Back into the hot, irradiated desert landscape we go (though in California this time): Prime Video has renewed Fallout for a second season. The show is (according to Amazon) one of the three most-watched series ever for that streaming platform, and “the most-watched season globally since Rings of Power.” We just love our franchise stories, don’t we!
Fallout is based on the video game series of the same name, and stars Ella Purnell as a sheltered Vault Dweller who leaves her underground home to discover a world gone very weird. Said weird world includes Aaron Moten as a soldier and Walton Goggins as the noseless Ghoul. A whole pile of interesting actors play secondary characters, including Kyle MacLachlan, Sarita Choudhury, Michael Emerson, Leslie Uggams, Frances Turner, Zach Cherry, and Xelia Mendes-Jones.
Response to the first season has been generally quite positive, from video game fans and newbies alike; writing for Entertainment Weekly, Kristen Baldwin said, “The eight-episode season exists in a vivid and captivating universe that will be familiar to gamers — though knowledge of the franchise isn’t required to enjoy its darkly comic dystopian pleasures.”
In a press release, co-creators and showrunners Geneva Robertson-Dworet and Graham Wagner said, “Holy shit. Thank you to Jonah [Nolan], Kilter, Bethesda and Amazon for having the courage to make a show that gravely tackles all of society’s most serious problems these days — cannibalism, incest, jello cake. More to come!”
The first season of Fallout is available on Prime Video.
