The tip of “Fallout” is the start of Cooper Howard changing into a bit of extra just like the good-hearted hero he used to play within the films and rather less just like the murderous lawman he let that film hero change into. A lot later, and for lots of of years, Ghoul Coop is pushed by two main forces: survival and household. He is a lone wolf, out trying to find meals and his pack — however the finish of “Fallout” modifications all that.
When Coop lastly faces Henry aka Hank once more within the Griffith Observatory, he calls for to know the place his household is. As a substitute of answering, Hank flies away, ditching his personal daughter, as a result of, like her mom earlier than her, she selected to defy him. As a substitute of additionally ditching Lucy, Coop invitations Lucy to observe her father with him and “meet her makers.” He has questions for them and thinks she may, too. When Coop realizes she’s mercy-killed her mom the identical manner he as soon as did a pal, a flicker of satisfaction and unhappiness flash throughout his face. Lucy has lastly realized a lesson he is taught her — considered one of kindness, however one he is aware of has damaged her coronary heart.
The truth that the egocentric one-man-band Coop affords to carry Lucy with him reveals us this ghoul has modified, seemingly for the higher. Lucy has misplaced a father, and Coop has misplaced a daughter, however they acquire an unlikely companion — and trainer — in one another.