Fallout Season 2: Walton Goggins' Ghoul Unmasks a 200-Year Secret

Fallout Season 2 just dropped a blistering new teaser, and the wasteland is only getting meaner. Walton Goggins returns as the centuries-old sharpshooter the Ghoul, with flashes of a buried past that promise bigger secrets—and a bloodier reckoning—this time around.

Prime Video just dropped a fresh teaser for Fallout Season 2, and yeah, the wasteland somehow looks even less friendly. The Ghoul is front and center again, and Walton Goggins is playing him like a guy who has been alive way too long and remembers way too much. The teaser runs about two minutes and finally cracks open the past the show has mostly danced around until now.

The Ghoul's mission, finally said out loud

The Ghoul spells out what has been driving him for, well, centuries. He has been roaming the ruins for 200 years with one goal, and the teaser doesn’t make you guess.

'I wastelanded for 200 years. I have kept myself alive for one reason. To find my family.'

We get quick flashes of his pre-war life: a wife clutching a family photo, a little girl sprinting in for a hug, the kind of sunlit moments that hurt more because you know what comes next. It is not subtle, and it is not meant to be. The guy isn’t just a legendary gun hand with a melted face; he is a dad who never stopped looking.

Remember Cooper Howard?

Season 1 hinted that before the bombs, The Ghoul was Cooper Howard, a famous actor and a committed family man. When the world ended, he was separated from his wife and daughter, and that loss has been the engine keeping him upright ever since. Season 2 looks ready to stop hinting and start showing, which should finally give us the man behind the myth instead of just the monster in the duster.

When does Season 2 drop?

Fallout Season 2 premieres on Prime Video on December 17, 2025. New episodes roll out weekly, leading to the finale on February 4, 2026. So, yes, set a reminder and prepare for more vault drama, more irradiated nightmare fuel, and more Goggins doing soulful rage.

• Title: Fallout
• Seasons: 2 (Season 2 premieres December 17, 2025)
• Release cadence: Weekly episodes through February 4, 2026
• Creators: Graham Wagner and Geneva Robertson-Dworet
• Where to watch: Prime Video
• Episode length: About 50–65 minutes
• Ratings (at the time of writing): IMDb 8.3/10, Rotten Tomatoes 93%

In the meantime, Fallout Season 1 is streaming now on Prime Video if you want a refresher before we head back into the sandblasted nightmare.