Fallout S01E04: The Ghouls Review
Medium: Television
Release date: 4/10/2024
Review date: 5/5/2024
Score: 6/10
Nothing really happened this episode. Oh sure, from a character growth perspective Lucy becomes a bit harder and the Ghoul remembers a bit more of his humanity and who he used to be, and I guess Norm was emboldened to rebel against the Vault leadership even more? And the show's establishment that ghouls need some sort of special drug not to go feral seems like a new lore addition unless I'm actually the world’s fakest fan. We'll see how that plays out, at face value I’m not sure why the Ghoul couldn't have just had a regular old chem addiction. But outside of character stuff, again, not a lot happened - I felt all the Vault 33 stuff before Norm spoke to the raider was particularly weak. Unfortunately, by nature of having played the games, I don't know how many of the Vault 33 and 32 reveals are going to hit for me; I already know VaultTec was up to no good.
At least Lucy has an actual gun now.