What a finale this was!!!! Fallout reaction season 1 episode 8

[@BaddMedicine]

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[@John_Locke_108]

Really hoping that Maximus uses his position to take out the Brotherhood from within.

[@geofftottenperthcoys9944]

@@John_Locke_108 Yeah, can see him turning into a Paladin of sorts, you know, help the weak etc.

[@jrzydevlxd5911]

the next season takes place in fictional Las Vegas, named New Vegas ran by Rob-Co. Who was one of the council members in the Vault tec HQ

[@judaychop]

As a lover of the games it was a very solid season, there were some minor nitpicky things that i didnt like and overall i wouldve preferred a more serious gritty action packed epic show following a badass veteran minigun wielding knight(though that would have been more expensive and we may still get that in later seasons or spinoffs) but i still liked what they did and we gamers have been wanting more Vault Tec back story because we do get a pretty good sense of what Vault Tec is since you start in a vault in each game and through exploring the wasteland come across other vaults and see what experiments went on so the story in season one isnt really surprising at all but still very satisfying and well done. The sets were great, the music was great, pleasantly surprised they used as much of the music from the games as they did, the games are usually pretty dark and the music provides a nice unique contrast while you exploring and fighting your way through the wasteland. Best video game adaptation for sure, dethrowning season 1 of The Witcher in my opinion(i know a lot of gamers didnt like that one but i didnt play the games and loved it, yall should watch it). Btw if yall play the games you might want to start with 4, that the newest main installment, Fallout 3 has a better more epic story but the graphics are a little dated, not much, the power armor for example is just like a regular suit of armor you equip from you inventory whereas in f4 they made it the big bulk exo suit you walk into like the show, the gun mechanics and customization are also very improved in F4, but if you can get past that F3s story might be worth it, Liam Neeson voices a key character, and Ron Pearlman narrates. He voices the iconic line from the game intros “war never changes”.

[@KonchuBonchu]

Two godzilla movies have come out will you do those?

[@crimsonknight7011]

Remember in the last episode Lucy said that if her father found out she destroyed an entire civilization to rescue him it would break his heart………..guess not.

[@Mikedegot]

Daddy's little princess.

[@tigqc]

She is her mother's daughter, not her father's.

[@AbuHajarAlBugatti]

Where the tree not far the apple

[@j.f.fisher5318]

Yeah there's a lot of things that hit way different on second viewing.

[@DocLunarwind]

He also did that in episode 1

[@munkeynz]

The code that Hank entered for the cold fusion reactor at 15:31 (101097) is October 10th 1997, the release date for the very first Fallout game, which Mason Quinn correctly guessed.👍

[@AbuHajarAlBugatti]

@@CuddleCakezno. Watch episode 1 again. They were around when it came out

[@matthewglover8804]

Yea pretty sure Quinn mentioned he played F1 or f2 briefly back in the day

[@Bonbonbon739]

I just remembered Lucy saying “when I was with my mother it felt like the sun was really real” Because it was. I didn’t catch that until now

[@garypasquill2355]

Cooper's face upon hearing his wife's suggestion about dropping bombs on themselves is priceless, i want to hear that conversation at the dinner table

[@AFC9798]

It was great acting by Walton Goggins. I don't know if he was reacting to someone reading the script or a recording of that corporate meeting scene but he really made it feel like he was actually listening to their conversation.

[@AlbertoMartinez765]

Its such a stunned look..its perfect

[@marauderdz]

Even though they hadn't dropped the bombs yet, it's basically like finding out that your spouse is a serial killer. Would you reveal that you knew?

[@j.f.fisher5318]

I think we'll get a flashback to the fallout (sorry couldn't resist) of him learning that and revealing that he was spying next season. Along with how things ended up with his daughter and whether those were VaultTec or PRC nukes.

[@emilysmith259]

@@j.f.fisher5318 I agree. This is probably what led to the divorce (alimony assumption at birthday party, episode 1). I hope we get to see how this plays out and what happened to Cooper when he fled the party with his daughter on the horse. If they did get divorced, it would make sense it was a Hollywood 'scandal' and somewhat publicized so that at least the upper class knew about it. But it was interesting that Cooper had custody of the daughter (either permanent or temporary/shared) that day specifically IF his wife KNEW the bombs would fall that day. I'm sure she would make it a priority that her and her daughter were in a vault somewhere before that happened.

[@JamesReborn2023]

To all players who played and loved Fallout: New Vegas, it made us jump out of our seats when we saw it at the end! 😂

[@Eldenaro]

Agreed. Also, I was reminded of the nasties over there, in particular a very unpleasent little bug that enjoys travelling with friends. If you know what I'm referring too, you probably died a few times like I did! I look forward to Season 2. They set a high standard with the first season. I'm hopeful they will continue to honour the material.

[@indyyall9443]

I'm currently going through my first playthrough of New Vegas and I'm loving it! I saw the familiar skyline in the show and freaked out lmao. The Fallout franchise has such a great dark storyline of what humanity can do to ourselves.

[@Solar-em2ld]

For real! I let out the biggest gasp and damn near fell out of my seat 😂

[@KidVolcano]

Also, the Robert House cameo, they didn't react at all!

[@JamesReborn2023]

@@Eldenaro yess! Haha

[@lunarapture7005]

I love that they had the iconic line "war never changes."

[@AL-fl4jk]

Delivered so well too didn’t even sound like an Easter egg

[@AdrianTresk]

Agreed that they include the games main tag line ... Was kinda hoping that maybe they'd have a Ron Pearlman cameo to deliver it, but was still a great moment.

[@Beatmyguest001]

@@AdrianTreskI LOVE Perlman but I think that would have been a bit silly - bringing in a totally minor character randomly just to say that line wouldn’t quite have worked for me unless he was a news caster or something.

[@volourn9764]

​@@Beatmyguest001would have worked way better than how it was dropped. It sounded fake with zero meaning and soul.

[@JustinClover-uz4ne]

@@AdrianTresk Ron Perlman would have been awesome but they didn't even let him say it in Fallout 4 (except in a cut line).

[@Slick-n-ick]

30:50 so Maximus wasn’t around when the original bombs dropped, he was there when Hank destroyed Shady Sands which would have been when Lucy was a child. So Lucy and Maximus were around the same age, he isn’t “older” like the ghoul, or Hank or Moldaver

[@h2ohydrox]

Yeah, they're roughly the same age, and were in Shady Sands at the same time. There's a strong chance they've met before.

[@alyssatheexcellent]

Answers face when they said “we drop the bombs ourselves.” Was INSANE!!!!

[@trycilz2307]

timestop?

[@alyssatheexcellent]

10:43

[@giacimo187]

This is hands down the best edited Fallout on KZbin! Trust me, I have no life and seen them all! Thank You Badd Medicine!!!

[@jasonthegreat49103]

Yeah, I have watched a bunch of different reactors and I truly think whoever is doing their editing is very good.

[@qrowing]

​@@jasonthegreat49103I believe that'd be ol' Diamond Dave on the far right? Could be wrong though.

[@jamesmayes4351]

The fact that in the meeting of the CEO's we get to see Mr. House and then the tease of New Vegas at the end credits, chefs kiss. You guys should really play New Vegas before season 2.

[@josceola8979]

Vault 75 in Fallout 4 is the one who separated children from their parents and did some f'ed up things to them.

[@matthewglover8804]

Remind me,was that the school vault? Where they had the preselection contest in the town?

[@jackg5734]

@@matthewglover8804 yes it's under Malden middle school

[@josceola8979]

@@matthewglover8804 yep

[@matthewglover8804]

@@jackg5734 @josceola8979 thanks! Yes that vault was awesome/terrifying. The terminal entries were really good with such a dark interesting backstory. Gonna have to check that one out again!!

[@ChiefWiggum0]

Vault 11 is my favorite. That shit was FUCKED UP.

[@milkiassamuel780]

All the reveals in this finale were CRAZY. Ive never played Fallout, so I had no idea about the lore. However, I loved this show, and the fantastic sets, practical effects and acting by Walton Goggin, Ella Purnell, Max Moten and Moises Arias were all outstanding in this show. The twist that Hank, as well as other Vault dwellers from 2077 like Betty and what's left of Bud Adkins, was responsible for nuking Shady Sands and killing thousands, including his own wife and Maximus's family, honestly blew my mind. Not to mention the fact that Cooper's wife and the entirety of Vault Co. starting the war, which is INSANITY, to begin with, is so incredibly dark and yet sadly extremely true to how I imagine a lot of governments and businesses would use a nuclear fallout to their advantage. It is also even grimmer that you realise all the ideas that the meeting members were suggesting are all tasks that different Vaults are assigned to do in the actual Fallout Games as Vault Dwellers of the game since each Vault is tasked to do some meaningless and unethical experiments that are just a sick game for the Enclave (rich folks at the top). It was really satisfying seeing The Ghoul shoot Henry even if he survived, and Lucy having to kill her own barely alive mother just to stop her suffering as a Ghoul is so tragic, especially when all she wanted to do was to live her own life with Moldaver who actually loved her and give her children a better future. I really hope Maximus uses his power as a knight to do some real good, and I genuinely hope he can reunite with Lucy again because the two of them are too good for this world, and they deserve happiness together, as well as the Ghoul/aka Cooper. One thing I especially loved about this series is how every action in the show has some reaction or consequence at the end of the day, such as how Lucy lets all the Ghouls free, which is apparently very similar gameplay tactics to the original games that do the same thing having players's actions impact them. I NEED SEASON 2 NOW!

[@John_Locke_108]

Best thing about the show is that you don't need to have played any games to understand it. Unlike Last Of Us this isn't based on a particular Fallout game. This was more like a live action version of an unmade Fallout game.

[@AbuHajarAlBugatti]

@@DBT1007 Its not dumb is has several hundreds of hours of lore analysis just from oxhorn and the general setting and story is unique aswell

[@shanehebert396]

Although all the games share the overall lore, every game is a different story in the Fallout Universe. Season1 of this show has *all* the elements of a Fallout game instalment... including the main quest line ending up very gray with unexpected twists... at the end, you usually find out that all the factions suck and you're left trying to decide which is the least suck.

[@RedShirtGuy96]

funny thing is you are on the same ride as the video game fans. This show is the latest entry in the timeline so they have pretty much a clean slate to do whatever they want in the following seasons and after seeing the setting reveal for Season 2 I'm absolutely hyped and New Vegas isn't even my favorite fallout game

[@j.f.fisher5318]

I think the fact that Maximus says he joined the Brotherhood to hurt the people who hurt him is going to be very significant moving forward. Maybe he sees that as just Hank, but he knows about the experiments in Vault 4. I think he may start a war against VaultTec. Especially since VaultTec is about ready to open the vaults and VaultTec management and their corporate buddies aren't expecting to have competition from the Brotherhood.

[@OptifiedPixels]

The brotherhood are the coolest 'bad' good guys, they entice you in with the armour then when it's too late you've already committed genocide to mutants.

[@vincegamer]

There was a noticeable lack of mutants this season

[@aaronstillwell9492]

I'd say the only Brotherhood chapter that actually gives a shit about the people and technology equally is the east coast chapter With Elder Lyons. Most other chapters (like I'm the show) prioritized tech acquisition over all other goals, people be damned if they got in the way or tried to deny them. Kinda like what happened in Filly. I didn't see the locals around when they occupied it. As Thaddeus said in response to Lucy's question on if they were good... It's complicated and circumstancial. Ultimately gathering, maintaining, and keeping tech out of unworthy/irresponsible hands is their charter essentially.

[@DingleDobber]

​@@vincegamermy theory is since it's old NCR territory they cleaned out a lot of the mutants, ghouls were allowed under the NCR but super mutants and dangerous wildlife were not. Probably why the yaio guia (bear) was rather tucked away and alone.

[@destroyerofnirn3537]

@@aaronstillwell9492 A shame Lyons is dead af.

[@kylethompson3008]

​@@aaronstillwell9492once Elder Lyons died the east coast BOS reverted back to their old fascist not caring about the people ways which is the same BOS in FO4

[@Letha-Mae]

All the actors were phenomenal especially Cooper, Lucy, and Maximus!! Very great ending and reaction

[@dutchvdls]

yuh

[@Letha-Mae]

@@dutchvdls 😘

[@The_beaver21]

Also the line war never changes is said at the beginning of every fallout game

[@Doctor2285]

The first Fallout game was released October 10, 1997.

[@garvielloken4114]

And i was 14 at playing it

[@Doctor2285]

I was 12 when the first game came out.

[@Subjectivity13]

From the age of the Vault 31 overseers, it looks like they thaw out one per generation. They thawed out Betty around 40 years ago, then Hank 20 years ago, and now the blond just recently. Since they kept them for breeding, one per generation makes sense.

[@SmokinDroFrayser]

Lucy and Maximus probably played together as kids

[@robertshields4160]

And when Lucy was in vault 4, she mentions to Maximus that when she was a kid, she thought the sun was in the sky, but it was just a projection onto a wall. But she was too young to remember she actually had seen the sun in the sky with her mom when they lived in Shady Sands.

[@acecarwell471]

🤯 didn’t even consider this. Good point.

[@tmatthewnielsen]

I appreciate the irony of how the show is criticizing mega corporations, insinuating these big companies will bring about the end of civilization, and the show is brought to us by the fifth biggest company in the world: Amazon.

[@billhutchinson6318]

The end of the world is a product, after all.

[@acecarwell471]

Great irony. 😂

[@qrowing]

Bezos would definitely be in that room alongside RobCo.

[@nbucwa6621]

@@billhutchinson6318 and it will be televised - each episode sponsored by a different corporation, of course.

[@PurpleNugget64]

The Boys has this irony too might be a not so subtle dig at Amazon by Hollywood but then again Amazon seems to enjoy pumping out these shows so who knows.

[@rogersjgregory]

Just give Walton Goggins and Ella Purnell all the Emmys.

[@MangoMann072]

This was such a great season finale answering the questions it set up while also giving us whole new questions to ask for future seasons.

[@misfit_mandi7915]

Watching yall fall in love with my favorite world has been such a ride. It show just how well done this was done.

[@jonathanpowell7256]

They could still give us Moldaver & Cooper flashback scenes next season, they still have to fill in the time leading up to Cooper's divorce and the bombs falling. We also need to see more of what happened the day the bombs dropped after Copper & Janey rode away and how they became separated.

[@hengineer]

Also, I'm sure Muldaver had her own cryo-vault, no clue as to ITS location. She clearly wasn't a Vault-Tec employee.

[@savvasumin1221]

Guys, let me say - it was a pleasure rewatching the series with you (as always) 🙏 I'm a fan of the franchise (played 1, 2, Tactics, 3 and New Vegas) and I tell you - watching this series, I felt like it's a gem even for those unfamiliar with the games, this was cemented by your reactions. And for those familiar with them... Well, I'll say this - as someone who has ~800 hours in New Vegas on record, some moments in this season caused some serious goosebumps, others brought me dangerously close to tearing up. Not a complete fan of the NCR, but seeing what happened to a budding nation with all its hopes and noble aspirations was really heavy. I consider this to be a shining example of fan service done right, as well as a supreme TV show on its own merits. Very happy that the franchise went in the direction it did, maybe we'll get an influx of new people to some of the most thought-through and (if I do say so myself) best games ever made. I normally keep my emotions well bottled up, but seeing the ending made me actually squeal; if the showrunners keep up this approach in the second season - this is bound to become a classic. Can't wait to watch it with you 🤗

[@SchneiderRammGirl]

Knew ya guys would do the Randy Orton pose as soon as you heard that lol, the talking brain scene, the Ghoul & Titan bullet scene was great! & episode gave lots of answers & lots of plot twists especially with Lucy & her dad & Maximus & the Ghoul, what an epic way to end the season! & Quinn's right about they've set it up beautifully for season 2, I do like how realistically authentic they made the show with the costumes, dialogue & scenery etc & really impressed with the actors did a Marvelous job of their characters & I'm really interested to see what's in store for them in next season! & I especially loved watching your full reactions episodes with you each week! It's been a blast! 😃💚

[@BaddMedicine]

Thank you so much for the super! 🤜🤛😁

[@SchneiderRammGirl]

@@BaddMedicine you're welcome! I bet ya all looking forward to Season 2! ☺

[@soulstice94]

I love that Ella has been in 2 of the best Video Game Adaptations of all time, first being in Arcane as Jinx, and now Fallout! Goggins was absolutely amazing in each and every scene he was in and Moten as Maximus was very believable and has some really great scenes, especially the first episode interrogation scene I think was phenomenal

[@vegasviking86]

"Time is the Apex predator" *Randy Orton poses* Never change fellas 🤣

[@silverbladeTE]

Holy crap!! I just noticed int he corner of one of Cooper's film posters in Betty's office: *_VERA KEYES!_* 😯 She's a major NPC in the "Fallout New Vegas ~ Dead Money DLC"

[@RaptorNX01]

also, the guy at the table for Bit MT was Frederick Sinclair.

[@silverbladeTE]

@@RaptorNX01 Dead Money was the BEST DLC ever made, IMHO ;) waaaaay deep and gnarly, took me two play through's to appreciate how good it is :)

[@RaptorNX01]

yeah. its awesome. they all were tbh. just for different reasons. I often find myself having a hard time ranking them. tho, i Dead money stands out to me due to a crossover fanfic i fell in love with prior to playing new vegas. and that DLC had one of the biggest representations in it. not 1 for 1 and the characters don't appear, but still unmistakeable. new vegas is quickly rising to one of the top games of all time status in any case.

[@silverbladeTE]

@@RaptorNX01 New Vegas was awesome :)

[@RyanM0224]

Michael Emerson at the beginning of the season:"Will you still want the same things, when you've become a different animal altogether?" Sums up the entire season in a great singular line of foreshadowing. Loved this adaptation.

[@conanlucas6183]

I was so pleased to see Mr house in this episode, he was the moustache guy at the vault tec meeting in New Vegas he runs the show

[@robertshields4160]

I love how Bud drives up in that little car with the glass top and then ends up as the 'Brain on a roomba'. And Wilzigs warning; 'The question is will you still want the same things when you have become a different animal all together?'

[@rmartinson19]

@2:04 "I don't know what he thought was gonna happen, but..." I suspect Maximus fully expected to die when he returned to the Brotherhood without the real head. He knew what the cost of failure was, and he had to know that they would quickly figure out it wasn't the right head. But I think when they actually put a gun to his head and the reality of his impending execution hit him, his survival instinct reasserted itself and he started bargaining. One of Maximus' biggest character traits through the whole series seems to be that he is an idealist who consistently falls just short of living up to his own ideals, so I think this explanation makes sense. As for the Elder's complete 180, given the way Maximus always flashes back to his rescuer in the Elder's presence, I suspect that particular Elder was the one who rescued young Maximus from Shady Sands in the first place. If so, then he seems to have been playing the long game with him all along, trying to groom him into the perfect minion. And now, with Maximus humiliated and shamed in front of the rest of the Brotherhood, he would be completely reliant on the Elder's goodwill to keep his position and his head. Well, at least until the end, where Maximus seemingly redeems himself and earns the respect and acclaim of the rest for "killing" Moldaver.

[@FreedWitch]

As a player, the ending with Vegas on the horizon made me lose my mind. Y’all have NO IDEA how big that is ahhhhhhhhhhhhh it’s so exciting

[@AbuHajarAlBugatti]

Its destroyed. Its todd howards jealousy still after 14 years that the game he didnt made is still the nost beloved and best ranked. When I saw he destroyed shady sands aka Fallout1 and 2 I knew he was gonna either not show new vegas or have it destroyed as well. See told so. Small Man Syndrome is real

[@Nogard-Nys]

​@@AbuHajarAlBugatti New Vegas isn't destroyed, it just lacks power it always looked like that, even in game. Plus Shady Sands was always going to be wiped out, it's an idea that was a part of Van Buren and the early drafts of New Vegas. Cope and seethe more.

[@AbuHajarAlBugatti]

@@Nogard-Nys maybe play the game or just watch its intro and shows ep8 outro snd then come back bullbsing back at me. Always these reddit children with no idea just out to insult and beef.

[@Nogard-Nys]

@@AbuHajarAlBugatti I played New Vegas at launch, and guess what? It's far from pristine, every building is weathered and cracked, wallpaper peeling away and exteriors worn from 200 years of being sand blasted, all the while sheltered from the masses with cobbled together scrap metal walls made of old neon signs and sheet metal poorly patched together. It's always looked like that, cope and seethe.

[@AbuHajarAlBugatti]

@@Nogard-Nys if you played it at release and STILL be talking like a 12 year old edgy internetdweller now , thats just sad dude

[@reggierodriguez5685]

You can just tell the people who made this cared and had fun doing it. Seeing your guy's journey was awesome. Can't wait for what's next!

[@marinav6503]

14:18 "They were friends" 🤣

[@MegaMilenche]

Better that they stayed friends. I'm sure that after her ex-husband Hank, Rose shouldn't have to deal with her new lesbian girlfriend keeping her chained to a dinner table for 20 years instead of giving her a humane death and burial. Or git her vault invaded, got innocent people killed, got her daughter r*aped by a man who tried to kill her etc.

[@PhantomGaming-kx1ef]

As someone who never played the games, this show was phenomenal and enjoyable. Only next time my boy maximus gotta lock in with Lucy😂

[@HowDyaYouLikeMeNow]

The worst part is that the people who founded Shady Sands were from Vault 15. But Vault 15 wasn't admin, so... too bad? Fuck Vault-Tec.

[@hengineer]

To be fair, assuming the show is canon now (which Bethesda seems to think it is), Vault 15 could have been run by another company entirely. Remember the meeting, its literally all a competition.

[@MrPhotosh00ter]

It was painful having to wait a week for each reaction to this show, that's how excited I was to see your reaction to it. Loved the show and happy to see you enjoyed it too. I'm a big fan of Fallout 4 and am very excited to see you guys try the video game, though I am curious which game you'll start with.

[@alecLogan]

15:27 I was so worried that they might have had a failsafe, but practically, they would rather not destroy something they could steal, and claim as their own work. It _is_ labeled ‘Vault-Tec,’ and had been in possession of the Enclave when Wilzig injected it. 15:35 Yep.

[@RaptorNX01]

which i find interesting. it being labeled vault-tec suggests it was made AFTER moldaver's "every company she worked for" were taken over. I feel like we will learn alot more about her.

[@alecLogan]

@@RaptorNX01 IIRC, Moldaver does mention or claim that it was someone else who wound up making it, but using _her_ notes and research, and her “friend on the inside” (Wilzig) just initiated escorting it back to her. (Unless I made any of that up in my head and connected dots that weren’t claimed aloud, at least. So, all of this is technically **ALLEGEDLY** ). Ultimately, Vault-Tec or its subsidiaries did “make” it, but before they did, they destroyed society and any judicial body that could ever find them guilty/call them out on that mess. Vault Tec would have reasonably _hoped_ that anyone they had stolen such intellectual properties from, would have also been taken out by The End, and so any failsafe would be internally considered “redundant” by the company.

[@kcitsgt]

The show did a phenomenal job of making you think you know who the bad guys are, but just like the games, it’s all in your point of view. You can side with any of the factions, or none of them, or even change your point of view when you get new info.

[@xtremejay2000]

Something to remember. The creators have gone out of their way to have evidence in multiple games of MULTIPLE possibilities of who started the war. There have been hints at vault tec being involved. The town of megaton in Fallout 3 has an unexploded bomb in it. If you look close there is a vault tec logo on it. In Fallout 4 There is a chinese submarine stuck in boston harbor/bay (not sure the right phrase) that has a Chinese sub commander ghoul who believes he ended the world because he fired his missiles thinking he did a first strike. Also in 4 the railroad have an A.I. named P.A.M. that pre war it's purpose was to strategize and predict battle outcomes. Much like the W.H.O.P.P.E.R in Wargames. There are terminal entries that seem to point to P.A.M. determining that it needs to fire nukes first and may have been the one to do it. Other games and lore have other evidence of other possibilities. Heck Aliens exist in The Fallout universe (so do Cthulu like ancient gods who may have also influenced the war) and there is some small evidence that THEY may have started the great war so they could come in and take over after. Just because Coops wife PROPOSES dropping the bombs....doesn't mean they actually did it. What is more likely is that they were very politically influential and kept seeding paranoia and fear to sell vaults. As many have pointed out, you can't make money if the world ends, but you can sell anything if people think it will "any day now". There are a few Vaults that were never finished that you can explore in the games. If Vault tec knew, then they would have finished all construction. Sure the show MAY show us at some point in a flashback that VT did indeed drop the first bomb. But I prefer it to stay as vague as possible because 200 years later it doesn't really matter anymore who destroyed the world.

[@elvisibra]

P.A.M is likely with BoS now. If wasn't destroyed when BoS destroyed the Railroads.

[@xtremejay2000]

@@elvisibra Yes more than likely...but what does that have to do with what I am talking about?

[@elvisibra]

@@xtremejay2000 Well, it was just side-info possibilty to your comment, other than that, all well.

[@xtremejay2000]

@@elvisibra ah yes. Lol. Trust me I have to do a lot of self editing when posting about Fallout lore or I ramble on and on and make a post way too long.

[@elvisibra]

@@xtremejay2000 Well Fallout Lore is still self editing, lots, or good chunk still wasn't really been cemented as ONLY option/version. So, no problem.

[@josa.]

Wow I binged this with all my friends when it first dropped, we're all huge fallout fans mind you, and NONE of us caught that the code hank put it in was the release date of the first game 😭😭 great catch!!

[@CrashC0D]

Honey wake up, Badd Medicine uploaded

[@Dark__Thoughts]

The big reveal was new to the players too btw, which is quite a big deal. I believe the story was based on a potential future game too. Personally I'm pretty happy with the mixture of answers and teases for season 2. Soooo, stoked for the Lucy & Cooper team-up though. :) 26:42 I'm gonna suggest it again... Silo. Great mystery that has you speculate each episode (think of a mixture of Lost & AoT season 1 regarding the "wtf is going on" vibes).

[@OctoSavage]

fun fact, all the ideas for vaults proposed in the meeting are real vaults in or at least referenced in the games.

[@Lightdevildarkangel]

They did this show so well.. a great nostalgia/easter eggs for game players and a great introduction and story for anyone who didnt play the games. A fantastic balance

[@imadubsfan1]

I really hope we see a lot more enemies in S2. Deathclaw for sure will be in it, hopefully Super Mutants, Mirelurks, Centaurs, hell Molerats too. Bring em all!

[@DemonicTheAngel]

I'd like to see some 76 enemies too. Imagine seeing the scorched beast, megasloth, blue devil, and the mothman. I know its unlikely we see any of them, but we will 100% see a deathclaw. The reaction from titus to the yao guai is exactly how most people playing the games react to the deathclaw. 😂 I was actually really surprised not to see any super mutants, so we have to see some in s2. Probably get the lore of their creation and thats gonna be sick. Super mutants are a huge part of the games.

[@matthewglover8804]

So this is for diamond Dave! The ghoul moment where it shows the ghoul Lucy saved at the superdupermart...that was the payoff. It was showing how Lucy saved a life and that person was able to make it back to their community and help others. I'm pretty sure the ghoul was helping serve food to the others. So it's just a nice way of showing how one act of kindness can go a long way and it pays forward

[@SNKYYY]

you guys probably wont see this, but the clip at the end with the giant city is New Vegas from Fallout New Vegas, popular destination and home to the Rob-Co guy from earlier in the episode.

[@spbslinky7381]

This was just an incredible show. I was especially upset with Shady Sands being destroyed as I helped it so much during my playthrough of the 1st game and with helping the emergence of the NCR during the 2nd game. As far as I'm aware, Shandy Sands was just the capitol of the NCR, so there should be more towns out there belonging to it. It grew into quite a large nation in the wasteland. Loved your reactions to the 1st season.

[@Dubstyles84]

If you pause when the BoS radio guy is talking to Maximus in Ep 2, you can see a map on the wall showing what I believe is NCR territory shaded in. It covers much of California and extends to Vegas.

[@Nogard-Nys]

It was always going to be destroyed, it would have been nuked between 2 and interplay's 3 by the Enclave. In early drafts of New Vegas, Josh Sawyer played with the idea that the capital of Shady Sands had been wiped off the map, since he had been a part of the team creating Van Buren, interplay's Fallout 3.

[@AccusedOsprey]

Great reaction as always, at 25:43 , that is New Vegas, which is where one of the games took place. So its a cool little easter egg for fans and makes me wonder what Hank is going to do there.

[@e1thabandit]

Anybody who's saw Agents of Shield, knows Lucy's dad is a true menace to society

[@MamaJava]

Such a joy to see your reactions to the show. Can't wait for S2!

[@theinkspell41]

I've been playing Fallout for years, and this show did such a damn good job! I love the original story they created and they really captured the spirit of the games ❤ So excited for season 2!

[@blitzgirl6522]

I'm so glad you guys loved this show, and not having played the games! I've seen friends and family play FO3 and New Vegas, and last year I watched a playthrough of FO1 and 2, but I have only played FO4 (back when it released; replaying now that it has the next gen upgrade), and I loved this show.

[@Dene181]

Great reaction!! They made this show really entertaining and fun, actually impressed by that.

[@Thatonedude1127]

Awesome guys!! Now let's play those games!!! Also when it comes to the games, the way I see it is if you are wanting a Lucy type experience Fallout 3, if your wanting a Raider type of gameplay Fallout New Vegas, if you want a new fresh coat of paint Fallout, Fallout 4. All are great games and my personal favorite is Fallout 3, love the way they immerse you in the game plus Liam f'ing Neeson! Fallout 76 is a lot better now after launch and updates but you are looking for story and depth than the other games are better for that. Those are the only Fallout games I've played so I can't speak on the ones that came before, but who knows give those a try as well!

[@SilentSooYun]

Personally, I thought Fallout 3 was the most immersive with a superior storyline. And Three Dog (howwwwwl!) But Fallout 4 had superior gameplay and a better, more connected map. And actual, functional power armour. Many people didn't like the settlement building, but that was my favourite part. It felt like I was restoring hope and rebuilding the world... like Shady Sands

[@Thatonedude1127]

@@SilentSooYun For sure gameplay wise I love Fallout 4, also you can't beat the graphics and the power armor is super cool! I agree where 3 is the most immersive as well!

[@jadendesilva7203]

So much to say I love your guys videos been watching for so long so being the biggest fallout nerd it’s been such a kick to watch you guys watch such great content…can’t wait for you guys to play the games your gonna learn SO much and make so many connections to the show you didn’t get before….also I never realize the ghoul from the Observatory was the one Lucy rescued and I’ve never seen anyone else point it out so 10/10

[@MegaMilenche]

@17:00 “She didn't take out Lucy's mom, she didn't take out a civilization”. No. What she did instead was refuse to give her friend (possibly romantic interest) a humane opting-out and a decent burial once Rose started turning into a ghoul. Kept Rose-Ghoul chained to her dinner table for 20 years. Waited patiently until a perfect opportunity presented itself. Collected a group of most foul and heinous criminals, she had at her disposal. Entered Lucy's home under false pretenses and married Lucy off to one of her henchmen. Lucy did not consent to being married to a surface-dwelling raider, ergo their marital consummation was in fact a r*pe. Moldaver got the Lucy - daughter of her dearest friend-possibly romantic partner - R*PED. Also, almost killed by her r*pist. The rest of her friends and family got brutalized and or killed. Norm - Moldaver's dearest friend-possibly romantic partner's other child - only lived because he was hid by the r*ped daughter. Hypocrisy.

[@thedisneylandsolotraveler9367]

Non game player and loved this show. They wrapped everything up well. I've found the ghoul to be the most interesting character, and I like how they still lead me, wanting to know more about him and his story.

[@spookyspooks33]

I can’t get over this show! I never played the game but I heard such good things I had to watch it & i’m SO glad i did. the best done show i’ve seen in sooooooooo long. i could watch endless amount of seasons of this show

[@ncrtrooper7648]

patrolling the mojave almost makes you wish for a nuclear winter

[@Crazyguy_123MC]

Those Vault test suggestions you hear them talking about did happen. One was overcrowded and one did separate children from adults to train them. The worst part about Shady Sands is that it was founded by the people from Vault 8 it was a Vault community. The city at the end is Vegas from New Vegas. The New California Republic is a huge factor in that game. Can't wait for season 2. L.A. is known as the Boneyard in Fallout it doesn't seem so dead anymore.

[@Dat_Ruski]

25:44 That's New Vegas, baby! New Vegas is the setting of arguably the best Fallout game in the series, Fallout: New Vegas. The bomb that took out Shady Sands dropped shortly after the events of the game FO:NV, the events of show takes place after all of the games.

[@Paen_events]

The vault ideas they were throwing around at the table end up becoming actual vaults

[@inspector_beyond]

The town at the end where Lucy's father went is New Vegas, a central place of action of "Fallout: New Vegas" game. It... "was" run by the Mr. House, the guy with the mustache that represented (well, he also founded it) RobCo in the latest Ghoul's flashback. And I guess from the name you can guess that this New vegas was once Las Vegas, but in Fallout (at least in the game) it was represented by the poor district and the remain of the Vegas Strip, which is gates from poor wastelanders to enter. The Strip itself has couple of casinos, the Vault which was won by Mr. House from it's inhabitants and later turned into a Hotel. THe Strip also has it's own power source, so even before events of this series, the Strip had electricity and cean water.

[@Spaghatee]

So glad I finally finished this before you guys dropped this reaction! Solid ending to a great first season that sets up season 2 to be a banger!

[@armchairgravy8224]

They didn't just make a good video game adaption. They made a good season of TV.

[@scottrule480]

We didn't see Norm actually entering a cryo-tube. He could still turn on Bud or wakeup all of the tubes or find an exit or whatever.

[@Escuroz_8]

"War never changes,, they delivered this line so good❤️‍🔥 There was so manny references to the Vaults from the games, that scene was awesome.❤ The City in the end was New Vegas from the game Fallout New Vegas and the guy in the meeting with Barbara (Rob-Co) was the leader from New Vegas😬 Also, Vault-Tec maybe not dropped the bombs, at least not Barbara. She wouldn't do that wile her daughter was outside. There are still manny questions. The show takes place 9 years after Fallout 4 so it is a sequel to the games and they explained manny things that players didn't know before

[@hengineer]

what's interesting to me is how quickly everyone is able to completely ignore Muldavers original actions we see in the show. Because she did it for "better" reasons, or her possible "relationship" with lucy's mom. That doesn't negate the fact that she was the leader of another murderous faction literally killing innocent people whose only sin was being born to the wrong people. Not to mention she kept Lucy's mom alive the entire time, which some might think "oh she loves her so much". Nope I see it as she kept her alive to SPITE Hank McClean. If she truly loved her she would have done as Lucy did, put her out of her misery.

[@Enrique_RB]

The las scene is from New Vegas

[@KittenCritters]

Well yeah? They even say so in the reaction

[@AbuHajarAlBugatti]

A destroyed one of which Todd Howard was always jealous of since anyone ranks New Vegas the best one

[@KittenCritters]

@@AbuHajarAlBugatti NV is better than 3 and 4 for sure but it doesn’t even hold a light to the originals

[@savvasumin1221]

chills. just chills.

[@quinnhurst9204]

@@AbuHajarAlBugatti that’s definitely going to make me sad if it ends up being destroyed cause that’s my favorite game in the series

[@RedShirtGuy96]

Since Fallout is a Bethesda Studios title which created the Elder Scrolls series (Morrowind Oblivion Skyrim) there are a lot of similarities between Vaults as they are presented ingame and general dungeon crawling RPG mechanics. Most games have you start in a vault that has some kind of mismanagement or crisis going on that forces you out into the wasteland. But you will also stumble across vaults and each one will essentially be this murder mystery dungeon where you have to explore the entire vault, trying to figure out what the experiment was, and gain access to the admin area etc. and eventually receive a quest reward of some kind. Usually just valuable loot, and XP or even special companions can end up joining your journey whenever you decide to unseal a vault.

[@marauderdz]

I don't think the head cleric was sincere in his offer. He just sees Maximus as a useful idiot: a stupid, power hungry, murderous, thug that he can control, then dispose of when his usefulness has ended. I kind of wonder if Maximum himself realizes what kind of man Quintus is and that's why he allowed him to erroneously believe that Max killed Titus for his armour.

[@Harv72b]

This series is a masterclass on how to translate a gaming world into a show which is both entertaining to people who never played the game *and* remains faithful enough to the source material to please even its biggest fans. My theory on where the Norm storyline will go....way back in episode 1, when Hank was making his speech at Lucy's "wedding" reception, he said that their projections showed that the next generation of children (Lucy's) would be able to return to the surface. I don't think that was just a throw-away line. I think that Hank (and Bud's brain on a roomba) felt that the newest generation of MacLeans represented the first "super managers" to emerge from their plan. Hank believes that super manager is Lucy, but I'm thinking that from a Vault-Tec point of view it's actually Norm. And that we're going to end up with a raging case of sibling rivalry before the series ends. Looking forward to seeing how wrong I am. 😂

[@RaedFrost]

Facts: - The original Fallout came out October 10, 1997. 101097 - "War... War never changes" is the tagline of the Fallout franchise. - The experiments mentioned in the board meeting are actual vaults that can be found in the games if you explore the wasteland. - The city at the end of the episode is New Vegas, a major location from the Fallout games. - The skull seen as Hank walks towards New Vegas belongs to a creature known as a Deathclaw. It's one of the game's most dangerous monsters. I strongly, and I mean STRONGLY suggest you guys play at least Fallout 4. You'll be surprised to see just how familiar you'll be to practically everything in the game after watching this show.

[@rowdystix]

What’s crazy is this first season is basically the completion of one quest in the game

[@AlienDenzil85]

New Vegas appearing right at the end was pretty cool. Looking forward to Season 2!

[@DemonicTheAngel]

Knowing the lore of the game and playing the game definitely makes the show hit harder. Knight Maximus and Knight Dane are deep in the lore. And the executives of the corporations is important to everything in the game. And the music is so good. If you played the games, they have a loop of only a couple of songs. So you hear them many times. Still never gets old listening to them.

[@deathkage779]

Was waiting for this. I hope in Season 2 we will meet Courier six. That Hank reveal was insane.

[@xaemosxone]

Perfect story that shows how being evil, bad and doing the wrong thing REWARDS you !!!!

[@jensr.3409]

Do you remember an episode where Lucy and Maximus see Schady Sand for the first time and Lucy asks Maximus what happened, and Maximus said that whatever happens, everyone wanted to save the world, but they couldn't agree on how, that's just how humanity is, and that won't change even after 1000 years

[@acecarwell471]

LFG! ❤ Sorry to hear about the Spirit Away Turbulence. I’m not connected enough to know, but did a stream rewatch. You guys are great, those of us that hangout know you’re great Oak. Much Love.

[@OhmIsFutile]

What a great finale! Loved seeing you guys enjoy it too. I dunno if you have a plan for what you want to react to next, but if you haven't seen The Expanse, it's another *stellar* series ;)

[@JustinClover-uz4ne]

As Fallout fan since the first game I'd say that they definitely nailed the tone of Fallout. How it can be brutal, thought-provoking and outright silly. As the series is supposedly canon it does have some major lore impacts on the series, from Shady Sands being destroyed, the new drug that Coop uses to stop going feral to the real bombshell (pun intended) of how the apocalyse started - it was always left as "no one knew who dropped the first bomb". Even the true purposes of the vaults was always vague in the games. Overall I enjoyed it and hope that series 2 can maintain the same standard.

[@beanybun6110]

Love the Macbeth reference - who shalt be knight hereafter!

[@kylefam9356]

That city at the end was from the game fallout new Vegas

[@khaleesimandy74]

I'm not a gamer, but I thought this series was freaking awesome. I appreciate that we got answers that normally doesn't happen in finale. Really looking forward to season 2

[@outdun]

It was a good choice for them to expose the true purpose of the vaults in the first season, knowledge of it from the games would inevitably leak as a spoiler so it was a good idea to get it out of the way early. And I like that they didn't really change the lore of it either, they just filled in some blanks that were missing in the lore from the games in a way that I feel perfectly comfortable accepting as canon.

[@anonymousgirl4605]

They just renewed the show for season 2! I'm so excited to see more of Fallout. I never played the games, but I first saw Emma Purnell (Lucy) in this show called Yellowjackets, and Kyle Maclachlon in Agents of SHIELD and Twin Peaks.

[@samlanganke1262]

The show's story is not only based on the games. It's a continuation of the overall timeline. So bascially Fallout 5 taking place only a few years after the events of Fallout 4.

[@tracesosebee5485]

This is why people love Fallout. There's never a clear cut good guy. The NCR, the Brotherhood, Caeser's Legion, and other factions all have the skeletons in their closet. No one is ever decidedly good or evil. It's all in shades of gray. And as a player, that's the world you're thrown into, to make decisions. Every faction has its downside, that part you wish it would fix. And the only thing you can do is make what seems like the least bad choice. I love Fallout, and this show is Fallout in the best ways possible.

[@ReneReacts]

"Is that her mom?" "Moldaver's wife?" Yes

[@John_Locke_108]

I was absolutely shocked that they guessed it. I had absolutely zero clue.

[@kingjellybean9795]

Not her wife.... Jesus christ not every single close female relationship is a lesbian thing

[@shayasims]

@@kingjellybean9795naw they was def gay lol

[@donniehamilton7797]

He said "Walton's wife" not Moldavers, Walton Goggins is the actor of the ghoul

[@charlie7mason]

@@kingjellybean9795 People are really incapable of having deeply bonded friendships nowadays, so it's not a surprise they can only think in binary terms...even when they are queer (the irony).

[@eqgilethan]

Ella Purnell who plays Lucy has a perfect American accent. I saw an interview where she was talking about starting a project that was set in America. She didn't know any of the other actors so decided to see if she could keep up her American accent around the clock. She made it about a week before giving up and slipping back into her British accent in between shots, and completely confused the rest of the cast. By then, they were all convinced she was American.

[@rogersjgregory]

I bet Barb has her own vaults. I wonder what her solution was. Vaults 31, 32, and 33 belong to Bud, so where would Barb’s vaults be? Bakersfield maybe.

[@TheFireMonkey]

I think Norm might simply catch Bud and force him to open the door.

[@TheJerbol]

That isn't just any town, that's VEGAS BABY

[@adventuroushermit2590]

Hank would be looking rough at the end. He just walked all the way from LA to vegas

[@jaredb.3049]

If I’m not mistaken this will likely set up the story of the brotherhood splitting into two factions. Haven’t played the games in a long time but I’m also t positive in one the brotherhood is split with different ideologies about how to rule. Maximus will likely lead one attempting to help people against the other side.

[@kidindacardboardmask]

In Fallout 3, just before the events of the game, the Brotherhood of Steel has a portion of their faction going to the East Coast. Once they make it to Washington D.C. the scribes found records of the founding of the Brotherhood of Steel. Those records date to just before the bombs fell, where an Amry General had a problem with how the government was doing things against the people (such as war crimes against Canadian Civilians protesting American rule, etc.) The General basically took his own base and said “I’m going to protect people, not hurt them. If you want to stop me you’ll have to kill us.” He waited for a few days, but the bombs fell so there was no army contingent coming after him. He and his men decided they would protect humanity from the technology that harmed the world, and they left for the West Coast which was less affected by the bombs. The Elder of the new Eastern Chapter of the Brotherhood realized they lost their way by focusing on securing technology rather than helping people. He changed the focus of the group (though some members opposed this and continued their efforts only on getting prewar technology, and they became known as The Outcasts). A child who was part of the Eastern Brotherhood was a direct descendant of the founder of the brotherhood so when he grew up he went back west where they still focused on technology. He unified the factions by saying “Yes, we help people, and we do that by claiming dangerous technology that hurts people along with getting rid of any dangerous mutations in humanity (societal and literal). This successfully unified the East and West Brotherhood chapters which then built the Prydwyn (the airship) and flew it to their next location goal: the ruins of Boston (Fallout 4). Based on where the show picks up, it seems their efforts in the Commonwealth were successful and they returned the main part of their forces, with the Prydwynn, and all the tech they got back to California.