The House always wins: Fallout fans are convinced they know what the finale of the second season holds
Fans of Fallout, both the show and the games, have been theorizing about the show's story and where it’s headed. Last season ended with an iconic shot of the Lucky 38, Mr. House’s HQ, from Fallout: New Vegas, to the joy of fans around the world. A similar sneak preview of the second season showed the claws of a hideous monstrosity, which fans correctly identified as a Deathclaw.
After a previous episode, fans also declared certain endings from Fallout 4 to officially be canon, based on the destruction of one of the ship’s belonging to the Brotherhood of Steel. The Prydwen, being flown in the episodes, according to fans, means that two of the endings from Fallout 4 (Railroad and Institute) are no longer canon, and that the Minutemen and Brotherhood of Steel endings are the potential ones considered legitimate.
Now, after episode 7, The Handoff, fans are convinced they know how the season will end, and the writers have gone back on their word not to use the game endings, and are going to stick with a “fog of war” approach, executive producer Jonathan Nolan had said when speaking to IGN. Apparently, the writers were given one request from Todd Howard, game designer and Director at Bethesda. To make sure “none of the storylines from the show contradicted any of the major possible endings from the game.”
Currently, fans are sure that the House always wins ending will be what the writers go with, as seen in Fallout: New Vegas, where House is still alive, albeit as a dried out hust of a man with a face behind a screen on one of the Securitrons. Some fans voiced their confusion because, if this was the direction the show was going, it would mean that, regardless of what decision they made in the game, the three other factions in the show are more or less defunct, leaving only House, which would canonize only one ending.
A popular counterpoint to the fan theories, also made by fans, is that the writers are using this as a bait-and-switch, where the fans may think this is the ending they’re going with, but it won't be. Some joked that this might be the AI version of House, a last attempt at immortality before his real human self died. Others simply recommended enjoying the show for what it is, without looking for issues between it and the games.
For now, these remain theories and speculation; the real ending will have to wait until next week’s finale of Fallout's second season.
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