Fallout Season 2 Premiere Review

This review contains spoilers for Fallout Season 2’s premiere episode, “The Innovator”, which is available to stream now on Prime Video. For a spoiler-free look at what's to come, check out our Fallout Season 2 Episodes 1-6 review. The first episode of Fallout’s second season promises that a great, twisty journey lies ahead, headlined by the ever-fantastic Ella Purnell and Walton Goggins, and lent some extra grease by the suave-yet-slimy Robert House, given brilliant new life by Justin Theroux. But while the gears are aligned by the time credits roll, the genuine excitement hasn’t quite started yet. Much of the opening half-hour feels like flicking through your quest log and rifling through your inventory to remind yourself of where you were, and the seemingly inconsequential vault-based storylines threaten to get lost among better ideas. But even with those problems, this is a good hour of television that signals even better things to come.