The Profligate

"**The Profligate**"
"The Profligate"
Fallout episode
Episode no.	Season 2; Episode 3
Directed by	Liz Friedlander
Written by	Chaz Hawkins
Cinematography by	John Conroy
Editing by	Micah Gardner
Original air date	December 31, 2025
Running time	55 minutes
Guest appearances
	Johnny Pemberton as Thaddeus; Michael Cristofer as Elder Cleric Quintus; Kumail Nanjiani as Xander Harkness; Macaulay Culkin as Lacerta Legate; Martha Kelly as Representative Welch; Barbara Eve Harris as Rodriguez; Dallas Goldtooth as Charles Whiteknife; Jon Gries as Biff; Sisa Grey as Yosemite Elder; Justin Theroux as Robert House;

"The Profligate" is the third episode of the second season of the American post-apocalyptic drama television series Fallout. It is the eleventh overall episode of the series and was written by Chaz Hawkins, and directed by Liz Friedlander. It was released on Amazon Prime Video on December 31, 2025.

The series depicts the aftermath of an apocalyptic nuclear exchange in an alternate history of Earth where advances in nuclear technology after World War II led to the emergence of a retrofuturistic society and a subsequent resource war. The survivors took refuge in fallout shelters known as Vaults, built to preserve humanity in the event of nuclear annihilation. The episode expands on Caesar's Legion and the NCR in the Mojave while also showing Maximus making decisions on the future of the Brotherhood of Steel.

The episode received highly positive reviews from critics, who praised the performances and ending.