“We’ve always wanted to do that, where each season we want to go to new places. Just like the games, geography is such a part of the world of Fallout,” Howard tells Den of Geek. “Obviously, there’s going to be a journey to Colorado. But that journey might take us to some other places as well.”
In acknowledging the potential for season 3’s Colorado trip to include some detours, Howard is invoking the Wasteland’s Golden Rule: “thou shalt get sidetracked by bullshit every god damn time.” The roughly 750 miles that separate Las Vegas, Nevada from Denver, Colorado provide enough opportunities for bullshit that the Ghoul himself isn’t even sure if he’ll make it.
“You just don’t know. And I genuinely mean that,” Walton Goggins tells Den of Geek about Fallout season 3’s potential Colorado setting. “A lot of things can happen right after that camera cuts. But we’ll see. If he does go to Colorado, I’ll be jumping for joy. If he doesn’t go to Colorado, I’ll be jumping for joy. I can promise you this: the story will be thought through and what happens will happen the way it’s supposed to happen for us.”
Whether the Ghoul makes it through the Rockies or not, Howard teases that audiences will be exposed to new Wasteland communities, cultures, and experiences all the same.
“I think it’s good to go new places, even where the games haven’t been. Develop that and [explore]: ‘Who are the people there? What are some new factions? What are they doing to survive?’ It’s the same approach we have with the games.”
Colorado was originally intended to be a major setting of Black Isle Studios’ never-completed version of Fallout 3 in 2003. Under Bethesda’s stewardship of the franchise, beginning with 2008’s Fallout 3, details about Wasteland Colorado have been sparse. According to dialogue in Fallout: New Vegas, however, Denver became home to large packs of wild dogs sometime after the bombs dropped. If that means the Ghoul’s Belgian Malinois buddy meets some new puppers in season 3 then the new setting will be just fine with us.
