Ella Purnell on her character in Fallout 2 grappling between her identity and moral values

Still from Fallout 2

Prime Video's Fallout, based on one of the most beloved video game universes ever built, storms back with a second season that throws its characters deeper into the madness of the wasteland. Two centuries after the apocalypse, the sheltered idealists of the Vaults are once again forced to face the brutal, bizarre, and darkly funny world their ancestors abandoned. Out here, survival sits uncomfortably close to savagery, justice keeps getting bent out of shape, and every step forward comes with a moral bruise.

Ella Purnell on her character's moral fight

At the heart of this chaos is Ella Purnell's character Lucy, a former Vault Dweller now wrestling with more than deadly mutants and deranged outlaws. Her journey is no longer about wonder or naïve optimism. It's about truth, reckoning, and confronting the past she once trusted. "The main theme for Lucy this season is very much about grappling with her identity and her moral values," says the actress. "She's looking for her father again, but for very different reasons. She's trying to reconcile the idea of the father she grew up with, the man who taught her the values that she identifies as a core part of her being, and finding out the truth about the horrible things that he's done." This season, Lucy is also dealing with "a not-entirely-pleasant road trip buddy," in The Ghoul. "They have very different ideas of what they're going to do when they find her dad," says Purnell. She adds, "Lucy, of course, wants to do the right thing. She believes in justice, and taking accountability for one's actions and possible redemption, whereas The Ghoul is more like two bullets between the eyes and you're done. And that's a really fun dynamic to play with."

Fallout season 2 cast

Season 2 brings back Ella Purnell (Yellowjackets, Sweetpea), Aaron Moten (Emancipation, Father Stu), Walton Goggins (The White Lotus, The Righteous Gemstones), Kyle MacLachlan (Twin Peaks), Moisés Arias (The King of Staten Island), and Frances Turner (The Boys). Produced by Kilter Films, with executive producers Jonathan Nolan, Lisa Joy and Athena Wickham, the highly anticipated Fallout Season 2 premieres globally on December 17, exclusively on Prime Video.