In this brave new era of game-to-TV adaptations, I was thrilled to learn that Amazon's Fallout TV show was pretty great. 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. One of our own Fallout fans, Jody MacGregor, called it the best Fallout since New Vegas in his Fallout Season 1 review. As a result of such high praise, it's not surprising that a second season was quickly announced.
With Fallout Season 2 fast approaching, we've learned a bit about what we're going to see thanks to its first teaser trailer and a handful of images from the show. We know we're going to be spending quite a bit of time in New Vegas, both in pre-war flashbacks and after the bombs fell.
What is the Fallout Season 2 release date?
Fallout Season 2 is releasing on December 17, 2025. 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.
Amazon didn't even want to wait to see how Season 2 performed: Fallout Season 3 has already been greenlit.
Fallout Season 2 Teaser Trailer
The first teaser trailer for Fallout Season 2 was released at Gamescom Opening Night Live on August 19. It gives us a nice look at our main character trio, with The Ghoul and Lucy heading to Vegas to chase down Lucy's dad, Hank, while Aaron Moten goes to war alongside the Brotherhood of Steel.
We also get to meet Mr. House, see a famous faction from Fallout: New Vegas, and catch a glimpse at one of Fallout's biggest monstrosities.
The Fallout Season 2 cast
We know that 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, all confirmed by their appearance in these Fallout Season 2 photos and the Gamescom teaser trailer.
We also got a surprise in the first Fallout Season 2 teaser: Justin Theroux is playing Mr. House, the ruler of New Vegas and owner of the Lucky 38 Casino. Mr. House had a brief appearance in Season 1, but was played by Rafi Silver.
- 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
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 much but I'd put my money on him being a weirdo who turns up in New Vegas during Lucy and The Ghoul's portion of the story rather than some Brotherhood of Steel scientist.
What we know about Fallout's season 2 plot
Despite the teaser trailer, not a lot of plot details about Fallout Season 2 have been revealed. Prime Video says only this: "The new season will pick up in the aftermath of Season One’s epic finale and take audiences along for a journey through the wasteland of the Mojave to the post-apocalyptic city of New Vegas."
The trailer and episode images show iconic New Vegas locations like the Lucky 38 Casino and the Dino Dee-lite Motel, plus we get a glimpse of Caesar's Legion, one of the major factions from Fallout: New Vegas. And at long last, we get to see a Deathclaw. Finally!
We're also going to learn more about the leadup to the war and Cooper Howard's life before becoming The Ghoul. In the teaser we see him meeting Mr. House in Vegas, though he (Cooper) looks considerably older than he did in Season 1. Cooper was convinced his daughter was still alive, even a couple hundred years after the war, so it looks like we'll learn more about her situation, too.
