So much action in this episode, it was bloody fantastic. So this is what the last 3 episodes of dragged out boring talking has been building up to. This episode was a much welcomed improvement and the best episode of the show so far. I liked so much, the action is outstanding, the dialogue is much improved and I actually started to feel like the Covenant is a very dangerous force to be reckoned with.
Now some people probably have been complaining that the Spartans do not have their armour in this episode, but it just shows that they don't need armour anyways to be tough. Especially Master Chief, he has a couple to hand to hand fights with Elites in this episode and he still kicks butt without his armour. Admiral Jacob Keyes was also fantastic in this episode, his speech was a delight.
So far in series 2 I've been thinking, and this allies to any project which is based off of a book or video game. Is that if you're not going to stick to the source material provided to you and just use the characters and overall story detail at least still tell a good story which people will still enjoy to watch. Now many people might watch this and never even played the game or read any books surrounding Halo but at least the story is still in some ways interesting. There are some parts in this show I enjoy, but a lot of bits which I just think are boring. Controversial opinion, but I've started to not care about John also having on the Master Chief costume, its shows us who the character of John is and not just Master Chief, and I also think Pablo Schreiber is an excellent actor and is a pretty good protagonist and the right choice for Master Chief.