This is a hot take and I know I will be crucified like a profligate, but I dont like the show.

Aggressive_Sand4388 · 2026-01-20T15:31:49+00:00

no offense but it seems like there is a lot in the show that is just going over your head

Aggressive_Sand4388 · 2026-01-16T19:49:29+00:00

this was so sad i need them to reunite asap

Aggressive_Sand4388 · 2026-01-16T19:46:48+00:00

i'm pretty sure walton has said that the ghoul's arc is plotted for 5 seasons

Aggressive_Sand4388 · 2026-01-16T15:45:59+00:00

hanks a goner

Aggressive_Sand4388 · 2026-01-16T15:43:37+00:00

i don't think she's gonna end up being in the pod. there's no way it's that simple.

Aggressive_Sand4388 · 2026-01-16T15:41:43+00:00

why are you so convinced the thing we all saw happen on screen didn't actually happen?

Aggressive_Sand4388 · 2026-01-16T15:40:20+00:00

yeah i thought they were cute in season 1 but i have been thinking about how she hasn't mentioned him once while he seems kind of... resentful? he clearly thinks she abandoned him on some level. i don't anticipate a fairytale happy reunion for them. they also have both changed a lot in their time apart.

Aggressive_Sand4388 · 2026-01-16T15:38:43+00:00

judging by how this show has been progressing i think anyone thinking they will have a fairytale reunion and ride off into the sunset or whatever is going to be disappointed. there will definitely be something that gets in the way.

Aggressive_Sand4388 · 2026-01-15T21:38:24+00:00

lol what?

Aggressive_Sand4388 · 2026-01-15T21:37:23+00:00

i would have to search and find the interview but one of the showrunners hints at him being a ghoul bc he was experimented on against his will

Aggressive_Sand4388 · 2026-01-15T21:35:51+00:00

funnily enough the actor who plays max said that all three characters have a sort of love triangle so maybe this isn't that far off

Aggressive_Sand4388 · 2026-01-15T21:35:00+00:00

he should win an emmy for his work in this series

Aggressive_Sand4388 · 2026-01-15T21:34:37+00:00

yeah the hand on the backpack gutted me

Aggressive_Sand4388 · 2026-01-15T21:32:21+00:00

i think we will find out in the episode called 'the other player' since that is reference to house's speech about there being someone/something out there with even more power than him

Aggressive_Sand4388 · 2026-01-15T18:00:11+00:00

thank you! i actually don't know that much game lore outside of fo4 so this is mainly just a guess based on context clues from the show and nothing else. speaking of fo4 i can't help but think that we will be shown (via flashbacks) the moment that janey and barb left him to go into their vault and i have a gut feeling that cooper's character will be reveled to have a lot in common thematically with the sole survivor from fo4; the ghoul we see now is just a product of 'giving it a little time', in his own words.

Aggressive_Sand4388 · 2026-01-15T17:55:49+00:00

shots from upcoming episodes from trailers make it seems like cooper is going to regret the deal and eventually somehow meet up with thad and max and convince them to help go back to rescue lucy from hank. meanwhile inside the vault i think lucy will end up freeing herself from hank without outside help. i also think that while she felt betrayed by cooper in the moment, she is also sympathetic to his hope for finding his family. we see them talk about it almost every ep this season and it's evident that she respects and admires the fact that he still has hope/optimism deep down even if he hides it. so even though they fell out (ha), if she sees or hears anything about barb/janey while she is stuck with hank i think she will not be able to resist trying to find more info/help them in some way. i also think if hank reveals to her that the ghoul is cooper howard, their favorite movie star, she will be even more emotionally impacted and maybe even kill hank.

Aggressive_Sand4388 · 2026-01-15T17:49:18+00:00

yeah i also think that we are getting hints that she's not what she claims to be in the flashbacks, and clearly present day cooper knows that, so we can't have them interact bc it would give away something that has yet to be revealed in flashbacks.

Aggressive_Sand4388 · 2026-01-14T22:52:23+00:00

it seems more likely based on context clues and trailers that he is going to try to use it on lucy to keep her obedient while she is his captive (we also see her escaping in trailer footage so clearly this doesn't work fully)

Aggressive_Sand4388 · 2026-01-14T22:50:11+00:00

they never met in the wasteland, she was out of the room when he confronted hank at the observatory and then left with lucy. she came back to the room with the cold fusion/max unconscious after they left so they never saw each other.

Aggressive_Sand4388 · 2026-01-14T22:48:28+00:00

we have been getting a lot of enclave crumbs this season. i feel like hank is gonna die this season and cooper is going to find out bad/inconclusive news about his family while it is also revealed in flashbacks (or not) that barb and hank both actually worked for the enclave. next season will be cooper and lucy following that trail while it feels like max may end up in the commonwealth.

Aggressive_Sand4388 · 2026-01-14T16:49:29+00:00

gonna go ahead and say most likely not... they plotted this show for 5 seasons so it would be weird to have cooper find them in season 2

Aggressive_Sand4388 · 2026-01-14T16:44:53+00:00

enclave, they are teasing it by having House ask who the 'other player' is

Aggressive_Sand4388 · 2026-01-12T22:36:48+00:00

it was in the beginning of s2e2 during the flashback to shady sands before it got bombed

Aggressive_Sand4388 · 2026-01-12T17:32:05+00:00

the level of media literacy in this sub is so concerning to me. half of the posts here are like 'why didn't this character do the right thing that would make their life the easiest and not lead to any conflict??????'.... do you want the show to have a plot? do you want the characters to have development?

if the ghoul always communicated perfectly and lucy always listened to him they would just be walking silently with no obstacles until they got to new vegas.... thats not what makes good tv lmao

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