Fallout Season 1 Review - 10 Ups & 2 Downs
11. Down: Its Many Twists Soon Grow Unconvincing
Compounded by its narrative stuffiness, which is most prevalent in the middle of its run, Fallout's debut also suffers from a slight overreliance on giant plot twists. They're so numerous that, by the time of its explosive finale, they start becoming less convincing.
The final episode, despite its innumerable highs, suffers from this progression most of all, its shock revelations so frequent that they're enough to give you whiplash. Worse still is how it uses these last minute twists to link every one of its characters a bit too neatly.
Like the packed storylines, though, this flaw is easily overlooked; the emotional payoffs from Fallout's greatest secrets are too affecting and often devastating to be overshadowed by such brief narrative conveniences.
Again, this is an issue that could have been solved by a greater run - turning eight episodes into ten would have worked wonders - as it would have been nice to see it slow down to linger on the ramifications of its damaging bolts from the blue a little longer. But only a little bit, you know?