"You forgot the golden rule of the wasteland: Thou shalt get sidetracked by bullshit every goddamn time."
So says The Ghoul (Walton Goggins), one of the protagonists in the Fallout TV series, accurately conveying a feeling that every single person who has ever played a Fallout game will inevitably hold at some point or another, realizing in simultaneous joy and despair that the small goal they meant to complete three hours ago has been waylaid by one promising side excursion after another.
Developed and produced by Amazon MGM Studios in partnership with Bethesda Game Studios and Bethesda Softworks, this series faces the gargantuan task of taking the world of the games and transporting it into an eight-episode season on Prime Video that's geared to be approachable for fans and newcomers alike. Having watched all eight episodes ahead of the series premiere, I'm happy to say it succeeds.
