I remember doing a post discussing season 1, and ALL the issues with it. Now that this season is over and we're very likely to get a season 3, wanted to share my thoughts as this is Amazon and Bethesda's main pull right now so much that Bethesda keeps adding free creation mods relating to the show for Fallout 4....while not fixing the ISSUES of Fallout 4...I digress so spoilers from now on just read TLDR at the bottom if you don't want them.

The issue with the first season was these main points:

1. Vault-Tec now the big enemy dropping the bomb and somehow roping in figures like Mr House to be part of the experimental vault design

2. NCR obliterated now shattered remnants and a group little better than raiders that end up getting wiped out by BoS

3. BoS being religious to the point of parody

4. Only one of the main characters was worth watching

5. Over use of mcguffin

So how did season 2 address this? Well for one, the House we saw season 1 was a stand in, a body double for the real Mr house and he is now back in play.

The cold fusion mcguffin it seems has now stopped being used as the plot driver as it was used to bring back Mr House. The focus seems to be the Enclave who will be the big bad and the ones who started the Great War.

The NCR are back in enough numbers and firepower to be relevant, taking over freeside if not the strip. This as Legion remnants quit infighting and move on New Vegas.

The character problem is still an issue, Lucy is STILL as naive as ever, only now getting suitable punishment for it from crucifixion to almost mind controlled, both times rescued by the Ghoul. Maximus is a bit better, having seperated from the Brotherhood and doing his thing following the Ghoul then fighting the deathclaws in NCR power armour.

Cooper got the most backstory again showing how because he got suckered into 'the right thing', he gave the president, the secret leader of the Enclave Cold fusion actually leading to the bombs dropping. Norm is unfortunately under played though he may have single handly ended the experiment in his vault. The BoS were shown to be several chapters that don't all act religious, commonwealth seems the most powerful even though all they sent was a representative to the West coast and now the teaser is that West Coast BoS after some infighting at Area 51 might be building a Liberty Prime...

Now does this satisfy me as a gamer who knows the lore? No as I am tired of the Enclave being used as the 'can't think of anything, er, Enclave is back!' solution. Not to mention how pominent fractions are wiped out as a footnote like The Kings. But it was competent enough to keep the more Normie crowd invested so didn't fall into a Witcher or Rings of Power pit. I also found it interesting there were no girl bosses in this season as Lucy ALWAYS needed saving in the end, the vault overseers were run circles around by a inbred support group and the most passive guy ever and Cooper's wife we thought was the big bad, turns out her divorce and decisions were by Cooper's direction and just playing along to protect their daughter from the still secret at the time Enclave which is interesting.

TLDR: season 2 competent enough to keep normies enganged and not directly piss off gamers.