Hello fans of "The Vault,"

So we're making this page our show's official forum. If anyone has any questions for us feel free to post them here, and we'll try to answer what we can.

Thanks, Aaron and Mario

Here's my two cents.

Much like a puzzle or a riddle, the series ultimately falls apart as the intrigue and mystery surrounding the vault is laid bare.

The ending ultimately does three upsetting things.

1. The ending is essentially a marathon of exposition events that solve and outline many of the long-term mysteries of the show (Eric's depression, too many fish not enough food, the double vaults, who was ultimately going to win the show, etc.). These scenes feel jarring and out of place for a series that was, for the greater part, about rewarding ingenuity and cryptic thinking. Having the answers spilled out of two executives mouths over a phone call made the entire suite of secrets belonging to the show feel cheap and undeserving of the anticipation leading to this final segment. And just while we're at it: That phone call dialogue. Gee whiz, I really loved the scripts for the early episodes of The Vault for how authentic the young adults spoke to each other. Every young adult novel/movie could have really taken notes from The Vault and how the characters could deliver clever and meaningful lines while still sounding human. But this ending. I mean, this single episode contains some of the worst smarmy dialouge I've ever heard. The entire second act is just rife with "bad guys" who call themselves "bad guys" chortling to themselves about how "bad" they are (ex. 10:09 "We're so evil, we do evil things!").

2. The ending solves many mysteries/renders them pointless by introducing a blanket mysterious event that isn't even nearly as clever. Each vault room was it's own packaged mystery. Being locked in a room with two doors but a key that will break the second time you use it, or a room that has a sole button on a wall that shouldn't pressed despite your temptations, or a room that literally has a has a coffin in it and you have to find out what's inside despite your fears all have a level of charming nuance to them. This ending addresses many of those final secrets by introducing a sudden almost mystical cataclysm that destroys what appears to be the entirety of southern california, possibly even the world. This event occurs without any subtle fanfare and doesn't seem to divulge any sort of intriguing questions aside from "The heck was that?"

Additionally, the consequences of that catastrophe robs the emotional impact of most of the scenes in vault--because now the vault is truly just a box in the ground filled with people with no one is supervising. For example, Eric commits suicide in the vault to prove a point that the producers are toying with them--he was fundamentally right--but due to that freak explosion he'll die anyway, and no one will learn anything from it. There's no punishment, there's no consequences. It's just something that happened. *shrug. Henry decides to jump down a bottomless pit unaware that the entire premise of the show wasn't to build him up as a human being or teach him a life lesson but to just to sell advertisements--there's no salvation. He, like every one else who wasn't already obliterated, are stuck without food, water, and help. They will all die slowly.

But hey, mystery solved! ...but in the end, what's the point?

3. The suite of morals provided in this series has NO impact whatsoever in the ending. Each room was based on learning something meaningful about the human condition, some rooms required patience (clock room, balloon room) other rooms required organization, courage, penance, etc. However, none of these came into to play at the end. We never get to see how Henry's "uncaged bird" analogy came into play. For example, he was supposed to have freedom to do as he pleased, and he even expressed that what he wanted was to leave the vault, but in the end, we see him go back to the vault... to escape from the vault? Hm.

Henry continues to look for answers in a constructed plot device that was shown to no longer have any meaningful purpose. And it's around that same point that the show losses all meaning and drive. In 36 minutes, this series went from a thriller to a pointless distraction. The ending ultimately lays bear what I feared the most about this show, that just like the vault dwellers, we were all just wasting our time.

Hey,

Just wanted to let you guys know that the megasode is currently in production. We know the wait is annoying, but we want to finish the series out right.

It's being shot in two parts chronologically, which will give us the option of releasing the first half of it at an earlier date. No promises though, we'll see when part one is finished, which will be this month.

Thanks, Aaron

Hey, this is Aaron, co-creator of the series. Mario and I are thinking about making a Vault online game. We've talked about it a few times before, but it's something we're seriously considering putting some time and resources into developing. The version we've talked about the most is where you'd literally get to play as Henry, so the game experience would be a similar one to his in the show. Figuring out who is where, who needs to talk to who, which rooms need attention, supplies, help, etc. I think it would be really unique and fun. If you have ideas, comments, or suggestions, please post them here. Thanks!