"the Bethesda video game franchise which inspired it has a huge following, Westworld creator Jonathan Nolan was steering the ship, and beloved character actor Walton Goggins was front and center of the series. But its wackier tone and relatively unknown main cast felt like Fallout was being set up to be a niche hit, at best. Certainly it wouldn't hold a candle to HBO's golden child, the prestige TV power player The Last of Us."
"But, just a few weeks after its release, Fallout was a runaway success. It quickly became one of Amazon's biggest original hits, and was hailed critically as one of the best video game adaptations ever. By the time the internet had labeled that a " Hot Ghoul Summer" in response to the lusty fervor that Goggins' tortured Ghoul had inspired in viewers, it was clear that Fallout had ascended to a true phenomenon."
"which saw Vault dweller Lucy MacLean learn the true nature of her father, Hank MacLean (Kyle MacLachlan), who was not only a cryogenically-frozen survivor from before the apocalypse, but was also responsible for destroying Shady Sands, a utopian community on the surface where Lucy's mother had fled when she was young. Reeling from this horrifying revelation, Lucy decides to leave behind her new friend Maximus (Aaron Moten) and team up with the Ghoul (Goggins) to bring her father to justice."
Fallout premiered in April and became a runaway Amazon hit, praised as one of the best video game adaptations and sparking cultural buzz around Walton Goggins' Ghoul. Season 2 begins soon after Season 1, following Vault dweller Lucy MacLean as she learns her father Hank was a pre-apocalypse survivor who destroyed Shady Sands. Reeling from the revelation, Lucy abandons her friend Maximus to team with the Ghoul to bring Hank to justice, while Maximus returns to the Brotherhood of Steel. Season 2 emphasizes electric character dynamics and deliberate casting of character actors, delivering a focused and satisfying continuation.
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