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Fallout – Season 2, Episode 7 The Handoff

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Fallout – Season 2, Episode 7

The Handoff

Aired Jan 28, 2026

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You always end up back where you started.

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William Hughes

AV Club

Jan 28

B+

Those simple cross-cuts imbue Fallout with an energy and weight that it frequently lacks, reinforcing that we’re watching one story instead of six.

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Jack King

New York Magazine/Vulture

Jan 28

4/5

Well, this was a classic penultimate episode of television: a lot of setup, new twists placed on a simmer, and a little self-contained action to make the whole enterprise worthwhile.

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Matt Purslow

IGN Movies

Jan 30

7/10

All this feels more satisfying than the previous chapter thanks to answered questions and the partial pulling back of curtains, but we’re definitely still in Fallout Season 2’s lull before the storm.

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Chris Gallardo

Tell-Tale TV

Jan 29

3.25/5

Episode 7 is a mixed bag that pushes Steph to the forefront all while trying to get the main storylines to their peak as quickly as possible.

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Alexandria Ingham

TV Fanatic

Jan 28

4.5/5

Fallout Season 2 Episode 7 finally dished on Steph’s backstory and revealed what powers the brain-computer interface, but has it really closed out the story? Of course not!

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Ross Bonaime

Collider

Jan 28

7/10

"The Handoff" not only raises some great questions before the end of Season 2, but fleshes out the show's characters (especially Stephanie) in important and key ways.

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Synopsis

You always end up back where you started.

Executive Producer: Geneva Robertson-Dworet, Graham Wagner, Jonathan Nolan, Lisa Joy, Athena Wickham, Todd Howard, James Altman
Screenwriter: Geneva Robertson-Dworet, Graham Wagner
Network: Prime Video
Rating: TV-MA
Genre: Drama, Sci-Fi, Action, Adventure
Original Language: English
Release Date: Jan 28, 2026