This text accommodates 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 presents 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 entire episode; his house base of New Vegas, his function in beginning the apocalypse, and Cooper Howard’s (Walton Goggins) potential 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 likely to be so as.
Maybe the one 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 one way or the other managed to make use of expertise to increase his lifespan nicely past what’s pure and now interacts together 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 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 nicely.
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 exhibiting a lot curiosity in such issues in “New Vegas.” One other factor that may develop into 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 energetic agent of the apocalypse he so detests nor the mind chip stuff appear 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 would not actually conflict together with his function within the supply materials. As one of many wealthiest and strongest males within the pre-apocalyptic world, Mr. Home little doubt went by 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 hassle mentioning to any post-apocalyptic acquaintances. What’s extra, the present’s occasions happen within the 12 months 2296 — a cool 15 years after “New Vegas” within the “Fallout” timeline (and nicely after each different “Fallout” online game, for that matter). And since “New Vegas” leaves Mr. Home’s canon destiny obscure, the present is finally free to proceed the character’s story nonetheless it pleases.
“Fallout” season 2 is at present streaming on Prime Video.
