After what I thought was a pretty poor first season, Halo returned with a bang in season two. It was a much better season than its predecessor, and I thought The season finale “Halo” mostly hit the mark.

Let’s just get to it: The Flood. This was all well done and absolutely terrifying. Poor Laera. Poor Halsey. The way they transferred hosts and took over… Everyone. So quickly. That was wild to watch. It was very creepy at times. It was very well done.

I am glad that Soren was able to get his son Kessler, but I am very sad that Laera has to die (right?). I’m interested to see how they weave him back into the main storyline moving forward considering everything that transpired in this finale.

When Kai and a few of the three Spartan-III’s were facing down too many Covenant troops, the tide turned. The various Covenant soldiers started getting mowed down. Someone (Perez?) asked out loud:

“What the hell is that?”

“That’s the Chief.”

Here comes Chief just destroying. He saves everyone still alive, and then heads off toward the Halo. It’s just a fantastic scene.

The fight on the ring between Chief and Var ‘Gatanai was such an improvement on everything in season one. It was evident in the first episode of the season that they made a concerted effort to go to hand-cams in the fight scenes, and I think it really paid off. Everything felt more real and more physical. Great stuff.

Overall, I really enjoyed this second season of Halo. Whenever season three comes out, I’ll definitely be checking it out.