🔴*📽*Fallout recap: The apocalypse gets very dark (and very good)*📽*
0“The Past” is a heavy hour of television, but in all honesty, Fallout was probably due for one. The show still slips in some goofiness around the sides, whether it’s in the wobble of Vault 33's ridiculous Jell-O cakes, or Pemberton’s insistent glee on getting a big burning “T” placed on his neck. But the show isn’t shying away from the darker aspects of this franchise as it moves into its back half, and it’s produced one of its most memorable, irresistible installments to date.
“Trust” is the theme of the hour, as our two leads (Walton Goggins sits this one out) get to spend some time acting like actual human beings, building on the brief rapport they had back in “The Target.” There’s poison at the root of it, of course—Maximus, having just gotten burnt on honesty, is sticking to the “Knight Titus” lie—but there’s a genuine relief to watching two people basically be normal with each other on this show for a minute. Moten and Ella Purnell play well together, laughing and joking in a way that feels less flirtatious than simple relief at meeting someone they don’t have to keep their guard up around. All of which breaks down the moment they see two other human beings, and Fallout reminds us how quickly, and fatally, tense this series can get.