Master Chief is back, baby! While reactions to season one of Halo, the screen adaptation of the long-running video game franchise were a bit mixed, this new season is a softish reboot, upping the action and intrigue and putting the USNC vs Covenant war front and centre.
How to watch Halo season 2 in New Zealand
Halo season two is streaming in New Zealand right now on Paramount+.
Halo: Season 2
What is Halo season 2 about?
As the official synopsis tells us, “Halo follows an epic 26th-century conflict between humanity and an alien threat known as the Covenant. Halo will weave deeply drawn personal stories with action, adventure and a richly imagined vision of the future.”
But more specifically, this season picks up six months after the events of the season one finale, with our hero, Master Chief John-117, now surgically separated from the AI Cortana, leading the elite Silver Team on desperate missions against the alien Covenant, a coalition of extraterrestrial religious fanatics, who are stepping up their devasting assaults on human-held planets. Yes, the allegory is a bit on the nose, but the explosions are fun.
The cast of Halo season 2
Pablo Schreiber is our Master Chief; Jen Taylor is the AI Cortana, with Christina Bennington now playing the AI’s physical form; Natascha McElhone is Dr. Catherine Elizabeth Halsey, the scientist who created the Spartan-II super-soldier program; Bokeem Woodbine is a Spartan deserter and rebel leader Soren-066; Yerin Ha is scrappy colonist kid Kwan Ha; and Shabana Azmi, Natasha Culzac, Olive Gray, Bentley Kalu, Kate Kennedy, Danny Sapani, and Fiona O’Shaughnessy are also on board. New this season are Joseph Morgan as intelligence operative James Ackerson, the new head of the Spartan super soldier program, and Cristina Rodlo as space marine Talia Perez.
Halo season 2 trailer
Why we’re excited about Halo season 2
While the first season showed a lot of promise, it was a bit wobbly on its feet, dithering when it should have been pushing forward and not quite having a handle on the story it was trying to tell. This season, however, goes in with all guns blazing, and looks like it’ll deliver the epic insterstellar war we’re all waiting for.
