Who Killed the World? Polygon is investigating
Was it Vault-Tec? – Who dropped the bombs first? Part 2 – Fallout Lore
Fallout, the new TV drama based on the post-apocalyptic game series, premiered earlier this week on Prime Video. And instead of directly adapting one of the games (like HBO's The Last of Us) or creating a separate continuity inspired by the series (à la Paramount Plus' Halo), Fallout takes a completely different approach: telling an original story that explicitly takes place itself within continuity of the games.
Which is what makes the reveal during the eighth episode of Fallout such a bombshell, pun intended. After more than 26 years, Prime Video's new series may have offered an answer to one of, if not the, most persistent question in the Fallout universe: Who dropped the bombs first?
[Ed. note: This post contains spoilers for the end of Fallout Season 1.]
