Halo: Season 1

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Paramount+ | Season Premiere 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 and Kyle Killen

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

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Season 1 Episodes

7.3
S1:E9. Transcendence
Air Date: May 19, 2022
6.4
S1:E8. Allegiance
Air Date: May 12, 2022
6.0
S1:E7. Inheritance
Air Date: May 5, 2022

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The Daily Beast Nick Schager

Mar 14, 2022

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

Kevin Fox, Jr.

Mar 15, 2022

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

Kayla Cobb

Mar 14, 2022

There are good parts to Halo, and scenes and characters that should interest to new and old fans. But at least in its first two episodes, there is also room to grow. Halo has the potential to be the big-budget, hugely-watched space epic it wants to be. It just needs to take a breath and focus on its story — instead of its backstory — to do that. Read full review

Melanie McFarland

Mar 23, 2022

The first couple of episodes represent a decent start that, despite its best efforts, failed to stun me. But it didn't drive me away, either. Without question, one detail the producers got right is casting Pablo Schreiber ("American Gods," "Orange Is the New Black") as Master Chief. The man has range, and that makes the possibility of what he could bring to "Halo" exciting. Read full review

William Hughes

Mar 14, 2022

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

Brian Lowry

Mar 23, 2022

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

John Townsend

Mar 18, 2022

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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Jrosa56

May 7, 2023

Phenomenal show! Really loved the action scenes! I cannot wait for season 2 !

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Espectra

Mar 24, 2022

La mejor adaptación de la historia de halo que e visto, acción e historia dignas de la saga
Estoy impresionado con las actualizaciones y efectos especiales de la serie, simplemente sorprendente

24 of 37 users found this helpful2413

GhostMx

Mar 24, 2022

Fue demasiado cool el episodio sobre todo el final, si no eres muy fan de halo esta serie te gustara a lo mejor

31 of 46 users found this helpful3115

MoosCrew

Mar 24, 2022

Youtube videos have done a better job than this.

You can tell the people who made this series didn't play the original games and would rather tell their own uninteresting take with the IP.

22 of 52 users found this helpful2230

Kurrjur

Apr 7, 2022

It is not possible that anyone involved in this show has read any of the books, or even played the games. If you base a show on a video game it is assumed that it will follow the story of the original material at least a little bit, but this is not the case at all. I don't believe thatIt is not possible that anyone involved in this show has read any of the books, or even played the games. If you base a show on a video game it is assumed that it will follow the story of the original material at least a little bit, but this is not the case at all. I don't believe that anyone who is familiar with the series could enjoy this. The show is also poorly cast, the studio is clearly just telling it's own story, and three episodes in I am not a fan. I knew 20 minutes into the first episode that I was only going to watch this until the paramount + sub runs out, and only to use as an outlet to get some aggression out by yelling at the tv.
It's really pretty though...… Expand

6 of 14 users found this helpful68

StartingAura008

May 7, 2023

An absolute insult to the Halo franchise. This is the worst and most disgusting series ever. It should not exist

0 of 0 users found this helpful00

p4nnus

Mar 24, 2022

Halo "silver timeline" is immediately ruined in the first episode. Master Chief is portrayed in a ridiculous way and he takes his helmet off in the first episode. He shouldve never done that, let alone in the first episode. The recovered artifact is a huge plot device, when you need to useHalo "silver timeline" is immediately ruined in the first episode. Master Chief is portrayed in a ridiculous way and he takes his helmet off in the first episode. He shouldve never done that, let alone in the first episode. The recovered artifact is a huge plot device, when you need to use such in your pilot everyone knows the show is a failure.… Expand

14 of 39 users found this helpful1425

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Seasons & Episodes

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Series Overview
Season 1

61
- Season 1 Overview
  Air Date: March 24, 2022
- 7.3
  S1:E9. Transcendence
  Air Date: May 19, 2022
- 6.4
  S1:E8. Allegiance
  Air Date: May 12, 2022
- 6.0
  S1:E7. Inheritance
  Air Date: May 5, 2022
- 7.0
  S1:E6. Solace
  Air Date: April 28, 2022
- 7.1
  S1:E5. Reckoning
  Air Date: April 21, 2022
- 6.6
  S1:E4. Homecoming
  Air Date: April 14, 2022
- 7.1
  S1:E3. Emergence
  Air Date: April 7, 2022
- 6.9
  S1:E2. Unbound
  Air Date: March 31, 2022
- 6.7
  S1:E1. Contact
  Air Date: March 24, 2022