Fallout season 2
| Fallout | |
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| Season 2 | |
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| No. of episodes | 1 |
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| Original network | Amazon Prime Video |
| Original release | December 16, 2025 – present |
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The second season of the American post-apocalyptic drama television series Fallout premiered on December 16, 2025 on Amazon Prime Video, with the remaining episodes releasing weekly through to February 4, 2026. Based on the role-playing video game franchise created by Tim Cain and Leonard Boyarsky,[a] the series is set two centuries after the Great War of 2077, in which society has collapsed following a nuclear holocaust.
The season stars Ella Purnell, Aaron Moten, Moisés Arias, Frances Turner, Kyle MacLachlan, Walton Goggins, and Xelia Mendes-Jones. The season continues the story set in the wasteland of post-nuclear America and will introduce New Vegas, a major location from the video game Fallout: New Vegas.[1] On May 2025, Amazon renewed the series for a third season.[2]
Cast and characters
Main
- Ella Purnell as Lucy MacLean, a Vault 33 Dweller
- Aaron Moten as Maximus, a knight of the Brotherhood of Steel
- Moisés Arias as Norm MacLean, Vault 33 resident and Lucy's younger brother
- Frances Turner as Barb Howard, Cooper's wife and high-ranking Vault-Tec executive
- Kyle MacLachlan as Hank MacLean, Lucy and Norm's father and former Overseer of Vault 33
- Walton Goggins as The Ghoul / Cooper Howard, a Hollywood actor and Vault-Tec ambassador before the Great War, who mutated into a ghoul and is now a gunslinger and bounty hunter
- Xelia Mendes-Jones as Dane, a scribe of the Brotherhood of Steel
Recurring
- Sarita Choudhury as Kate Williams / Lee Moldaver, a nuclear scientist who survived the Great War and later became a New California Republic commander
- Leslie Uggams as Betty Pearson, Vault 33 Overseer
- Annabel O'Hagan as Stephanie Harper, Vault 32 Overseer
- Dave Register as Chet, Lucy and Norm's cousin and a resident of Vault 32
- Rodrigo Luzzi as Reg McPhee, Vault 33 councillor
- Justin Theroux as Robert Edwin House, the CEO of RobCo Industries and ruler of the New Vegas Strip in 2281
- Rafi Silver portrays a body-double version of the character
- Leer Leary as Davey, Vault 32 resident
- Teagan Meredith as Janey Howard, Cooper's daughter
- Johnny Pemberton as Thaddeus, a former squire of the Brotherhood of Steel
- Zach Cherry as Woody Thomas, a former Vault 33 councillor
- Macaulay Culkin
- Kumail Nanjiani as Paladin Xander Harkness
Guest
- Michael Esper as Bud Askins / Brain-on-a-Roomba, a senior junior vice president at Vault-Tec in 2077 and the Overseer of Vault 31 post-war
- Susan Berger as Old Woman Gretch
- Jared Bankens as Nick the Prick
- Christopher Matthew Cook as Bill
- Daniel Danielson as an engineer in Vault 33
- Jon Daly as the Snake Oil Salesman, a mercantile denizen of the wasteland
- Michael Cristofer as Elder Cleric Quintus, Maximus's superior
Episodes
| No. overall | No. in season | Title | Directed by | Written by [3] | Original release date [4] | |
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| 9 | 1 | "The Innovator" | Frederick E. O. Toye | Geneva Robertson-Dworet & Graham Wagner | December 16, 2025 | |
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In 2077, before the war, a mysterious man defensor of Robert House, CEO of RobCo Industries, installs a chip in the neck of a bar patron and forces him to kill his companions before exploding his head. After learning Vault-Tec's plans, Cooper Howard tries to flee with his daughter, Janey, but Lee Moldaver convinces him to remain and spy on his wife, Barb, as she travels to Las Vegas to meet Mr. House. In 2296, Lucy MacLean and the Ghoul kill a group of Great Khans while tracking Lucy's father, Hank, leading them to the abandoned Vault 24, where a man with an installed chip speaks to Lucy before his head explodes. In Vault 31, Norm, left without food or little water, awakens the cryogenically preserved Vault-Tec junior executives. In Vault 32, Overseer Steph struggles in her new role, while in Vault 33, Overseer Betty oversees repairs to the water chip and encourages Reg to form a new club. Meanwhile, Hank arrives at an abandoned Vault-Tec facility, telling someone on a microphone that he will finish his project. | ||||||
| 10 | 2 | TBA | TBA | Chris Brady-Denton | December 24, 2025 | |
| 11 | 3 | TBA | TBA | Chaz Hawkins | December 31, 2025 | |
| 12 | 4 | TBA | TBA | Jane Espenson | January 7, 2026 | |
| 13 | 5 | TBA | TBA | Owen Ellickson | January 14, 2026 | |
| 14 | 6 | TBA | TBA | Dave Hill | January 21, 2026 | |
| 15 | 7 | TBA | TBA | Kieran Fitzgerald | January 28, 2026 | |
| 16 | 8 | TBA | TBA | Karey Dornetto | February 4, 2026 | |
Production
Development
Amazon renewed Fallout for a second season shortly after the success of its first, with showrunners Graham Wagner and Geneva Robertson-Dworet returning.[5] The new season expands the scope of the series to include New Vegas and new factions from the games.[6]
Casting
In November 2024, it was reported that Macaulay Culkin had joined the cast of season 2 in a recurring role as a "crazy genius"-type character.[7] In August 2025, it was announced that Justin Theroux joined the cast as Robert House, a major character from Fallout: New Vegas.[8][9]
Filming
In October 2024, actress Leslie Uggams confirmed that production on the second season would begin the following month.[10] Filming began in November 2024 in Los Angeles, after season 1 had filmed across New York, Utah, and Namibia.[11]
Production was temporarily halted in January 2025 due to wildfires in California, delaying filming for several weeks.[12] By late January, leaked set photos showed a prop model of Dinky the Dinosaur’s head from Fallout: New Vegas.[13]
In February 2025, a section of the Valley Plaza mall in North Hollywood was transformed into the New Vegas Strip, with signage for locations including the Ultra-Luxe, Vault 21, and the Lucky 38 casino.[14][15] Additional leaks in March 2025 depicted interior sets of Camp McCarran and signage referencing Mr. House, along with depictions of pre-war settings.[16] Around the same time, photos also surfaced showing members of Caesar’s Legion and NCR soldiers.[17]
By April 2025, Kyle MacLachlan confirmed that he had finished filming his scenes for the season.[18] Principal photography officially wrapped on May 7, 2025.[19]
Later that month, The New York Times reported that portions of the season had been filmed in California, including a set built to resemble Freeside.[20]
Release
The second season premiered on December 16, 2025, after an announcement by Prime Video by method of the Las Vegas Sphere, just one day earlier than the expected December 17, 2025 release date, with the remaining episodes released weekly through February 4, 2026.[9][21][4]
Reception
Critical response
The second season of Fallout received "generally favorable reviews" according to review aggregator Metacritic, with a weighted score of 73 out of 100 based on 21 reviews.[22] On Rotten Tomatoes, 97% of 58 critics gave a positive review. The website's critics consensus reads, "Fallout Season Two successfully expands its post-apocalyptic world to deliver everything audiences could want from a video game adaptation, including sumptuous visuals and riveting performances".[23]
Notes
- ^ Fallout was created by Tim Cain and Leonard Boyarsky, and developed by Black Isle Studios, and formerly published by Interplay Entertainment from 1997 to 2004. It has been owned by ZeniMax Media and developed by Bethesda Game Studios since 2007.[24]
References
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- ^ "Fallout". Writers Guild of America West. Retrieved December 19, 2025.
- ^ a b Makuch, Eddie (December 3, 2025). "Fallout Season 2 Episode Release Date Schedule". GameSpot. Archived from the original on December 14, 2025. Retrieved December 14, 2025.
- ^ Campione, Katie (April 18, 2024). "'Fallout' Renewed For Season 2 At Amazon". Deadline Hollywood. Archived from the original on April 18, 2024. Retrieved April 18, 2024.
- ^ Gartenberg, Chaim (August 19, 2025). "Fallout season 2 first look introduces New Vegas". The Verge. Archived from the original on August 18, 2025. Retrieved August 24, 2025.
- ^ Andreeva, Nellie (November 7, 2024). "'Fallout': Macaulay Culkin Joins Season 2 Of Prime Video Series". Deadline Hollywood. Archived from the original on November 8, 2024. Retrieved November 7, 2024.
- ^ Moreau, Justin (August 19, 2025). "'Fallout' Season 2 Trailer: Justin Theroux Plays Robert House, the Ghoul and Lucy Fight a Deathclaw in New Vegas". Variety. Archived from the original on August 20, 2025. Retrieved August 19, 2025.
- ^ Alvarado, Max (October 22, 2024). "Fallout Season 2 Filming Start Month Revealed By Leslie Uggams". Screen Rant. Archived from the original on October 20, 2024. Retrieved August 24, 2025.
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- ^ Andreeva, Nellie (January 7, 2025). "'Fallout' Production Restart Pushed Due To Dangerous SoCal Weather". Deadline Hollywood. Archived from the original on January 8, 2025. Retrieved January 7, 2025.
- ^ Skrebels, Joe (January 28, 2025). "New Fallout Season 2 Set Photo Leak Teases the Return of a Jurassic Pal from New Vegas". IGN. Archived from the original on February 6, 2025. Retrieved August 24, 2025.
- ^ Bankhurst, Adam (February 21, 2025). "Fallout Season 2 Set Leaks Offer a Look at New Vegas and the Lucky 38". IGN. Archived from the original on March 20, 2025. Retrieved August 24, 2025.
- ^ Parfitt, Ben (February 22, 2025). "Fallout Season 2 Set Photos Show New Vegas Sign". Game Rant. Archived from the original on March 13, 2025. Retrieved August 24, 2025.
- ^ Kennedy, Victoria (March 2, 2025). "Fallout Amazon Prime TV Series Leak Shows Lucky 38, Pre-War Flashbacks, Camp McCarran". TheGamer. Archived from the original on April 15, 2025. Retrieved August 24, 2025.
- ^ Thompson, Jay (March 10, 2025). "Fallout Season 2 Caesar's Legion Set Leak Photo". TheGamer. Archived from the original on April 19, 2025. Retrieved August 24, 2025.
- ^ Smith, Rhys (April 18, 2025). "Fallout Season 2's Development Update". Game Rant. Archived from the original on April 24, 2025. Retrieved August 24, 2025.
- ^ Bentz, Adam (May 7, 2025). "Fallout Season 2 Star Ella Purnell Shares Exciting Production Update In BTS Photo". Screen Rant. Archived from the original on May 8, 2025. Retrieved May 9, 2025.
- ^ "Fallout TV Show Films in California, Builds Freeside Set". The New York Times. May 9, 2025. Archived from the original on October 6, 2025. Retrieved August 24, 2025.
- ^ "The Wasteland Comes Bearing Gifts...Fallout Season Two Surprises with Early Release Date". Amazon MGM Studios Press (Press release). December 15, 2025. Archived from the original on December 15, 2025. Retrieved December 15, 2025.
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