Season 2 of Fallout is already laid out according to Walton Goggins, who also shared insight on The Ghoul’s future in the show. The actor teased multiple arcs for his character if ever the show is greenlighted for a third season.
Fallout Season 1 ended with cliffhanger teases for its three main protagonists. Maximus appears to have transitioned from deserter to champion after the Brotherhood of Steel declared him a hero. A disillusioned Lucy reluctantly joins The Ghoul to go after Hank and claim their revenge (or redemption). It’s evident the showrunners are looking into the future even before Fallout was confirmed for a second season; in an interview with Josh Horowitz, Walton Goggins teased that Season 1 actually unpacked very little of The Ghoul’s arc in the show. The actor also revealed the Season 2 script already outlined his character’s journey with multiple scene scenarios.
“In the conversations that we’ve had, we knew that if we were to get a second season that the first season really unpacked very little,” Goggins confirmed. “You know, there was really very little they explored even though it feels big. Because the game itself is hundreds, a thousand hours, but in this fictionalized version of a Fallout story that fits in the canon of Fallout, in this story that we’re telling, there’s so many questions left unanswered.” Bethesda director Todd Howard previously confirmed the show is franchise canon even with new characters and lore alterations. Goggins’ The Ghoul is also a very human archetype of creatures largely considered feral and disposable in video game lore. Goggins says the showrunners already have a clear path for The Ghoul but they’ve yet to develop scene narratives for the episodes.
The Ghoul Is All Set For Fallout Season 2
“They have an idea of where they want to go, and they’ve asked for my input,” he said. “I’ve had seats at tables now for a long time in that world. But they know exactly what they’re doing. So yeah, I think they have this second part of the journey really kind of beated out. For me, it all goes down to specificity. I mean, there is something that is going to happen the next day, or two days later, or whenever they decide to pick this story up. I haven’t read it after the finale.” Goggins as The Ghoul is the definition of the conflicted anti-hero that also contextualized and expanded Fallout canon, teasing much more in store for upcoming seasons.
Fallout‘s showrunners want to explore the story across multiple seasons while keeping the plotlines spontaneous. Goggins says he’s excited to see which version of The Ghoul wins out even as they thresh out the scenarios. “And there is a version of this that I see,” he teased. “There is humor and there is camaraderie, and there is antagonism between these possible scenarios that I would like to see kind of played out. Because we have to earn every emotional moment that we have. Just like the humor, it’s all situational. I think they see far into the future.” Fallout is so far faithful as a video game adaptation, teasing the story would unfold across a fan-favorite location in Season 2.
Fallout is streaming on Prime Video.
