'Fallout' Season 2 is premiering early. Here's when.

We're going to New Vegas sooner than you'd think.
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Ella Purnell in "Fallout."
Ella Purnell in "Fallout." Credit: Prime Video

Fallout fans, your wait to return to the wasteland just got a little shorter.

Prime Video announced Monday that Fallout's highly anticipated second season will be premiering a day early. Originally slated for a Dec. 17 release, Fallout's Season 2 premiere will now hit Prime Video on Dec. 16 at 9 p.m. ET.

While Fallout's first season dropped all at once for binge viewing, Prime Video is opting for a weekly release for this season. That means only one episode will be available for streaming on Dec. 16. New episodes will air weekly until the season finale on Feb. 4, 2026.


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Fallout Season 2 is set to adapt elements of fav-favorite game Fallout: New Vegas. Hank MacLean (Kyle MacLachlan) fled to New Vegas at the end of Season 1, and now his daughter Lucy (Ella Purnell) and the Ghoul (Walton Goggins) are hot on his trail. She wants to bring Hank to justice, while the Ghoul wants to learn the location of his wife Barb (Frances Turner) and daughter Janey (Teagan Meredith). Along the way, they'll encounter New Vegas factions like the Kings and Caesar's Legion.

Elsewhere, Maximus (Aaron Moten) has found himself back in the Brotherhood of Steel, where civil war is brewing and the discovery of cold fusion is a ticking time bomb. With all these moving pieces on the board, what's next for the wasteland?

Fallout Season 2 premieres Dec. 16 at 9 p.m. ET on Prime Video, with a new episode every week.

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Belen Edwards
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Belen Edwards is an Entertainment Reporter at Mashable. She covers movies and TV with a focus on fantasy and science fiction, adaptations, animation, and more nerdy goodness. She is a member of the Critics Choice Association and the Television Critics Association, as well as a Tomatometer-approved critic.

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