Ben Lindbergh

So we'll talk about Barb and Coop, and then we'll talk about Ghoul and his new companion, as well as Lucy and Hank, and then Maximus and Thaddeus, and then the Valtys.

A ton to get to here, but first...

Let's begin with Barb, because this is our first real look at Barb as a POV character.

And it's about time that we finally learned a little bit more about Barb, right?

Yeah.

Got to be more title cards per episode this season than last season.

It seems like just every episode we're getting new title cards still this deep into the series and the season.

So we join Barb in the executive conference room with young Betty.

And no Kyle MacLachlan de-aging for Leslie Uggams here.

We just get a new actor entirely, but nice to see Betty in a different time.

We see some Vault of the Future art on the wall, which resembles an image from the original Fallout.

There's a lot of original Fallout images.

DNA in this episode.

Some of it may be mutated.

We'll get to that.

And Barb and Betty are sitting through various meetings and presentations.

A lot of working lunches, I've noticed, at Vault Tech, apparently.

Just no time to take some time to take a bite.

You got to just cram your burgers down your mouth while you're delivering presentations about the apocalypse, which doesn't seem to be...

really helping Barb's appetite here because she's just picking at a salad, but everyone's eating while they're talking.