The anticipation for Prime Video’s Fallout Season 2 is reaching a fever pitch. With the highly awaited second season set to premiere on December 17, creators Jonathan Nolan and Lisa Joy, alongside showrunners Geneva Robertson-Dworet and Graham Wagner, are ready to invite us back into the wasteland that is teeming with radiation.

Based on one of the most iconic video game series of all time, Fallout tells a story that explores the deep divide between haves and have-nots in a world where there is almost nothing left to have. Two hundred years after the apocalypse, the gentle denizens of luxury fallout shelters are forced to return to the irradiated hellscape of their ancestors — and find a universe that is as violent and complex as it is bizarre. Prime Video’s smash-hit adaptation returns on December 17, and the stakes have shifted dramatically: survival is no longer enough — the full-blown battle for the future of humanity begins. But before we dive into the neon-lit chaos of New Vegas, let’s revisit the explosive revelations that shook the world of Season 1.