| "The End" | |
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| Fallout episode | |
| Episode no. | Season 1 Episode 1 |
| Directed by | Jonathan Nolan |
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| Cinematography by | Stuart Dryburgh |
| Editing by | Ali Comperchio |
| Original air date | April 10, 2024 |
| Running time | 74 minutes |
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"The End" is the series premiere of the American post-apocalyptic drama television series Fallout. The episode was written by series developers Geneva Robertson-Dworet and Graham Wagner and directed by executive producer Jonathan Nolan. It was released on Amazon Prime Video on April 10, 2024, alongside the rest of the season.
The series depicts the aftermath of an apocalyptic nuclear exchange in an alternate history of Earth where advances in nuclear technology after World War II led to the emergence of a retrofuturistic society and a subsequent resource war. The survivors took refuge in fallout shelters known as Vaults, built to preserve humanity in the event of nuclear annihilation. The episode follows Lucy MacLean (Ella Purnell), a young woman who leaves behind her home in Vault 33 to venture out into the dangerously unforgiving wasteland of a devastated Los Angeles to look for her father Hank (Kyle MacLachlan).
The series premiere received positive reviews from critics, who praised Nolan's directing, performances and production design.