
Season 1 of Fallout had a clear mission: introduce live-action viewers to the Ghoul, Lucy MacLean, and Maximus, and the post-apocalyptic setting they occupied. Season 2 had a very clear inspiration: Fallout: New Vegas. Now, with Season 3, all bets are off — there’s no obvious path forward, and travel buds Lucy and the Ghoul are split up.
However, Season 2 has contained several sneaky references to another Fallout game, and Season 3 is perfectly poised to replicate that game’s biggest twist.