With Fallout being the widespread, bestselling game that it is, the popularity of such surged at the sights of a new season in the series. Fallout, being adapted into a TV show, wasn’t on anybody’s bingo card going into mid April of 2024, but the flurry of people interested in the fandom emerged, and the show was a raving hit.
Season two of Fallout, located on Amazon Prime Video streaming services, was a slow burn in more than one way. For one, the release of the show dragged from December 17th 2025, to February 4th 2026. The decision to release only an episode every Wednesday of the week, caused many fans, including myself, to anxiously await the finale’s highly anticipated drop date. Thankfully, the last episode was released a day earlier than what was marked on everybody’s calendars in preparation, on a Tuesday.
The series follows a mismatched band of characters, including the well versed Ella Purnell embodying the role of Lucy Maclean perfectly. Purnell, best known for her voice acting work, such as in the Netflix spinoff of League of Legends, Arcane, ups her game in the second season of Fallout.
For the majority of season one, we follow her bubbly, overly optimistic character throughout the Wasteland, as she clicks pieces together to discover the true story of what occurred. Season two—she still maintains that charming energy, but establishes some grit in her character’s life. Alongside her, her companion The Ghoul, played by Walton Goggins. Goggins, being known for his multitude of cowboy casanova type roles, is no different with his Ghoul character.
With the discovery of life outside the vault being so extraordinarily contrasting to inside it, Lucy must adapt to the environment. I found her adaptations to be beneficial to her character, and each individual really complimented one another survival wise. Not only to mention, Robert Houses’ significant increase in popularity this season.
With the discovery that he’s somehow still present in the world towards the latter end of the season—or, even with his character in the beginning interacting with Cooper Howard/The Ghoul—his overall impact in season two is seen throughout all the episodes.
The discovery of other vaults by the dwellers is also established, and Norm ends up being at the helm of these discoveries. The distrust amongst members of the vault is apparent, and the stakes are ramped up even higher.
Season two ends on a significant note, but spoilers will not be revealed in this review.
