Halo Episode 3 takes us deeper into the mind of Master Chief, aka John. The visions he had in Episodes 1 and 2 became more vivid as the protagonist kept questioning everything he was going through.
Reth had called Master Chief a different being who was more than he thought—a Blessed One.
In Episode 3, John seems to be pondering this and is puzzled about the montage of scenes he sees every time he touches the keystone. As a result, he decided to remove the pellet, which suppresses his emotions.
After this, when he touches the keystone again, things become more apparent to him.
He realizes that those visions are his memories, and the couple in them are his parents. But the biggest revelation unfolds when he comes to know that there is another keystone.
That keystone is present on the planet he lived on, buried near his house. So what does this mean?
Is the new keystone another piece of the puzzle that leads to the Sacred Ring? Is there more than one Sacred Ring? Is it the Halo Array?
Halo Episode 3 reveals the discovery of another keystone and hints at the Halo Array. In the games, the Halo Array is a megastructure of several Sacred Rings that together can dissipate any and every sentient life within its range.
In the games, millions of years before the current timeline, there were the Forerunners. During their time, a plague called the Flood started spreading across the galaxy. With no other alternative, these higher beings built the Halo Array.
This was a combination of multiple Sacred Rings meant for genocidal purposes. The Array eradicated any and every sentient life within its range, thus bringing an end to the Flood.
In the TV series, the Flood is merely referred to as a plague that has affected numerous planets. Even the planet on which John lived was infected, and to contain the infection, the UNSC had not allowed the people to commute from the planet.
When Master Chief touches the keystone, he has visions and feels a chaotic mixture of emotions. However, he also realizes that his planet has another keystone. He decides to go to the planet and recover it, but Dr. Halsey cautions him.
Dr. Halsey, at this point, seems to be in a grey area where her intentions with her best soldier are unknown. She tells John that he wouldn’t be able to handle the power of the second keystone.
Although this seems to be out of concern for the Spartan, we know that she might not want him to know about his past.
Even her assistant warns her about this outcome, but her curiosity trumps her fears. She decides to go on this mission with Master Chief, ending the episode.
We still don’t know what will happen when the second keystone is found. Would this lead to the forces of the two keystones combining?
Would we see the Halo Array anytime soon, or are the creators going to save it for the end of Season 1? Well, I guess we have to wait and find out.
About Halo
Halo is an American live-action sci-fi television series based on the Halo video game franchise. It is developed by Steven Kane and Kyle Killen for Paramount+.
The series follows a 26th-century war between the United Nations Space Command and the Covenant, a theocratic-military alliance of several advanced alien races determined to eradicate the human race.
The series stars Pablo Schreiber, Natascha McElhone, Charlie Murphy, Jen Taylor, Shabana Azmi, Bokeem Woodbine, Kate Kennedy, Natasha Culzac, Yerin Ha, and Bentley Kalu.
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