The original post: /r/television by /u/Bluest_waters on 2026-02-07 19:58:53+00:00.
Original Title: The “B” storyline (flashback scenes) on Fallout is one of the most fascinating storylines in recent TV history. I truly believe that Walton Goggins is giving the best performance of his career right now in part because he is both a good guy and a bad guy
I was stunned to see in the fallout subreddit that people were complaining about the flashback scenes in fallout. It’s unreal to me because that is by far the most interesting subplot of this whole series
Walton gardens is so tragic and beautiful and heartbreaking in these scenes flashback scenes. It’s such an interesting multifaceted storyline, that says a lot about not just intimate relationships, but also a lot about corporations
The entire subplot about corporations actively funding the apocalypse because they deemed they could make some money off of it it’s just terrifyingly too real
it’s kind of wild the tone shift between the main plot and the flashback plots. In the main present day plot lines things can be kind of wacky, and campy and exaggerated. But for some reason in the flashback scenes it’s all very somber and very real.
And getting back to Walton’s Cooper Howard/Ghoul, he is a good guy! But… he is also a bad guy! And this allows him to demonstrate his full acting range. Because he can be menacingly evil in one scene and fragile and heart breaking in another scene. Guy is hitting it out of the park right now in this show
Anyway those are my rambling thoughts on this show