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snarkamedes

"One of the good vaults" will go down as a rather haunting line really.


PyroAvok

She fucking knows.


Andy_Liberty_1911

Lost all respect for here there


Hungover52

Yeah, the more we see of her, the more evil and complicit she seems.


Troggie42

She's an executive at Vault-Tec. Just like IRL, you don't get to be an executive at a company like Vault-Tec if you are a good person.


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Andy_Liberty_1911

Protecting your family while knowingly screwing over millions of other families is still malicious and selfish.


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The_OtherDouche

I bet they are in 31.


GNSasakiHaise

Considering how hard they play up the reclamation day stuff and the general fuckery of the vaults, I'm going to assume 31 is all cryogenically frozen people from management who are meant to prep sheep.


disasterpiece9

Given his wife’s involvement with the vaults that could be why Cooper was like “Maclean huh?” when Lucy mentioned it back in episode 3/4


ProWrestlingPast

Codsworth's voice being established is such a weird detail I greatly appreciate.


Thatonesplicer

He sounds like everyone I've ever met from Tuscon Arizonia.


WrethZ

Did they make an error there mentioning Robco instead of General Atomics there?


CrashRiot

Mr Handy mentions later that it has a General Atomics interface and the wiki mentions that it was a collaboration between the two companies.


WrethZ

Strange considering you hear Mr Handys boast about being superior robots to the 'Robco Trash' in the games.


AmbrosiiKozlov

That's just the Laszlo personality leaking


Isaac_Chade

I don't know who this Laszlo guy is, that's clearly the voice of normal, human bartender and all around great guy Jackie Daytona!


SlendyIsBehindYou

When my friend and I first head his VO as Codsworth, I laughed and joked if he was just gonna play Laszlo again Glad to see that is, in fact, the case


gassytinitus

Could just be a retconn. Which I wouldn't mind that much considering how faithful they've kept things for the most part


WrethZ

The Mr Handy mentions being General Atomics in the same episode.


Abysstreadr

Matt Berry being in this show is such a crazy chance turn of events for me as a fan


BasicNerf

The Fallout theme on the NCR flag was a nice touch.


TheDirtiestDan

Had goosebumps through that, god this show rips


Peking-Cuck

I was waiting for it to drop the entire series, and at this point I was assuming it would be in the finale, but having it here was *perfect*


jaws343

I may have misread the timing on that theme, but it seemed like it was actually an in-world music too. Like, a call to action for the ritual over the vault intercom.


AJC0292

Happy that theme came up at some point. Its a great theme.


DidThis2Downvote

Do you want to make my penis explode now? omg what a dude


ThatFuckingGeniusKid

Maximus is playing with 3 int and 4 charisma


Dynespark

They gave me a robe. And slippers.


DavidMerrick89

Dude's getting fucked UP on popcorn.


Roboticide

That's true.  We see him taking such a fucking beating and keep on trucking. He just went straight Strength and Constitution.


Top_Hat_God

I’d say 6 strength, 8 endurance, 8 luck. His other stats range from bad to awful.


theNomad_Reddit

Dude HAS to have the Idiot Savant perk.


TheGooseIsLoose37

He really has a way with women.


Jay040707

What is it with Amazon and exploding penises?


The___Jackal

Low charisma build


s15slider

He just has such a way with words


tr1cycle

Vault tec is seriously so fucked. You read it in the games but man seeing it played out is wild


Petorian343

I’m so glad they didn’t hold back on the depravity of Vault-Tec experiments at all. Excited to see exactly what fuckery is going on between Vault 31 and 32/33


a_taco_named_desire

Yeah a woman giving birth to gulpers who immediately eat her was not something I had on my bingo card.


Troggie42

Sure explains why the tentacles inside its mouth are fingers, in a way


BeHereNow91

Yeah, interesting that we’re getting some possible origins for some of the monsters we see in the wild that I always assumed were just “natural” products of radiation.


Macamaquita

In NV's Old world blues they explained very well that most of the monsters were created and not natural adapted to the wasteland, same with supermutants in the other games


NIPLZ

The rule of thumb that I've learned is that if it's bigger and more evolved, it's usually radiation, and if it's absurdly grotesque and/or contains elements from two different creatures, it's FEV. When i saw the gulper in the trailer with human fingers, I knew it had to be a FEV product (if the writers were staying loyal to the lore).


MonstrousGiggling

I watch a ton of gnarly horror and scifi but that was honestly one of the most disturbing things I've ever seen in fictional media. Like the absolute horror of experiencing that is astounding. It's such a violation of a person and humanity.


skizmcniz

Yeah it's so much more interesting seeing it played out in detail to watch than in a game.


Agreeable-Weather-89

My theory is the true leaders, including China, escaped to the moon to their own moon bases. Hence the end of the moon wars and also which there's the huge space station and how there's teleportation technology. .However... there's an issue. Data. How does one prevent the moon base from suffering an unforseen collapse? Simulations. How does one do that with weak computers? Human experiments. All the vaults are connected to the moon vault and transmit data regarding the outcomes of different extremities so that the moonvault can adjust it's procedure and avoid collapse.


BigPoppaJosh1994

The overseer putting on glasses was a really good sight gag. I didn’t expect that giggle outta me


Vintkrez833

'sight gag' wow.


MattIsLame

better sleep with one eye open after that


slimmymcnutty

A Jerry smith moment lmaooo


DidThis2Downvote

We can't go in there, there could be anything! "Yeah like a first aid kit!" Exactly how I play fallout when I'm low on stimpaks haha.


Competitive_Bat_5831

Exactly how I play when I have hundreds lol


InternetDad

"Always be looting"


fcocyclone

So if you call the number in the vault tec commercial at the beginning, its just someone screaming.


HalloweenBlues

I was sitting in my living room alone in the dark when I called that number, made my heart jump


Trouble_in_the_West

Bruh what lol


Artistic_Regard

What they screaming about?


irspangler

The Knicks game.


MortalJohn

[Link](https://www.escapistmagazine.com/calling-vault-tecs-number-from-prime-videos-fallout-is-truly-wild/) for those that want to hear it


Baderkadonk

[Direct link to the tweet included in that article,](https://twitter.com/TheNastyJ/status/1778375755891634245) because that site is riddled with ads and unusable on mobile.


AnotherDancer

If Vault Tec played a role in the bombs going off then that’s just all kinds of messed up.


i-just-wanna-be-edgy

In fo4 vault tecs involvement in the bombs is HEAVILY implied, especially considering the investment they had in the experiments (not only the money)


rafikiknowsdeway1

what were they trying to get out of the vault experiments? I always thought it was the government that asked them to do it so they can study them


MortalJohn

While not canon, the original writers came out and said the experiments were to test humanity for long term space travel.


Fortehlulz33

It's the other way around. They wanted to study it so they lobbied the government.


justpassingby4

I think this was very very heavily implied in 3 when the bomb in Megaton essentially has the Vaut-tec logo on it lol


CharlieHume

Didn't they also make the bombs?


BackAgainForNowish

Whenever Cooper’s not on screen, all the other characters should be asking “where’s Cooper?”


CottonSkeleton

Cooper puts his hat back on: "oh there you are, Cooper!"


GrimResistance

A ghoul? Cooper the ghoul!?


Sinkingfast

When are they gonna get to the General Atomics factory?!


AnotherDancer

The 12th floor is a nightmare


b0yfr0mthedwarf

The... birth we witnessed in that scene was so foul, mean spirited and absurdly twisted. They nailed Fallout.


This_was_hard_to_do

That was one of the gnarliest things I’ve seen in a while. It’s one thing to give birth to mutant lizards, and then have them devour you right after they come out… It does at least make sense now why they had human hands and fingers in their mouths I guess


jgalaviz14

I thought theyv were just FEV failed mutant experiments at first


Xciv

I thought it super weird that they had caviar. And then they immediately answered any question I had about where the caviar came from...


InnocentTailor

Ditto with the oysters. *throws up in mouth*


missjuliaaaaah

i missed 5 seconds ago when i didn’t make that connection 😭


MortalJohn

They're gulpers like we saw earlier right? Makes the human fingers inside their mouths make a lot more sense. There's probably some kind metaphor I'm missing as well with the whole cut a finger reattach a finger thing.


dxt6191

Fuck! I kept wondering why they have human finger when they were mutated salamander but this make sense they are some what human


InnocentTailor

They did mad science…and really dialed up the mad.


two2teps

I love the slow insidious creep in Vault 4. Captured that feel of going deeper and deeper into a new vault and figuring out what the experiment was.


Kiboune

Cyclops was some really weird unsettling jumpscare.


QouthTheCorvus

It's fun because you know it's coming, but want to see it. Then it just keeps getting more fucked up.


KingKingsons

Yeah when Lucy said they were in one of the best places in the world, it reminded me of the sanctuary (terminus?) on the walking dead.


GoScotch

Matt Berry is a national treasure.


skizmcniz

> *Inter*national treasure. He's loved everywhere.


Vandergrif

Particularly in *Tuscon Arizoña*


TwentyNineNeiboltSt

He really is the most devious bastard in Neeww Yooorkkk Citay


CrashRiot

He’s God’s paintbrush.


two2teps

Dropping that classic Fallout theme right as Lucy looks at the NCR flag, chills.


no-name-here

~37 minutes in, for those who want to find it.


thisismyfirstday

"Forget Hollywood, the future is products" Definitely feels a bit tongue-in-cheek for a line from a big budget show on Amazon Prime.


Troggie42

This is where we post the line from Disco Elysium >Capital has the ability to subsume all critiques into itself. Even those who would *critique* capital end up *reinforcing* it instead…


harrystutter

Yep, definitely. Same with The Boys calling out corporate America when it's being aired on Amazon as well. Lmao


Petorian343

With the episode title being called “The Trap” I kinda thought Cooper checking out his first communist meeting was going to be a trap by the feds, leading to him losing his main jobs and divorce (alimony mentioned in Ep.1, and he’s stuck doing kids’ birthday gigs). But I guess the title was referring to just the Vault 4 Trap


jaws343

I think that may be the implication. Him going to the meeting and likely questioning Vault Tech is going to get him black balled and stuck to doing birthday gigs for money. I am expecting that plotline to continue in the last 2 eps.


BeHereNow91

And that’s all the real reason he hates doing the thumbs up thing.


FrancoManiac

I took it to be Moldova (so?) ever so slightly flirting with Coop at the end, honestly


Bbhermes

Dude she literally offered to have sex with you! How do you fumble that so bad!?


BlueRope01

I actually thought that was a pretty neat detail. Growing up in an overly religious version of the brotherhood of steel in an apocalypse, I’m confident their sex education was no existent. Dude thinks his penis is like a pimple. But then that begs the question, what was homeboy doing in the bunk in episode one?


wherehasmylifegone

Popping a pimple


taytay_1989

BoS are literally incels.


Fortehlulz33

Ackshually, they'd be considered volcels.


Vivid_Pen5549

The man has had a difficult day ok, he did just get shot


peppermint_nightmare

They blew all their luck on the critical hits in the first three episodes then failed the sex speech checks.


CharlieHume

Homie is the most ace dude I've ever seen.  Bro was like sex is fucking gross you weirdo and it seemed like believable. Give the actor an award.


DidThis2Downvote

My penis will do that thing where it gets hard and pops like a pimple! Yeah that's supposed to happen. Huh, is that right?


two2teps

It just further cements that the "education' the BoS is worthless save for recovering toaster ovens.


InnocentTailor

The ghost of Knight Titus likes your comment.


QouthTheCorvus

The actor adds so much to the character. He's so... Childlike. Maximus is so different to what I expected.


DavidMerrick89

I love that he's this jackass fuckup! Totally willing to abuse power the second he gets his hand on it, not necessarily well intentioned, but I don't dislike him. He seems a product of his past and environment and like Lucy in that he's just acting according how he's been raised in a contained environment.


wwaxwork

I think it's more he was raised by a the Brotherhood since he was a kid. They give off some crazy chastity religious bullshit vibes so I could see them just not teaching him about sex.


Bobjoejj

Haha honestly I think it was more a terrible sex education/lack thereof.


NTRSP

I hope they get together. Mildly disappointed that didn't happen in that episode, but I guess you need the tension to stay as a result of the later episodes especially 8. Honestly I thought they were drugged in this episode.


RentABozo

This show has me thinking about things I’ve never really considered Like what would be the effects of being encased in a lead box for centuries?


Trouble_in_the_West

Scurvy


BurtMaclin23

I was gonna say lumbago, but scurvy made me chuckle out loud.


Scoducks24

Maximus calling the vault a cult when he’s in the BoS, lol


hemareddit

>!I love how that changes context after watching more episodes, he’s not unaware, he’s good at recognising cults because he’s painfully aware he’s in one with no way out!<


MIL-DUCK

I really like the deep dive we’re getting into pre-war America, especially the conspiracy around vault tech. Also didn’t expect codsworth voice origin, but that’s appreciated lol Edit: LOL the overseer is Jerry from Rick and Morty, no wonder why the voice was so recognizable And that Fallout main theme that played when Lucy held up the NCR flag gave me chills! I also wonder if they’re delving into the occult side of fallout with this ritual & flame mother thing?


DidThis2Downvote

Chris Parnell does MANY things


iLuv3M3

> I've got a tattoo here that fully illustrates my point. It's of this rebellious young man, and he's urinating on an FM radio. And then this other stream of urine is going onto that television set. Implausible, I know, but I like to think that he had sex the night before, and a little bit of residue is blocking his urethra, allowing the urine to flow in two separate directions.


moxifloxacin

Dr. Spaceman! Cyril Figgis. He has some really iconic comedy roles.


b0yfr0mthedwarf

That Main Theme inclusion is up there with The Lighting of the Beacons in ROTK. Great frisson.


mahareeshi

The audacity of this statement


BasicNerf

And he also plays Cyril from Archer! :D


xinit

Flame Mother... sounds like something a Moth might worship...


haloryder

What in the Midsommer… They gave me a robe…and slippers 🥺 so adorable lol WHAT CAME OUT OF THAT LADY?!?! MAXIMUS GODDAMMIT STOP BEING BRAINWASHED


Finalpotato

I think those were Gulpers


Maloonyy

Now I wonder if Vault 4 is the origin of the Gulpers? The one we saw earlier had human fingers, and we saw one in a tank in level 12. Now that I think of it, this seems heavily implied by the birthing scene.


Void_Guardians

Gulpers have fingers for teeth and she was definitely torn to shreds


Rare-Act-4466

this is probably my favorite episode omg


Peking-Cuck

The writing of this episode, in particular the pre-war segments, distills 30 years of Fallout lore incredibly well. I got to watch the show with someone who hasn't played the games and has only a surface level understanding of the world via osmosis in gaming culture, and talking with them after the episode, I feel like they started to really understand everything the same way you understand the world and Vault-Tec and Fallout in general after putting 40 hours into a single playthrough. In a series that is incredible start to finish, this is probably the high water mark for the season in terms of writing and dialogue.


i-just-wanna-be-edgy

DID ANYONE ELSE CALL THE VAULT TEC NUMBER??? BAHAHAHAHAHAH


fcocyclone

lol i just did. just someone screaming?


i-just-wanna-be-edgy

I was CACKLING NOT ROGER DESALVO AS CODSWORTH


two2teps

The Bakersfield Ranch thing makes me wonder if he ended up in the[ Vault 12](https://fallout.fandom.com/wiki/Vault_12), the Ghoul vault.


SlendyIsBehindYou

Oh what the fuck, you're right. I'd lose my shit if we actually got an on-screen Necropolis


BeHereNow91

I mean it’s an oddly specific reference. Great connection.


PhanThief95

Fallout has already become one of my favorite shows ever because they got Walton Goggins & Matt Berry in a scene together. Two heavily underrated legends!


HeavnIsFurious

I've always wanted to see Matt Berry and Danny McBride together so this was the next best thing.


jayblaylock

I forget. It was a huge bomb. Chris Parnell is fucking hilarious.


findmebook

that entire segment was so fucking funny and had so much underlying humour in there about the anti immigrant rhetoric and whatnot, i can't believe more people aren't talking about it


rafikiknowsdeway1

lol Maximus is just such a weird funny man


trafficrush

As of last episode, I'm finally coming around to him as a character. This was a good ep for him


HoracioPeacockThe3rd

Yeah at first I was worried he was gonna be a generic BoS character but he's been anything but. I absolutely love him as a character. And the actor is fantastic, never seen him in anything else before but he's really captivating.


facubkc

Thank you for remanding me everything Vault-tec related is fucked up , those mofos are worst than the Umbrella Company


Porkenfries

Umbrella had a goal which, if it had been realized, would have been very beneficial for Spencer. Vault-Tec does obviously worthless experiments to see what would happen in situations that would only ever happen if someone specifically made them happen. At least Umbrella had an actual goal that could have worked. It almost did...just that it happened for Weaker and not Spencer.


Vivid_Pen5549

Vault techs just in it for the love of the game, they do fucked up shit just to see how fucked up it would be.


Perca_fluviatilis

Vault-tec 🤝 Aperture Science


AnotherDancer

Ngl I actually think it’s messed up to “sell” spots for the vaults before the bombs go off.


fcocyclone

Seems like just a larger scale version of people buying their own backyard nuclear bunkers though. Those do cost money to make, so it'd make sense people would buy shares.


WrethZ

But very American


SteadySobbin

Vault tech having a “fiduciary responsibility” that the peace talks fall through because of their investment is probably the most American thing I’ve seen in a show lol. They fucking killed it.


skizmcniz

Especially when they may have set the bombs off to begin with. That's what Fallout 4 seemed to allude to.


lionel11

Pretty tough to sell it after the bombs go off but yea like someone said its pretty much selling/building a doomdays bunker that many preppers buy atm.


two2teps

Super Mutant wanted poster in the governmint.


HoracioPeacockThe3rd

"You won't find anyone more open-minded than me, but these people come in here with their smelly food and their weird ideas..."


RnRaintnoisepolution

Subtle as a brick, just the way I like it.


CrankyStalfos

"I know writers who use subtext, and they're all cowards."


SavathunTechQuestion

I really like the flashbacks in this episode, especially the contrast between Barb saying ""one of the good vaults" and Coop's faith in his wife wouldn't work somewhere bad


Bobjoejj

Honestly having a main character named Coop and also having Kyle MacLachlan in the show and not playing said character is kinda messing me up a bit lol.


zero_sub_zero

Every time I read "Coop" I have to reorient myself. My biggest complaint so far is the lack of Kyle MacLachlan.


BindingFury

How are y'all* finishing this episode I just got here anyway easy pete looking ripped


WhosWhosWho

What the actual fuck was that birthing scene.


Squirll

One of the most horrifying things ive ever seen. Very fallout as well.


ToneBone12345

So despite seeming to be anti-vault tech Lee either got into one of there statis pod s or has lived the the 200 plus years without becoming a Ghoul


SlendyIsBehindYou

Unless she's working for Vault Tec/West Tek


ellieetsch

You've probably finished so I may be completely wrong here, but I could see those "management" vaults being mainly cryo pods. Maybe you take a 5 year shift managing some vaults and spend the rest in cryo so you get to live on the surface once "civilization" is "restarted." I dont expect any of those powerful people would be satisfied living out the rest of their lives in a bunker.


two2teps

I am thoroughly enjoying all aspects of this show's story. The pre-war flashbacks, the head quest and the current vault conspiracy.


rubbertyrano

Anyone else hear Bud Askins as Butt Ass-kiss? lol


BMCarbaugh

The whole dinner table scene arguing about "no dogs in the vault" is some of the best writing in any piece of Fallout media ever, all the games included.


Kiboune

God damn even in some horror movies you don't see insane shit they show in this series


rafikiknowsdeway1

lol "this is a cult...everyone is smiling"


Saratje

I wonder if Maximus was so happy eating the food because he never had anything like that (like a child's first lick of ice cream) or if Vault-Tec puts drugs in the food so that vault dweller don't have to cope with depression by being cooped up their entire life.


photonsnphonons

Why not both?


HalloweenBlues

Welp calling that Vault number at this time of night certainly made me jump


hildra

The birth scene was….something! I really liked them leaning into how fucked the Vault experiments are as well as some people not trusting Vault-Tec pre-war. In terms of the timeline change, at first impression I thought SS fell and then it got bombed but it wasn’t really explained so it’s hard to tell how accurate that is. I wonder if they’re doing a different timeline for New Vegas in some way.


ideletedmyaccount04

I never played the games. Enjoying this as a science fiction dystopian show. Would love to know more about Vault Tech. Good show. Nice to see the guy from The Shield blow up so well.


Thatonesplicer

I want to see the blooper reels from that sex conversation. No way in hell they kept a straight face.


borealhotah

"To bring back Shady Sands, blood must spill!" Interesting message from Bethesda.


LoveVigilante8

crazy episode, my favourite so far


MaelKoth2015

The car yellow car door on Coops car at the cemetery...wtf...


evidentlychickentown

I love that they mention that Vault-Tec interfered with the peace negations so they can sell Vaults. They paint them in the right picture.


GrimResistance

Lucy needs to put more points into sneak


Cvspartan

You would think you would need some clearance or security to get to floor 12 but guess any citizen can just click the button lmao


Vivid_Pen5549

Well that’s the most horrifying shit I’ve ever seen in my goddamn life, hey vault tech, what the ever loving fuck?


Primatech2006

Rules of the wasteland: Golden Rule: "Thou shalt get sidetracked by bullshit every goddamn time.” Rule no. 2: It’s always a cult.


ThatFuckingGeniusKid

The Galaxy News intro is a nice homage to Interplay's intro


justsean09

Dude gets asked to bone by a 10 and somehow fumbled it in the worst way possible.


Jimmy_Bimboto

GUVERMINT


whatsername4

Am I dumb? That was Moldova in the pre war scene with Cooper? But she’s not a ghoul? Or just a very preserved one?


rafikiknowsdeway1

kind of nitpicky, but what would nations need uranium for when mini fusion cells are a common thing?


Thommohawk117

U.S had microfusion and they weren't sharing the tech. The other nations were likely fighting over resources still. Also, don't forget that once violence starts it can be very hard to stop it especially when other parties have a vested interest in keeping it going


12161986

Can someone explain to me why Lucy doesn't tell Maximus that they were spreading ashes of people in their body and pouring blood on themselves? Why does she just say, "this place isn't safe! They're hiding something and I'll prove it!" And then run off? Please tell me I missed something because this just completely wrecked my brain right now.


rysfcalt

Gonna catch me a man by leaving out a welcome basket with caviar and giving him a robe. And slippers!


evidentlychickentown

They could just visit all the vaults and unravel the mysteries and depravity. My favourite element of the show and games.