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"The Radio" is the seventh episode of the first season of the American post-apocalyptic drama television series Fallout. The episode was written by Chaz Hawkins and directed by Frederick E. O. Toye and Clare Kilner. It was released on Amazon Prime Video on April 10, 2024, alongside the rest of the season.
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"The Radio" is the seventh episode of the first season of the Fallout TV series.
“Every generation has their own dumbass ideas…”
Adam and his son Tommy work as lead farmers, wearing a helmet and overcoat similar to that of the NCR Ranger combat armor. After a long day of work, they return home, and Adam goes into his house calling for his daughter Sandra. He is horrified to find the Ghoul sitting at his dinner table eating a strange meat. To his relief, Sandra appears to bring the Ghoul a drink. The Ghoul laughs as he realizes Adam thought he was eating Sandra. Adam orders Sandra to step outside while the Ghoul asks for information. He brings out a letter saying Adam has three children, but he only sees two; Adam admits that his older son Roofus left to join Lee Moldaver's forces two years earlier. The Ghoul identifies the other boy as Tommy and reveals that Roofus had also recruited his brother, which Tommy had kept secret from his father. The letter indicates that Roofus sent Tommy money to pay a courier to transport Wilzig out of Filly to Moldaver. The letter was damaged when the Ghoul killed Roofus and now omits Moldaver's location. Adam demands that his son give up the location for the safety of their family; he reluctantly tells the Ghoul that Moldaver is in the ruins of the Griffith Observatory. As he prepares to leave, the Ghouls asks Tommy if he plans on taking revenge on him as he leaves, or perhaps hunting him down later. Tommy reaches for his gun first, but the Ghoul outdraws and kills him. He leaves the grieving Adam and Sandra behind and downs a vial of anti-feral chems.
Back before the Great War, Moldaver, then going by "Miss Williams," commences a meeting in the Hollywood Forever funeral home. She claims that the people in power are the real enemy, and Cooper, scoffing, starts to walk out. She stops him and suggests he has sold out to Vault-Tec; he volleys the same criticism at her and her ideology. She claims she knows his wife and a side of her he doesn't. After the meeting, Moldaver privately meets with Cooper to tell him that her research division, which is working towards developing unlimited energy via cold fusion, was acquired by Barb's division. Since then, Vault-Tec has done nothing to further the project despite the fact that it could end the Sino-American War. Moldaver asks Cooper for his help getting the project back and gives him a listening device. He is repulsed by the idea of spying on his own wife, but she insists he keep it. Moldaver claims that she does not sincerely hold communist sentiments, but has been labeled as a communist for not buying into propaganda.
In the present, Birdie and Overseer Benjamin admonish Lucy, who is handcuffed to a desk, for trespassing on Level 12 and injuring a fellow Vault dweller. They play a holotape showing Vault 4's origins: Given unlimited control of the Vault, Lloyd and Cassandra Hawthorne and their subordinates experimented on hybridizing human test subjects (refugees from the surface tricked inside by promises of sanctuary) with radiation-resistant species. The test subjects eventually fought back against the scientists. In the tape, a gulper breaks through Lloyd and Cassandra's barricade and eats them; they nonetheless assert that their research still has merit moments before their demise. The laboratory is now used to treat patients still suffering from the original experiments (explaining the pregnant women seen lying in cryo-chambers in Level 12). Benjamin and Birdie ask Lucy what the experiment in Vault 33 was; she insists that there was none. Despite her apology, Birdie tells her that she still must be punished for bringing violence into their community. They place a bag over her head and drag her outside. Maximus sees Lucy being dragged past his suite and resolves to help her.
As CX404 pursues him, Thaddeus arrives at an abandoned Red Rocket station and rests to look over his mangled foot. He locks the dog in a Nuka-Cola dispenser to prevent her from following him, still making sure she can breathe, and leaves to search for a radio station.
Lucy is dragged before the chanting Vault 4 residents in the atrium with her wrists tied to a post while Benjamin pulls out a scimitar and sentences her to her death... by means of exile to the surface, cutting the rope around Lucy's wrists while the crowd cheers. She is additionally gifted two weeks of supplies to give her a fighting chance for survival. Lucy asks Maximus to be allowed to stay. At the same time, Maximus steals the Vault's fusion core in order to power his T-60 power armor and briefly causes a blackout. The backup generator kicks in as Maximus suits up. He begins attacking the residents before Lucy explains that they're letting her go.
They return to the surface, and Lucy entreats Maximus to return the fusion core, as without it, the Vault will only last a few days on backup power. He is resistant to the idea, but ultimately agrees, and they drop it down the chute they came through. Maximus confesses his real name to Lucy and that he acquired the armor by killing the real Knight Titus through inaction. She forgives him in light of her own crimes and invites him to live in Vault 33 after they rescue her father. He agrees.
Starring:
•Ella Purnell - Lucy MacLean
•Moisés Arias - Norm MacLean
•Aaron Moten - Maximus
•Walton Goggins - The Ghoul
Guest starring:
•Inon Zur - "Fallout 4 Main Theme"
•Jack Shaindlin - "I'm Tickled Pink"
•Merle Travis - "Sixteen Tons"
•The Platters - "Only You"
•Roland Kovač Rhythm & Strings - "Bossa Angela"
•Heather MacArthur - "Minutemen Radio"
The opening scene is likely a reference to The Good, the Bad and the Ugly, a major influence on the series. In the movie, a man comes home to find "Angel Eyes" (the Bad) sitting at his dinner table demanding information. Before he leaves, Angel Eyes kills the man and his son, leaving behind a grieving widow and surviving son.
Apr 10, 2024 · The Radio: Directed by Clare Kilner, Frederick E.O. Toye. With Ella Purnell, Aaron Moten, Moises Arias, Walton Goggins. Every generation has their own dumbass ideas.
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