This text incorporates spoilers for “Fallout” season 2, episode 1.
For many who puzzled how lengthy Prime Video’s “Fallout” adaptation would take to introduce Justin Theroux’s season 2 character, the sophomore season’s premiere provides a pleasant shock. The very first scene of the brand new season introduces Mr. Robert Home in all of his condescending glory as he confronts some blue collar bar powerful guys to check out a nasty piece of thoughts management expertise. Even after this pre-apocalyptic flashback, the robotic tycoon continues to exert affect over your complete episode; his residence base of New Vegas, his function in beginning the apocalypse, and Cooper Howard’s (Walton Goggins) attainable mission to assassinate him up to now timeline are all important constructing blocks of the season premiere.
It is fairly apparent that the stellar “Fallout” online game adaptation intends to go all in with Mr. Home, and the New Vegas-heavy season 2 trailer beforehand alluded to additional developments pertaining the character. With that in thoughts, a fast crash course on the person who watches over the New Vegas Strip — or, at the least, his online game incarnation — is perhaps so as.
Maybe the only most memorable character in Bethesda’s “Fallout: New Vegas,” Mr. Home is the CEO of the robot-making RobCo Industries and a survivor of the nuclear apocalypse. He is a reclusive fellow who’s in some way managed to make use of expertise to increase his lifespan effectively past what’s pure and now interacts along with his environment solely with the help of expertise. Although his survival into the post-apocalyptic timeline of “Fallout” season 2 is not explicitly confirmed within the season premiere, the display screen picture of him that may be seen within the official “Fallout” season 2 trailer closely implies {that a} related arc could also be in retailer right here as effectively.
There are already variations between the sport and live-action variations of Robert Home
One factor that followers of the “Fallout” video games could also be questioning is why Mr. Home is utilizing thoughts management units within the live-action TV adaptation regardless of by no means displaying a lot curiosity in such issues in “New Vegas.” One other factor which may transform fairly fascinating is the pre-apocalyptic arc the season 2 premiere is teasing between him and Cooper Howard earlier than the tech mogul can kickstart the apocalypse. On the floor, at the least, each features of the present’s Mr. Home appear unusual. Neither being an lively agent of the apocalypse he so detests nor the mind chip stuff seem to be they’d be up the “New Vegas” iteration of the character’s alley, and it will certainly be fascinating to see how the “Fallout” present intends to suit the items of the Home puzzle collectively.
That apart, Home’s presence on the present does not actually conflict along with his function within the supply materials. As one of many wealthiest and strongest males within the pre-apocalyptic world, Mr. Home little question went by means of an entire lot that wasn’t depicted in “Fallout: New Vegas.” Which means a pre-apocalyptic encounter with an actor-slash-Vault-Tec spokesman like Cooper would not be one thing he’d essentially trouble mentioning to any post-apocalyptic acquaintances. What’s extra, the present’s occasions happen within the yr 2296 — a cool 15 years after “New Vegas” within the “Fallout” timeline (and effectively after each different “Fallout” online game, for that matter). And since “New Vegas” leaves Mr. Home’s canon destiny obscure, the present is in the end free to proceed the character’s story nonetheless it pleases.
“Fallout” season 2 is at the moment streaming on Prime Video.
