The trailer for Fallout season 2 is playing coy with its biggest monster moment, offering only brief flashes of the dreaded Deathclaw. Viewers get just enough to feel the menace lurking in the shadows, but the full reveal is clearly being saved for the show itself.
The Ghoul reacts exactly as any wasteland veteran would, utterly rattled and on edge at the thought of coming face-to-face with such a lethal creature. Lucy, on the other hand, seems almost curious, her wide-eyed intrigue betraying just how little she understands about the danger she’s walking into. That curiosity is bound to vanish quickly once she realizes why even hardened survivors treat Deathclaws with absolute dread.
In the world of Fallout, few things strike fear into the hearts of survivors quite like Deathclaws. These towering, reptilian mutants are the apex predators of the wasteland, standing well over 10 feet tall and built like living tanks.
With hide as tough as armor, speed that defies their size, and claws sharp enough to shred a person in a single blow, they embody pure nightmare fuel.
Deathclaws are notoriously aggressive and fiercely territorial, making them creatures best admired from a safe distance, or not at all. Even the most seasoned wanderers think twice before crossing paths with one, because a single mistake could be fatal.
In the games, meeting a Deathclaw usually signals a brutal, high-stakes fight, with many players learning the hard way that these beasts can end an encounter in one devastating hit.
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"Based on one of the greatest video games of all time, Fallout is the story of haves and have-nots in a world in which there’s almost nothing left to have. 200 years after the apocalypse, the gentle denizens of luxury fallout shelters are forced to return to the incredibly complex, gleefully weird and highly violent universe waiting for them above."
The hit video game adaptation stars Walton Goggins in the dual role of The Ghoul / Cooper Howard, alongside Ella Purnell as Lucy, Aaron Moten as Maximus, Kyle MacLachlan as Hank, Michael Emerson as Wilzig and Johnny Pemberton as Thaddeus.
Jonathan Nolan and his wife, Lisa Joy developed the series for Amazon, hiring Geneva Robertson-Dworet and Graham Wagner to serve as co-showrunners.
Previously, Goggins teased, "Now that people understand what the world is, this story just takes it to a whole other level. I've been around a long time and usually, a show that people are attracted to, with that license, the second season really starts cooking, right? That's when some real magic can happen."
