Wow. Episode 4 must have been directed, and had its script written by someone else than did the other 3 previous episodes, because this episode actually contained some tension. Another plus was the minimum of obnoxious Marvel-tier “comedy” writing. However, it still isn’t good, because as soon as episode 4 is over, the show goes back into its normal eternally ironic ways.

We continue with the suffering. To be fair, this episode wasn’t as painful. However, it’s still not good. One reason is that they constantly mess up the tone. One example is when the water monster attacks the BoS guy and his squire. When the creature is about to take a chunk out of the metal-clad protagonist, the show slows down, the music becomes sinister – oh no, is our hero about to face mortal danger! NOPE. You can’t have any tense scenes, it’s not allowed, you see. One moment later the brooding music is replaced with Glenn Miller and the whole scene plays out as a comedy. All tension gone. Why must it be like this?

If Fallout wasn’t dead already through Bethesda’s meddling, it sure as hell is now. This is probably the worst slop, aka franchise-destroying sludge I have ever seen. Maybe even worse than The Rings of Power. To be fair to the show, it looks like Fallout, well, Bethesda’s version of it, so they got the aesthetics right at least. Beyond that, these two first episodes were terrible. Not only for being bad because they messed up the lore, but the show feels very amateurish script-wise, and on a “cinematic” level. Scenes not making any kind of sense are one example.