Fallout category
Series
14 entries tagged Series, 14 of them long reads. The rest of the wiki points here most often at The Ghoul: Cooper Howard, the Actor Who Became a Bounty Hunter and Lucy MacLean: the Vault 33 Dweller at the Heart of the Fallout Series.
- Fallout TV Series Explained: Seasons, Story and How It Fits the GamesA guide to the Prime Video Fallout series: both seasons and every episode, the story of Lucy, Maximus and the Ghoul from Vault 33 to New Vegas, the Shady Sands timeline debate, how the show fits after the games in 2296, and what is confirmed about season 3.
- Fallout Season 3: Release Date, Cast and What We KnowFallout season 3 is confirmed and filming, but Amazon hasn't given it a release date yet. Here is what is official: the renewal, when filming started, who is coming back and who is new, and where season 2 left the story.
- When Is the Fallout TV Show Set? The Timeline ExplainedThe Fallout TV show is set in 2296, after every Fallout game, with flashbacks to 2077 and the last days before the bombs. Here is how its dates fit the games, why the Shady Sands date confused people, and what the show actually puts on screen.
- How Did Lucy MacLean Lose Her Finger?Lucy MacLean loses a finger to the Ghoul in season 1 of the Fallout TV series, and gets a dead stranger's finger sewn on in its place an hour later. Here is what happens, which episode it's in, and who ends up with the finger.
- Is Lucy MacLean Turning Into a Ghoul?No. Nothing in either season of the Fallout TV show has Lucy MacLean turning into a ghoul. The idea comes from her mismatched replacement finger, a dose of irradiated water and one line from the Ghoul. Here's what the show actually shows.
- Is the Ghoul Dead in Fallout?No. As of the end of Fallout season 2, the Ghoul is alive and heading off to find his family, and Amazon has confirmed Walton Goggins is back for season 3. He isn't undead either: ghouls are living people mutated by radiation. Here is what the show has aired so far.
- Lucy MacLean: the Vault 33 Dweller at the Heart of the Fallout SeriesLucy MacLean is the Vault 33 resident who leaves home to rescue her father and finds out what he really did. Here is her story through both seasons of the Fallout TV series, from Filly to the Las Vegas Strip.
- Maximus: the Shady Sands Orphan Who Joined the Brotherhood of SteelMaximus is the Brotherhood of Steel aspirant who survived the bombing of Shady Sands as a boy and fakes his way into a knight's power armour. Here is his story through both seasons of the Fallout TV series, and how he ends up fighting deathclaws on the Strip.
- The Ghoul: Cooper Howard, the Actor Who Became a Bounty HunterThe Ghoul is Cooper Howard, a pre-war Western star and Vault-Tec pitchman who survived the bombs as a ghoul and spent two centuries looking for his wife and daughter. Here is his full story across the Fallout TV series and Fallout 76.
- What Happened to Lucy MacLean's Mother?Lucy MacLean grew up believing her mother died in Vault 33. The truth, told in the season 1 finale of the Fallout TV series, is far worse: Rose MacLean ran away, Hank came after her, and Lucy finally finds her as a ghoul. Here is the whole story.
- What Happened to Mr. House in the Fallout Show?Mr. House gets one scene in season 1 of the Fallout TV series, at the meeting where Vault-Tec pitches the end of the world. Season 2 makes him a major player before the war and brings him back in 2296 as a voice on a screen in the Lucky 38. Here is what the show tells us, episode by episode, and what it leaves open.
- Who Is Lucy MacLean's Father?Lucy MacLean's father is Hank MacLean, the overseer of Vault 33, played by Kyle MacLachlan. He's also a pre-war Vault-Tec employee who spent two centuries frozen, and the man who destroyed Shady Sands. Here's who he really is, across both seasons.
- Why Did Lucy MacLean Shoot Her Mother?Lucy shoots her mother, Rose, to end her suffering. In the Fallout season 1 finale she finds Rose chained up as a feral ghoul, years after Hank's bomb destroyed Shady Sands. Ella Purnell calls it a mercy kill, and a sign Lucy has started to become the Ghoul.
- Why Is Lucy MacLean's Finger Black?Lucy MacLean's finger is dark because it isn't hers. After the Ghoul cuts off her own finger in season 1, a robot surgeon sews on a spare from a drawer of other people's fingers, and it never matches. Here's what the show says about it, and what it doesn't.