At this stage, the show may not be redeemable in the eyes of true halo fans, so let's look at it as a sci-fi show, not one about Halo, but just a generic sci-fi show since it seems to not care about taking little to no elements from its apparent source material aside from its name.
This episode is just more dialogue. There are more questions related to the artifact that is seemingly connected to John's past. But none of that gets answered in this episode, making it additional filler.
The addition of a familiar character gives the episode some edge over the other episodes, however, once again, the show has retconned her purpose, abilities, and functionality in order to create something "fresh and new."
This would all be well and good, except for the fact that since this show uses all of these original halo characters, it cannot separate itself from already established lore. If the writers were so dedicated to making an entirely new show, they would have been far better off changing the names of all the characters, changing the name of the show, and marketing it as a mini-soap/space opera rather than Halo. Don't call yourself a show about Halo if you don't plan on respecting most-to-all of the source material.
Much ado about nothing, this episode ends up leaving the audience in a similar, if not more, confused position as the last episode. And at it's absolute worst, I still don't know who this show is for? Halo fans? No. Generic sci-fi fans? Maybe?
The show on its own feels like it is missing some core piece of the story to differentiate itself from other sci-fi tropes. There is a strange space artifact, no one knows what it does and they want to find out, there is another bad faction who wants to get its hands on it (doesn't all that kinda sound like the first Avengers film?), and we get a bit more backstory for a Mowgli type character whose only purpose, at the moment it seems, is to assign a human face to an alien threat (for what reason, I have no clue, when were alien bad guys never enough of an antagonist? Alien, Predator, Thanos, Signs, etc.). Maybe this show will surprise me with what the artifact actually does, just like Bungie did when they revealed Halo's true purpose (iconic), which by the way, would be terrific if they would actually put a Halo ring in this show (they have not, yet). But knowing this writing direction, I'm gonna make a bold guess and say that the artifact will be something boring, like a map to a Halo ring or some other uninspired trope.
There are a lot of moving pieces in the air at the moment. Not sure what the payoffs will be or when they will happen, I just know that if they were settled now, I wouldn't be very impressed because this show is not doing a great job at captivating me.
I'm not gonna completey review bomb this show. I'm trying to maintain some level of reasonability. The reasonability here is that the budget goes a long way for this show. The costumes and set pieces, for the most part, look great. This show would really excel if more action were taking place rather than clichéd and unimaginative dialogue. I do like the way the spartan armor looks. Wish They would wear it more and leave it on.
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