Fallout is Different and Unique from other post-apocalyptic shows, and that’s why I really enjoyed it.

In Fallout, nuclear bombs are dropped. The Earth is turned into a wasteland. In the first scene, the setting looks like the 1950s because of the styles and cars, and music. Yet this is an alternate history story. It's really 2077. We see the characters at a child's birthday party. They see a mushroom cloud and run for their lives.

Then the story jumps ahead to the year 2296. Some people are now living in vaults while others struggle to survive on the surface.

Yes, it sounds depressing. That’s one reason I’m not into post-apocalyptic shows where most of the characters get killed off. I see these shows as something that could happen in real life, something I don’t want to ever see.  However, I like this show because it's different.

For one, none of the main characters have been killed out. Fallout also has some humor in it, and it works. It helps ease the bleakness of it all. The vintage hits they play (from the 40s and 50s) are ironically funny. For example, I’ve heard the song: “I don’t want to set the world on fire.”  And “Orange colored sky." As you can see by the song titles, they tie into something they were never meant to tie into. Just listening to words with a pleasant tone makes me laugh. It’s sort of like a moment where the producers are giving you an ironic/not so serious moment. 

Lucy lives in an underground vault with a community of other people who wear blue uniforms with the number 33 on their backs. Their goal is to someday repopulate the planet when radiation levels are low enough. This means having babies. Lucy is excited she has been chosen to get married and have a baby. 

When things go wrong, Lucy makes the decision to go outside and into a world she knows little about. Like the other vault dwellers, she’s innocent to the outside world. Her people have laws, values and ethics while those on the outside have no laws or morals. To some extent, this is some of the humor. She’s the perfect main character because through her we learn about this world as well. 

I also find the anti-hero cowboy character interesting. Cooper Howard. He was a normal human, but is now what they call a Ghoul. In many ways, he’s the opposite of Lucy. At first, you see him as if he’s an unkillable monster, but slowly you learn more about him and his past. Of course, I want to know how he became that way. This is the classic way to do an anti-hero. You can’t go wrong with it. 

In the finale, Lucy discovers brutal answers to things she had no idea about. Some of these truths came across as twists. Lucy struggled to comprehend it all because she'd believed in so many lies. The finale was spot on because it answered questions, while leaving enough for more.

If you’re wondering what to watch next, try Fall Out on Amazon Prime.