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" Thou shalt get side-tracked by bullsh*it every goddamn time " is a reference to players diverting from the main storyline to play side missions. I'm guilty of this lol.

"The Ghoul" sounds like a 5 Badd Medicine Guy

I’ll keep saying, the prop team KILLED IT. They had to be extremely huge game fan because every weapon and outfit and everything is SPOT ON. The pistol Maximus has (not the square one on the power armor but his personal that his killed the bear with) Is the starting pistol in the Classic games and it’s got a cylinder that spins when he shoots and man I can just imagine how much time it took to make something so spot on from a 90s game

The Squires massive bag is a funny way to show how players always carry too much stuff.

The first "Fallout" begins with your character having to leave Vault 13 to find a replacement *Water chip* ;)

Replacement water chip. A shoutout to the very beggining of the Fallout games haha.

"Awkward how comfortable she is with a severed human head" yeah Lucy went down the 'innocent vault dweller to wasteland weirdo'-pipeline real quick. In the best way possible.

As an avid player fallout I still have a hard time wrapping my head around how we actually have a canon origin for vaultboy and the fact that he's now a 250+ year-old, bad ass ghoul cowboy! He's technically been somewhere in the story the whole time

The great thing about the show is that it's a brand new story. This isn't like Last Of Us. Us gamers are just as surprised as you guys by the plot. Every game is a different story and not a continuation of the story from the previous games. The true enjoyment for us is seeing all of the Easter Eggs from the games. Like the water chip. Getting a new water chip was the plot of the first game.

*Dude gets his head brutally squished in a gory scene.* Quinn: That's the funniest sh*t I have ever seen! 😂

I loved the payoff for Maximus and the other initiates trying so hard to become squires, and then the BoS comms officer just tells “Titus” “Don’t worry about it, we have plenty of squires” Maximus thinks (or thought) becoming a squire was a massive honor, but they’re literally expendable to the BoS 😂

Just as a reference everyone is referring to Norman as the player who skips all side quests and does only the main quest. He's such a great character. Keep it up boys loving the reacts!! Edited to say yes please you guys absolutely need to play the game ❤

Fun fact for people who never played the game(s): finding a replacement water chip for the vault, is the main quest in "Fallout" _(1997)._ And of course: the "golden rule" _(you shall get get sidetracked by BS, every GD time)_ applies to all of them. *XD*

I heard somewhere that the squires all carrying around the massive bag is a nod to players keeping their inventories full of random stuff during gameplay 😂

That "side tracked" comment is literally any open world game I've ever played

The dog is following his Master. The head.

Oh, Oak didn't know how accurate his vacuum tube comment was...if you played "Fallout 4" you know...

15:46 Your in-game companions are “sworn to carry your burdens”, so they carry everything. The oversized bag is symbolizing “hammerspace” inventory and showing just how much junk we hoard as gamers.

Did everyone miss it in the beginning where the father of the birthday boy said that he was doing the cowboy gig to pay alimony? Likely he was no longer with the wife.

"I'll take the 9 Iron." LMAO !!!

I've been a hardcore Fallout fan for well over a decade now and very much feel that way too. There's so much we've seen before from the games and so much we've not seen at all, so there's still very much that little feeling of being exposed to this world for the first time. I mean, just seeing it in live-action elicits that too so it's just been incredibly cool to see things come to life this.

Ohh no I love deviled eggs too!! And The Ghoul I watched how his costume is made. The hardest thing he said he had to get use to was the teeth!!

Dog hadn't died yet, so technically he didn't "bring him back to life". Semantics, I know. But just sayin

Also, that was the stomach of the gulper that was pulled out when he saved his squire. He physically pulled it inside out.

You're in the wrong bloody chairs.. Swap back! 😂

Yeah, that scene where they show the billboard with the "cartoon-like" vault boy over the original picture of Cooper Howard in the vault suit represents that there was a "falling out" between him and Vault-tec.

Fuck yeaaaah I made it into the sub 1 hour club. I can’t wait til you guys get to episode 4 ❤ Also if anyone hasn’t mentioned it… those old times songs were all we had on the radio in the wastes. That or Enclave propaganda… I think a lot of us get a special flutter in our hearts when we hear em.

In a lot of the Fallout games it's a feature where the player has the option in dire situations to drink water from dirty/irradiated sources. Which will heal lost HP but also raise your Rads which lowers your maxiumum HP at the same time. Creating diminishing returns with repeated use, but also potentially saving you. The Ghoul forcing Lucy to drink from the dirty water source is probably a subtle nod to this game mechanic.

Yum Yum Deviled Eggs is one of the many foods that you can find while exploring in the game. Foods generally heal you without having to use a stimpack. Oh... and you should watch every episode until the screen fades to black.

Yiu guys joke, but Rings of Power actually didn't have much source material. Amazon only had rights for The Lord of the Rings novels, they couldn't use The Silmarillion or any other book focusing on the Second Age. They cobbled together a story using only the Appindices and some character dialogue about Middle Earth's history. In a way it was doomed to fail.

The reveal that Cooper the Ghoul is the Valt-Boy was amazing. Btw The Gulper was also something new and not in the games like this yet. They look more like a reptile creature in the games

You know what I love about this series, and most of what you guys do? The whole talk after. You guys take the time to talk about the series, share your thoughts and really talk about it. Sure, I love hearing the 'Oo!' every time something gruesome happens. The laughs for the funny bits and more. But when you talk about it and discuss the show, it really shows how much you guys do pay attention and honor the material. My second favorite way to re-experience a show is with you guys. Edit: Oh yes, and that is also a shout-out to everyone in the comments with me. I really feel the community is very respectful, kind and loves to share their love for a show. In the comments I see thoughts and details I missed on my first watch, or never knew due to not knowing more of the source material. Everyone here is a champ!

4:25 There were plenty of Ink Spots songs in Better Call Saul and this Fallout series, so yes lol

Dave, I know what you mean about the Ghoul and Steve Austin. Austin personified the phrase "I don't give a f*ck!" He did what he wanted when he wanted because he knew he was a badass that could back up his words. You can see that fire in his eyes, and the Ghoul is the same way, IMO.

You guys might want to pay careful attention to the dolly-out end scenes, they do incredible iconography that foreshadow and do pin point ty ins to what happen and what is to come.

Deviled eggs are such a polarizing food. You either love them or hate them.

the end credit montage bits are good for a little tinge of lore, also this is a brand new story set after the games so it was a really enjoyable watch for me (a long time fallout fan) and many others like me I'm sure.

Deviled eggs are AMAZING. You guys crack me up!

Im so happy you guys are watching this. I can't wait until you play some of the games. Im no fallout expert, but this show man... I fucking love it.

Hey guys. Ive never played the game. But a great story is a great story. I absolutely love this show. Glad you guys are enjoying it.

I haven't seen anyone else comment but I'm so glad you guys are enjoying the music! Most(if not all) is from the games and they did a really good job using it in the show!

I recommend playing New Vegas if you're interested in the games boys. Most consider it the cream of the crop - it's the only FPS Fallout set in the west - so you're bound to have lots of lore directly relevant to the show if that's what you're craving. Get to learn all about the NCR, Caesar's Legion, the Brotherhood of Steel and more. It's a little on the old side graphically, but the world building, story telling and gameplay are all super on point. Also there's always mods if the graphics bother you!

27:03 Oh we familiar with Fallout were definitely surprised by a few things. There is a whole hell of a lot in each episode that you all are missing or just don't recognize the significance of. If you get familiar with the world and rewatch the show, it'll almost be all new for you.

I sometimes wish YT had photo options for the comments. I built a bar in my house and the entire thing is Fallout themed.

the music is very canon it puts you in a mood playing the game

No surprise The Ghoul is Quinn's favorite. We've all seen how trigger happy they both get!

The “Thou shalt not get sidetracked by bullshit” line was an Easter egg referencing the side quests in the games. 😂

Love that you guys are releasing these videos in perfect time to my pace watching the show! Been watching one episode a week when I hang out with a friend every Monday.

That opening music. I love watching you guys. I feel like I've got 4 brothers that like the same stuff I do.

If it wasn't obvious, Cooper's wife works for Vault-Tec. It was a favor to her that he agreed to do the advertisement and be Vault-Tec's posterboy. In the very first episode, you might remember that there were a couple of dads at the party talking smack about Cooper behind his back, before and after asking him to pose with his famous 'thumbs up' - which he refused to do. (now you know why...) They also referred to him as a 'Pinkie' (communist sympathizer) and that he resorted to doing guest appearances at parties to pay for alimony. From that - you should conclude that Cooper is divorced and apparently has either shared or complete custody of their daughter. As a famous actor of the time, a divorce was probably public and a bit of a Hollywood scandal (speculation) and the fact that some referred to him as a 'pinkie' suggests that like many other actors at the time (like the writer of the show he was on who was fired), he may have been seen as having 'anti-American' views. But you need to ask yourself - in the time between when he became the posterboy for Vault-Tec and just before the bombs fell, what in that landscape could be construed as 'anti-American'? We also know that at some point Cooper stopped being the posterboy for Vault-Tec and was replaced by what we recognize now as the smiling cartoon with the thumbs up. Cooper shot out that billboard suggesting great animosity towards Vault-Tec...but why???

That guy doesn't like deviled eggs? Wow. I never been around or heard anyone say that before. Those things are delicious and he's missing out, big time. I don't who made the ones that turned him off of them, but that's the thing- you gotta get people who know how to make them right. When you do? They are so damn good.

Inb4 5000 people say that Ella Purnell voiced Jinx in Arcana. 😆

Yeah, the red-scare, McCarthyism of mid-20th century Hollywood repurposed in the Fallout retro-futurist pre-nuclear apocalypse is really good and spot-on all throughout the series. Unfortunately, they don’t get too in the weeds, like most productions made in Hollywood tend not to do, (because the nepo-babies of the rats who named names to fill those blacklists are still active in the industry 😒.) I will say, in the first episode the only part I where I rolled my eyes and had a negative reaction was when Moldaver told Lucy something like “you look like your mother,” because I had the same response to that which I had to the newer Star Wars films, where I found myself saying, “I do not need everyone to be related, I do not care about the backstory.” And despite that reaction, I have loved all of the flashbacks and backstory in this show.

I couldn’t stop watching and binged this season in one day. It’s so good!!

I like who you guys react to the series. I'm a veteran in the games, as soon as I saw the water I was like: "Girl, run for your life, you are not equipped to fight whatever is in there"

Diamond Dave: I get you; The Ghoul is just a little Stone Cold Steve Austin to me, too.

Can wait for these guys to play fallout4

I think one of the reasons everyone in the Fallout universe just shrugs off crazy stuff is because, when you grow up in an apocalypse - you are born into a world of hell. The random violence is just par for the course!

I'm so excited for you guys to get through this season. It is a great encapsulation of Fallout.

8:42 thankfully my man Maximus is a PRO at getting the shit kicked out of him. He bounces back quick!

4:25 a lot of songs by The Ink Spots starts with that exact same tune. Examples are Maybe, I Don’t Want To Set The World On Fire, It’s All Over But The Crying, and I’m sure there are more, but those 3 are used in some trailers for the Fallout Games.

I always felt the Brotherhood felt a bit too evil in the series but then realized that the further east you go from their HQ you go the less fanatical the members tend to be. In the most recent games we've been mostly dealing with the east coast BoS who are the least fanatic, while the show is deal with the west coast BoS who are the most fanatic so it actually does make ssence.

You missed a couple things about the dog: 1- it didn't die. You could see it was still breathing. The stimpack will heal almost any wound, but wont bring back the dead. 2- the dog doesnt switch from person to person. In fact, 404 never changes who it's following. Ever.

always fun watching your content guys can't wait to finish the season with you ❤

Yall need to fast-track this show, yall are going to love it

I love how all three main characters get their time to shine equally, but WOW, Walton Goggins preformance is just a step above the other two.

Hi again and welcome to my next breakdown of references for episode 3: The reason the squires are shown carrying that huge bag is a joke on the fact that the game lets you pick up pretty much anything. ANYTHING. Safe to say that a lot of the time you have way too much junk in your inventory and end up getting encumbered very easily, making you wish you had more strength or bigger pockets. The huge backpack is a reference to that. The prisoners from "32" are not from 32. They are all raiders from the wasteland, so they are practically savages. It's very likely none have ever seen clean food before. "Thou shalt be sidetracked by bullshit every goddamn time." This is probably the most honest and truest line of dialogue in reference to the games in the entire season. Anyone who has ever played Fallout knows about the ridiculous amount of side quests available in the game. Because of this it's extremely easy to get sidetracked pretty much all the time to the point where the player might even completely forget what the original main goal was. So far the only big difference between the show and the game is those vials the Ghoul appears to use with an inhaler. The loss of those prompts his decisions in the next episode. I won't get into it till you see it, but it's so far the only thing that has been added to the show so far that doesn't exist in the video games. Lucy asking about CX-404 as she is taken by the Ghoul is also another reference to the game. As the show progresses you will notice that Lucy is always either alone or accompanied by one other character. This is the companion system from the game. You can't have more than 1 companion with you at a time, so that's why you'll never see Lucy with more than 1 other person in her party. The vault meeting where they're discussing the prisoners. The damaged water chip is a direct reference to the original game. In the first Fallout the adventure begins with you needing to find a replacement. The device held by the character is an exact replica of the device as seen in the games. The abominations in the show/game are essentially irradiated mutations. The gulper is in fact a mutated axolotl, though in the games they tend to be bigger and in my opinion uglier. There are no cicadas in Fallout. What you saw was a full grown radroach. Lucy's desperation for water is one that mirrors the needs in the game. At times you need to eat or drink to replenish your health, but there are almost no clean sources. You are pretty much forced to take in irradiated food to survive and deal with the radiation afterwards if you have enough rad-away, the only way to cure it. Vault-Tec's mascot is known as Vault Boy. In the games it was a very popular character and they produced different bobbleheads for collectors. This is referenced in the show with some of the bobbleheads you see in the background. In the games you can collect these. Some are sold for real and they come in different poses. The explanation given by Cooper at the beginning of the show about the meaning of the thumbs up is the premise behind the famous pose of the character.

Those notes at the start of the music are indicative of that particular group, The Ink Spots. It was a kind of branding, to let the listener know who exactly it was you were about to hear.

The show is so entertaining and the reactions are way too much fun! Waiting for more! ❤

Rehabilitation subplot is definitely poking fun at some people you can meet online.

Hey guys. I don't have a ton of lore this episode. Explaining some questions will spoil later episodes. I did like that the squire stupidly thought his tracker could track the ghoul because of his low level radiation emissions (Again PLEASE remember radiation does not work in this universe like it does in ours. This isn't Chernobyl) and that he wouldn't pick up any other creatures. Now that device is an invention of the show but it fits right in. Could definitely see it as a one time quest item. The "gulper" is from Fallout 4's dlc Far Harbor but it only shares a name. In Far Harbor they are mutated salamanders. I kind of wish they hadn't used the same name because it is an original creature but it is a generic enough name that you could see wastelanders giving similar name to multiple creatures and it just becoming the slang term. Not much education in the wastes. Cooper Howard being the basis of the Vault Boy cartoon (Vault Boy not Fallout Boy. that's the band) is totally new and really cool we got some new background lore in this show. There is something about Maximus and the armor that he should have done but it will spoil the next episode. ( I have NO idea when ya'll actually watch these so i play it safe.) But players were definitely screaming like you guys were when he left the armor unattended. This good though as it shows Maximus has NO IDEA what he is doing. Much like with the fight in Filly he knows nothing about how to operate that armor. Also Maximus was very likely numbed up with something WAY more hardcore than what you would get at a dentist. As I said in previous posts there are a LOT of in game consumables called chems. they give different bonus's. There is something called MED-X and is essentially crazy potent morphine. In game you take it and it gives you a bonus to your toughness but it is probably explained as making you not FEEL pain. So it is very likely he was given med-x before his tooth was ripped out. See ya'll next week.

Nothing is per se “the game probably does that” every game is different and YOU make the choices. The ideas are there but you always have the choice

I never thought Thaddeus was a bully because he hesitant to kick him.

Maximus talking to the radio thing reminds me of the Han Solo scene in a new hope😭😭

Looked up the dog who plays dog meat. She is credited in fallout and the movie Dog. Her name is Lana 5. Dog in twd name is seven. They are the same breed that I won't pretend to remember but often get mistaken for German shepherds. Both dogs names lead me to think they may use that breed a lot to replace German shepherds in film .... Maybe better temperament

Love all those pre-war delicacies with pharmaceutically enchanced preservatives. Also, when you exit your power armor, you should always remove the fusion core and take it with you. A couple of times I found my power armor abandoned down the street.

Lmao love to see the Oak play a fallout game and see his reaction

I adore how The Oak has become such a Potterhead. ❤️❤️❤️ Who would have thought. Absolutely BASED

Yum Yum Deviled eggs are a food drop from the game. Just like Cram!

quinn good ear with the ink spots song at the start, not sure if its the same one either but better call saul definitely used their songs

you guys definitely need to watch yellowjackets!!! ella purnell (lucy) is a main character and it’s one of the best shows to come out recently!

Another great reaction guys. Would highly recommend diving into the Fallout series on your gaming channel once you finish watching this!

21:00 and THAT is the main quest in the very first Fallout game from 1997. Our hero is set out into the Wasteland to find a new water chip.

Im glad this show exists as a precedent for future new canon video game stories, hopefully we get one for Skyrim too, could be a great fantasy show and could also expand Elder Scrolls lore

Just FYI, there are multiple Fallout games of which the first one released back in 1997. The show is simply based in that universe and has it's own story. Fallout players didn't know anything about the story and characters from the show.

Can’t wait for you guys to play a Fallout game. Fallout 3 or 4 are excellent starting games. They’re a lot of fun

EXACTLY what I needed after work today

3:51 in an interview, they said they used 12 😮

Nice nod to Noc Bros with that Title Screen Hype!😎👌🏾💯😂

the story in the games set on different year, different character, different number vault.

21:00 An Easter egg! This is the main plot of Fallout 1 25:33 Vault -Boy!

Good spot Quinn, on the Gulper being based off of an axolotl

Loving your reactions to this show. Quick question, the actor who played the Enclave scientist, why does no one mention his leading role in "Person of Interest" ?

I really thought that he was gonna sell the teeth of the Knight he killed not HIS OWN TOOTH

The song that was on Better Call Saul was made by the same band that's why it sounded similar. I thought the same thing when I first saw this episode lol. I had to look it up.

I think he pulls the stomach out, not its tongue.

18:42 This is very much an inside joke about Bethesda games. They're open world titles, which a lot of people don't even finish the main story quest line for, because they just experience all the various side quests and whatnot. I have 4 digit play time in modded Skyrim and ever even finished the whole Dragonborn quest line that you start out with (without alternate start mods). 23:19 I think it is more meant to be a prolapse.

I'm watching along an episode a week with you guys in full reactions & enjoying it so much! I'm with Quinn about deviled eggs, hate them 👎 & hardcore of Maximus to get teeth pulled out for caps! & liking the interaction between them & the new squire & be interesting to see how the partnership of ghoul & lucy plays out, kudos on that sea monstor fight! Loved all your reactions & Dave's "ruthless aggression" line, I can't wait for the next one!

Norm, the honorary 4th. Aslo, and this is mere speculation not gospel, but the Vault colors was maid to match Coopers most recognized character from his acting days.