Halo Episode 8 Review
When it comes to the Halo television show, one thing is perfectly clear. The series has not offered what fans of the video game franchise expected. While members of The Covenant have popped up here and there, the Paramount+ show has largely been devoid of the kind of action people likely expected. The war between the aliens and the humans has largely been a bit of a cold war, with skirmishes here and there. There have been some episodes that have shown just how overmatched the UNSC is when it comes to going up against the big bads of the show a few times, but mostly the first seven episodes have been all about setting up the pieces on the board.
It appears that in «Allegiance» the game has finally really started. Or, at the very least, the pieces have finally all been put on the board for both sides. The penultimate episode seems to be setting the stage for what could absolutely be a pretty crazy finale. It makes some sense that the first season would be laying the groundwork since it's long been known that Halo was renewed for Season 2 even before Season 1 premiered. While there have been times when it felt like the series was just spinning its wheels, the most recent episode seemed to finally be paying off all the standing still that came before it.
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Things are taking a turn in the balance of power between the UNSC and The Covenant right from the beginning, as the humans are largely running and hiding with their artifact. The alien forces are not just sitting back and waiting for them to show their faces. Rather they are going after human settlements and once again showing that they are quite a bit more powerful than what humanity is prepared to deal
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