Also I think the Handy added the new finger just cause robots in Fallout are kinda… you know… off. My assumption was he did not even realize “harvesting her organs” would kill her, or the order of operations from his old medical training just required him to actually fix her up if possible before continuing with the new stuff the raiders have added in.
The first thing he went for was the liver. The quickness that he went after Roger’s body might not have been so much him being a cannibal as him trying to get whatever was left of the medicine in Roger’s system to stave off his own feralization.
Snip-Snip fixing Lucy's finger is I think just a case of a non-sentient robot failing to recognize a contradiction in his programming. He's programmed to provide medical aid and to harvest organs, and he sees no conflict because these are two unrelated tasks that he draws no connection between. Also, I think we can safely assume the drug is not something that all ghouls take, just something you take once you start going feral. Roger has been taking it for 28 years, but he and Cooper reminisce about prewar life, so he's been without it for a long time. It would be a retcon of MASSIVE proportions to suggest every ghoul needs it, considering that many of them (Eddie Winter, Billy, Dean Domino, etc) have spent long periods of time in places where they'd have no access to it.
My explanation for the ghoul cure not being mentioned in the games is as simple as this: No one has ever mentioned Caviar to me or given me a sample. It exists. My neighbor likely has eaten it. My point? World is a big place. Not everyone has seen or heard everything.
That’s not a bad point, but you still have heard of caviar. I’m willing to accept this chemical if they present a viable reason as to why we’ve never heard of it before. There seems to be an entire industry setup to produce it, with ghouls kept as organ banks.
@@jonw7214 I think it’s probably just new, but I’m okay with it. It could be a fun mechanic in a future game if they ever let you play as a ghoul, or even next time you have a ghoul companion. It doesn’t really take anything away from the series by it’s addition, it just adds a new layer. Good retcon.
@@ElectricheadPt1 I'm curious how they are going to connect that con-man who turned the squire into a ghoul to the whole thing. Could it just be snake oil? We know extreme radiation turns you into a ghoul. Guess we will see.
@@jonw7214 there's a weird radioactive drug in 4 that made Hancock a Ghoul, and also the 76 healing factor serum. I'm interested if that snake oil ties into them.
Another in depth and dare I say so far the best look at the series I've seen thus far. Well documented, well cited and always entertaining, it's a thrill and an honor to be part of this journey with you all in even the smallest way possible! Having grown up on Fallout since it's launch, it's amazing to see how it's grown from a 2-pack of game discs i bought one day to this massive IP before us and now a hit television series! Can't wait for more! -Mal
The chasm in the video has to be either erosion (the flow of water) or geological (earthquakes) as there is no ejecta (material piled around the outside of the chasm thrown out by a blast) that would be present if an impact or explosion had taken place. as we never see the bottom it could be the course of the Los Angeles River.
The Mr. Handy Medic is just following it's primary programming and that's to provide health and emergency care. The "harvesting organs" was probably a "quick and dirty" addition.
It’s likely that the Super Duper Mary operators were too lazy to do anything about a lot of his native programming when they made him into an organ harvesting tool.
@IrresoluteCartographer true, she did not find it, and everyone she talked to never heard of it. This could mean that it was either something completely different than what is portrayed on the show, or it was a drug created on the West Coast that hasn't made its way east yet. I'm looking forward to seeing if they tackle this in the upcoming seasons. I hope they do.
I think the finger scene was a financial one. Assume the show gets renewed as it did. Seasons of Lucy having to be fingerless is both expensive and invites error. I appreciate the creativity in the solution.
Also I think the Handy added the new finger just cause robots in Fallout are kinda… you know… off. My assumption was he did not even realize “harvesting her organs” would kill her, or the order of operations from his old medical training just required him to actually fix her up if possible before continuing with the new stuff the raiders have added in.
That’s not a bad theory, and the proprietors seem just lazy enough to not fix that part of his programming to make things more efficient.
The first thing he went for was the liver. The quickness that he went after Roger’s body might not have been so much him being a cannibal as him trying to get whatever was left of the medicine in Roger’s system to stave off his own feralization.
It’s definitely possible that was why he reacted as he did, but he also took the “ass jerky”.
@@IrresoluteCartographer he’s on a “see food” diet apparently cuz he’s always eating something
Snip-Snip fixing Lucy's finger is I think just a case of a non-sentient robot failing to recognize a contradiction in his programming. He's programmed to provide medical aid and to harvest organs, and he sees no conflict because these are two unrelated tasks that he draws no connection between.
Also, I think we can safely assume the drug is not something that all ghouls take, just something you take once you start going feral. Roger has been taking it for 28 years, but he and Cooper reminisce about prewar life, so he's been without it for a long time. It would be a retcon of MASSIVE proportions to suggest every ghoul needs it, considering that many of them (Eddie Winter, Billy, Dean Domino, etc) have spent long periods of time in places where they'd have no access to it.
My explanation for the ghoul cure not being mentioned in the games is as simple as this: No one has ever mentioned Caviar to me or given me a sample. It exists. My neighbor likely has eaten it. My point? World is a big place. Not everyone has seen or heard everything.
That’s not a bad point, but you still have heard of caviar. I’m willing to accept this chemical if they present a viable reason as to why we’ve never heard of it before. There seems to be an entire industry setup to produce it, with ghouls kept as organ banks.
The ghoul chemical is absolutely a retcon, but it’s one I like. It’s additive, and it’s interesting. It’s a good retcon.
I was convinced it was Radaway or something to keep the Radiation in check, but I'm curious what they come up with.
@@jonw7214 I think it’s probably just new, but I’m okay with it. It could be a fun mechanic in a future game if they ever let you play as a ghoul, or even next time you have a ghoul companion. It doesn’t really take anything away from the series by it’s addition, it just adds a new layer. Good retcon.
@@ElectricheadPt1 I'm curious how they are going to connect that con-man who turned the squire into a ghoul to the whole thing. Could it just be snake oil? We know extreme radiation turns you into a ghoul. Guess we will see.
@@jonw7214 there's a weird radioactive drug in 4 that made Hancock a Ghoul, and also the 76 healing factor serum. I'm interested if that snake oil ties into them.
Another in depth and dare I say so far the best look at the series I've seen thus far. Well documented, well cited and always entertaining, it's a thrill and an honor to be part of this journey with you all in even the smallest way possible!
Having grown up on Fallout since it's launch, it's amazing to see how it's grown from a 2-pack of game discs i bought one day to this massive IP before us and now a hit television series!
Can't wait for more!
-Mal
The chasm in the video has to be either erosion (the flow of water) or geological (earthquakes)
as there is no ejecta (material piled around the outside of the chasm thrown out by a blast)
that would be present if an impact or explosion had taken place.
as we never see the bottom it could be the course of the Los Angeles River.
The Mr. Handy Medic is just following it's primary programming and that's to provide health and emergency care. The "harvesting organs" was probably a "quick and dirty" addition.
It’s likely that the Super Duper Mary operators were too lazy to do anything about a lot of his native programming when they made him into an organ harvesting tool.
12:48 - The finger replacement is to make evident that the artificial intelligence went bananas by providing a paradoxical scenario of care/hurt.
This is similar with how AI behaves in Stephen King's Dark Tower universe.
Happy to be part of the map gang.
All of your videos are very well done. Thank you for the great content.
Kiddie Kingdom, Nuka World, Rachel goes out looking for a cure to keep from turning feral.
True, but she didn’t find one, and no one she met had ever heard of one.
@IrresoluteCartographer true, she did not find it, and everyone she talked to never heard of it. This could mean that it was either something completely different than what is portrayed on the show, or it was a drug created on the West Coast that hasn't made its way east yet. I'm looking forward to seeing if they tackle this in the upcoming seasons. I hope they do.
I think the finger scene was a financial one. Assume the show gets renewed as it did. Seasons of Lucy having to be fingerless is both expensive and invites error. I appreciate the creativity in the solution.
I'm positive I've heard somewhere the "ghoul cure" is going to be part of/explained in the Skyline Drive expansion coming to 76.
Looking forward to seeing what that expansion brings
New starfield update is 🔥
Great review
Have you seen Darkplace? My personal favourite Matt Berry show/performance.
I found it on Peacock thanks to this recommendation and watched all 6 episodes in a couple hours. Excellent work all around.
@@IrresoluteCartographer glad you enjoyed it!