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Halo

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Generally favorable reviews based on 28 Critic Reviews

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Mixed or average reviews based on 541 Ratings

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Halo: Reckoning

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Halo

Series Details & Credits

Paramount+ | Release Date: March 24, 2022

Summary: Dr. Catherine Elizabeth Halsey (Natascha McElhone) and Master Chief Petty Officer John-117 (Pablo Schreiber) are introduced in the long-gestating sci-fi series based on the Xbox video game franchise set in 26th-century.

Creator: Steven Kane

Genre(s): Action & Adventure, Fantasy, Science Fiction

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S2:E8. Halo
Air Date: March 25, 2024
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S2:E7. Thermopylae
Air Date: March 18, 2024
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S2:E6. Onyx
Air Date: March 11, 2024

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Metascore

61

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Critic Reviews

80

Decider

Johnny Loftus

Feb 8, 2024

Season 2 Review: Halo feels more streamlined in its second season. While still based on a video game franchise with nearly 25 daunting years of established lore, it’s leaning into the autonomy within himself that John-117 has unlocked, which could very well emerge as Master Chief and his team’s biggest asset against the Covenant and threats closer to home. Read full review

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The Daily Beast Nick Schager

Mar 14, 2022

Season 1 Review: Halo’s adaptation accuracy is mildly undercut by the moderately creaky narrative wheels it’s set in motion. ... [However] with top-notch CGI and a lead performance from Schreiber that lends new depths to his famously one-dimensional hero, Halo appears to have the firepower to become its own uniquely formidable sci-fi titan. Read full review

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Paste Magazine

Kevin Fox, Jr.

Mar 15, 2022

Season 1 Review: Halo’s first two episodes (available for review) are exciting and captivating, though they differ greatly between one another in tone, and there’s no way to tell from watching 22% of the season whether they stick the landing. What I can say is that it is more ambitious in scope than I expected, but in becoming so it veers away from the original games. Read full review

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New York Magazine (Vulture)

Roxana Hadadi

Mar 24, 2022

Season 1 Review: The series’s cinematography, like its narrative priorities, is uneven. ... How Halo is choosing to spend its time, though — that strange artifact, an endless war, and political backstabbing — isn’t yet as compelling as whatever weirdness could be happening in the forgotten corners of this universe. Read full review

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The A.V. Club

William Hughes

Mar 14, 2022

Season 1 Review: Schreiber and Ha have good hero-sidekick chemistry, and there’s an element of dedicated sci-fi weirdness that keeps things from feeling too rote. (Bokeem Woodbine, for instance, is having a lot of fun in a second-episode role as literally the only person John knows who is not a government-altered killing machine.) But the whole thing is brought down by the writing—which never goes for a second-draft line when a first-draft line will do—and by an abiding and pervasive sense of cheapness. Read full review

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Brian Lowry

Mar 23, 2022

Season 1 Review: Yet the main problem with "Halo" is that if you're at all familiar with the movies mentioned above and their ilk, it actually feels like bits and pieces of everything you've ever seen, just wrapped up in shiny new armor. Read full review

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Slant Magazine

John Townsend

Mar 18, 2022

Season 1 Review: They’ve avoided the trap of filling precious screen time with impenetrable jargon and shorthand, but the result is an extensive mythology rife with political machinations that, at least in the first couple of episodes, feels alternately opaque or convoluted. Read full review

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User Reviews

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Edd3000

Mar 24, 2022

Being a different and fresh version of the saga, it is just what I expected, I hope it continues to improve, personally I liked it even though it is different from video games.

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nsnedemi

May 18, 2022

The show is not the games and that's okay. I think the fanboys want what... 95% action with no character development or dialogue? That may work well for the games, but to fill a mini series you need a bit more. This show is world building, and doing a damn fine job at it. TheThe show is not the games and that's okay. I think the fanboys want what... 95% action with no character development or dialogue? That may work well for the games, but to fill a mini series you need a bit more. This show is world building, and doing a damn fine job at it. The relationship with Cortana, and the culmination in episode 8 was amazing. I literally can't wait to see more.… Expand

13 of 26 users found this helpful1313

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Quellyford

Mar 25, 2022

Awesome first episode. Exceeded my expectations. The CGI, especially the aliens, was really well done. You can tell the series has high production value and begins on the right foot. With the amazing Halo universe to support it, I'm looking forward to seeing more!

36 of 72 users found this helpful3636

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Arby91

May 19, 2022

It’s so bad. I kept an open mind and negativity to a minimum until the last 3 episodes. I foolishly thought they might find a way to salvage the ridiculous story they created instead of using even a little bit of the existing lore. I was wrong. They made it worse. I literally laughedIt’s so bad. I kept an open mind and negativity to a minimum until the last 3 episodes. I foolishly thought they might find a way to salvage the ridiculous story they created instead of using even a little bit of the existing lore. I was wrong. They made it worse. I literally laughed out loud when the credits rolled on the last episode. Not because any of it was funny, but to cover the pain of witnessing what they came up with after waiting for a live action movie/show for well over a decade. There really isn’t anything positive to say other than the 3 decent but short action scenes in the 9 episodes. Seriously, the show runners should be embarrassed and ashamed. They had a decent cast, and the most amazing lore to work with, and they gave us trash. Complete trash. Halo will never get another chance at a show or movie because of this. What a waste.… Expand

7 of 15 users found this helpful78

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samichsupernova

Apr 16, 2022

That's not how anything in the Halo universe works, you lunkehad writers. They obviously did not study the lore as they can't get anything right, be it the characters, tech, not even the power source of the Spartan armor... this isn't Master Chief. I'm calling him Mister Chef. Couldn't makeThat's not how anything in the Halo universe works, you lunkehad writers. They obviously did not study the lore as they can't get anything right, be it the characters, tech, not even the power source of the Spartan armor... this isn't Master Chief. I'm calling him Mister Chef. Couldn't make it past episode two. Any more would be torture. Paramount+ has failed the fans and the franchise.… Expand

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Broyax

May 20, 2022

Quel naufrage, quelle infamie… jamais je n’aurais cru qu’ils oseraient faire de Halo, la célèbrissime licence de jeux vidéo, une pantalonnade wokiste complètement à côté de la plaque ! on dirait que ç’a été boulotté par une bande de SJW rageux au taquet, à l’exemple de ce personnage inventéQuel naufrage, quelle infamie… jamais je n’aurais cru qu’ils oseraient faire de Halo, la célèbrissime licence de jeux vidéo, une pantalonnade wokiste complètement à côté de la plaque ! on dirait que ç’a été boulotté par une bande de SJW rageux au taquet, à l’exemple de ce personnage inventé de toutes pièces qui parasite les deux tiers de la série : la petite conne d’ado rageuse en perpétuelle crise de nerfs (Caliméro dans les cordes !).

Mais en vérité, c’est toute l’intrigue, la pseudo-intrigue de cette première saison qui fait n’importe quoi : on va d’ineptie en ineptie et les scénaristes défoncés au crack foulent au pied tout ce qui fait l’intégrité d’Halo, son identité même ! car franchement, à part l’armure et le casque, on se demande où est passé Halo là-dedans… non mais Halo quoi !

Plus on avance au fil de ces 9 épisodes, plus on tombe de haut, de très haut… à part le rôle du Docteur Halsey (bien interprété par McElhone) tout le reste de la distribution est sévèrement à la masse et ne sert qu’un seul impératif : promouvoir la diversité au maximum (les minorités sont ici… majoritaires) et déverser ses idées de propagande woke progressiste à la con… Du coup, la cohérence vole en éclats très rapidement et ça ne fait que s’aggraver : un putain de tissu de conneries ininterrompues !

L’USNC est ici par exemple (sans rien dévoiler…) le mal incarné… le Major réclame justice (lui aussi est un social justice warrior pleurnichard… pas un warrior hélas) et quant à Cortana… mais qu’ont-ils fait de Cortana ?! (c’est un massacre à tout point de vue !).

A chaque épisode, on est de plus en plus énervé et dépité… c’est tout l’univers de Halo qui s’effondre ici devant nous avec ces comédiens laids et grotesques (comédiennes y compris d’ailleurs… ). Les jeux avaient beau avoir l’air ballot de temps à autre avec leurs scénarios plus ou moins téléphonés et simplistes… mais ça tenait la route au moins ! ça restait à la fois énigmatique et étrangement fascinant. Mais là, avec cette série, on a juste de la merde, de la merde et rien d’autre.… Expand

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IISevII

Apr 7, 2022

This is not halo. Plain and simple. They messed up two very important parts for me, Chief's Helmet and the music.

15 of 28 users found this helpful1513

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Seasons & Episodes

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Series Overview
Season 2

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- Season 2 Overview
  Air Date: February 8, 2024
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  S2:E8. Halo
  Air Date: March 25, 2024
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  S2:E7. Thermopylae
  Air Date: March 18, 2024
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  S2:E6. Onyx
  Air Date: March 11, 2024
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  S2:E5. Aleria
  Air Date: March 4, 2024
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  S2:E4. Reach
  Air Date: February 26, 2024
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  S2:E3. Visegrad
  Air Date: February 19, 2024
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  S2:E1. Sanctuary
  Air Date: February 12, 2024
Season 1

61
- Season 1 Overview
  Air Date: March 24, 2022