The review containsspoilersfor Halo season 2, episode 7.
Thats not a compliment.
Makee and Johns episode-opening conversation on a heavily green-screened Halo planet is the first in the firing line.
To achieve her goals, Ackerson complicit, but never truly in control becomes the fall guy.
So far, so very promising.
Soren gets to partially tie up his loose plot thread, too.
File this one, frustratingly, under unresolved.
Maybe next week we’ll get some answers?
Despite its faults, Thermopylae ends strongly.
Just for a moment, all of Halos issues melt away.
Everything is reduced to its simplest, basest form: the hero fighting against evil.
In this case, its a gaming icon weve been wanting to see do his thing for some time.
Halo always works best when its a little more streamlined.
Its been that way for over 20 years.
Its a mystery why its taken so long for Halo to figure out thats the best way forward here.
Halo season 2 is streaming on Paramount Plus, with new episodes available weekly.
For what else is on the way, check out all of theupcoming video game adaptationsto look forward to.
