Two-hundred years after the apocalypse, The Wasteland is a pretty bleak place to be. It is not, one would imagine, the ideal location for a buddy road-trip comedy between an optimistic Vault Dweller and a mutated, decaying and dangerous outlaw.

But that’s the scenario that played out for Ella Purnell’s Lucy and Walton Goggins’ The Ghoul on Season 2 of Prime Video‘s Fallout as they reluctantly teamed up to find their family, for very different reasons.

“Lucy’s on this road trip with The Ghoul. They’re annoying each other, they’re like a married couple, bickering and trying to sort of influence the other. It’s a really fun starting place, and we got to see some really incredible locations,” Purnell said during a conversation with fellow cast and creatives for the Deadline Studio at Prime Experience.

She was joined by fellow castmembers Goggins, Frances Turner, Kyle MacLachlan, Aaron Moten, Moisés Arias and Justin Theroux; and executive producers Jonathan Nolan and Todd Howard. Watch the panel discussion below and scroll down for photos from the event.

Lucy is searching for her father Hank (MacLachlan) in order to bring him to justice, while The Ghoul, formerly known as movie star Cooper Howard, is on a search for clues about his pre-apocalypse life and what happened to his wife and daughter after the blasts.

The Ghoul betrays Lucy during the journey, but does, eventually redeem himself, somewhat. “He did put her through a lot. They wouldn’t want to admit it, but they have both influenced each other,” Purnell said. “That moment where he betrays her and she punches him out the window… really was such a defining moment for Lucy. She doesn’t act out of anger and she doesn’t inflict a ton of violence on people the way that The Ghoul does and that’s a moment where she really did think they were becoming friends and that’s such a personal hurt and betrayal. So, when he comes back and saves her at the end, it’s like, OK, he’s redeemed himself a bit, there’s still room to grow.”

In the finale, Cooper Howard’s wife Barb leaves a postcard in the cryo-chamber, which indicates that pt mean if he does find them? He could have found them, right? It is the first moment in 200 years where hope really does spring eternal.”

The series was created by Geneva Robertson-Dworet and Graham Wagner, who exec produce alongside Nolan and Lisa Joy.

For MacLachlan, who plays the father of Lucy and Norm (Arias), this may be the most villainous character he’s ever played. He told Deadline that he’s “thrilled” to play someone so nefarious. Hank is dedicated to changing the world for the “better,” as defined by his specific ideals, and will stop at nothing in pursuit of that goal no matter how narrow-minded or self-serving it may be.

“He does some pretty awful things and yet I think the audience is somewhat uncertain as to how to respond to him because you can still see humanity in him,” he said.

The success of the Fallout series – it has already been renewed for Season 3 – has had a big impact on the video game, according to Howard, who leads development of the game franchise.

He said that the key to adapting it was to make it “authentic” and not worry too much about getting into fan service. “We have so many people who they’ve never played the games, and they never will, and that’s OK, but they love Fallout, just like somebody now who has played it for decades,” he said.

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