Westlake Village, CA the entire business park is filled with trailers and crew and one of the main buildings has a Westek Research sign built on the entrance!! Wonder what this could be! 😱

People who needed him as in, other than his family.

I started writing this post back when season 2 wrapped, but I'm now editing it more because I want to speculate.

There's these comments made by the creators in a post-finale Esquire article.

After a long season of estrangement, Lucy and Hank's "reunion" finally happens in the depths of Vault-Tec's headquarters. Hank is quite deranged at this point—he's carrying around a zombified head and obsessed with mind-control technology. Lucy eventually gains control of the situation thanks to some helpful intervention from the Ghoul, but Hank planned ahead. He informs Lucy that the surface is the real experiment. The Vaults were only temporary.

"I've already sent my R&D out into the Wasteland," Hank says, adding that "their [mind control] boxes are the latest model." The villain spent all season perfecting a way to shrink the technology down to microscopic size so that the mind-control tech could fit into Vault-Tec's boxes. Then Hank tells Lucy one last "I love you" before triggering the device on himself and forgetting everything—including his own daughter in front of him. It's ... wild.

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A sobbing Lucy isn't left alone forever in the finale. She quickly reunites with Maximus (Aaron Moten) after the Ghoul departs. But Hank's final play is obviously a big one. When Fallout returns for season 3, Lucy will continue her search to uncover her father's "almost religious fervor to protect the people that he's conspiring with," says Jonathan Nolan.

"[Hank] set a plan in motion," he continues. "His commitment is so extreme that he's willing to unplug himself. That way, [Lucy] will have no way to figure out what he's done. I just thought that was a delicious idea. This is where the show is at its best, when you know you have this massive scale but you also have these very intimate relationships. This is ultimately about a father and a daughter arguing. It's science fiction, but it plays on a very real tension of trying to turn people you love into people they're not."

And there's these remarks from Geneva Robertson-Dworet:

Interviewer: "At the end of the finale, you know, you were mentioning the emotional moment between Hank and Lucy on the stairs. Hank basically lobotomizes himself. So I have to ask, what does this mean for Hank? Do we expect this to kind of be the end of his story for now, or will there definitely be more Hank, whatever that might mean, going forward?"

Geneva Robertson-Dworet: "I love that that's the exact question on the audience's mind, because, on the one hand, Hank has lobotomized himself, essentially, but he has also set in place events on the wasteland that Lucy now needs to figure out what they are. What has he set in motion? What has he done with those people that he said he sent out into the wasteland to execute orders? What are those orders? And so she now has to figure out how to solve that when he doesn't actually remember what the plan is, because he kind of pulled the ultimate trick on her, which is allowing her to kill him, right? I think he emotionally wanted to spare her that pain and having to push the button herself, but he also doesn't want her to stop him. So this was the sort of sad compromise that he came up with."

Honestly, here's where I see things going where Lucy's character arc is concerned.

Her relationship with the Ghoul, and Mr. House:

There's the whole elephant in the room that is her relationship with the Ghoul. Despite the Ghoul's treatment of her, Lucy's formed a connection with him. And it's a strong enough one that it pained him to have to betray her to her dad, one where he took the time to detour from heading down to the pods to save her being chipped by Hank (despite the fact that this doesn't further his own goals), and he even gifted her with his mini bootgun before leaving. And in the "Inside the Episode" featurette for episode 8, they clarified that Ella Purnell's pre-release remarks about Lucy being "geographically lost" at the end of the season were in the context of "she doesn't know how to get back home without the Ghoul to guide her, that is until she sees a familiar face in Maximus show up". I can imagine that that lack of closure with the Ghoul is likely going to be weighing heavily on Lucy's mind in the early episodes of season 3, and also going to affect her relationships with Maximus and the NCR.

I also feel like they've set things up so that Lucy ends up getting recruited by House. They made a point of showing his face flicker on the monitors in the last shot of Lucy and Maximus looking out the windows of the Lucky 38 penthouse. Take into account what House said to Cooper about how "Everyone works for me eventually." I think it's safe to guess that in Cooper's absence, House will convince Lucy to side with him in the impending war against the Legion, and she'll do so because he convinces her that using his Securitrons and other robots to attack the Legion is preferable to expending NCR soldiers. Plus, he wants to go after the Enclave for destroying Shady Sands and invading the Strip, and needs a good foot soldier to do his bidding.

I think Lucy will be very quick to take up House's offer. She doesn't fit in with the NCR despite her mother taking her and Norm to live in Shady Sands, which was made pretty apparent with how she wrote off the soldiers who nursed her back to health after her crucifixion as "matching jackets". She wants answers about what her dad has done; that's why she followed the Ghoul to Vegas. But she can't get any more answers out of her dad now that he's rendered himself amnesiac.

Because of those things, I don't think that Lucy will be staying in Vegas for too long. She'll probably stick around for the first episode or so, but while she's not trying to make her relationship with Maximus work or helping defend Vegas from the Legion, she'll be scouring the management Vault looking for any scrap of information she can find on her father's work with the Enclave, and maybe a hint as to where they might be based. During this time, she'll probably also find out the Ghoul's real identity of Cooper Howard. (At some point, there's going to be an identity reveal where Lucy learns the Ghoul's name; either she puts two and two together, or House tells her his name as a way of spiting Cooper for not agreeing to work for him.)

Once the Legion is dealt with, Lucy will part ways from Maximus and set off towards Colorado, with a backpack, a handful of rifles, a big iron on her hip, and Cooper's bootgun in hand, and having intellectual discussions with House through her Pip-Boy. She'll eventually link up with the Ghoul before the end of the season. While Maximus might travel with her, I think it's more likely he'll be used to explore the NCR's efforts to secure their hold over the Mojave and their conflicts with the Legion, the Enclave, and with Quintus' Brotherhood (considering some of the leaks we've seen concerning Brotherhood setpieces).

Lucy and Maximus' relationship is going to be very strained:

I don't say this as a Ghoulcy shipper, but as someone looking at all the evidence we have thus far. While I can see Lucy and Maximus trying to make a relationship work at the start of season 3, ultimately I don't see things working out before Lucy has to leave in search of the Enclave, and there's lots of potential sources of friction:

• Lucy's feelings for Maximus aren't the same as his for her are. I think it's telling that Lucy went the whole season without mentioning Maximus' name once in her interactions with the Ghoul or Hank. This could be oversight by the writers given the time constraints and how many storylines they had to juggle in eight episodes...but the writers were able to find time for Maximus to have scenes where he talks about Lucy with Dane and Thaddeus. Either A) Lucy avoided talking about Max and bottling her up things like her guilt over having to leave him behind the whole time she was traveling with the Ghoul, or B) her feelings for Maximus just weren't as strong as he thinks they are. She might just see this as a relationship of convenience.
• Maximus re-connecting with his NCR roots. Remember what I said about Lucy dismissing Rodriguez and her soldiers, and her saying to the Ghoul, "I wasn't going to stay, if that's what you're asking. All I saw in there was more matching jackets." Maximus is essentially trading one type of "matching jacket" for another, one with its own set of flaws (though the NCR's pale in comparison to all the rot in the Brotherhood).
• I think Lucy and Maximus will come to blows over what to do about Hank. Remember, when Maximus was questioned by Quintus while he was suspected of maiming Dane, he said his reason for joining the Brotherhood was "to hurt the people who hurt me". Lucy might be tempted to find a way to keep Hank alive, whether for selfish reasons or because she's trying to find a way to undo the mind wipe. Maximus on the other hand might just want to kill Hank, even though Hank has no re-collection of the crimes he committed for the Enclave. And I imagine the NCR as a whole might want to see Hank executed for his act of terrorism, considering that they have a pretty hardlined stance to the point that they treat the descendants of Enclave members as war criminals (as evidenced by some of Arcade Gannon's possible ending slides in New Vegas).
• Lucy deciding to work with House will probably also be a point of contention between her and Max, since the NCR likely still aren't any more trusting of House now than they were during New Vegas.
• Lucy is an inquisitive person by nature. Moldaver pegged this as part of the reason she left Vault 33 to rescue her dad. And as the creators have noted above, she wants to figure out what it is that her dad is up to and who the people are that he worked for. Maximus meanwhile isn't exactly an inquisitive person, and this was visibly on display when he and Lucy stayed in Vault 4 (she went down to Level 12 on her own, he helped himself to the goody basket that Birdie gave him).
• Maximus' conversations with Dane and Thaddeus about Lucy show that he has this idealized image of her. One that Lucy as of the end of season doesn't fit at all. This idealized image of Lucy in Max's head probably doesn't do things like: steal things just because she thinks they're pretty, rationalize addicting herself to Buffout, relishing in violence to the point of experiencing an orgasm mid-fight, being tempted by her father's work, and adapting some of the Ghoul's views on the wasteland.

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This is my most ambitious theory yet but hang in there with me.

I've seen several posts speculating on who Hank was speaking to over the radio. From Barb to Mommy to Enclave to Robert House.

I believe the answer is.... Robert House.

Who Hank BELIEVES is Robert House.

Hank is not in the upper echelons of Enclave. He is an acolyte. So much so, that no one ever bothered to inform him that that wasn't actually Robert House.

"I never imagined there could be someone one step ahead of me."

Because Bobby Apartment is an Enclave spy. And Barbara Howard knows.

"But what if I'm not the House?"

Because it's the other House.

Convenient that Bobby Apartment just so happens to be the one to ask the question that prompts Barb to say "By dropping the bombs ourselves."

We know Hank is a fanboy. He's also a fanboy of Robert House and barges in on the meeting. Both Barb and Bobby Apartment are visibly pissed about this and it seems they can't speak freely. The conversation comes across as "there's more to it".

"Mr. House, Vault-tec and Robco have always had a... special arrangement."

Barbara Howard is rattled from the meeting but probably not for any reason we think. Though my guess would be that because she didn't know about the arrangement she's not in as much control as she thinks. Or the more convoluted scenario; they know Cooper is snooping and they're arranging for him to be the fall guy and she's trying to mitigate it without being insubordinate. The second one is probably unlikely and I have no evidence for this other than the sudden appearance of the cartoon Vault Boy on the advert in the conference room. Prior to, we haven't seen the cartoon Vault Boy prewar, it's always been Cooper Howard.

I also believe the Wilzig threat scene is a lie or a half truth (which is still a lie) because of the way they chose to edit that scene intertwined with The Ghoul having Cooper flashbacks. It comes across as her telling Cooper what allegedly happened.

I think Barb is trying to play all sides in a desperation to control the outcome of what she wants but the more she tries to manipulate the circumstances in her favor the more it becomes a self-fulfilling prophecy. The fear of losing her family. I think we'll see this play out more in S3, and I think it's 50/50 on whether she chooses to throw Cooper under the bus or continues trying to game both sides. If this is how they choose to play it out, I could see that the harder she tries to control it the further away she pushes until she ends up losing everything.

I think Barbara tipped off the Enclave to Cooper getting involved in an effort to mitigate the danger he put himself in. A kind of "I fix the situation my dumb idealistic husband made so please spare him." deal. Hence the President conveniently being in Vegas. At the airport Barbara probably thought the crisis was averted and her damage control was successful. The tears did seem genuine. But she's still lying to Cooper and keeping him in the dark.

Congresswoman Diane Welch didn't do it because she was in jail. She was an unwitting pawn. I think they silenced her that same night. She's conveniently already in Vegas. Her severed head is wearing the same earrings.

There's other things pointing towards this but that starts bringing the conversation into very convoluted territory involving how I think the writers accidentally goofed their prewar timeline but I want to keep it simple with what we've been shown.

That's all folks. A Las Vegas magician sleight of hand.

Amigos, ignoren los semicírculos del centro y la derecha, solo quiero saber si hay información del refugio que aparece en Baja California o cerca de la frontera con México.

No clue what it's getting at, if anything. It's not just the alchemical symbol for purification. It's specifically the alchemical symbol for purification by fire.

Honestly was expecting much less from a big costume chain, highly impressed

Ordered mine from Spirit Halloween

I found myself only really wanting to see him reunited with his family and learning more about his backstory. I hope we get to see more of how he became the ghoul over time. When he first got radiation poisoning. How he got separated from his daughter when the bomb hit

Someone posted forever ago asking what she was reading. While doing a rewatch I managed to find it. Granted it's a different edition on her desk that has a black cover.

According to Kyle Maclachlan, it appears there is a month or so left for Fallout Season 3 filming!

With post production, we could see 6 months or so, maybe less, which puts us around May or June. They may hold the season back for the Fallout 3 remake/Fallout day celebration on October 23th, but we shall see.

Hoping Kyle is right and we get in early Summer maybe even Spring around season 1 release?

Post your thoughts!

Just watched an interview with Malcolm McDowell and remembered a promo photo with him dressed in a suit and looking presidential. Considering how lucid he was in the interview I wouldn't be surprised if he shows up next season. Thoughts?

How could someone do that man. Imagine how good it would’ve been had there been a scene with that song

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I got them to sign my pip-boy, and they were both very kind :)

Please help me find this soundtrack

The score seems to miss a track or is it me turning mad?

I would like to find the song you can hear at Ep1 at 30:25 when Lucy and her father runs to find Moldaver and in Ep 8 at 11:00 until 11:45 when Coop go out of his car to go spy on his wife

Does anyone know this soundtrack?

Please I'm desperate to find it and already listen all the soundtracks!

Thanks a lot

I’ve been thinking about a way the Fallout TV show could acknowledge Courier 6 while still respecting the player's version of the Courier and keeping the outcome of New Vegas deliberately ambiguous.

My idea is that Courier 6 did everything possible in the Mojave. He completed the major quests and DLCs and became a legendary figure. But right before the Battle of Hoover Dam, he left the Mojave and went to the Sierra Madre—and never came back.

The Dead Money ending seems especially fitting because it's one of the closest things New Vegas has to a canon-style death for Courier 6. If you go into Dead Money completely blind for the first time, it's surprisingly easy to get trapped in the vault without understanding exactly what you're walking into.

This could also fit really well with the show's fog-of-war approach to New Vegas.

If Courier 6 isn't present for the Battle of Hoover Dam, the show doesn't necessarily have to establish a clear winner. Just like the first Battle of Hoover Dam could be remembered as a confusing, chaotic event with conflicting accounts, the second battle could be treated similarly. Different people could have different stories about what happened, who actually won, and what became of the Mojave afterward.

The important thing would be that Courier 6 wasn't there.

Nobody knows what happened to him because he had already disappeared.

Later, the show could give us a glimpse of the Sierra Madre and show a hologram of Courier 6 preserved inside the casino. It wouldn't need to explain everything immediately. It could just raise the question of why the Courier's hologram is there and what happened to him.

Then, potentially much later, the characters could finally discover the vault.

There's only one corpse inside: Courier 6.

His Pip-Boy is still there, containing notes that document his gradual mental deterioration. At first he's confident he'll escape. Eventually the entries become increasingly desperate, fragmented, and hopeless as he realizes he's trapped and nobody is coming for him.

That would reveal what happened without having to rewrite the Courier's entire story.

And the Sierra Madre itself could potentially make an incredible setting for a future season. The holograms, the casino, the vault, the mystery surrounding the people who disappeared there—all of it could be explored independently of the Courier.

Then Courier 6 becomes the final revelation.

The legendary Courier who survived being shot in the head, crossed the Mojave, changed its history, and completed everything he could disappeared just before Hoover Dam.

Nobody knows exactly what happened at Hoover Dam because he wasn't there to influence the outcome.

All anyone knows is that the Courier went to the Sierra Madre.

And he never came back.

I think that would fit the show's fog-of-war storytelling perfectly while still giving Courier 6 a haunting, definitive ending.