Synopsis: In a future, post-apocalyptic Los Angeles brought about by nuclear decimation, citizens must live in underground bunkers to protect themselves from radiation, mutants and bandits.
Season 1 of Fallout was Great.
Pros: I love a lot of the music used in this season. I like how they setup the world up in this new franchise. All the performances are surprisingly good. Credit for putting together make-up prosthetics & costumes that turn out to be faithful from the game series to the screen. The action sequences were done very well, and I enjoyed the mystery aspect of the story along with how it used the past & present events to help set the stakes in the season. There’s not that much of a clear villain in this season at all.
Cons: I didn’t care for the character Thaddeus that much & that’s it.
Genre: Drama; Post-apocalyptic; Science fiction Western
Developed by Lisa Joy, Jonathan Nolan
Created by Graham Wagner, Geneva Robertson-Dworet
Based on Fallout; by Bethesda Softworks
Starring: Ella Purnell, Aaron Moten, Kyle MacLachlan, Moises Arias, Xelia Mendes-Jones & Walton Goggins.
Composer: Ramin Djawadi
Executive producers: Jonathan Nolan, Lisa Joy, Geneva Robertson-Dworet, Graham Wagner, Athena Wickham, Todd Howard, James Altman, Margot Lulick, James W. Skotchdopole
Cinematography: Stuart Dryburgh, Teodoro Maniaci
Producers: Crystal Whelan, Halle Phillips, Gursimran Sandhu
Editor: Ali Comperchio
Production companies: Kilter Films, Amazon MGM Studios, Bethesda Game Studios, Bethesda Softworks
Channel: Prime Video
Casts & Characters:
Main
- Ella Purnell as Lucy MacLean, a young Vault Dweller and the primary protagonist
- Luciana VanDette portrays young Rose MacLean
- Aaron Moten as Maximus, a squire of the Brotherhood of Steel who becomes an ally to Lucy
- Amir Carr portrays young Maximus
- Kyle MacLachlan as Hank MacLean, Lucy’s father and the Overseer of Vault 33
- Moisés Arias as Norm MacLean, Lucy’s brother
- Xelia Mendes-Jones as Dane, a member of the Brotherhood of Steel and Maximus’s closest friend
- Walton Goggins as The Ghoul / Cooper Howard, a mutated gunslinger and bounty hunter who has been alive since before the bombs fell
Recurring
- Sarita Choudhury as Lee Moldaver
- Leslie Uggams as Betty Pearson, a former Overseer of Vault 33 who has since retired and joined its governing council
- Johnny Pemberton as Thaddeus, a member of the Brotherhood of Steel
- Zach Cherry as Woody Thomas, a member of Vault 33’s governing council
- Annabel O’Hagan as Stephanie Harper, a pregnant resident of Vault 33 and Lucy’s closest friend
- Dave Register as Chet, Lucy’s cousin who is attracted to her
- Rodrigo Luzzi as Reg McPhee, a member of Vault 33’s governing council
- Leer Leary as Davey
- Elle Vertes as Rose MacLean
- Teagan Meredith as Janey Howard, Cooper’s daughter in 2077
- Frances Turner as Barb Howard
Guest
- Matt Berry
- as “Mr. Handy”, a RobCo Industries helper bot
- as “Snip Snip”
- as Sebastian Leslie
- Michael Esper
- as Bud Askins
- as “Brain-on-a-Roomba”
- Michael Cristofer as Elder Cleric Quintus
- Jon Daly as a Snake Oil Salesman
- Chris Parnell as Ben, the Overseer of Vault 4
- Cherien Dabis as Birdie
- Dallas Goldtooth as Charles Whiteknife
- Eric Berryman as Lloyd Hawthorne
- Angel Desai as Cassandra Hawthorne
- Mykelti Williamson as Honcho
- Cameron Cowperthwaite as Monty
- Mike Doyle as Bob Spencer
- Michael Emerson as Dr. Siggi Wilzig, an enigmatic wanderer who aids Lucy
- Michael Rapaport as Knight Titus
- Dale Dickey as Ma June, a native and shopkeeper in the settlement of Filly
- Neal Huff as Roger
- Matty Cardarople as Huey
- Glenn Fleshler as Sorrel Booker
- Fred Armisen as DJ Carl
- Erik Estrada as Adam
- Michael Mulheren as Frederick Sinclair
I highly recommend watching this season on Prime Video.
Rating: 10 out of 10 Stars
Ryan Balkwill:
Resident TV reviewer,
Level Best Art Cafe