"If the first four episodes of sometimes felt meandering, indulgent, lost in the Wasteland's desert, then the showdown between House and Coop in the fifth episode, "The Wrangler," comes as a thrilling course correction. The fantastically acted duel between Walton Goggins and Justin Theroux rearranges Fallout's chessboard and makes it feel like the series is finally pushing itself in a new direction regarding what we do, or don't, know about how the U.S. stumbled into a nuclear holocaust."
"Fallout follows a very simple rule in its characterizations: The person you thought was a good guy was probably actually a bad guy, and the person you thought was a bad guy was probably actually a good guy. It's a crazy world in the 23rd century, and no one is quite who they appear to be. That switcheroo worked best in the series's first season, when the cynical, cannibalistic Ghoul was revealed to be Cooper Howard, a former Hollywood star"
The second season complicates who caused the American nuclear apocalypse, suggesting Cooper Howard may be responsible instead of Barbara Howard or Robert House. The fifth episode, "The Wrangler," delivers a decisive confrontation between House and Coop, offering a thrilling course correction. The duel between Walton Goggins and Justin Theroux rearranges Fallout's narrative and pushes the series toward new directions about the origins of the holocaust. Fallout applies a rule that presumed heroes often prove villainous and presumed villains often prove sympathetic. Cooper Howard's past involvement with Vault-Tec and Barbara's role in detonating America remain central.
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