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"She reminds me of the old blind lady from Deadpool". That's because she IS the old blind lady from Deadpool. ;) And btw. Woody is the bus guy from Shang-Chi.

Maximus running around with a 1 charisma and intelligence but a 10 luck and endurance.

I love that after the Bridge shootout, there is no " I told you so" from Maximus despite him being 100% correct about the situation. He doesn't even seem annoyed or angry that Lucy did not believe him and just treats it like one more day in the wasteland, moving on to looting and then on where to go next.

I think you guys are underestimating how ruthless the Brotherhood is. Knight Titus literally told Maximus they would string him up of letting his knight die. Thaddeus first response when hearing Titus was dead was that they Brotherhood was going to kill him. Maximus said that he'd be fine if he brought back the head, but he doesn't know that for certain. Fear is what driving him. Sure some of it is stupidity, but mostly it's just fear.

im still shocked that Rick and Eric didn't want to watch this

"what difference a day makes" the perfect song for that scene of the freshly cleaned vault 32

Hawthorne? Remember the Vault-tec "commercial" from the last episode? The Hawthornes were the scientists who were going to do the 5- year test in the vault.

The line “Everyone wants to save the world, they just disagree on how” is honestly as relevant as “War, war never changes”.

It shows Maximus Is a bad liar. It also shows he has a conscience. Remember the first episode he felt so guilty about wanting his friend hurt so he could be squire that he froze up and stammered. Now he feels guilty about not protecting Knight Titus. Remember, he already said on the radio that his squire was killed before Thaddeus showed up. Odds are the clerics told Thaddeus why was anointed squire. It's also a good sign he did not plant the razor blade in his friend's boot. He has too sensitive a conscience to keep up such a lie.

Maximus' first impulse is always to lie to protect himself. Which really sucks for him because he's *so bad* at it. (Though honestly, he's not that convincing when he's telling the truth, either.)

lol the whole focus of the cam was on the star wars cup left, auto focus on? :D

It's a subtle thing, but in episode 2 Wilzig describes Vault 33 as a "meritocracy" implying anyone can rise up the ranks if they work hard, but then even without knowing what's really happening in 31 it's believed that they have advantages that 32 and 33 don't have. Meaning it's not true that you can really advance based on your own merit and are instead promoted based on the believed advantages you were raised with.

This show deserves all the worship. I'm a non Fallout fan but obsessed with the lure because of this show. Wish I could get the game soon

I love all 3 main characters, but Maximus is definitely up there for me. He's pretty "grey", but when you think about the fact that he's basically a child soldier with little to no life experience, other than whatever he was trained to do at the brotherhood, got the the crap beat out of him there at the only life he's really known, had one whole friend and his first knight was kind of a prick who told him that they hang bad squires and leave them out to die. It makes sense why he started lying, probably out of fear for failing his first knight ever. He definitely could have worded things better when talking to Thaddeus, but again. Lack of life experience/social skills (charisma check). But clearly how he dealt with the fiends means he's at least got some combat experience thanks to the brotherhood. Lucy froze in that moment and would have been shot and eaten, had he not taken the gun. Again, I love all three characters and the show is amazing. I think Maximus gets a lot of flack, but I feel like his character makes sense due to him just being a product of his environment.

When maximus says he’s not armed, every single reactor has the same dumb reaction. It’s easier to ambush people if they think you’re not armed. Hence why they BOTH claim not to be armed. And in the wasteland, ambushing people is going to be your best bet, unless you have the clear numbers.

After the Branding.... Maximus FATFINGERED **ALL** the dialog options, didn't he? Thaddius has it down. I too have played Cyberpunk with a Techie on MaxTac that fights cyberpsychos with a tool kit. Yep. Betty obviously found all the coke next to the cure for blindness, then joined Vault 31. 😁👍 Now, every Every EVERY Gamer EVER reads that hospital hallway's lighting as a TRAAAAP!!!

Camera Focus was focused more on the desk than you guys, you look so blury other than that great reaction :D

Shady Sands is a location from fallout 1 and fallout 2. It was founded by the residents of Vault 15 and eventually grew into the New California Republic, the arguably the most powerful faction on the West Coast. Shady Sands' appearance in this episode was controversial for a number of reasons, most more relevant to next episode. The one relevant to this episode is that the show has it in the wrong place, showing it within the confines of Los Angeles, close to where the post war city "the boneyard" should be. In the games the city is located much further north, at the top of fallout 1's map and the bottom of fallout 2's. Presumably the simple explanation (without the location just straight up being retconned, which would kinda mess up Fallout 1 and 2's narrative) is that for some reason the city moved at some point further south for unknown reasons.

I think Maximus couldn't tell the Brotherhood or his squire the truth because he lied to the Brotherhood back at Filly, because if he told them the truth they would've sent another knight to take the armour and punish him for failing to protect his knight.

2:00 He's a Low INT character.

Another great episode & reaction Wave Crew! The music delivers once again!

Maximus is even more sheltered than Lucy. There were tons of hints but the notion that he thinks that "the bombs fell" means that Shady Sands was the peak of humankind should have made that crystal clear. Despite this faulty understanding of the world, Maximus shows great ability in "rolling with the punches" and adapting to situations he wasn't trained to deal with - as opposed to Lucy's training at least coming through when it comes to approaching strangers.

The fact Eric is there for The Bear reactions and not Fallout reactions is a crime of the century.

I had the same thought you guys did when mentioning how Maximus didn't have to make it sound so suspicious.

Camon, guys, Maximus doesn't have high Charisma or Inteligence, he's a Luck and Strength build 😂 Also, MASSIVE design flaw on the powercore!

I like this episode's commentary on voting in elections, the peer pressure, and the feeling like you have no choice "oh who am I kidding"

I just can't figure Maximus out. Sometimes he seems smart and capable. Like how he answered the cleric, shooting the bearwolf, fighting the armor thieves and the fiends. Then other times he acts so stupid and naive, like with Thadeous. Lucy and the Goul, i kind of know who and what they are. I just don't know what to expect from Maximus.

Maximus isn't the sharpest crayon.

Loved your reaction as always. You should watch society of the snow. It's a great movie and I would love to hear what you have to say about that one. If you do watch it I recommend the original language with subtitles, the acting was amazing

The number of the Vaults and when they were made is honestly a bit confusing. There is a grand total of 122 Vaults, and Vault Tec tried to market having enough for the whole country, but that was never going to happen. When the first game came out it was fairly consistent, with Vault 13 being near Vault 12 and 15 (fun fact: the residents of Vault 15 founded Shady Sands and the NCR). Fallout 2 expanded the map and the number of Vaults to be seen, but tried to keep consistency. We see Vault 8 in Fallout 2, so to see Vault 4 in the show is not entirely implausible. Then we get Fallout 3 and still having some form of consistency with Vaults such as: 101, 106, 108, and a few outliers like 87 and 92. Then Fallout 4 makes placement of the Vaults completely random with 111, 114, 75, 81 and 95. We then get Vault 76 in West Virginia and apparently that is now one of the first Vaults to open up.

for the overseer vote why do they let the candidates vote? I never really understood that.

12:42 That is the Vault-Tec logo on the ground btw.

Considering [NO SPOILERS] the rest of season 1, i wonder more about Steph's backstory.

A few mr handys, a feather duster....

25:00 Enclave breeds perfection, haven't you seen they're breeding perfect dog, and burning the rest, and that's why he took and imperfect dog (not the right weight and size) into his care? That's why when found out, they signaled the alarm. Why do you think you were presented with all the info in a visual form instead of exposition with words? Enclave is an isolationist fascist-like purity and science-first oriented group/faction that thinks they are the real government. And they said he escaped the enclave when showing Brotherhood announcing him as a target, one of the members of brotherhood even says "wait, Enclave is real?". You gotta watch what is shown on screen.

omg this episode was directed by clare kilner of HOTD fame

Tittus maximus butticus

The character of Maximus has an Intelligence of 4, so he may not make the smartest choices.

NOT SHADY SANDS!

the first time would ahve been too soon, but I think maybe reveal before branding, it was certainly too late by then

Maximus has low charisma, I think that is why but dont really know

There were two vaults, named vault 68 and 69. Where there was 1 woman and 100 men in one and the opposite in the other.

So this is a spoiler for the game series but not much of one for the show.... Shady Sands is a town that was built above one of the Vaults (prior to the first Fallout game... you visit it during that game and again in the 2nd one)... So what Maximus is saying about Reclamation Day already happening and not working is kind of true... from a certain point of view... and the fact that Shady Sands is a crater now made me sad because i remember it from Fallout 2. So when Maximus is talking about the bombs falling... he's not talking about the nukes from Episode 1.... they fell AGAIN... on Shady Sands. "The bombs fell when I was a kid... if it makes you feel any better, it didn't work out." But seriously.... ANOTHER "nuked the fridge" plot armor???? Dammit Indiana Jones!!!

4 was advertised by Coop in the last episode, with a family of scientists saying it'll be a place governed by scientists. And family's name was... Hawthornes.

Based on what’s revealed next episode as well as how they leave this Vault, the Hawthorne Lab trap isn’t directly physically connected to the Vault

Goosy. 🐦

It’s gonna be the year 2296 before these guys finish reacting to this show

so far from my small fallout friend group they like the world building they did but some of the decisions the characters make are VERY dumb over all good show but the visuals carry hard.

Funny, I just noticed how close fiend and friend are to each other...

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Maximus really chooses the worst dialogue options.

Where's Eric?

With Maximus...I think it's important to look at him as a Fallout character. He's got LOW intelligence and LOW charisma. He says dumb things.

Makes you think that Overseer Hank knew what was happening in vault 32 but did nothing to assist. Max is an idiot savant. I'd love to play Fallout 3 but it won't play on modern computers because of the graphics card.

Maximus always picks the stupid dialogue option LOL. He always makes dumb choices and says dumb things that put him in bad situations.

WASTE OF OF TIME WATCHING A REACTION BY ONLY THESE TWO. SERIOUSLY GONE DOWN IN THE CHANNELS I WATCH CUZ YOU SLACKED OFF

I can believe you guys skipped the "what the fuck are you talking about" response from the fiend, that was too fuckin funny, damn comon