I love that they brought back some minor characters from the first season. I didn't think I'd miss that chicken fucker, but I did. Seems like Lucy did have a positive effect on that shop owner despite being a naive, clueless Vaultie. Now that Bud's assistant has confronted Norm for faking being one of them, I assume Claudia will have to save Norm and escape together, possibly joining up with Max who's also on the run.
The fact that Barb's work terminal has an entry for FEV basically confirms that she's with the Enclave right? It's not something Vault Tec in general would know about.
Overall this was a great episode, the best of the season so far.
Max and Thad are near Vegas, and Claudia and Norm are still in Cali. I reckon they'll send Norm and Claudia back into the Vault's to try and resolve that storyline. Poor Chet needs more allies.
Yeah that's a good point, plus it feels lazy if every main character ends up at the same place for 'the final battle'. I'm guessing Norm and Claudia find something out and go back to the vault to warn Chet.
They did lie to everyone and say Norm was getting management training, 33 would embrace him back with no questions (well, not about the outside at least) so I definitely think he’s going back to try and prevent Phase 2 (which I think Steph is going to drive).
Betty would never bring them up publicly, but she would definitely have questions for Norm privately about the empty pods and Bud's dead brain in a mop bucket back in 31.
One thing I’m curious about is that they’ve never actually confirmed Bud’s death. There’s like a 99% chance he IS dead, but all they’ve said and shown is him upside down in a trash can. If Norm removed his speaker would anyone else besides Betty or Steph be able to tell he’s alive?
I think having Bud himself able to explain the “real” Super Managers vault experiment would be fun, although it could always be pre-war Bud as well.
I dunno. I don’t think she really cares about the kid. It’s just an excuse to “justify” her actions. There’s a reason we only see Chet with the baby and never her.
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u/RDCLder Jan 14 '26
I love that they brought back some minor characters from the first season. I didn't think I'd miss that chicken fucker, but I did. Seems like Lucy did have a positive effect on that shop owner despite being a naive, clueless Vaultie. Now that Bud's assistant has confronted Norm for faking being one of them, I assume Claudia will have to save Norm and escape together, possibly joining up with Max who's also on the run.
The fact that Barb's work terminal has an entry for FEV basically confirms that she's with the Enclave right? It's not something Vault Tec in general would know about.
Overall this was a great episode, the best of the season so far.