on the 50-60's society, which did not have a lot of cultural diversity, and this is in the lore... Moreover cooper's wife was a "bossbitch" which in the sixties was unheardof, and belittling cooper himself was cringy as fuck... but aside of those aspects it was a good show! Good story, good acting, well maybe not Maximus... lol

[@bazookajoe8524]

A lot of boss bitches in the show, interracial couples and a they them in the brotherhood which was an absolute weird spot to place one 6.4/10.

[@sparkeyjames]

I thought the actor did a credible job on Maximus. A bullied introverted teenager with PTSD, due to the bombing of his home and loss of his parents, also he has mediocre intelligence. He is being forced along a certain path in the brotherhood and it is a role he just does not see himself fitting into. So due to that and the bullying he just appears lost. An attitude I thought the actor did a credible job portraying. Even when he gets back with the brotherhood in the end he still looks like he does not want to be there. Also lets hear your definition of Woke. I hear conservatives throw this around a lot and the only conclusion I can come up with is "anything conservatives don't like".

[@TheSupart91]

Finally a good show not dominated by "woke" or agendas but dam good writing/directing and balance of.... 4 VIEWPOINTS 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

[@Hero_Of_Old]

I mean, its pretty clealy dominated by agendas bro. Was still good and enjoyable though

[@bazookajoe8524]

There are some woke shit in the show but it was an OK show.

[@hefeydd_]

I find it ironic that nowadays, the public often lacks the initiative or common sense to comprehend the ending of what they are watching. Instead, they resort to seeking explanations on KZbin because they are either confused or unable to work it out for themselves.

[@The_Rude_French_Canadian]

Or we just like watching videos talking about something we like and has nothing to do with being confused. Different people watching the same movie will understand different things…what are you a robot?

[@omaha-republican]

Are you going to videos about a video game show to tell people they are stupid for wanted to know more about the story that isn't explained in the show?? That would be embarrassing if you did that

[@luckyhippy4898]

I like to see people's opinions and different ways of looking at the show that I might not have picked up on.