‘Fallout’ Season 2 Will Arrive Early on Prime Video

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Dec 15

Amazon moves up the return of its hit post-apocalyptic series, bringing viewers back to the wasteland ahead of schedule.

Amazon is accelerating its return to the wasteland.

The second season of Fallout will now premiere earlier than expected on Prime Video, with all new episodes launching Tuesday, December 16 at 6 p.m. PT — a full day ahead of the previously announced December 17 release. The surprise scheduling shift signals Amazon’s confidence in the series following a breakout first season that exceeded expectations across both critics and audiences.

To announce the early drop, Amazon staged an elaborate promotional event in Las Vegas, transforming the Sphere’s Exosphere into a massive post-apocalyptic snow globe inspired by the Fallout universe. The activation featured familiar characters Lucy, Maximus, and The Ghoul, along with a towering Deathclaw clawing its way through the digital exterior — a fittingly maximalist tease for a show that thrives on spectacle and world-building.

Season 2 picks up directly after the explosive finale of the first season, expanding the scope of the series as the story moves through the Mojave wasteland and toward the neon-lit ruins of New Vegas. While Season 1 focused on establishing the fractured power structures of the post-nuclear world, the new episodes promise a deeper exploration of legacy, control, and survival in a universe where morality is as irradiated as the landscape.

Ella Purnell returns as Lucy, joined once again by Aaron Moten, Walton Goggins, Kyle MacLachlan, Moisés Arias, and Frances Turner. The ensemble was widely praised in Season 1 for grounding the series’ heightened tone with emotional clarity, particularly Goggins’ scene-stealing turn as The Ghoul.

Based on Bethesda Game Studios’ iconic video game franchise, Fallout remains a story of haves and have-nots two centuries after global annihilation, where the descendants of luxury bunker dwellers are forced back into a brutal, absurd, and often darkly comic wasteland. The series balances violent spectacle with sharp satire, leaning into the franchise’s signature blend of horror, irony, and Americana.

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Fallout is created and run by Geneva Robertson-Dworet and Graham Wagner, with executive producers Jonathan Nolan, Lisa Joy, and Athena Wickham for Kilter Films, alongside Todd Howard and James Altman for Bethesda. The series is produced by Amazon MGM Studios in association with Kilter Films and Bethesda Game Studios.

Season 2 of Fallout premieres early on Prime Video on December 16.