Fallout Season 2 wrapped up with Episode 8 and I got to say even though I enjoyed the ride this season gave us, I cannot stop thinking about how messy the whole thing felt by the end, like there were just way too many things happening all at once, they also kept jumping from one scene to another just to keep up the hype and none of them got properly closed which left me feeling kind of unsatisfied but also satisfied at the same time for what actually happen, its weird. I get it Season 3 is already confirmed so they do not feel the pressure to wrap everything up but damn, when you got Norm disappearing into thin air, the Brotherhood doing whatever the hell they doing, the Ghoul on his own mission, Lucy and Maximus stuck in Vegas with no clear direction and Steph sending that Phase Two message to Colorado it just feels like too much shit left hanging in the air, Im sure its annoying for many but I get it, this is going to be a two part season where three will finish what season 2 started. The whole Macauley Culkin situation was weird too because they promoted the guy like crazy and he barely got five minutes of screen time as the new Caesar felt like a marketing trick more than anything else and I hope Season 3 gives him more to do or else what was the point, was he really needed or just HBO trying to pull attention with a known actor to bring more people for episode eight. The action scenes were solid though that fight with Maximus in the power armor against the Death Claws was sick and seeing the NCR sniper moment was a nice throwback to New Vegas for those who played the game but again it just sets up more questions instead of giving us answers and its frustrating when you wait the whole week for it, specially since it was the season finale and I was hoping for more closure than what we actually got.
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Lucy dealing with her dad was probably the most emotional part of the episode because watching Hank confess about working for the Enclave and then wiping his own memory was brutal she basically lost him even though he is still alive which is such a dark way to end their chapter for now, at least we know she will not have to kill him herself and she wont have to deal with the guilt of doing it but at the same time its almost worse because now she has this shell of a father who does not remember her or anything he did and what can she even do with that situation. Cooper heading to Colorado to find his wife after seeing that postcard got me hyped for Season 3 because you know it is going to be one of those situations where she is probably gone and his daughter is going to hate him for all the wrong reasons classic tragedy setup that Im sure we all saw coming from a mile away, I hope they do not drag that out too long and just get to it because I have been waiting for this reunion since season one started and the flashbacks have been teasing it forever. The post credits scene with Quintus turning into the destroyer and revealing that Liberty Prime Alpha armor had me hyped too because that is going to be insane when it shows up but still I wish this season had tightened up everything a bit more instead of throwing everything at the wall and hoping it sticks, its like they had all these cool ideas but ran out of time to connect them properly so they just said fuck it and pushed half of it to next season.
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Getting into other topics because as I mention there was a ton happening at the same time, there is Macauley Culkin and the Legion deciding who is the new Caesar after their civil war ends and homie just eats the note that said the Legion should end with the old boss and kills the only witness so now he is the new leader marching towards Vegas that is such a classic Ceasar move by the way, its a quick scene that sets up the big battle coming in season three between the Legion and the NCR and I like how they are building towards that showdown even if it feels rushed right now. Then we got Cooper meeting Mr House who is back online thanks to that cold fusion thing and House is dropping all this data about how he was screwed over by the Enclave and how everyone ends up working for him eventually which is such a House thing to say, the whole conversation felt very much like the game where he gives you missions and acts like he owns everything in Vegas which technically he does. House gives Cooper a Pip Boy with his consciousness inside it so he can guide him to the secret vault under Vegas where his family is supposed to be and I thought that was pretty clever even if it felt a bit convenient for the plot, now Cooper has this AI companion for season three which should be interesting to see how if that duo ever work out but got dropped real quick. Maximus fighting the Death Claws on the strip was probably the best action sequence of the entire episode even if it went on a bit too long in my opinion, he gets out of the power armor after it stops working and tries to fight them with just a pool cue and a roulette wheel as a shield which is both badass and stupid at the same time but it works for his character who has always been about being a true knight, also a bit cliche considering they are in Vegas, not just another dumb soldier in armor following orders. The townspeople taking bets on whether he will survive was very Vegas and added some dark humor to the scene even though you know Maximus is not going to die because he is one of the main characters, then the NCR shows up and saves him with that sick sniper shot and I literally gasped when I saw the ranger because I was not expecting them to bring back the NCR in such a big way after the Ghoul left them behind I really thought they were all dead.
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Probably the most fucked up moment of the episode is when Lucy gets to the "main frame" and realize her dad has been using Congresswoman Welch head to program mind control chips for the Enclave which is so messed up, the whole scene where Welch is begging Lucy to kill her because she has been alive for 200 years as just a head hooked up to computers was disturbing and sad at the same time and Lucy just screams why everyone wants her to kill them. Hank then explains his plan to chip everyone in the wasteland and turn them into docile followers with the perfect personality type which sounds like something straight out of a dystopian psychopath nightmare and its crazy how far he was willing to go to create his version of a perfect world, even his own daughter was going to get chipped until the Ghoul showed up and shot Hank in the ass which was hilarious to watch. Lucy has the chance to kill her dad but instead she chips him and tries to make him confess everything except he wipes his own memory with a remote control he had hidden and now he is basically brain dead just standing there with no thoughts or memories. The whole father daughter relationship has been the emotional core of the show and ending it this way was brave from Hank to be honest, he basically suicide and at the same time the situation left me feeling empty because there was no real closure just sadness and loss which I guess is the point that it crates this feeling of sadness towards Lucy. The Steph situation at the end where she reveals she is Hanks wife and activates Phase Two for the Enclave was one of the biggest twists of the episode even though I kind of saw it coming after all the hints they dropped throughout the season about her past, finding out she was married to Hank before the bombs dropped and has been working for the Enclave this whole time makes you rethink everything she did in the vaults and how much of it was planned versus just survival. The flashback showing Cooper and Barb leaving Vegas and talking about going to Colorado was important because it connects to the postcard Cooper finds in the empty cryo tube later telling him his family went there and now we know that is where the Enclave research facility is located so everything is pointing towards Colorado for season three.
Overall I would give this finale a 7 out of 10, for sure it was entertaining and full of cool moments but way too scattered the episode was just all over the place, it felt more like a mid season episode than an actual finale because so many things are left unresolved and hanging in the air waiting for season three to pick them up. The acting was great across the board especially Ella Purnell dealing with her dad; by the way I did mention on a span how huge her eyes looks with that yellow dress sometimes she looks weird though and sometimes she looks so hot its crazy, Walton Goggins heading to Colorado to find his family, the action was solid and the world building continues to be top notch with all the Fallout game references and lore drops that make the show feel connected to the source material, not that Im a gamer but there are things that I do look up online to understand them but not too much so I dont spoil the series for myself. I just wish they had closed out a few more threads instead of opening ten new ones because now we have to wait probably a whole year to get answers and that is frustrating when you are invested in these characters and want to know what happens next, at least we know season three is confirmed and they are filming it soon so it wont be a super long wait hopefully. If you enjoy post apocalyptic shows with good writing and acting then this season was worth watching even with its flaws, at least got to say was way better than season 1, just be prepared for a cliffhanger ending that will leave you wanting more and probably rewatching the whole season to catch all the little details you missed the first time around because there is a lot packed into these eight episodes.
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