Indeed, just as Fallout season 1 ended by pointing its principal cast towards New Vegas, season 2 ends with the Ghoul wandering into the distance once again.
So, without further ado, allow me to try and answer some of the key questions around the Fallout season 2 finale, and what it could mean for the already-confirmed Fallout season 3.
Fallout season 2 ending explained: All the key questions
Where is the Ghoul going?
Sadly, when Coop finally reached the special vault where key Vault-Tec management were being held, he discovered that Barbara and Janey’s cryogenic chambers were empty.
If Colorado sounds familiar, that’s because Cooper suggested it as a good destination for him and the family in an earlier flashback.
Jumping forward to the present, Barbara seems to be telling Cooper (now the Ghoul) that he was onto something with that one. So, he’s probably heading to Colorado next to see if he can find her there.
Interestingly, in the game Fallout Tactics, Colorado plays host to Vault Zero, where a supercomputer called The Calculator can be found. This computer’s primary function was to spearhead humanity’s return to the surface after the nuclear war.
That could be relevant next season, or it could be totally unrelated. Either way, it’ll probably take the Ghoul a while to get there!
What next for Hank and his R&D project?
Does this mean that Hank is effectively dead? We don’t think so, because we’ve already seen in previous episodes that this particular brain-washing tech can be reversed. With that in mind, there’s every chance he could return (and continue to disappoint Lucy).
It sounds to us like Hank has brainwashed other people and sent them to do his bidding, which could mean almost anything. Does it pertain to that mysterious group that keeps being mentioned? Speaking of which…
What exactly is the Enclave?
View Green Video on the source websiteThat claim seems to be believed by Robert House, who tells the Ghoul in this very episode that, in giving the Cold Fusion diode to the President in his flashback storyline, he essentially gave it to the Enclave.
TV fans with good memories will remember that, back in season 1, scientist Siggi Wilzig defected from the Enclave with the Cold Fusion technology injected into his own skull. Later, his disembodied head was effectively used as the McGuffin for season 1, with various characters lugging it around at different points.
Robert House sees the Enclave as his “unseen adversaries”, who were always one step ahead of him, and he suggests they are also behind the “demon in the snow” Deathclaw that Cooper Howard witnessed way back in his war days (long before the bombs dropped). House also seems to think the Enclave are Vault-Tec’s investors.
Exactly how involved the Enclave has been in the key events of the Fallout timeline remains to be seen, but we’d say there is a strong chance that they were the brains behind the bombs being dropped (both the original 2077 bombs and the more recent Shady Sands bombs, which Hank himself saw to).
Another line from Hank could be seen to imply that the Enclave has been behind everything, engineering not just the experiments in the vaults but the status of the Wasteland as well.
He mentions that he was poisoned, shot and bludgeoned, which certainly sounds like a lot for anyone to survive. That being said, we never see a body, which does leave a surprise resurrection within the realms of possibility going forward.
When Lucy and Maximus reach House’s main base of operations, the Ghoul is long gone, and the screen where House was previously seen simply says ‘Signal Lost’.
However, as our heroes look out of the window and talk about the war coming to town, House’s face briefly flickers back onto the screen. We doubt we’ve seen the last of him, then!
What does Phase 2 entail?
She tells the Enclave to “initiate phase two”, and in a brief glimpse of a snowy base (that we presume is where the Enclave operates), we see that the request to start phase two has been received.
Exactly what phase two comprises remains to be seen. Could it be linked to Hank’s R&D? Could it wipe out whoever is left in the Vault? Only time will tell, but it’s unlikely to be something that Lucy is a fan of.
Who has Cold Fusion?
If the digital version of House does return properly to his big TV, what will he do with this technology? Will he try to manipulate Lucy and Maximus into using it?
What about the Forced Evolutionary Virus?
Of all the characters in this show who are having a horrible time, few have been through the wringer quite as badly as Norm.
Could this virus have something to do with the Super Mutants (let’s not forget that the Ghoul met one) and/or the Deathclaws (which have existed for longer than originally expected)? Hopefully we’ll find out next year.
View Green Video on the source websiteWhat next for New Vegas?
With the New California Republic returning in surprising numbers (and was their sniper anyone important?), the reinvigorated Caesar’s Legion will have a fight on their hands for control of the city.
Indeed, we have more questions than answers as Fallout season 2 ends. All we really know is that the Ghoul is leaving New Vegas, Lucy and Maximus are witnessing a war about to start, Robert House is flickering on a screen, and the shadowy Enclave is initiating phase two – whatever that means!
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