There are only two episodes left in Fallout season 2, which feels like it has gone by relatively quickly. Now Amazon is changing its policy on when those episodes air, moving them up to effectively be on a different day entirely in most regions.
Rather than being live at midnight on Wednesday, the last two Fallout season 2 episodes are airing on Tuesday nights, that’s tonight, in a primetime slot. Episode 7 of Fallout will air on Tuesday, January 27 at 6 PM PT, 9 PM ET, and the finale, episode 8, will arrive on Tuesday, February 3 at the same time.
Reportedly, these are two episodes of Fallout that have not been sent to screeners, indicating that there are big plot points here that they didn’t want leaking out. It also stands to reason this move was also meant to avoid community spoilers, given that people wouldn’t have to wait all day after work or school to watch, when they might find spoilers on social media before then. Now, everyone can just tune in tonight and next Tuesday.
I wish every show did this. I do not understand the desire to throw episodes out overnight, something Netflix almost always does, except in rare occasions, and Amazon did before this. Apple TV does a good job of taking its biggest shows, recently Pluribus, and making them arrive at a specific time. HBO has done this for years, which is why we currently have the must-see Industry at 9 PM ET and A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms at 10 PM ET. I cannot imagine those just dropping on Sunday morning. Absurd.
As for Fallout, we already have the greenlight for season 3. Given that the show is not following the storyline of any existing games, though it is canon, we do not have any real idea where things are going. We have been in New Vegas for the duration of the season, and things are escalating quickly between Super Mutants, Vault-Tec mind-control facilities and a Brotherhood war.
If I had a complaint about this season, it’s that too many storylines are now running at the same time. Lucy and the Ghoul have split. Maximus has had perilously little time this season. The remaining vault dweller group has split in half, and I think that’s hurt that aspect of the show a bit. Still, I cannot say this hasn’t been a fantastic season, and I will watch this show as long as Amazon keeps renewing it. We’ll be waiting for Fallout 5 for well into the 2030s, so this is what we have for now as fans of the series. And it’s great.
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