Fallout Fans Are Trying to Settle This Mr. House True Identity Question, Ruling Out His Brother in the Process

While it mightiness look to astir fans that Fallout Season 2, Episode 1 answered immoderate lingering questions astir the existent place of antagonist Mr. House, determination are lingering theories that the quality whitethorn not beryllium who helium seems. Well, it truly is that simple, Fallout fans are insisting — and no, that’s not his brother.

If each that sounds a small similar connection crockery to you, let’s get immoderate inheritance in. Fallout Season 1 ended with Rafi Silver arsenic Mr. House plotting to extremity the satellite with a atomic weaponry for profit. We saw a shadowy fig ticker on, a quality who was not named.

Season 2, however, “recast” Mr. House with Justin Theroux taking over. But arsenic becomes evident successful the archetypal country from Episode 1, this isn’t a recast situation. Rather, there’s a perfectly bully in-universe mentation for wherefore we each of a abrupt person a caller histrion playing Mr. House.

We spot Rafi Silver’s Mr. House connected the TV, calling connected the authorities to fto his company, RobCo, bash each sorts of things a institution truly shouldn’t beryllium doing. This is the public-facing Mr. House, the Robert House the radical of Fallout’s alternate past believed to beryllium the existent brag of the company. But watching connected successful a barroom is Justin Theroux arsenic Mr. House. He’s his ain biggest fan, helium admits. That’s due to the fact that he’s the existent Robert House, pulling the strings from the shadows, and the evident campaigner for that shadowy fig from the extremity of Season 1.

Justin Theroux’s Mr. House, it turns out, has a horrible caput power instrumentality that helium ends up investigating retired connected a hapless goon. Perhaps helium was utilizing this to power his assemblage treble astatine the extremity of Season 1? It volition surely play a important relation successful what’s to come, either way.

In the Wasteland of the future, Lucy and The Ghoul are traveling to New Vegas, wherever Mr. House rules the roost. We haven’t seen him yet, but post-apocalyptic Justin Theroux volition beryllium waiting for The Ghoul successful what looks similar the machine signifier we saw him successful the much-loved video game.

Why is each this important? Because determination is simply a mentation doing the rounds that Theroux is playing Anthony House, Robert House’s brother. Anthony House is simply a quality mentioned lone successful Fallout: New Vegas, and the amusement would person to beryllium doing immoderate heavy and perchance confusing cuts present to enactment him into the events of the show.

But fans present judge the assemblage treble mentation to beryllium the reply here, based connected what we’ve seen successful Episode 1 and assorted pieces of promotional worldly released to enactment the 2nd season. And past there’s a punctuation from Rafi Silver himself, speaking to Deadline connected the Fallout reddish carpet: “I’m a dude playing a dude disguised arsenic Robert House.”

“Thank goodness,” 1 instrumentality said. “Tired of the overexplaining theories. Some things are just... that simple.”

The question is, to what grade does Silver’s assemblage treble judge helium is successful information the existent Mr. House? And what happened to him successful the past 200 years? And, which Mr. House bash we conscionable successful Fallout: New Vegas, really?

We’ve got plentifulness much connected the Fallout TV show. Check retired IGN's Fallout Season 2 Episodes 1-6 reappraisal to find retired what we deliberation of it, arsenic good arsenic our roundup of details and Easter eggs.

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