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On the Radar: Fallout season 2

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By Josh West published 16 December 2025

With the Fallout TV show returning this week, we have exclusive interviews with the season 2 cast and a franchise retrospective to help get you in the mood to return to the wasteland

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If you need anything on your radar this month, it's Fallout Season 2. The show is set to air on December 16, with new episodes set to run all the way through to February 3, 2026, as part of the expanded Fallout Season 2 release schedule. There's a lot of reasons you need to pay attention as Vault 33 Dweller Lucy MacLean, Brotherhood of Steel knight Maximus, and the wandering Ghoul make their return – and not just because the first season is one of the best Prime Video shows to emerge in recent years.

Fallout Season 2 is set to move its action to a different wasteland, introducing New Vegas. If you're a fan of the Fallout video games which helped inspire this show, you'll no doubt know that this was the location of the iconic Obsidian RPG which released in 2010 – Fallout: New Vegas. With the show and games more aligned than ever before, we're here to help steer you through the wilds and get set for the release of this second season.

As part of our On the Radar: Fallout Season 2 package, we're going to take you deeper into the Fallout TV show than ever before with exclusive interviews with cast, expansive explainers of the key characters and locations, and more. We're also going to be celebrating the wider Fallout franchise, speaking with Bethesda, Obsidian, and the series creators to take you inside the best Fallout games in the franchise.

Fallout Season 2

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Fallout Season 2

Fallout season 2 is "taking some swings", but isn't committing to any canonical ending from New Vegas: "It's what we would want to see as fans." Executive producer Todd Howard, co-showrunner Geneva Robertson-Dworet and the cast of Fallout on the "authentic", New Vegas-set second season of the Prime Video show

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Fallout Season 2

Fallout season 2 review: Prime Video's live-action TV adaptation of Fallout remains fun as hell, and kicks it up a notch by bringing New Vegas to life with stunningly accurate set designs and franchise Easter eggs galore. Read our review to learn more about the stunning return to the post-apocalyptic wasteland.

Dive Deeper into Fallout Season 2

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Lucy, the Ghoul, CX404, and Maximus walking toward New Vegas in Fallout season 2 Exclusive

Fallout season 2 will "avoid" confirming which New Vegas ending is canon because "we didn't want to contradict anyone's experiences"

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Ella Purnell talks going from "newborn baby" to "bruised and battered" in Fallout season 2: "She still chooses to believe in good"

Walton Goggins as Cooper Howard/the Ghoul in Fallout season 2 Season 2

Fallout star Walton Goggins says the Ghoul's season 2 backstory "broke my heart": "I can't wait for people to see where it ultimately goes"

Aaron Moten as Maximus, walking through a hangar next to a person in a suit of power armor Interviews

Todd Howard says Fallout season 2 strikes a balance between "starting fresh" and "honoring the journey" of Fallout: New Vegas players.

Dive deeper into the latest Fallout TV Show news, or keep reading for essential season 2 explainers.

Your Guide to the Wateland

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Ella Purnell in Fallout season 2

How does Fallout season 2 connect to Fallout: New Vegas? Get caught up ahead of the next wasteland adventure

The Kings in Fallout season 2

Fallout season 2 Easter eggs and cameos: All the nods to Fallout: New Vegas that you might have missed.

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Who is Mr. House in Fallout season 2? Understand the history of a legendary New Vegas character who could be key.

Lucy and the Ghoul in Fallout season 2

Fallout season 2 timeline: Understand what year the show is set and whether it's a full sequel to New Vegas.

The Brotherhood of Steel Power Armor in Fallout season 2

Should you play Fallout: New Vegas before watching season 2? A good question, which we're happy to answer.

Overseer Steph Harper (Annabel O'Hagan) in Fallout season 2.

Fallout season 2's Vault 24 is a deep-cut location that was removed from the OG version of Fallout: New Vegas.

FROM THE VAULT: THE HISTORY OF FALLOUT

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Fallout History

The history of Fallout: 28 years since we first landed in the wasteland, the creators of Fallout reflect on the legacy and expansion of the franchise.

Fallout Retrospective

Fallout: A Post Nuclear Role Playing Game retrospective: How Interplay set a new standard for depth of choice and consequence in its seminal RPG.

Fallout 3 Feature

Remembering the impact of Fallout 3: It was a hot topic when Bethesda took on Fallout and this feature, pulled from our vault, will take you back there.

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Making of Fallout: New Vegas: Obsidian reflects on delivering a bigger, better post-apocalyptic wasteland by mostly sticking to the script.

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Fallout 76 spotlight: 7 years into the MMO's journey, Fallout 76 has become a living world that connects every point in the series – you know, within reason.

Fallout 4 Exclusive

Fallout 4 retrospective: Bethesda reflects on 10 years of Fallout 4 – "You have to accept the creative choices you make on every game"

DIVE DEEPER INTO THE FALLOUT GAMES

The best Fallout games, ranked

Fallout 5: Everything we know so far

The best games like Fallout to jump into while we wait for Fallout 5

The best Fallout Vaults of all time across the entire franchise to explore today

I've played every Fallout game, and these are the best Fallout NPCs I want to see in the Amazon show

Fallout quiz

Now that you've come to the end of our Fallout S.P.E.C.I.A.L in celebration of Season 2 releasing, it's time to put your franchise knowledge to the test in this exclusive quiz.

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