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Walton Goggins Reacts to the Fallout Season 2 Finale and That Shocking Moment
Editor’s Note: The following contains spoilers for the finale of Fallout Season 2.
After a long, winding road, we’ve finally made it to the end of Season 2 of Fallout and, boy, was it a doozy. With the NCR and the Legion fully converging on New Vegas, we see Lacerta Legate (Macaulay Culkin) taking on the new role of Caesar and march on New Vegas right after Maximus (Aaron Moten) and the NCR have dealt with the droves of Deathclaws. Inside of Vault-Tec, we see Lucy (Ella Purnell) confront her father, Hank (Kyle Maclean), with some help from the Ghoul (Walton Goggins). And, after a full season of hunting and a lifetime of searching and hoping, the Ghoul arrives at the cryo chambers of Barb (Frances Turner) and Janey (Teagan Meredith), only to find them empty with a cryptic message that sends him in the direction of Colorado.
Wrapping up the second season, we spoke to Aaron Moten and Walton Goggins about that eventful finale and discussed with the actors where their characters have landed after an arduous season. We discussed the potential of Maximus joining a new faction in Season 3, along with where his relationship with Lucy will be heading now that it seems they are together in New Vegas. We discussed the heartbreaking moment when the Ghoul finds those empty cryo-pods and what that means for his character, and Goggins teases (or avoids teasing) where the Ghoul might be headed to next.
Aaron Moten Talks About New Factions and Whether Maximus Will Join the NCR Now That They’ve Arrived in New Vegas
“I think maybe the faction life, to me, is not for him.”
COLLIDER: Aaron, I want to kick off with you. With the NCR in New Vegas, and it seems like Lucy’s intending to stay by Maximus’ side, which is great. Do you think Maximus is going to find a new purpose with the NCR? Is that something that you would like his character to do?
AARON MOTEN: You know, I really don’t know the answer to the question as to what he’s going to find, but I can tell you, I have such empathy for Maximus, you know what I mean? I really want him to discover a more personal route through this world, a little bit like what the Ghoul has discovered. There’s a reason that the Ghoul is a lone wanderer, and I don’t think that I want Maximus to be alone. I don’t think he wants to be alone, but I think he should play things a little closer in terms of his family. I think maybe the faction life, to me, is not for him. You know what I mean? But that’s me talking. I don’t know the answer to that question.
I think it’s interesting, because I feel like he would do so well with the NCR, but then I’m like, “Well, he just came from another group, maybe he doesn’t need to be reintegrated into it.
MOTEN: Yeah, maybe the group projects aren’t for you, dude.
Moten Reveals Where He Wants To See Maximus and Lucy’s Relationship Go in Future Seasons
“I want them to really, really take the Wasteland by the reins for what their portion of it is, and find some sense of home.”
Now that Maximus and Lucy are reunited, is there something that you want for those two characters? Because I feel like they’ve gone on the journey separately this entire season, and they come together and it’s this really beautiful moment, and I think they’re so sweet together. Is there something that you hope for that character dynamic moving forward?
MOTEN: There’s this thing that I like about people, and it’s friends, it’s people that are in relationships, it’s just like of one mind thing. You can be walking down the street, and you know how your friend would react to something that you see in a day. I just want them to create this world together and carve it out for themselves, whatever that is. You know what I mean? I want them to really, really take the Wasteland by the reins for what their portion of it is, and find some sense of home.
Walton Goggins Reacts to the Ghoul’s Revealtion With the Empty Cryo Chambers in ‘Fallout’ Season 2
“…the organic version always wins out.”
Walton, what was it like when you learned that at the end of this road that the Ghoul has been taking all season, that those cryo chambers are empty? Did you know all along or were you like living it as the scripts were coming?
GOGGINS: Did I know? Did I know? Did I know? Well, yeah, yes, I knew. Look, this is a collaboration. This is a family, right? And I’ve been doing this for a very long time, and I’ve been given a seat at a number of tables over the course of my time in this business. And [Jonathan Nolan] and Geneva [Robertson-Dworet] and Graham [Wagner] care greatly what I think and it is a conversation. What does this mean? And what does this mean if they’re there? What does this mean if they’re not there? And the organic version always wins out. What would probably really happen? And to make it as believable as possible.
Watching it for the first time last night, while you guys were watching it, I saw it in real time, and I thought, yeah, for me, it was the right decision, because what does it say about the Ghoul, and what does it say about humanity? And that is, hope always springs eternal. We are hopeful or there is no reason for this species to exist. There is hope that things will get better. There is hope for reunification. There is hope for justice. There is hope for the things that we all want out of life and so I can’t wait to see where it goes from here.
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Well, I’m looking forward to it. I’m looking forward to seeing you in Colorado.
GOGGINS: I can neither confirm nor deny that! We’ll see what happens! [Laughs]
I watched the episode and so did you! Don’t need to be evasive about this!
GOGGINS: [Laughs]
MOTEN: [Laughs]
All episodes of Fallout Season 2 are now available to stream on Prime Video.
- Release Date
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April 10, 2024
- Network
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Amazon Prime Video
- Showrunner
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Lisa Joy, Jonathan Nolan
- Directors
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Frederick E. O. Toye, Wayne Che Yip, Stephen Williams, Liz Friedlander, Jonathan Nolan, Daniel Gray Longino, Clare Kilner
- Writers
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Lisa Joy, Jonathan Nolan