Fallout Season 2 Review: Give Us More Episodes Or Stop Adding Subplots

Coverage from Kotaku says Fallout’s second season on Amazon was bigger, but not clearly better: the show piled on many plotlines and felt more complicated and less satisfying than the first season.

Kotaku argues the season is overstuffed with subplots that often don’t pay off, from throwaway elements like a Super Mutant with Enclave knowledge to the largely wasted Norm/Vault‑Tec storyline, while a substantial Mr. House arc ends with his fate unclear. The review contends the season either needed to cut threads or extend the episode count beyond eight.

Despite those criticisms, Kotaku highlights the main trio—The Ghoul, Lucy, and Maximus—as the season’s strongest aspect: the Ghoul’s pre- and post-bomb backstory, Maximus’s growth in New Vegas, and Lucy’s conflict with her father (including her line, "Thanks to you, I’m not a fudging idiot") are singled out as highlights, though the characters’ split at the end raises concern about balancing even more storylines in season three.