Fallout's Great War Vault-Tec Reveal May Not Be What It Seems Teases Co-Showrunners

Warning! Major spoilers ahead for the Fallout season 1 finale.

Summary Fallout's co-showrunners tease that there's more to the reveal that Vault-Tec is responsible for the Great War and nuclear apocalypse.

They reveal that there's more story to be told before the bombs actually start falling.

Key themes of Fallout are the dangers of capitalism and corporate greed, and this is set to continue in season 2.

Fallout co-showrunners Graham Wagner and Geneva Robertson-Dworet tease further exploration of that big Great War Vault-Tec reveal. Based on the acclaimed video game franchise, Prime Video's Fallout was released earlier this month to rave reviews from critics and audiences. As in the games, Vault Tec plays an ever-present role in the series as the creator of the vaults within which so many survive, but the show drops a surprise reveal in the final episode that the company may actually be responsible for kicking off the Great War and subsequent nuclear apocalypse.

In a recent interview with GQ breaking down the Fallout season 1 finale and more, Wagner and Robertson-Dworet tease that it may not be as cut and dry as it appears in the show. According to the co-showrunners, there's a lot more to explore in terms of Vault-Tec's culpability and how the Great War actually started. Check out their comments below:

Wagner: Well, we have more story to tell. I would just not treat anything as definitive because, again, everything that we see is very subjective. That scene occurred. But what occurs between then and the actual bombs falling… there's more exciting stuff planned between that moment and the last moment, I guess I should say. Robertson-Dworet: Yeah. It might be definitive, it might not be.

Related 10 Burning Questions Fallout Season 2 Needs To Answer The ending of Prime Video’s Fallout season 1 included plenty of reveals, though not without raising several questions that season 2 must answer.

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One of the themes of the show that becomes especially apparent in later episodes involves the dangers of capitalism. As Walton Goggins' character, Cooper Howard, becomes more suspicious of his wife, Barb (Frances Turner), and just what Vault-Tec is up to, he installs a listening device in her Pip-Boy. This eventually leads to him discovering that Vault-Tec sees a nuclear apocalypse as good for business. Such a war would wipe out competition, and fear of such a conflict would encourage more people to buy up space in the company's underground vault system.

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Accompanying this major reveal of Vault-Tec's role in the Great War in Fallout is Norm's (Moises Arias) discovery of what's in Vault 31. In the finale, he discovers cryogenically-frozen Vault-Tec executives and employees from the year 2077, who will be woken up when radiation levels on the surface subside enough for Vault-Tec to rise and assume control of governing a restarted society. What's more, these frozen individuals are part of a breeding program involving Vaults 32 and 33 designed to produce desirable Vault-Tec-aligned offspring.

It's also revealed that Vault-Tec is responsible for the destruction of Shady Sands, which occured after the Great War.

This exploration of corporate greed and of capitalism run amok is sure to continue in Fallout season 2, which Prime Video just recently confirmed is moving forward. Season 1 ends, after all, with Norm still trapped in Vault 31, and Hank (Kyle MacLachlan), a key Vault-Tec executive, on the run and headed for New Vegas. Judging from Wagner and Robertson-Dworet's latest comments, it sounds like Fallout season 2 will have plenty more to explore regarding Vault-Tec and how the Great War actually started.

Source: GQ