The second season of the American post-apocalyptic drama television series Fallout is set to premiere 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, 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. On May 2025, Amazon renewed the series for a third season. == 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 == == 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. The new season expands the scope of the series to include New Vegas and new factions from the games. === 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. In August 2025, it was announced that Justin Theroux joined the cast as Robert House, a major character from Fallout: New Vegas. === Filming === In October 2024, actress Leslie Uggams confirmed that production on the second season would begin the following month. Filming began in November 2024 in Los Angeles, after season 1 had filmed across New York, Utah, and Namibia. Production was temporarily halted in January 2025 due to wildfires in California, delaying filming for several weeks. By late January, leaked set photos showed a prop model of Dinky the Dinosaur’s head from Fallout: New Vegas. 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. Additional leaks in March 2025 depicted interior sets of Camp McCarran and signage referencing Mr. House, along with depictions of pre-war settings. Around the same time, photos also surfaced showing members of Caesar’s Legion and NCR soldiers. By April 2025, Kyle MacLachlan confirmed that he had finished filming his scenes for the season. Principal photography officially wrapped on May 7, 2025. 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. == 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. == 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. On Rotten Tomatoes, 98% of 47 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". == Notes == == References == == External links == Official website Fallout at IMDb