8 Things We Liked, and 2 We Didn't, About Fallout

We Liked: Maximus’ Surprising Selfishness

Aaron Moten’s Maximus isn’t an unlikable character, but he often makes choices to survive—from letting his assigned Brotherhood Knight, Titus, perish after an encounter with a radioactive bear mostly to get credit for their mission himself, or even in his adoption of Titus’ identity for much of the season—are presented in unlikable ways that are frequently fascinating.

That Maximus still is, at his core, a good person who wants to do good things for the world and the people around him make this compelling enough drama, but it’s especially apparent when he is thrust into more time with Lucy that makes for two similar, but still very different perspectives on Fallout’s wasteland. If Lucy is an extremely good person pushed to make tough choices by the world she’s put into, Maximus is one that is less pushed, and more capable of realizing that the world he’s spent his life being forged by can be manipulated into helping him survive to put that good back out there—and that there’s usually small moral prices to pay while doing so.