Please be aware of possible spoilers!

Lacerta Legate (Macaulay Culkin) is the second in command within Ceasar’s Legion. When Ceasar dies, Legate takes on the title Ceasar while the original one left a note that in case of his death, there would not be a succession. Paladin Xander Harkness, an emissary of the Brotherhood from the Commonwealth, although he was not around long, was an annoying bastard of whom I wouldn’t have minded had he stayed on a few more episodes. Major factions from the game return in season two: Ceasar’s Legion and the New California Republic (NCR).

Season Two:

The story continues from it’s first season where Hank has escaped and Lucy decides to follow the Ghoul, because he knows where Hank is going.  The Ghoul has his own reasons to go after Hank, he wants to find his wife and child who apparently also been put in a cryo-pot. Season two mostly is set in the iconic Mojave desert and in the city New Vegas.

Meanwhile Maximus has climbed the ranks within the Brotherhood. Quintus, leader of his Brotherhood faction, believes it is possible to get various Brotherhood factions together, to start working towards a common goal: a better world, against the Commonwealth. This is more difficult than he thought and Maximus is unsure of Quintus’ motives regarding a better world, Maximus thinks he just wants more power.

Norm, who has been locked up in Vault 31,  decides to wake up all the people there and tries to let them work together so they can escape the Vault, to the surface. Betty is having issues in her Vault, they have a shortage of water but not everybody in the Vault sees this as a huge problem. Stephanie Harper (Annabel O'Hagan) turns out to be an Enclave agent who sets in motion “Phase two”, a plan that may involve using the Forced Evolutionary Virus (FEV) to subdue the wasteland.

Thaddeus, who in the first season also became a Ghoul, (however, the mutations he undergoes, imply this is not the case) works in a factory of sorts with children, both Ghoul and normal kids. He is managing a bottle cap harvesting operation from a Sunset Sarsaparilla factory, overseeing this group of child laborers. However he is forced to leave this place when the factory is attacked by Maximus as well as Paladin Xander Harkness. Harkness attempted to kill Thaddeus and his child employees for being ghouls; Maximus killed the Paladin to save them. In order to prevent a war, because Maximus was forced to kill Harkness, he convinces Thaddeus to come with him back to Area 51, leaving the children to fend for themselves.

While Lucy finds herself at Vault-tec after the Ghoul has double-crossed her, she sees with her own eyes what her father has been doing, she has severe morality issues with that. The Ghoul continues his journey into New Vegas, with the help of Maximus, who no longer feels committed to the Brotherhood. In exchange for a Knight suit and Lucy’s safety, Maximus, who got his hands on cold fusion, gives this to the Ghoul, so he has a bargaining chip for getting his wife and daughter back. With the suit Maximus is able to help the Ghoul getting in House’s Lucky 38 hoping to get the power on again. Maximus is tasked with killing Deathclaws, who make it near impossible to enter Lucky 38. Lucy uses the control chip to force Hank to admit his Enclave ties, after this, he erases his own mind. She is surprised when her father admits that the Vaults where not the real experiment, but the surface was! The cryo-pots of the Ghoul’s wife and daughter are empty, a lead points the Ghoul to Colorado. In the final moments of the episode Lucy and Maximus are reunited when the war is about to erupt when the Legion begins to invade New Vegas, while Quintus, who leads the Brotherhood of Steel, no longer seeks peace, he also wants war.

Final Word:

I had a tough time writing this one, again I almost lost myself in the details. The first season I rewatched within 2 weeks or something, while the first watch of season 2 took about 10 weeks. That is a part of it I think why it was more difficult now. Anyway, I enjoyed the 2^nd season, I don’t think it really surpasses the 1^st  season in terms of viewing pleasure, but it again was a fun ride, only downside I can think of are the very short seasons, why not 13 episodes or something. Season 3 is expected to arrive in 2027, hopefully not at the end of the year but a bit sooner.

I've added the word document with the episode ratings with descriptions and comments for the ones who are interested in this. Just be aware, it is a draft document, sometimes also can be confusing because of grammar errors and some sloppiness.