My theory is that Coop doesn't actually need those drugs to keep from becoming feral. He's just addicted. The fact that he still has a purpose in life is what's really keeping him from turning. Think about the ghoul who was on the submarine in Fallout 4. He surely wold have run out of drugs after 200 years and he wasn't feral.

@HaxDogma

27 күн бұрын

Oh may, I love this!!

@jimcalhoun361

21 күн бұрын

Maybe he got conned into believing they keep him from turning feral.

@healgoth

20 күн бұрын

The series has NEVER been consistent on ghouls but… Billie and Raul seem to confirm this! Their family bond drives them forward towards their goals past the point where others usually would succumb to feralization. Billie didn’t use food, water or even oxygen for those 200 years, he just waited until someone let him out so he could go home to his family who’ve been waiting for him since he left 😭

@healgoth

20 күн бұрын

@@jimcalhoun361 if he got conned so did Dom Pedro because he hooked up Cooper to an IV for years when he kept him prisoner

@jimcalhoun361

20 күн бұрын

@@healgoth It would not be the first time that multiple people fell for the same con

Goggins was made for this role. He's absolutely superb as Cooper Howard and he fits in so well with the Fallout universe. As a lifelong Fallout fan I'm grateful for a good series and I cannot wait for the next!!!

@lawv804

15 күн бұрын

I don't think I would've given this show a chance if Goggins didn't have a major role in it.

I've never played the games but I found myself pleasantly surprised with how charming this universe is.

@HaxDogma

Ай бұрын

It is a wonderful timeline and I hope the show is given access to explore more!

@ramzankadyrov6035

Ай бұрын

You’re missing out

@zinussan50

26 күн бұрын

Same with me. 😊 I just downloaded the game yesterday. Suddenly I felt some part of my life missing in past decade.

@michalurbanful

26 күн бұрын

I've thought that a person without game background wouldn't enjoy this series. Glad you like it. :)

@kharnthebetrayer1575

26 күн бұрын

No kidding…… Not even Grim Dark !!

I totally believe that Cooper was near Bakersfield when the bombs dropped. Him and His Daughter flead and were intercepted by a vault tech agent who takes his daughter to his ex wife Barbara and leaves him for dead. He in turn tried to get to his vault in Bakersfield, (where he wanted to move to) where Vault 12 is, which Barbara and Vault Tec made sure never closed. There is also a scene where he says "like ol Set", who was the overseer of vault 12.

@Datttsnake

14 күн бұрын

That would make alot of sense

@aaronjohnson-re7hr

13 күн бұрын

What if his daughter on doomsday was a synth

He was saying that Max drives the suit like a shopping cart, not that a suit of power armor is like driving a shopping cart. It's an insult. Max wasn't trained to use it, so it makes sense he would be essentially fumbling his way around.

@jamesanthony8438

11 күн бұрын

That's one of the things I didn't like about Fallouts 4 and 76. In the previous games, you had to be trained how to use power armor, but these two games... you just hop right in and bam, you're an expert.

@Pheg320

11 күн бұрын

​@@jamesanthony8438 you also served in the 2nd battalion of the 108th infantry division in Anchorage so you probably wore power armor before and possibly wear it better than some of the brotherhood paladins from experience alone

@john236613

11 күн бұрын

​@@Pheg320 That makes sense as far as fallout 4, but what's the excuse for 76?

@Pheg320

11 күн бұрын

@@john236613 76 gay and I don't play it

@john236613

11 күн бұрын

@@Pheg320 true

She's is with the Enclave for sure. They must have special vaults. She is probably with the president's vault.

You're forgetting the very first part. He was born to Todd Howard and his wife in 2025.

@patlapete3806

21 күн бұрын

😂

10:59 it’s more likely that he began acting before he entered the service; historically, many famous actors served in WWII, and to a lesser extent, in Korea; it’s what was expected from men in the 40-50’s, and since the FO USA closely mimics 50-60’s US culture…irl stars of the era who didn’t serve, like John Wayne, did everything they could to keep their lack of veteran status out of the public’s mind…and Cooper having been an actual cowboy, a talented working actor, and a war veteran would probably have sky-rocketed him to fame…

@LegitTapeSplicer

24 күн бұрын

To back up your statement, Elvis Presley was drafted into service in the Army from 58-60. He didn't fight in any wars, but he was stationed in West Germany.

@brittanybeauvais

21 күн бұрын

Clark gable is another great example.

@jimcalhoun361

21 күн бұрын

Jimmy Stewart

I hope we get more Cooper flashbacks in season 2. Like, i would find it cool if Cooper was also a famous war-hero, like that of Audie Murphy or John Basilone of ww2, and that helped his career in Hollywood. Show insight on how he became an actor if he was previously a ranch hand.

@WyattKillian37

20 күн бұрын

yeah I was thinking they got inspiration from Audie Murphys story

I'm so into this franchise now. I kinda slept on the games but the Lore tickles me just the right way. Would love to see more!

@HaxDogma

Ай бұрын

Dude, the lore is absolutely worth spending some time just reading highlights of the Fallout Timeline on the wiki. It gets wild.

@Rg-kp4nw

Ай бұрын

That’s awesome you’re interested now, but can I ask, why you slept on the games? New Vegas was a huge part of my childhood so I’m just curious why, either way, it’s awesome you’re involved now!

@acephaedramusic9588

27 күн бұрын

@@Rg-kp4nw Super strict parents. Got me my first console in my 20s. I still only play casually cause I'm obsessed with books and movies😅

@leahcimwerdna5209

22 күн бұрын

Check out the Shoddycast Storyteller series

@michaellewis9465

20 күн бұрын

I remember when I was first tickled by fallout as a young boy… wait

If a company describes themselves as a "family".. run

No, maximus uses the power armour like pushing a shopping cart because he didn't read the manual or get trained in how to use it.

love how far they push this character

@HaxDogma

Ай бұрын

Truly, it’s all about seeing his personal code pushed!

Because of his age and his clear fame I think that he was in the Marines for longer than 4 years. He could have already been in way before the war….and then became an instructor or DI….when the first version of the armor came out….Thats why he made the “basic” comment. And then volunteered to go down range to fight in Alaska. Just a thought.

@haroldestep8264

22 күн бұрын

Was thinking the same thing.

I have a question that I can’t seem to find my answer, unless it’s actually quite simple.. was The Ghoul alive and roaming the wasteland during throughly the video games timelines? Even though he doesn’t appear in the games, does this mean he was still walking during them though?

remember, Doomsday is Saturday, October 23, 2077. A saturday morning kid's birthday party, the nukes start hitting early that morning, by 10a-11a LA is hit.

One thing Walton Goggins does while acting in character is turn up the southern accent when he's ghoulified. I actually think this would make sense, especially if he came from a cowboy background, he likely had a stronger accent when he was young but toned it down while living and working in Hollywood (Mirroring Walton Goggins himself). You can really notice it on the "S" sounds, coming across more like "Sh"s.

@Shewolf341

Ай бұрын

I think the S to Sh thing comes from the dental retainers he's wearing over his own teeth

@alexevansuk

5 күн бұрын

The prosthetics are ridiculously beautiful

Crazy theory, Barb is from the vault that built Shady Sands, vault 15. Max is Cooper’s great, great, whatever grandson. Hank blowing up Shady Sands killed Lucy’s mom, Max’s Mom, and Cooper’s lineage making him the big bad for all three protagonists.

He probably got her to a vault and wasn’t allowed in himself.

Love the Vault Boy x Earthbound mashup. Phenomenal video, really enjoyed learning about Vault 12.

@HaxDogma

29 күн бұрын

Haha, glad you liked that 😁

I think cooper went to the vault with his daughter but was not let in, due to the divorce. He hid enough to survive the blast but was irradiated into a ghoul. I can’t wait for season 2.

Note: REPCONN was bought out by RobCo before the bombs dropped as per Fallout New Vegas

@HaxDogma

29 күн бұрын

Oh great note here!!

Given power armor is like a personal tank, and that not all soldiers use it, they wouldn't teach you how to use it in basic, that'd be in AIT, Advanced Individual Training, though given the nature of it I think it'd probably be more likely they'd combine basic + AIT like they do with OSUT in the Army for M1 Abrams units, you stay with the same group of individuals to train with the entire time and usually deploy with them. We don't really know though, but, the point I'm trying, and failing to make is, EVERYONE goes to basic, they aren't training EVERYONE on T-45, that'd be a waste of time, so you move that to a MOS specific training course, like your AIT.

Just realized the cowboy outfit he has on for the movie is vault tec colors meaning it vault tech pushing for propaganda

@lawv804

15 күн бұрын

Vault Tec based the vault uniforms off a costume he wore in one of his big movies.

at the end of the series Cooper what looking for his Family which means they made it.. one plot twist i think that most people miss... cooper didnt join them not in protest but he exchanged himself for his Dog

You did an amazing job on this, plus the research you put into this was A-MAZING!

This kind of breakdown brought back those Westworld days watching your stuff. Great job man, cant wait for Lucy and Maximus

cooper howard reminds me so much of william from westworld, love him

@DjSapsan

Ай бұрын

Actually, true. They even made the same scene, but with Cooper shooting someone in a room and then putting on black hat

@DjSapsan

Ай бұрын

Wait just noticed he had a white hat at the start

@boxylemons7961

27 күн бұрын

Considering one of the writers worked on the show it's not a big surprise

@sitazin

22 күн бұрын

omg i thought the same thing i miss westworld 😢

This is a great video concept. Please keep them coming!!

Your speculation of barb and fault tech having a long term plan to create the face of their ad campaign for the end of the world is fascinating. Wonder if after 200 years whether or not the goul has become aware of that mindfuck.

IF we go with the theory that Vault-Tec arranges marriages (as in the vaults) then I can see that Barb was told to go after Coop and bring him into the "family". Coop aka The Ghould always gave me Outlaw Josey Wales vibes.

The Giddyup Buttercup lawsuit was brought by the creator of Atomotoys after the factory was converted from making toys to making weapons. Check Fallout 3 lore regarding Atomatoys - it's pretty in-depth.

Hearing Cooper Howard talk about the T-45s and how bad they were really makes you respect Lyons brotherhood more as they held their own against countless super mutant hordes and the enclave with t-45

Haven't been this excited for upcoming seasons since Game of Thrones. Loved everything about season 1. The attention to details, acting and story are so well done and enough mystery to keep you craving more.

Very well researched with strong support throughout. This data is valuable for us TTRPG players of the game! Nice work. Thank you for your time and effort with this endeavor

Your investigation seems to be complete!!!

the best notifications are HaxDogma upload ones! 🎉

@HaxDogma

Ай бұрын

Ayyyy, thank you brother!

Anyone think he’s the mysterious stranger

Great vid did the best filling in i didn't put together of any video yet

Cooper Howard being the vault boy was cool to me

@HaxDogma

4 күн бұрын

Truly such a great reveal!

The date at time stamp 17:45 looks like a M on the first word a J on the second and then 4 and the last digits look like 77. My idea is it says Monday January 4, 2077. Would that date work out at all??

@SilverSphereSorcerer

25 күн бұрын

February 4th, but you're right

@Bizzee

14 күн бұрын

it says january, trust me

Terrific video. The only video that I have found that makes justice to this amazing first season

@HaxDogma

Ай бұрын

Ayyyy, thank you so much!

Great video! Great theories!

Very deep and thorough analysis! 👍🏻

Vaultec being behind coopers success the whole time is mad interesting i hope they go further on that

17:45 For the Capital Post date, I think it says "Morning, January 4 2077" with the G and Y being capitalized but pushed into a lowercase format to not break the perceived underline. You have to remember back in the days when Newspapers were king, the big ones would print Morning, Noon and Late/Evening editions. Since it takes time to transport newspapers across the country, it makes sense that a Morning Edition of the Capital Post wouldn't be sold in California until mid-late afternoon, maybe early evening.

The whole meeting of the CEOs had a very strong Dr. Strangelove vibe. It makes Fallout kind of a sequel.

Power Armor training would be more likely reserved for branch and specialty training subsequent to basic training ... cavalry, infantry, 75th RR, SF, etc.

Her line about him going to war and her waiting is so selfish. Did she think he was partying during war. Oh no she's sitting at home and he's facing bullets. What a self centered woman

@evilqueen09

19 күн бұрын

Yea I really want to know more about it her story arc. For her to be that high up she must have been working for them for a long time, probably the whole time he was at war.

Oh, it is so good to hear you theory craft!

@HaxDogma

Ай бұрын

Thank you, Erni3K 🙏

Came across the ghoul on accident watching a few shorts now just watched this entire video 😂🎉❤ might have to download this. Seems good

I'm estimating Thursday, September 16th, 2077 for the date that is on that newspaper. I could clearly see the 77 in 2077

when you zoomed in on the newspaper you can see the last digit is a 7

Mark my words the ghoul gonna end up bein the mysterious stranger

@aaronjohnson-re7hr

13 күн бұрын

It adds up

Can’t wait for the Severance breakdown!

This is a great analysis. I've not looked at ypir channel but I bet its pretty lit. You've a great eye for details

@HaxDogma

12 күн бұрын

I think it’s pretty cool haha Thank you Friendly!

I know it’s alternate history but I can’t believe that pre-nuclear apocalypse 2077 still looks like the 1950’s

@boxylemons7961

27 күн бұрын

It's mainly because the fallout series was designed after visions of the future in the 1950s (basically the Jetsons). The fallout devs basically took the aesthetic of it and basically corrupted it into what it would look like in a mad max-esque post apocalyptic wasteland. So that's why everything looks like the 50s, because it's meant to be the future as imagined by people from the 50s.

@AzureRook

27 күн бұрын

@@boxylemons7961 if it’s down to a narrative choice, it is what it is; but it’s hard to imagine society/culture stagnating for over 100 years w/o some sort of explanation. Like maybe their version of the Gilded Age was 100 years late

@healgoth

20 күн бұрын

@@AzureRook one of the main divergences in the FO universe to our own is transistors did not became as popular, with vacuum tubes continuing to be the dominant building block of electronics into the 21st century, the term "chip" typically (but not always) refers to processing units using vacuum tubes, such as the water chip

@AzureRook

20 күн бұрын

@@healgoth still, it’s not like advancements in technology was responsible all the cultural changes from the 50’s to 70’s; you’d figure at least the music would evolve in line w/ real world history

Excellent recap of Cooper

This is a big day today, and this was a great bump to this already amazing day.

@HaxDogma

Ай бұрын

Glad I could add to your day friend 😁

I heard that one of VA for F4 said that they're might be a Fallout 5 in the works

Interested to know how much time you put into this, beautifully done. 👏

I just hope we get some flash backs in future seasons showing Howard behind the scenes of fallout 1 and 2. Maybe he was friends of herold or was in necropolis when the master came. Or he helped protect new Reno from enclave while the chosen one invaded the oil rig end that scene with the enclave retreating after the oil rig blows up. Maybe he just gets in a gunfight with Frank and survives

You stole my heart with your intro 😝 this is glorious, you are glorious, enjoying overthinking this Amazon show about a video game 😂

@HaxDogma

19 күн бұрын

Aweee, thank you so much!! Just subscribed to you as well, Lindsay. :D

im so glad im finding videos with deeper analysis for this show!

I love the variety of different companies of Vault Tech

We've already seen "good vaults" several times in lore. They're called "control vaults," and they don't have experiments, unlike the other vaults. There are only about 13-17 control vaults across the entirety of the US.

@HaxDogma

27 күн бұрын

I think you’re underestimating the scope of this story. It’s not about being in a control vault, it’s about ending the world to have a life better than the one that currently existed. That’s the good vault we have yet to see 🔥

@HaxDogma

27 күн бұрын

But this is true, there were a good number of control vaults used!

@nodaerT

27 күн бұрын

@@HaxDogma I'm just a lore autist who's not big into looking for hidden or double meanings, so "good vault" just means "vault with no experiments" to me.

@HaxDogma

27 күн бұрын

@nodaerT felt brother! I appreciate your perspective 😁

@nodaerT

27 күн бұрын

@HaxDogma And I appreciate your responding brother! I really enjoyed your analysis of my new favorite onscreen cowpoke. I hope to see you grow.🙏

Great video

I assume the "good vault" means one of the control vaults, where no experiments were being conducted. Since early on Vault Tec did plan out which vaults get experimented on and which were the control vaults, as in vualts that recevie no special treatment in an experiment, and exist as a means to compare to.

@38:59 its also possible ,his daughter is dead, he never got her to a vault, and he has forgotten, blanked out the truth as its is too painful to remember.

@HaxDogma

19 күн бұрын

Oh snap, this would be pretty great too!

@TheGamesZilla492

18 күн бұрын

Really wonder if we going to get a scene like that, he finally tracks his wife down, after asking her about his where his daughter is, she reply's, she was never with me, she was with you at the time the bombs fell?..truth dawns on cooper@@HaxDogma

Love how they just change harward Coopers cowboy and just switched it to Cooper Howard same life and movies he's fallouts Howard cooper

I’m glad Goggins is getting a cool lead role like this. He’s made for this kinda role. Glad it’s not as the villain this time even though they spun it as such at the beginning until you see more of his backstory. I wish they would’ve shown what happened when he rode off with his daughter on that horse. I’ve never played the games but now kinda wish I had.

amazing work and realy and nice format for telling the story

@HaxDogma

29 күн бұрын

Thank you Namen!

I've noticed that many people seem to overlook the character of Barb in Episode 2. In this episode, there's an older woman named Ma John with an assistant who smokes all the time and is referred to as Barb or Barv. This has led me to think maybe this Barb might actually be the same Barb who is Cooper's wife. Given that Barb worked for Vault-Tec and had a significant role in their operations, it makes sense that she could have adopted a new identity. The hints are subtle, but considering the series' tendency to drop clues and create twists, it wouldn't be surprising if this turned out to be a major reveal later on. Has anyone else picked up on this, or am I reading too much into it? I think it's worth discussing as it might explain some of the gaps in the storyline regarding Barb's whereabouts.

Oh yes! I love that you’re making videos about this show!

At 21:05 …..it looks like on the map there is possibly 1 vault in Canada and one in Mexico as well

He could have been doing movies possibly right before the war.

Hax orange again from your guild. Great job on the video. You caught a lot of little Easter eggs I didn’t notice the first time watching the show. Fantastic job on the video. By the way. We all miss ya at glorious purpose, and would be fun to play some sod with ya again. 🤙🏻

@HaxDogma

9 күн бұрын

My boy! ❤️‍🔥

@GIGACHADChadsmongold

9 күн бұрын

Yessir!💪🏻

This is something I noticed when i watched the show but when Barb mentioned how hard she was working to get them in a 'good vault', Cooper kinda got offended, like his money and/or status wouldn't be enough to get them into a good one, obviously not knowing that 'good' meant 'control'. She obviously couldn't tell him that there were literal vaults made just to screw with people, like the one man, a box of puppets vault. She was hell bent, quite literally in the grand scheme of things, to make sure they wouldn't be subjected to horrible experimentation.

Goggins has done such an amazing job with this character. Just 10/10 acting chops. I have always thought he was underated ever since i saw him in major league 3 back to the minors (the best major league movie btw).

"one of the good vaults" probably means the control vaults

Personally, I wonder if Barb started off with good intentions, becoming so high up in vault tech, because she wanted the best for her family and ultimately was corrupted by the influences around her

Interesting , Thank You for the reminder of how much I missed

When you do Maxium. A theory I read sounds interesting is Dane potentially being a double agent or has ulterior motives considering how they manipulate Maximus it seems to Knighthood

@HaxDogma

27 күн бұрын

Oh interesting!

@dillydraws

26 күн бұрын

@@HaxDogma A lot of the stuff they do by letting Maximus be sent into the wild, knighting him, showing him the power armour could be read as Dane twisting the person they want into power. Wither they are doing it for their own plan or working for another group. It's interesting

Keep up the good work! 👍 Idk how this only has 161 likes

@HaxDogma

Ай бұрын

Thank you friend 🙏

I liked to see the process of how he became a ghoul

Never thought I'd be riding with a ghoul in this show v which was unexpected and it just works, right...?

@HaxDogma

5 күн бұрын

Absolutely! It’s a great pov 🔥

lots of questions mostly answered. Such as.. the Enclave.. where are they operating?.. killing puppies and making ultimate weapons

Baby Ruth = Candy Bar Babe Ruth = Baseball Player

@HaxDogma

26 күн бұрын

Baby Ruth was the infant version of Babe Ruth, lesser known fun fact!

Fantastic video mate. This is definitely a second watcher as well. Very well done 👏

@HaxDogma

29 күн бұрын

Thank you so much, glad people are enjoying it 🔥

The timing of movie where he needed to go against his code and the "opening" of the position of being Vault-Tech's spokesman is a bit too convenient. You at least have that as a motivation to sway him over to the Vault-Tech company.

would it be possible for cooper to know the sole survivor? idk abt Nora since she's a lawyer (maybe they met in the vet reunions) but if Nate's the canonical character... would that be possible?

@generalilbis

25 күн бұрын

Nate was in the Army, and seemingly active duty until about a year prior to the Great War, while Cooper served in the Marines. So...probably only limited contact at best, since they'd be serving in different units while fighting in Alaska.

Fallout game in Alaska... That would be awesome.

Watching Now so Far So good and lookin forward 2 Severance that show was made for u brother lol

@HaxDogma

29 күн бұрын

Hell yeah man, Severance is one of the best ❤️‍🔥

17:50 Looks like either Wednesday, January (i couldent make out the date) 2077, or Wednesday, December (Couldent make out the date) 2077

@SilverSphereSorcerer

25 күн бұрын

It is 100% early 2077, that much is sure. So the bombs drop several months from this point.

Why does it feel Ike his name cooper Howard keeps reminding me of the Big Bang theory

Bravo 👏

I honestly can’t see the whole Valutec Scheme of creating Cooper to be this perfect poster boy. The scene where Valutec said that they’ll happy his wife was able to use her connections to get to Cooper kind of comes off more as a very professional way of saying their happy she got her husband on board.

@HaxDogma

Ай бұрын

I get that too! That’s Occam’s Razor. But to me it seems like a lot of this is surface level stuff, that plays well now behind that professional mask, but could sincerely be so much more if they choose to do this. To me it seems like they could be, but again it very well could be nothing 🥰

@la_joya4468

Ай бұрын

@@HaxDogma I get that, they do have a lot to work with, there are a lot of different twists they can do and I’m excited to see what season two will give us. So many unanswered questions! I just hope his daughter isn’t a ghoul lmao

Its a small detail and quite trivial when put against the scope and depth of your observations and theories but I love the pocket doors on his sportscar!

@HaxDogma

Ай бұрын

Oh I’m right there with you!

Goggins was a force of fucking nature, in this. Season 2 let's gooooo.

I think the the big twist is that the BoS guy is related to Cooper in some way