10 Unanswered Questions In The Fallout TV Series

10 Unanswered Questions In The Fallout TV Series

Welcome to MojoPlays and today we’re scouring the Wasteland and searching for answers to the biggest questions we have after Season 1 of Fallout ended. We’ll be questioning open plot threads, plot points, and character revelations that were never addressed but we hope will get answers in Season 2.

Naturally, since we’ll be discussing major plot points from the series, a massive spoiler warning is in effect.

Wilzig

The man who ignited a Wasteland-wide manhunt and set all 3 of our protagonists on a collision course, Wilzig is a fascinating character we end up learning very little about. The most important aspect about him is clearly his research which makes Moldaver’s Cold Fusion plans a reality and is something so dangerous he goes to great lengths to keep it hidden from the rest of The Enclave. The biggest questions these events raise are how did he come into possession of the Cold Fusion plans and in turn manage to get in touch with Moldaver? Also, if The Enclave is so desperate to get Wilzig and his research back, then who initiated the manhunt and put a bounty on the scientist’s head? This would seemingly be something very important to The Enclave that they would want to keep in house, so why risk it falling into the hands of another Wasteland faction?

The State of The Enclave

The last time we saw The Enclave at full strength was in Fallout 2 before the Vault Dweller essentially wiped them off the map. Despite a few stragglers, the faction was believed to be all but eradicated. However, in the Fallout series, not only are they still operational but they’re also still conducting seemingly inhumane experiments. This raises questions about just how widespread the organization really was or if this is some kind of splinter group unaffected by the events of Fallout 2? Additionally, what kind of experiments are they conducting now? Could they be related somehow to the brief shot we saw of what is potentially a Supermutant on a gurney? Wilzig also somehow has a surprising amount of knowledge about the Vaults right down to their inner workings and residents and has somehow managed to get Moldaver’s Cold Fusion plans despite Vault-Tec supposedly locking them down.

The Ghoul Medicine

New to the Fallout lore is what appears to be a medicine to curb feral ghoulism. This revelation completely upends a large portion of the lore we already know about the Ghouls and how they become the flesh-eating zombies we often encounter in our travels. However, what exactly is this substance and who created it? Cooper seems to have a readily available supply of the stuff, until he meets Lucy anyways, and is even being buried with IVs feeding him a constant drip, but how exactly does it work? These meds have somehow kept Cooper from going feral for over 200 years but only kept Rog going for a couple of decades, so does it affect some differently than others? Hopefully this is something that will be further expanded upon in the next season because we have ALL the questions.

The Truth of Vault 31

In the finale we discover the truth about the trio of Vaults 31, 32, and 33, but it seems the residents of Vault 32 learned the truth years ago. However, this raises questions about how they discovered the truth and why exactly this revelation seemingly led them to kill one another? And just how did they find out what Vault 31 was to begin with? We finally learn that Vault 31 houses “Bud’s Buds”, a program designed to have cryogenically frozen Vault-Tec executives oversee the operations of the Vaults and the eventual “Reclamation Day”. While this would understandably cause tension within the Vault itself, why did this lead to the mass destruction and violence Norm and Chet discovered? And why did no one from Vault 32 try to contact Vault 33 with this shocking knowledge? Maybe Norm’s time with Bud’s brain will reveal some answers in the upcoming season.

Norm’s Fate

As Lucy explored the Wasteland and learned its customs and practices, Norm remained our man on the inside as he slowly began to unravel the mysteries and corruption of the three Vaults, 31, 32, and 33. After managing to work his way into Vault 31, many of Norm’s questions were answered, but unfortunately the Vault’s caretaker, brain in a jar Bud, trapped him inside and told him the only possible way he would survive would be to be cryogenically frozen in his Dad’s old pod. While Norm’s fate is left ambiguous by the season’s end, it doesn’t seem like he had many options available, and with Lucy still on a quest to track down her Dad, the only person who would really even notice Norm is missing is Chet. Given his cowardice towards basically everything, we’re just as afraid for Norm’s fate as he is.

Moldaver

Arguably one of the most shocking reveals was that the presumed main antagonist of the series Moldaver not only wasn’t the big bad, but much like Cooper, she was from a time just before the bombs fell. In fact, she had worked for Vault-Tec in some capacity and had even tipped Cooper off to the nefariousness of the company. However, this reveal only raised further questions. How did Moldaver seemingly survive for over 200 years, and not only that, but how did she seemingly become the founder of Shady Sands as well as gain enough resources to build a small army to reclaim her lost research? Assuming Moldaver isn’t a Ghoul since a single gunshot killed her, we can only presume she was frozen too, but by who and how did she get resurrected? Since it was Moldaver’s research that led to the beginning of everyone’s journey, hopefully season 2 will provide much needed answers.

Cooper’s Family

During the finale, we discover that Cooper believes his wife and daughter are still out there, possibly in a Vault, and that Hank might have the answers he’s looking for. But given that we see Cooper race down the mountain with his daughter as the bombs drop at the beginning of the series, how did they become separated and why would Hank know her whereabouts? With Cooper’s wife Barb seemingly at the head of all the tragedy that befell the world, how is it that little Janey ended up with Barb most likely in a Vault somewhere without Cooper? Given Cooper’s family was all but presumed dead throughout the entire series up until the finale, this revelation only raises further questions about the last 200 years of Cooper’s history.

Who Oversees Vault-Tec?

Vault-Tec has always been a reprehensible company since the earliest days of the Fallout lore, using the Vaults to experiment on their unsuspecting inhabitants, but the Fallout series implies they might be even worse than we imagined. However, despite the world carrying on for over 200 years after the Great War, someone seems to still be giving out orders to the various management arms of the Vaults. After Cooper allows Hank to escape, Hank retreats into the desert and the outskirts of New Vegas, presumably as Cooper suspected, running back to his boss. But who is left in charge of Vault-Tec? Bud is a brain in a jar, so the most obvious candidate would be Barb, Cooper’s wife and the one who suggested Vault-Tec initiate the end of the world. But what would such a reveal mean for Cooper and the Wasteland? Or even worse, could it be his daughter Janey who is now calling the shots?

Cooper The Ghoul

Roaming the Wastes since the day the bombs dropped, Cooper has quite the reputation in the Wasteland and has become a well-respected bounty hunter. However, throughout the series’ many flashbacks, we see that Cooper used to be a Hollywood legend and the poster boy for Vault-Tec itself. Cooper also had principles when it came to excessive violence with the characters he played, but when we first met him he had no such reservations. We also see in the finale how he became disillusioned with the company, and he was somehow out in the open with his daughter when the bombs fell, but how did Cooper become a Ghoul and what made him so cold to the rest of the world and its survivors? Cooper is by far the most interesting character in the series so far, but even with a chunk of his backstory fleshed out, he’s also one of the most mysterious.

Cold Fusion

The MacGuffin of Season 1, everyone was after what was in Wilzig’s head, and it ended up being a completed prototype of Moldaver’s Cold Fusion research made real. Given The Brotherhood’s mantra for suppressing technology, they most likely would rather the “Artifact” be hidden away from the Wasteland, but how long can even The Brotherhood resist that kind of power? Moldaver knew the potential for this technology and with her dying breath left her life’s work in Maximus’ hands. Considering his faith in The Brotherhood seems to be faltering due to his exploration of the Wasteland with Lucy, he might very well go from the Brotherhood’s greatest hero to its greatest enemy. This isn’t even mentioning the fact that many other factions of the Wasteland including Vault-Tec are most likely still on the hunt for this tech, so it’s only a matter of time before a new war for the Wasteland begins.


What were the biggest questions you had after the season finale? Share your theories down in the comments.