The second season of Amazon’s acclaimed game -to-TV series adaptation of the “Fallout” franchise has maintained its critically adored status in reviews today ahead of the new run’s premiere tonight.
With 39 reviews submitted so far, the new run sits at 97% on Rotten Tomatoes – above the 93% of the first season. On Metacritic, it’s steady with the second season’s 73/100 matching the first season’s score exactly.
Whereas the first season premiered all at once on April 10th 2024, the new run will adopt a weekly release pattern with new episodes running from tonight through February 4th 2026.
Here’s a sampling of reviews:
“An authentic approach to New Vegas’ unique factions and a deepening of its complex original characters ensures the first six episodes of Fallout’s second season are a great return to the weird wasteland.” – Matt Purslow, IGN
“The sophomore outing of Fallout might have a few shaky rounds to start the evening out, but across the latter portion of its season, it’s poised to go on quite the run before it leaves the table for the night. In short, Season 2 is well worth the ante up.” – William Goodman, The Wrap
“Not only does it boast gut-splittingly funny jokes, but it’s outdone an already strong first season by boldly venturing out to explore some bigger ideas.” – Chase Hutchinson, Seattle Times
“The show now knows it can dive a little deeper into its characters and world, marinate in the ideas it’s playing with a little more, and turn out a show that, while familiar to us now, is as strong and interesting as ever.” – James Whitbrook, io9
“While Season 2 isn’t as structurally tight as the first one was, the secrets and revelations unveiled here will keep viewers glued to their screens.” – Aramide Tinubu, Variety
“‘Fallout’ never lacks in confidence, but it does suffer from a similar diffusion of concept as characters are separated and sent on arcs that feel like they will never intersect.” – Brian Tallerico, RogerEbert.com
“The second season of Fallout doesn’t buck the sophomore slump trend, becoming more of a fans-only affair than its epic first season, with most of the appeal coming from the lore and easter eggs.” – Sean Boelman, FandomWire
“Bogged down with world-building, Season 2 feels as if the Amazon Prime Video executives know they’ve got a hit on their hands and can’t help but game out a “Fallout” universe filled with spinoffs.” – Ben Travers, Indiewire
The series hails from creators and showrunners Geneva Robertson-Dworet and Graham Wagner, who executive produce alongside Jonathan Nolan, Lisa Joy, Athena Wickham, Margot Lulick, Todd Howard and James Altman.
