Fallout recap: A few great weirdos can't save a mostly dull penultimate episode
The A.V. Club -

[Editor’s note: This is a recap of Fallout episode seven. The recap of episode eight publishes April 19.] When you design the pacing of a modern TV drama, there are, basically, two general approaches to how you can handle the penultimate episode of your season. One model (made most famous, probably, by Game Of Thrones’ “The Rains Of Castamere”) is the one that says that episode 7, or 9, or whatever number is “Your season order, minus one,” is the ideal time to blow everything up—knocking your...

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