- Alright, last episode was pretty great. We had a couple major deaths.
- RIP Vannak and Captain Jacob Keyes. I have a feeling that this episode is going to be a bit slower, and very somber.
- This episode is called “Aleria”
- Based on the preview, we are going to get back to Kwan.
- So Admiral Margaret Parangosky is part of ONI, which is what Ackerson is part of?
- Ackerson, the cocksucker, left Reach when he knew it was going to be destroyed. Fuck that guy.
- Soren and Riz are still fighting. It would appear that John is very groggy after having been knocked out.
- Halsey sees hope on the horizon. People are coming back.
- Soren and John really have different demeanors.
- WE HAVE A BRUTE WITH A GRAVITY HAMMER!
- That is pretty legit.
- It is only defeated with the aid of a chopper or help vehicle.
- Well I’ll be fucked, is that Soren’s wife who helped out everyone
- Kwan is there weidling a machine gun while everyone is loading.
- It is only defeated with the aid of a chopper or help vehicle.
- That is pretty legit.
- Riz is running after Vannak like an idiot.
- Let’s be real here, Riz has not shot. She is the most wounded of the fighters. She didn’t even want to fight.
- Aw, well there you have it, the heroic, through the fires and the flames.
- OH WAIT. SHE GOT GOT.
- Aw, well there you have it, the heroic, through the fires and the flames.
- Let’s be real here, Riz has not shot. She is the most wounded of the fighters. She didn’t even want to fight.
- Reach is being iced. It’s being destroyed.
- Did we just hear Cortana in John’s head?
- What is going on? How is Margaret talking to Cortana?
- Was that a flashback? Was Admiral Parangosky blackmailing Cortana who was begging to have Master Chief’s life saved?
- I am confused by what just happened.
- Was that a flashback? Was Admiral Parangosky blackmailing Cortana who was begging to have Master Chief’s life saved?
- What is going on? How is Margaret talking to Cortana?
- Now we have Makee trying to deal with a Covenant general who really, really, wants to kill Masterchief.
- There is dissention in the ranks.
- Only one keystone was acquired. Only one artifact.
- This covenant monster is asking Makee what her relationship is to this human.
- Alright, so this was not a flashback to John being almost dead.
- Halsey is there, so is Parangosky.
- Riz needs surgery to live.
- John is having second doubts about the way he trained her.
- Master Chief and Halsey debating about the idea of being human or being a machine?
- Human or a weapon?
- This whole speech is not working well for me at the moment. It just doesn’t seem right.
- There is no other contact with the teams on Reach.
- No idea where Kai is.
- We know Kai is with Ackerson. With Oni.
- Master Chief has been asleep for two days.
- “Reach wasn’t an accident. It was a plan.”
- Rather prescient by Halsey hear. That is fair.
- Makee is here now, talking to Cortana.
- They are on the ship of the arbiter.
- “What are you, to him?” – Makee worried about him.
- Cortana will not show Makee John’s memories.
- Kwan reunited with John.
- Aleria is where Soren, John, Halsey and everyone is going.
- Kessler is there.
- This is bad, should I know who Kessler is?
- OHHHHH, KESSLER IS SOREN’S SON.
- This is bad, should I know who Kessler is?
- Kessler is there.
- Kwan is upset at John for not looking at Vannak’s body.
- In case you have forgotten, Laera is the name of Soren’s wife/partner. I forgot so that is why I am typing it.
- Where did Soren get the money to get the information about Kessler?
- Was it just aboard the ship?
- Soren just stares daggers into this merchant’s souls when he asks if it was truly their kid.
- Kwan says it’s time…and she is holding a shovel.
- “You don’t bury a Spartan. There are no burials or funerals. They have already said goodbye.” – Paraphrasing Master Chief here.
- I am sorry, but Kwan giving the soulful speech was a tough sell.
- They keep on showing this raven/bird flying overhead of where Master Chief is waiting for Riz’s medical procedure to be over.
- Laera telling Soren that he needs to be sad and scared because that is what she is feeling.
- I don’t think that’s fair.
- Also, who knew that Laera was wearing a wig? I didn’t know that.
- Well it turns out that Riz is alive. Halsey did the job.
- Halsey shares the tough news that Riz will have to work even harder if she wants to still be a soldier.
- Kwan just started digging now, when it’s night time?
- It seems like she got started late.
- Master Chief is blaming Margaret Parangosky also Halsey keeps on reiterating the fact that it was about control.
- OH, SO IT WAS KINDA A FLASHBACK.
- Parangosky is the one that took Cortana out of his head.
- OH, SO IT WAS KINDA A FLASHBACK.
- Master Chief is asking why he was chosen. Halsey either doesn’t know, or is deflecting. Maybe a little bit of both.
- Kwan is being attacked by some people while trying to bury Vannack.
- They say you can’t put Vannak in the ground, and he has to be burned. He has to find his way…I guess in the wind.
- “Put him in the sky.” – I interpret this as letting the winds take him.
- They say you can’t put Vannak in the ground, and he has to be burned. He has to find his way…I guess in the wind.
- Have Soren and Laera found their son Kessler.
- These female guardians have apparently taken Kessler and they do not want to give him back.
- There is this shot of Soren going into the home that looks like it is straight out of Misery.
- Soren is trying to negotiate with these two women.
- He is for once, not in a position of power.
- Laera is running after what he thinks is Kessler. Do we think that’s actually Kesller? I don’t think so.
- Nope, it’s not Kessler. It is some other kid wearing Kessler’s helmet.
- This kid is delivering bad news, that Kessler was taken away.
- Nope, it’s not Kessler. It is some other kid wearing Kessler’s helmet.
- Halsey is speaking at this funeral.
- First mentioned of Admiral Keyes in the episode.
- Riz has come outside of the medical tent to pay homage.
- Master Chief is now speaking…and it’s far more somber.
- He takes his hood off. Oh n, he means business.
- Master Chief saying he will be Vannak’s weapon is kinda cool.
- You see Halsey’s smirk there? She knows what that means.
- Halsey didn’t choose Master Chief.
- Hasley says that she found him.
- Whatever left the artifacts behind, left it in Master Chief.
- Halsey is trying to tell John that he can take them to the Halo which is the key to their survival.
- John says that he is already dead, so what’s suicide mission to him?
- This random old woman is telling Kwan to join them.
- And this old woman is not there in the wide shot. It’s a figment of imagination.
- How does this old woman know about Kwan Has, and her being the last of the Has.
- What the fuck is the purpose of Kwan?
- Oh, the world “protector” meant something. I vaguely remember that.
- Oh, and now all the hooded people are back. Riz sees Kwan.
- This episode has delved into the supernatural.
- We are returning to High Charity. The home of the Covenant.
- The Hierarchs demand it.
- What the fuck is this euphoric scene that has just been transposed on the wall?
- Makee was about to get decked.
- Ah, this would be Halo, it would appear.
- This general creature is now all about it.
- He will follow Makee now to the end….for better or for worse.
- I don’t have a connection to this general guy. Who is he?
- And it would appear that Cortana saved the day on that one. She deserves all the credit.
- This is a long episode. I am feeling this one. First time in a while.
- Laera is asking about gloves and barbed wire.
- It would appear that Laera is about to get medieval…
- She is talking about the scent of her child. She recognized it.
- This man talked.
- The UNSC took Kessler. All roads lead back to them.
- It would appear that Laera is about to get medieval…
- Riz is going to stay on the planet.
- She is accepting a different lifestyle.
- She is no longer taking orders.
- She stands up with the cane and can’t move.
- She is no longer taking orders.
- Master Chief doesn’t want her to go because she’s all he has left.
- She knows it, but she knows she has to stay.
- She is accepting a different lifestyle.
- Ah, fucking Kai.
- She has her armor.
- She is on Onyx.
- And there is the smile to Ackerson. That fucker.
- Kai is assuming the new Master Chief role.
- Leader of an army.
- I was so right in saying this was going to be a bit of a somber, filler episode.
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