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Fallout is Prime Video's adaptation of the games, 16 episodes across two seasons and roughly 16 hours. Everything streams on Prime Video in the US with a subscription: season 1 dropped all at once in April 2024, season 2 went out weekly over the 2025-26 winter, and a third season is in production.
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- Ella Purnell · Walton Goggins · Kyle MacLachlan
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Seasons 2
Fallout episodes 16
Season 1 · 8 episodes · 8 aired · Apr 10, 2024 to Apr 10, 2024
S1.E1 ·
The End
A cowboy actor works a kid's birthday party in 2077 Los Angeles while, two centuries later, Vault 33 opens its door for an arranged marriage with the vault next door.
Directed by Jonathan Nolan · Written by Geneva Robertson-Dworet & Graham Wagner
S1.E2 ·
The Target
Lucy takes her first steps across the ruined surface as a scientist on the run becomes the most valuable bounty in the wasteland, with a squire and a ghoul both on his trail.
Directed by Jonathan Nolan · Written by Geneva Robertson-Dworet & Graham Wagner
S1.E3 ·
The Head
The chase for that bounty drags Lucy, a Brotherhood squire and the Ghoul onto the same stretch of wasteland, while back home Norm presses the vault council over the raiders.
Directed by Jonathan Nolan · Written by Geneva Robertson-Dworet & Graham Wagner
S1.E4 ·
The Ghouls
The Ghoul detours to see an old friend and then to trade for the chems that keep him upright, while Norm and Chet go looking for answers inside Vault 32.
Directed by Daniel Gray Longino · Written by Kieran Fitzgerald
S1.E5 ·
The Past
Lucy and a wounded Maximus cross the ruins of a city that once ran this stretch of California, and end up sheltering in a vault nothing like the one Lucy grew up in.
Directed by Clare Kilner · Written by Carson Mell
S1.E6 ·
The Trap
Vault 4 welcomes Lucy and Maximus as guests, but its rituals and one off-limits level keep gnawing at Lucy, while the Ghoul wakes to find a posse has come to collect on his past.
Directed by Frederick E. O. Toye · Written by Karey Dornetto
S1.E7 ·
The Radio
Lucy's stay in Vault 4 ends and the hunt for Thaddeus resumes, while Norm slips into Vault 31 and a 2077 meeting circles what Vault-Tec is really planning.
Directed by Frederick E. O. Toye, Clare Kilner · Written by Chaz Hawkins
S1.E8 ·
The Beginning
Lucy's search for her father, Norm's dig under Vault 31 and the Ghoul's memories of the day the bombs fell all converge in the season finale.
Directed by Wayne Yip · Written by Gursimran Sandhu
Season 2 · 8 episodes · 8 aired · Dec 16, 2025 to Feb 3, 2026
S2.E1 ·
The Innovator
Lucy and the Ghoul push across the Mojave on Hank's trail into an abandoned vault built around a Vault-Tec experiment, while in 2077 Barb heads to Las Vegas to meet Robert House.
Directed by Frederick E. O. Toye · Written by Geneva Robertson-Dworet & Graham Wagner
S2.E2 ·
The Golden Rule
Lucy's choice to help a wounded stranger strains her deal with the Ghoul, Norm works an angle to get out of Vault 31, and the Brotherhood settles into a new base at Area 51.
Directed by Frederick E. O. Toye · Written by Chris Brady-Denton
S2.E3 ·
The Profligate
The Ghoul goes looking for leverage among the Mojave's old powers while a Commonwealth envoy turns up at the Brotherhood and splits its plans in two.
Directed by Liz Friedlander · Written by Chaz Hawkins
S2.E4 ·
The Demon in the Snow
A failing water chip pushes Vault 33 into shortages and forces Betty to bargain with Vault 32, while Lucy recovers at an NCR camp and the Brotherhood's scheme at Area 51 unravels.
Directed by Stephen Williams · Written by Jane Espenson
S2.E5 ·
The Wrangler
Cooper's 2077 trip to Las Vegas finally puts him in a room with RobCo's founder, while Norm reaches what is left of Vault-Tec's headquarters.
Directed by Liz Friedlander · Written by Owen Ellickson
S2.E6 ·
The Other Player
Lucy comes to somewhere she does not recognise and starts working out what her father has been building there, while Cooper presses Barb on the company's plans.
Directed by Lisa Joy · Written by Dave Hill
S2.E7 ·
The Handoff
A wedding day in the vaults collides with a search that has gone badly wrong above ground, and Maximus and the Ghoul strike a deal.
Directed by Stephen Williams · Written by Kieran Fitzgerald
S2.E8 ·
The Strip
The Legion marches on New Vegas, the Ghoul makes his way into the Lucky 38, and Lucy's standoff with her father comes to a head in the season finale.
Directed by Frederick E. O. Toye · Written by Karey Dornetto
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How the two seasons differ, and what to do about the gap between them
Season 1 dropped all at once; season 2 did not. All eight episodes of the first season landed on Prime Video on April 10, 2024. The second season went out weekly instead, from December 16, 2025 to February 3, 2026 – which is why the list above carries eight separate dates for it, and why anyone who binged the first season in a weekend spent seven weeks on the follow-up. It also changed what watching it was like: season 1’s big turn was common knowledge within 48 hours, while season 2 got seven weeks of week-to-week argument.
The second season also moves. Season 1 is a California story built around Vault 33, the Brotherhood of Steel and the Ghoul’s 2077 flashbacks; season 2 pushes into the Mojave and New Vegas, territory the games made famous, and the flashbacks become their own thread rather than colour. We covered the New Vegas turn and the early season 3 renewal in our Fallout season 2 report.
At 45 to 74 minutes an episode, 16 episodes is roughly 16 hours – and you do not need to have played a Fallout game to follow any of it. Bethesda Game Studios and Bethesda Softworks produced alongside Amazon MGM Studios, and the credits in the list above are worth reading: Jonathan Nolan directs the opening run of season 1, which is the stretch that has to explain vaults, ghouls and the Brotherhood without a lore dump, then hands off.
And there is a third season coming, which is the reason to do the catch-up now. Prime Video announced the renewal at its upfront presentation in May 2025, a full seven months before season 2 aired, and Amazon says filming began in Los Angeles in June 2026. No release date has been announced – so any specific month you see quoted for season 3 is a fan estimate, not something Amazon has said.
Fallout cast 5
Ella PurnellLucy MacLean
Walton GogginsCooper Howard / The Ghoul
Kyle MacLachlanHank MacLean
Moisés AriasNorm MacLean- Aaron MotenMaximus
- Director
- Jonathan Nolan, Clare Kilner, Fred Toye
- Writers
- Geneva Robertson-Dworet & Graham Wagner (creators)
- Music
- Ramin Djawadi
- Studios
- Bethesda Game Studios, Bethesda Softworks, Amazon MGM Studios
Photos via Wikimedia Commons. Ella Purnell: Fandomuniverse, CC0; Walton Goggins: Walton Goggins, CC0; Kyle MacLachlan: Gage Skidmore, CC BY-SA 3.0; Moisés Arias: Criticologos, CC BY 3.0.
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Frequently Asked Questions
Where can I watch Fallout?
Fallout streams on Prime Video in the US, included with a Prime subscription. It is an Amazon MGM original, so it is not licensed anywhere else.
How many episodes of Fallout are there?
Sixteen so far: eight in season 1 and eight in season 2. At 45 to 74 minutes each that is roughly 16 hours.
When did Fallout premiere?
April 10, 2024, when all eight season 1 episodes went up at once. Season 2 went out weekly instead, from December 16, 2025 to February 3, 2026.
Is Fallout coming back for season 3?
Yes. Prime Video announced the renewal at its May 2025 upfront, seven months before season 2 aired, and Amazon says season 3 began filming in Los Angeles in June 2026. No release date has been announced, so any specific month quoted elsewhere is an estimate.
Do I need to play the Fallout games first?
No. The series is set in the same world but tells its own story, and it explains vaults, ghouls and the Brotherhood of Steel as it goes. Players get more out of the Mojave in season 2, but nothing depends on it.
