And even Admiral Parangosky deserves her share of blame for throwing fuel on an already dangerous fire. Halsey is certainly responsible for escalating the conflict. But he's not the only one about to have blood on his hands. Master Chief himself certainly deserves some of the blame, as he insists on trusting Makee against all rational evidence. What's interesting is how the penultimate chapter reveals several key characters to be personally culpable in the tragedy to come. As suspected, the show seems to be setting up a version of Halo: Reach/The Fall of Reach as the endpoint of Season 1. What has humanity ever done but dehumanize and exploit her? By the end, it's tough to even blame Makee when she chooses duty over love and activates the artifact.įans of the games can guess where things are headed in the season finale. This episode does a fantastic job of hammering home all the reasons Makee has to distrust her own people. She's no longer an overtly antagonistic figure, but rather one who's deeply torn between her loyalty to the Covenant and her newfound love for the kindred spirit that is John-117. This episode actually does a surprisingly good job of chronicling the complete rise and fall of that short-lived romance without the collapse feeling rushed or forced.Įpisode 8 also succeeds in fleshing out Makee as a character and lending more emotional weight to her mission as a deep-cover Covenant spy. The two characters shared what amounts to a religious experience, and now they're dealing with all the hormonal aftereffects. But it's a development that works in the context of Episode 6's dramatic ending. It's a sudden swerve for both characters, not to mention that Halo fans aren't really accustomed to seeing Chief show affection for anyone apart from his platonic love for Cortana. On paper, there's a lot that could have gone wrong with Episode 8's premise and the sudden romantic entanglement between Master Chief and Makee.
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