They couldn't have done Fallout any more justice.
What makes Fallout so special is the stories of the games themselves. Moreso that the fascinating, visually distinctive post-apocalyptic America it sets up can act as a perfect playground for messy people. Factions and individuals with a forever interesting blend of conflicting motivations for pursuing the same goals with a weird yet effortless tone mix of serious vs goofy.
The TV show captures that perfectly. Episode 4 is the best one yet, upping the stakes whilst still spinning a thoroughly entertaining blend of drama, action, intrigue and comedy. Just this time around the pace is much tighter than usual. It feels like a flowing, interconnected narrative rather than watching several parallel stories playing out separate from one another.
I hope this runs for 10 seasons. Things can only get better from here.
Baby girl went from "what the fudge" to "...motherfucker" in record time. We're only four episodes in, and already, what a turning point. Bravo! 9/10
"There's (absolutely) no fudge here." - Snip-Snip (may he rust in one piece)
Mr Handy’s just aren’t the same without Stephen Russel.
Lucy followed the golden rule :joy::joy:
Best episode yet. I don’t mind the episodes that focus on three different characters, but this one felt a lot more contained with just two stories to follow.
Hopefully the show will continue to focus on more cohesive stories rather than jumping back and forth between stories with no suggestion of how they are connected. Hopefully the writing will become more clever instead of just doing the dumbest thing so the story can get to the next bit. In previous episodes Maximus seemed to be the worst for doing stupid things and because he is such an unlikable guy, it made his sections even worse. In this episode it's poor Lucy that suffers the worst writing when she frees herself by asking the script writer to break her restraints so she can defeat Snip-Snip, then she orders the guys to free the feral Ghouls without realising they are feral. The guys know they are feral and what will happen if they free them and yet they would rather press the button instead of trying a little harder to explain to Lucy. Why does The Ghoul fall over and become incapacitated when he hasn't had a vial and yet other people who are turning feral seem quite physically capable if a bit demented.
The show needs more humour so that the silly elements won't be taken too seriously by people who aren't into the game. This episode had some good moments and was let down at a couple of important turns.
"The best revenge that you can have against your enemy is to not turn into your enemy."
I love Lucy's character.
“Now that’s one wet lady”
Lucy:
“I May End Up Looking Like You, But I’ll Never Be Like You.”
I really don’t understand the appeal of The Ghoul. Abusive man = awesome, I guess. He’s nothing compared to Hancock and Raul:triumph:
The first great episode so far!
God, I'm loving this show more and more with each passing episode. Sad I'm already halfway through, and knowing me, I'll be done either tonight or tomorrow.
So we know more about the Ghoul and waiting to find out what happened in vault 32.
Was it so necessary for the plot to turn every ghoul into an addict timebomb in the show? Some people can overcome psychological damage and some don't. Same with ghouls some are feral, some just don't.
More importantly it makes the supposedly "cool guy" into a blameless victim that forced to do ugly things in order to survive. That's cheap. Vault's part was better, but at the same time both storylines were too predictable to be satisfying.
This episode was not boring because of the storyline inside the vault.
I love it...
I've never played Fallout, but it looks like it has nods to the games....
It's showing the characters and some character preview....
And the ghoul is a good character....
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Lucy’s foot is the cleanest foot that walked on the Wasteland ;)