"The Trap" received very positive reviews from critics. William Hughes of
The A.V. Club gave the episode a "B+" grade and wrote, "“The Trap,” then, is a mixed bag. The highs are very high. But they're also sporadic in an episode with a fair amount of downtime and which sometimes feels like it's marking time for yet more shocking reveals ahead. Still, it is an episode of television in which Matt Berry says he “sold his vocal rights to that spinning robot they sell to housewives and perverts.” So, y'know; There's only so harsh on it we can be." Jack King of
Vulture gave the episode a perfect 5 star rating out of 5 and wrote, "From filler to killer, that was a pretty densely packed episode. From major revelations in the pre- and postwar timelines, to some pretty insidious shit going down in Vault 4, right through to Walton Goggins keeping the badassery dialed up to 11." Sean T. Collins of
Decider wrote, "While far from a perfect episode of television — if I never see that goddamn blue-orange color scheme on a TV screen again it'll be too soon — this is a very well-structured one. Both Coop in the past and Lucy in the present go through the same slow journey of terrified disillusionment. They're both realizing that the society that made them the people they are, in which they believe, for which they’ve worked and fought and even killed, is a sick society, not a healthy one. What does that make them?" Ross Bonaime of
Collider gave the episode an 8 out of 10 and wrote, "As we start to learn more about the world's infrastructure and get some answers, even more questions come up, yet not in a way that's frustrating or confusing. Instead, we simply want to engage with this universe even more to learn and understand. Episode 6 is an example of
Fallout at its best, through its experiences before the bombs and what's going underground now." Joshua Kristian McCoy of
Game Rant gave the episode a 3.5 star rating out of 5 and wrote, ""The Trap" maintains the high standard of quality seen in every other episode of
Fallout. Its strange digressions, some of which don't work out, feel like half-formed sidequests in one of the games. Every new reveal sets the stage for something more exciting. Every new domain escalates the stakes.
Fallout is one of the best video game adaptations on the small screen without question. As weird as it gets, the show shows no signs of slowing down." Greg Wheeler of
The Review Geek gave the episode a 4 star rating out of 5 and wrote, "Alas, the plot thickens. It seems like Vault 4 hides more than a few shocking surprised and Level 12 looks like the place where they turn either Surface Dwellers into monsters, or mutate those within the Vault to keep them in compliance. Either way, the mystery of the Vaults are partly what make this show work so well." == References ==