"Quinn, that last Brute Chieftain had a data core on person, I'm uploading the information now to your HUD."
The Spartan IV reflexively holstered her weapon, and squatted to shrink her profile. As the information poured in from of her skin, a she smiled, "Thanks Aurora, this is what I needed."
"No problem Quinn."
Episode 6 "Solace" of season one, let's talk about the aftermath of the battle on Eridanis.
John-117:
A multitude of memories are assaulting John in our cold open. He's obviously under supervision for what he did and also for his obvious growing instability. We snap into reality as Kai is in extreme pain from her ordeal and he is confronted by Captain Keyes who thanks him. Makee is definitely of interest to Chief who I hope will have a strong sense of suspicion for the woman.
Makee is sus as fuck.
I'm still blaming Adun for this fuck, if he hadn't just gone and messed around with crap instead of being less pushy it wouldn't have alerted the Covenant. And he almost kills Halsey, he should have killed her. Good to see that Chief is as smart as he is supposed to be. Chief confronts Halsey again after almost killing her in the lab, and the woman comes clean. I mean, she's trying to rationalize her bullshit.
And Miranda has seen it all. Not bad at directing all that wonderful deflecting his questions. He gets some air, obviously having severe flashbacks and he pushes Cortana to make a choice. This is definitely a John centric episode as he finally relents and diagnoses his problems. His deterioration is continuing and he's playing right into Makee's hands.
Miranda:
Finally getting treated somewhat okay, she talks to her mom about it. Dammit, Keyes see through her bullshit. She's finally gotten her recognition and now she's being used by her mother once again. This woman is brilliant and yet people continue to misalign and mistreat her. We can see that Miranda is trying to work with Chief, but his sheer force of will plus Miranda's growing sympathy lead them to a massive discovery.
Kai:
Our girl has been having an endless line of shit in this ongoing saga, and finally that we have Miranda now in command I hope things will change. In the scene where her teammates observe the weapon upgrades, you can see she's feeling further shock at the kidnapping revelation.
Halsey:
After almost dying, admitting her monstrous nature we finally see a little bit of punishment. She loses the entire Spartan Program, and her daughter now takes over. She still deserves death IMO.
Makee:
Welp, a straight face on this girl continues to show how dead-faced she really is. Yup, she's an okay actor, but John seems to be pretty honest in his distrust. She decides to play the "I'm a blessed one" card, and yup the Hirajo word gets him. Dammit, Chief! Don't fall for this! Welp, he does, dammit, she's an okay manipulator.
Captain Keyes:
The leading committee that oversees Section Three and the Spartans really shows how desperate the UNSC is. Putting the Spartan IIs under separate command was, honestly, an interesting decision it makes sense. Bota's comment about how the "Mission Matters more" shows the man is not to be trusted by boots on the ground. He's obviously starting to lose his desire to remain the silent partner in his complicity in the abuse of the Spartan IIs.
Conclusion:
Wow, this episode finally upped the anty on what we've been waiting for for a very long time. It's good that they have finally decided to move forward toward Halo, but I dislike the idea that only these "Special Ones" hold the right of the Reclaimer. So after today's episode I've decided I'll be returning to the style of reaction I've been doing with the Book of Boba and Wheel of Time. Individual PoV reacts are fun, but they are pretty time consuming.
Hottakes:
Halsey dying early would suck, but dammit I hate that woman. Especially, for once again using her own daughter. She's like a Tau ethereal mixed with a member of the Adeptus Mechanicus.
Miranda seeing all her new toys and committing illegal actions right away was, wow. Good tone to set IMO, she has a strong relationship with Chief in her stories so its good to see it here.
Cortana needs to break away from Halsey, hopefully she does it soon.
