Spoilers for this week\u2019s episode of Fallout ahead.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n Another week, another episode of Fallout. This week saw lots of use of Lucy\u2019s (Ella Purnell) \u201cGolden Rule\u201d and a look into the politics of the Brotherhood of Steel. In many ways this episode felt like a significant step forward for the series, but it also took its time to honor Fallout\u2019s past. From iconic locations to lore deep cuts , there was no shortage of callbacks. Let’s take a look at what \u201cThe Golden Rule\u201d had to offer.<\/p>\n A Familiar and Friendly Place<\/strong><\/p>\n This week\u2019s episode showed us a flashback of Shady Sands in its prime. While we saw the bombed city in the first season, this season gave us a look at what life was like in the New California Republic settlement before it was destroyed. Longtime fans will recognize Shady Sands as one of the first locations you can visit from the original 1997 Fallout game. Since the series is canon to the video games, its destruction is the city\u2019s eventual fate.<\/p>\n Monotony Builds Character<\/strong><\/p>\n Shady Sands meets its fate when a mind controlled stranger enters the city with an armed atom bomb. When confronted by Maximus\u2019 father, the stranger keeps muttering a single phrase over and over: \u201cPatrolling the Mojave almost makes you wish for a nuclear winter.\u201d Fans of Fallout: New Vegas will recognize this line as one used by New California Republic NPCs that didn\u2019t have meaningful dialogue. It\u2019s in-game use is also used to represent their mundane duties and boring patrols, which has led to the phrase being meme\u2019d into oblivion online.<\/p>\n Area 51<\/strong><\/p>\n Maximus (Aaron Moten) and his Brotherhood of Steel chapter gained a new base of operations this week in the form of Area 51. Though this base hides numerous old world artifacts for the Brotherhood to use , chief among them is an icebox housing an alien corpse. The alien is specifically a Zetan, whose most notable appearance is in the Fallout 3 DLC \u201cMothership Zeta.\u201d Did you know that you can also encounter them in the Mojave Wasteland in Fallout: New Vegas, too? If you have the Wild Wasteland trait selected, there\u2019s a possibility that a spacecraft with two Zetan\u2019s aboard will spawn. , If not, you\u2019re left wanting to believe.<\/p>\n Reclamation Day<\/strong><\/p>\n When Norm (Mois\u00e9s Arias) wakes up all of the Vault-Tec Junior Executives in Vault 31, he convinces them that it’s Reclamation Day to get all of them to follow him. Reclamation Day, in Fallout lore ,is the designated day when the Vaults open up, permitting all their inhabitants to return to the surface to reestablish society. This is most notable in the game Fallout 76, where players create a resident from Vault 76, the first vault to open up after The Great War and whose inhabitants explored and settled in Appalachia.<\/p>\n Power Leads to Madness<\/strong><\/p>\n Throughout the episode, various chapters of the Brotherhood of Steel conspire to stand together against the chapter from The Commonwealth, despite it potentially causing a civil war. Fallout 4 fans will recognize The Commonwealth as the Boston-inspired setting of that entry. The Brotherhood of Steel chapter of that game was led by Elder Arthur Maxson, who was driven mad with power and sought to bring conflict and destruction to The Commonwealth by using the Brotherhood\u2019s freedom enforcing robot, Liberty Prime.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n![\"Typical](\"https:\/\/www.gamespot.com\/a\/uploads\/original\/1860\/18602785\/4627594-mojave.jpg\")
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