Warning: Spoilers for Fallout season 1
Summary
- The Fallout TV series is set in 2296, expanding the franchise's timeline and storyline.
- The show's creators avoid retreading game stories by crafting a fresh narrative for the series.
- The Fallout TV show's visual aesthetic is inspired by games and depicts post-apocalyptic Los Angeles.
Prime Video's video game adaptations prove the curse is dead. The Fallout franchise also has superb world-building and lore that are the perfect foundation for a TV series.
One of the most exciting aspects of the Fallout TV series is that it follows an entirely new storyline set at a different time. According to Fallout TV show's story, transforming the existing material into a new narrative, albeit one that's consistent with the games' canon.
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The Fallout TV Show Is Set In 2296
Cooper Howard's flashback storyline is set in 2077
The the Fallout games. The flashbacks to The Ghoul's life as Cooper Howard offer a deep look at this period in Fallout's history. As for the show's central narrative, it's set 219 years after the Great War, placing it in 2296. Of course, the world is still feeling the physical and social repercussions of the nuclear fallout, including mutants and strange cults.
The Fallout video games span 185 years, with the first chronological game taking place in 2102 and the last in 2287.
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When Fallout Is Set Compared To The Video Games
Prime Video's show takes place 11 years after Fallout 4
The Fallout video games span 185 years, with the first chronological game taking place in 2102 and the last in 2287. Amazon Prime's Fallout TV series takes place after the events of all the Fallout video games in 2296, expanding the timeline even further. Since the Fallout franchise hasn't touched this time period to date, the show was granted a great level of creative freedom. This has enabled Fallout to include many exciting things from the games while also creating something entirely new that doesn't break canon.
All eight episodes of Fallout will be released on April 11, 2024, on Amazon Prime Video.
Its placement in the timeline in relation to the games could be of even greater relevance in a potential Fallout season 2. Since its setup in the series finale pointed to New Vegas being explored, being set after all the games puts the show in a position to reference what went on in Fallout: New Vegas as events that already happened. That could, in turn, create new opportunities for the show, especially since that means it could explore the current activities of existing characters and factions from Fallout: New Vegas.
Year |
Game |
Location |
|---|---|---|
2102 |
Fallout 76 |
Appalachia |
2161 |
Fallout |
Los Angeles |
2241 |
Fallout 2 |
Northern California |
2277 |
Fallout 3 |
Washington DC |
2281 |
Fallout: New Vegas |
Nevada |
2287 |
Fallout 4 |
Boston |
Where The Fallout TV Show Takes Place
Fallout's show puts it close to the setting of the original game
Like the first video game in the franchise, the Fallout TV series takes place in post-apocalyptic southern California. But though this is miles away from Fallout 3's Washington D.C. and Fallout 4's Boston, the show still boasts the familiar, worn-down and destroyed aesthetic of the Fallout video games. However, the buildings, vaults, and society look slightly different because a lot could have changed in that time frame, combined with the difference in geography.
New California Republic's Timeline Of Events Explained
They were a part of Fallout lore before the games
The setting of the series - Santa Monica, California - allows the show to explore a new region in an established corner of Fallout's world, the New California Republic. The community, and places within it, such as Shady Sands, are featured heavily in the original Fallout game. The lore built by the games, combined with what the show added to the Fallout mythos, offers a complete timeline on the NCR's history in the franchise.
Year |
What Happened |
|---|---|
2142 |
The Shady Sands settlement was founded. |
2189 |
The New California Republic was officially established. |
2198 |
Shady Sands was recognized as the capital of the New California Republic. |
2241 |
The New California Republic emerged as the strongest economic power in the state. |
2277 |
Shady Sands was destroyed. |
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What The Fallout Show Creators Have Said About The Timeline
After the release of Fallout's official trailer, one of the co-showrunners of Prime Video post-apocalyptic drama series — Graham Wagner — discussed the video game adaptation's timeline. His comments provided context on where Fallout fits in the canon. Regarding the Fallout TV show's timeline compared to the games, Wagner explained:
"It's set in the world of Fallout, but it's a new story that comes, sort of, after the events we've seen. So it really is, the show is built on like 25 years of creativity and thinking and building. And we sort of thought the best thing to do is to continue that, versus retread it. Because that's sort of what has worked with Fallout over the years. It's traded hands, it's changed, it's been altered, and it's a living thing. And yeah, we kind of felt like we ought to take a swing at trying to build a new piece on top of all of that."
The writers and producers behind Prime Video's post-apocalyptic drama series used the 25-year history of the video games to build their own world for the show. So, while the story in the adaptation is a new one in the franchise, its timeline is still inspired by and based on the original games. Ultimately, the Fallout TV series is a continuation rather than a reboot or reimagining.
Fallout
- Release Date
- April 10, 2024
- Showrunner
- Lisa Joy, Jonathan Nolan
- Writers
- Lisa Joy, Jonathan Nolan
Cast
Lucy MacLean
Aaron MotenMaximus
WHERE TO WATCH
Set 200 years after an apocalypse, Fallout follows residents of luxury shelters as they re-enter a post-nuclear world. Confronted with a bizarre and violent landscape, the series explores the stark contrasts between their sheltered existence and the harsh realities of the outside universe.
- Franchise(s)
- Fallout
- Seasons
- 1
- Streaming Service(s)
- Prime Video
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