Fallout recap: "The One Where Matt Berry Plays A Very Polite Dissection Robot"
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[Editor’s note: This is a recap of Fallout episode four. The recap of episode five publishes April 16.] In talking about Prime Video’s Fallout over these last four episodes, we’ve largely skipped over its merits as Hollywood’s latest big, expensive video-game adaptation. Partly that’s because a series has to stand, first and foremost, on its own strengths; no amount of in-jokes, Easter eggs, or bobbleheads can spackle over a show’s basic obligation to function as a compelling narrative...

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