Post-apocalyptic series Fallout has climbed up the trending charts a year and a half after its original release. It comes ahead of the hit Prime Video show’s return later this month.
According to FlixPatrol, the series currently sits at the number 5 spot in the service’s top 10 shows, beating the likes of The Summer I Turned Pretty and Clarkson’s Farm.
The series, which is based on the video game franchise of the same name, is set a few centuries after a nuclear war, where many survivors take refuge in fallout bunkers, with one young woman setting foot outside to search for her father.
Following the acclaimed first season which boasts a near-perfect 93% score on Rotten Tomatoes, a second is on the way later this month, and was recently teased in a first look.
Fallout was called “bingeable” by San Jose Mercury News, while Chicago Sun-Times labelled it “a clever and volatile cocktail consisting of social commentary, over-the-top action sequences, quirky dialogue and a steady stream of surprising twists, set against the backdrop of the obligatory dystopian Future”.
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In Digital Spy’s five-star review, we wrote: “Fallout could very well end up being the kind of five-star show that people will obsess over in two centuries from now, huddled up in a vault watching old tapes of times gone by as the world burns outside.”
Alongside a second season, fans can expect a third in the future, with executive producers Jonah Nolan and Lisa Joy saying earlier this year: “The holidays came a little early this year — we are thrilled to be ending the world all over again for a third season of Fallout.
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“On behalf of our brilliant cast and crew, our showrunners Geneva [Robertson-Dworet], and Graham [Wagner], and our partners at Bethesda, we’re grateful to our incredible collaborators at Amazon MGM Studios and to the amazing fans as we continue our adventures in the wasteland together.”
Fallout season 2 is due to premiere on 17 December on Prime Video. Season 1 is streaming now.
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