Lorenzo Sisti / Prime VideoFallout Season 2 is on the horizon, and Bethesda producer Todd Howard spoke to us about the tidal wave of Easter eggs in the Prime Video TV series, and said there are some “deep cuts” in the new episodes.
The second season of the series takes Lucy MacLean (Ella Purnell) on a roadtrip to New Vegas with The Ghoul (Walton Goggins) as they go on the hunt for Lucy’s father, Hank (Kyle MacLachlan), after he stomped off to the iconic location at the end of Season 1. But like any good Fallout game, this unlikely duo are inevitably going to get sidetracked by whatever wackiness the wasteland can throw at them.
As the first season proved, these types of journeys can deliver some incredible references to the original games, like the Red Rocket Truck Stop, Assaultrons, Brahmin, and Norm (Moises Arias) even plays “Atomic Command” on his Pip-Boy.
But when speaking to Dexerto ahead of Fallout Season 2, Howard revealed what he’s curious about what fans might find in the new episodes.
Todd Howard says Fallout Season 2 has one “deep cut” Easter egg he wants fans to find
Lorenzo Sisti/Prime VideoHoward, who is also an executive producer on Fallout Season 2, told Dexerto that while fans found most of the Easter eggs in the first season, he’s intrigued to see if they find a specific deep cut reference.
“I think they found most of them, I gotta be honest, they are inspecting every frame. There are some deep cuts in season two, and there’s one I love I don’t want to spoil that I’m curious to see if people pick up on,” he told us.
“I will say though, it’s not done from an Easter eggy standpoint, like, hey, what can we shove in? It’s from an authenticity, like this is the world, right? So when they’re building all the props, like ‘What would be in this store?'”
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It seems like Prime Video is more focused on being authentic to the games, rather than planning specific Easter eggs to get fans talking, which is smart.
“When you walk in it in person, like the set, it’s all there, all the little items, like, ‘I didn’t know you built that, right?’ And the camera may catch it, and it might look, ‘Oh, they intentionally put that there,'” he continued. “No, no, we just built it as it would be in the world of Fallout, and the camera hits it.”
Howard also noted that some Easter eggs get more attention than others during production, particularly when it’s something connected to the wider lore of the universe, but he didn’t give specific examples.
“Now there are a few times where we’re like, ‘OK, we have this thing… What’s the background of it?’ We could do a really deep cut on this particular thing that won’t distract you as a viewer. It’s when people analyse it later, they go, ‘That is connected to that.’ So some of that is intentional.”
But before you go hunting for Howard’s mysterious deep cut in Fallout Season 2, take a look at how things might change in Fallout Season 3, our ranking of the best Fallout games, and discover why now is the perfect time to play Fallout 76.