'Fallout' Season Two Review
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Season two of Fallout on Amazon Prime Video is now completely out.
And it was incredible.
It picks up almost right where season one left off. Maximus is figuring out where he fits in with the Brotherhood of Steel. Lucy joins with the Ghoul to find her dad, and franchise icon best friend Dogmeat is along for the ride now, too.
What’s more, the season manages to weave their stories into the broader lore of the Wasteland and the Pre-War world brilliantly that it simultaneously builds character driven stories while expanding a world that’s been built for 30 years in a fresh, exciting way.
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The perpetual tagline of the franchise is “War Never Changes,” and while the first season had to find its legs, it was clear in the second season that those legs had found their strength and were clearly headed toward war, with a pretty blue diode of Cold Fusion at the center of it.
Todd Howard and the writers build upon a storyline that emerged from a game fifteen years ago (Fallout New Vegas), continuing it toward that famous tagline, while doing just that with the Brotherhood of Steel. Maximus, after enduring so much to achieve his (supposed) dreams in the Brotherhood, confronts the truths about the Brotherhood and their leader — his mentor — Elder Cleric Quintus. Quintus is plotting to use the power potential of Cold Fusion to cement his place among the Brotherhood’s factions as their leader, but the fractious Brotherhood’s leaders aren’t going to just roll over, especially not the strongest branch of the Brotherhood out east, from the Commonwealth. Maximus is torn between the person he and his parents thought he was and his loyalty to the Brotherhood.
Meanwhile, Lucy and Dogmeat are journeying through the Mojave Wasteland with the Ghoul in search of her father, whom she has learned has stolen a set of power armor and headed toward New Vegas. It was revealed in the previous season that Hank Maclean was from Vault 31, a vault full of cryogenically suspended members of Vaultek who would be thawed out at predetermined times to run the experiment between Vault 31, 32, and 33. Lucy had to reconcile her sheltered life with the life she’s exposed to in the Wasteland in season one, but her journey this season is to deal with the revelations she’s having about the reality of that life in the Vault. The Wasteland’s harsh survival is not the hardest choice she’s going to face as she confronts those realities and the truths about her father.
Walton Goggins shines again as the Ghoul, and while it was clear in season one that he was the connection to the Pre-War world, now that Hank Maclean, and others revealed in the second season, are also connected to that world, it gives the Ghoul, and by extension Cooper Howard, story so much more room to breathe. Their perceived contrasting personalities are resolved through the ever expanding web of the conspiracy behind how the bombs were dropped and who was working the strings.
That conspiracy was the central plot of season two, and it was steeped in juicy, delicious nostalgia. From introducing Caesar’s Legion from Fallout New Vegas, finally introducing the Enclave, to finally getting our first glimpse of Supermutants! Any fan of the franchise knows the terror and comedy the giant green mutants, whose encampments, adorned with chainlink bags of bloody human remains, are found throughout the Wasteland. The introduction of Supermutants, complete with a cameo from an actor that’s a long-time staple of the franchise (Ron Perlman), wasn’t the only bit of nostalgia. The biggest terror of the Wasteland, in every game, finally took center stage, and in multitudes. Deathclaws. So many Deathclaws. And, they’re not just there for eye candy and to scare fans, they actually play into the story.
It’s hard to find anything disappointing about season two, and the only feeling you’re left with is excitement for the confirmed season three.
Rating: 10/10
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