Is The Ghoul really dead? ‘Fallout’ Season 2 might have just killed a major character
Apparently, the sophomore season of 'Fallout' has many tricks up its sleeve, and it might have dealt the one that's the most shocking among them. The recently aired fifth episode of the Prime Video show presented an unexpected development that ended with a surprising cliffhanger. Although one might expect the show to restore the status quo of the post-apocalyptic world in the subsequent episode, the shock of the impact is still reverberating.
As is already established by the previous episodes of 'Fallout' season two, Lucy and The Ghoul struck up a deal to travel to Vegas together. Lucy was motivated by the desire to reunite with her father, Hank, and pushed forward before finally reaching the New Vegas Strip. The budding relationship between the two opposed characters was a study in contrast, and one that played into the audience's imagination. Nevertheless, towards the end of the episode, Lucy forced herself to wake up from a tranquilizer-induced sleep inside a sleazy hotel room. She then put on her power fist device and dealt a near-fatal blow to The Ghoul, throwing him out of the window and impaling him on a pole that's part of a former bus station, as reported by ScreenRant.
Speaking to USA Today, Walton Goggins had the following to say about his character's near-death experience, "We talked about this ad nauseam. The Ghoul is not someone who can live forever. He's not immune to dying. So being impaled like this, it can kill him. That's all I can really say." However, it is worth noting that The Ghoul, much like Deadpool from the MCU, possesses unique powers of infinite regeneration. This superpower dictates that the gaping hole in his chest from the impaling would be healed in a short period of time.
The real reason why Lucy deals such a blow to The Ghoul soon becomes apparent. While Lucy traveled to Vegas to locate her father, the vault overseer, Hank, The Ghoul wanted to be with his wife and child. Their shared purpose to find their loved ones brought them together. "You had these competing ideologies, Lucy's being optimistic, and The Ghoul's being nihilistic. It's like, which one is going to win out?" Goggins continued. In a surprising turn of events, The Ghoul strikes a deal with Hank's new servant, i.e., The Snakeoil Salesman, and must serve Lucy up to Hank on a platter as a part of the deal.
Hank has leverage over The Ghoul in the sense that he holds his wife and daughter from his past life as Cooper Howard inside the stasis chamber where they are being kept. If The Ghoul were to refuse the deal, Hank would have made sure that the wife and daughter did not walk out of the chamber alive. However, Lucy could not cope with the betrayal and ended up punching The Ghoul. Goggins further rationalized, "Does the Ghoul betray Lucy? Yes, there's an argument to be made for that. But he is a quarter-mile from his family. This is a person who feels no regret for anyone or anything. But with Lucy, he does have feelings for her as a human. It was hard. He couldn't deal with it." 'Fallout' is exclusively available on Prime Video.
