The vault doors have cracked on Fallout season 2. Lucy and The Ghoul are on the way to New Vegas with all of us along for the ride. The first season tossed in all sorts of touchstones from the games: from stimpacks to power armor, and plenty of Fallout's weirdo humor. It was also a hit, raking in 65 million views in its first 16 days.
Unlike Season 1, in which all episodes were available at once on Prime Video, Season 2 will be released one episode per week until February 4, 2026, with episodes dropping at 6 pm Pacific. As the season airs each week, we're keeping up with episode recaps, easter eggs, and everything else you'll want to know as you watch along.
Fallout season 2 reviews
In what might be the most glowing praise for a show in the year 2025, Jody also says: "Fallout hasn't simplified itself for second-screen viewers—it's still a show you need to pay attention to keep up with, and more importantly it's a show worth paying attention to."
To read what folks elsewhere are saying about season 2, you can also catch the highlights in our Fallout season 2 review roundup.
Fallout season 2 episode release dates and recaps
Date |
Episode |
Title |
|---|---|---|
December 17 |
The Innovator |
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December 24 |
S2 Episode 2 |
TBA |
December 31 |
S2 Episode 3 |
TBA |
January 7 |
S2 Episode 4 |
TBA |
January 14 |
S2 Episode 5 |
TBA |
January 21 |
S2 Episode 6 |
TBA |
January 28 |
S2 Episode 7 |
TBA |
February 4 |
S2 Episode 8 |
TBA |
Interviews with the Fallout TV series cast
What are the cast and creators of the Fallout show (and games) saying about season 2? Here's all the latest from our own interviews and more from the cast press blasts leading up to the premiere:
- Justin Theroux (Robert House) drops a hint for a possible New Vegas character cameo
- Todd Howard says he resisted temptation to cameo in the show
- Todd Howard says Fallout 5 will exist in a world where the events of the show happened
- Ella Purnell (Lucy) shuts down fan theories about a romance between Lucy and The Ghoul
- Executive producer Jonathan Nolan says Fallout season 2 won't pick a canon New Vegas ending
- Jonathan Nolan says he liked Fallout 3 better than New Vegas
- Walton Goggins (The Ghoul) says he's not interested in playing the Fallout games
Fallout Season 2 cast
The three main characters will be returning with Purnell, Goggins, and Moten in their roles. Kyle MacLachlan will also return as Hank MacLean, Moises Arias is back as Norm MacLean, and Frances Turner will reprise her role as Barb Howard.
Justin Theroux is playing Mr. House, the ruler of New Vegas and owner of the Lucky 38 Casino.
- Ella Purnell - Lucy MacLean
- Walton Goggins - The Ghoul / Cooper Howard
- Aaron Moten - Knight Maximus
- Kyle MacLachlan – Hank MacLean
- Moisés Arias – Norm MacLean
- Frances Turner - Barb Howard
- Justin Theroux - Mr. House
- Sarita Choudhury - Moldaver
- Leslie Uggams - Overseer Betty
- John Daly - Snake Oil Salesman
- Macaulay Culkin - unannounced
- Kumail Nanjiani - A high-ranking official within the Brotherhood of Steel
One wild card so far is Macaulay Culkin, who's been confirmed cast but without a character name announced. According to Deadline's report, he'll be playing "a crazy genius-type character." that doesn't tell us a whole lot but we did see him wearing a Caesar's Legion outfit in the second trailer.
