1 00:00:00,839 --> 00:00:04,409 [narrator] Previously, on Halo. 2 00:00:04,476 --> 00:00:06,778 [Parangosky] We've been fighting these alien creatures for years, 3 00:00:06,845 --> 00:00:09,013 and we still have no idea what they want. 4 00:00:09,080 --> 00:00:11,116 [Professor] Spartans aren't human. 5 00:00:11,182 --> 00:00:13,651 They're faster, stronger, smarter. 6 00:00:13,718 --> 00:00:16,388 They just keep on killing. 7 00:00:18,556 --> 00:00:20,325 No! 8 00:00:20,392 --> 00:00:22,160 [John] Commencing search of the area for enemy landing site. 9 00:00:22,227 --> 00:00:24,195 Covenant forces appear to be excavating 10 00:00:24,262 --> 00:00:26,398 for some kind of object. 11 00:00:26,464 --> 00:00:28,199 [Makee, in alien language] 12 00:00:35,240 --> 00:00:36,374 Retrieving now. 13 00:00:36,441 --> 00:00:37,809 [Mercy, in alien language] 14 00:00:42,180 --> 00:00:44,749 [John] I saw things when I touched the object. 15 00:00:44,816 --> 00:00:46,384 -A family. -The security committee's 16 00:00:46,451 --> 00:00:48,720 looking for an excuse to cut your funding. 17 00:00:48,787 --> 00:00:52,090 No cloning, no Cortana. Is that clear? 18 00:00:52,157 --> 00:00:55,260 [Miranda] You didn't order an Article 72. 19 00:00:55,326 --> 00:00:57,328 We're murdering a teenage girl. 20 00:00:57,395 --> 00:00:59,764 [John] You're gonna need to listen to me. 21 00:00:59,831 --> 00:01:01,166 Why should I trust you? 22 00:01:02,400 --> 00:01:03,668 [John] You want me dead... 23 00:01:03,735 --> 00:01:05,603 you'll need to aim up here. 24 00:01:05,670 --> 00:01:07,572 -What are you doing? -[John] I'm trying to help you. 25 00:01:07,639 --> 00:01:08,840 If this ship lands, 26 00:01:08,907 --> 00:01:10,775 they will remove you and execute you. 27 00:01:10,842 --> 00:01:12,343 [Parangosky] Put out the alarm. 28 00:01:12,410 --> 00:01:13,344 Scramble everyone to landing bay. 29 00:01:13,411 --> 00:01:15,680 Full squadron protocol. 30 00:01:15,747 --> 00:01:18,183 Protect Master Chief from anyone 31 00:01:18,249 --> 00:01:20,285 who actively threatens his life. 32 00:01:20,351 --> 00:01:22,654 [Keyes] Knock it down! 33 00:01:22,720 --> 00:01:24,522 [Kwan] You just decided to help me? 34 00:01:24,589 --> 00:01:27,425 Why would a Spartan do that? 35 00:01:27,492 --> 00:01:29,194 I don't know. 36 00:01:34,866 --> 00:01:36,434 Strap in. 37 00:02:42,834 --> 00:02:44,636 [indistinct shouting] 38 00:02:48,740 --> 00:02:50,542 [aircraft flying overhead] 39 00:02:57,849 --> 00:02:58,816 [dogs barking] 40 00:02:58,883 --> 00:03:01,686 [vehicle engines chugging] 41 00:03:06,024 --> 00:03:07,358 Soren. 42 00:03:08,426 --> 00:03:09,561 Soren! 43 00:03:09,627 --> 00:03:11,296 John. 44 00:03:11,362 --> 00:03:12,697 Where's your armor, man? 45 00:03:14,966 --> 00:03:16,334 Where's your ditch bag? 46 00:03:19,704 --> 00:03:20,872 I'm not going. 47 00:03:20,939 --> 00:03:22,540 What are you talking about? 48 00:03:25,843 --> 00:03:27,712 I can't let you go. 49 00:03:30,281 --> 00:03:31,583 What changed your mind? 50 00:03:32,650 --> 00:03:34,218 Every Spartan has the duty 51 00:03:34,285 --> 00:03:34,919 to prevent actions that will harm the program. 52 00:03:34,986 --> 00:03:36,688 John, stop! Stop! 53 00:03:36,754 --> 00:03:39,290 If you fail to comply with my orders, I will be-- 54 00:03:39,357 --> 00:03:41,259 I will be compelled to use all necessary means, 55 00:03:41,326 --> 00:03:43,227 including lethal force to blah-biddy blah. 56 00:03:43,294 --> 00:03:46,564 That ain't training, man. That's programming. 57 00:03:48,333 --> 00:03:49,467 I mean it, Soren. 58 00:03:50,735 --> 00:03:51,936 Man. 59 00:03:54,606 --> 00:03:57,842 Didn't all those dreams we had mean anything? 60 00:04:00,845 --> 00:04:02,380 I don't have dreams. 61 00:04:02,447 --> 00:04:03,848 That's what I'm here for. 62 00:04:03,915 --> 00:04:06,384 I'll do the dreaming for the both of us. 63 00:04:07,485 --> 00:04:08,820 Look... 64 00:04:08,886 --> 00:04:10,655 We'll be on the Rubble by morning. 65 00:04:10,722 --> 00:04:12,457 Have a good breakfast. 66 00:04:12,523 --> 00:04:13,891 No one will find us there. 67 00:04:13,958 --> 00:04:15,293 John, it's a fresh start. 68 00:04:22,667 --> 00:04:24,469 This place... 69 00:04:24,535 --> 00:04:26,337 This place cost me my arm. 70 00:04:27,639 --> 00:04:28,973 And what's good about that 71 00:04:29,040 --> 00:04:32,310 is you can see what Halsey did. 72 00:04:32,377 --> 00:04:34,345 But what she's taking from you, John... 73 00:04:37,949 --> 00:04:39,951 I'm not even sure you'll realize when it's gone. 74 00:04:42,387 --> 00:04:43,755 [scoffs] 75 00:04:45,456 --> 00:04:46,591 Don't. 76 00:04:50,595 --> 00:04:51,996 If I want it to be anyone, John... 77 00:04:53,898 --> 00:04:55,566 I want it to be you. 78 00:04:57,101 --> 00:04:58,436 Either way... 79 00:05:02,407 --> 00:05:04,008 I'm a free man. 80 00:05:15,453 --> 00:05:16,788 It appears that the firearm 81 00:05:16,854 --> 00:05:18,356 available to me at this moment is jammed. 82 00:05:20,391 --> 00:05:21,926 Come with me. 83 00:05:23,961 --> 00:05:26,097 You've got five minutes, 84 00:05:26,164 --> 00:05:29,000 and then I'm waking up the entire camp. 85 00:05:31,169 --> 00:05:32,603 -Make it ten? -Five! 86 00:05:57,829 --> 00:05:59,063 Whoa. 87 00:06:08,573 --> 00:06:10,041 [Kwan] How fast are we going? 88 00:06:11,576 --> 00:06:13,444 [John] It's not about the speed. 89 00:06:13,511 --> 00:06:16,748 We're taking a more direct path through space. 90 00:06:16,814 --> 00:06:18,382 [Kwan] What? 91 00:06:18,449 --> 00:06:20,718 If you think of space like a ball of yarn 92 00:06:20,785 --> 00:06:22,653 with multiple threads to the same destination-- 93 00:06:22,720 --> 00:06:24,122 You're ruining it. 94 00:06:28,893 --> 00:06:33,798 That thing you took from Madrigal, what is it? 95 00:06:34,665 --> 00:06:36,000 Don't know. 96 00:06:37,969 --> 00:06:39,637 How'd you make it start the ship? 97 00:06:41,005 --> 00:06:42,440 Don't know. 98 00:06:42,507 --> 00:06:43,808 "Don't know." 99 00:06:45,510 --> 00:06:46,911 Okay. 100 00:06:50,615 --> 00:06:52,850 Why are you doing this? 101 00:06:52,917 --> 00:06:56,988 Why didn't you just take me in, let them kill me? 102 00:07:02,593 --> 00:07:04,695 Would you let a kid be executed? 103 00:07:04,762 --> 00:07:06,197 [scoffs] No. 104 00:07:07,732 --> 00:07:09,534 Why not? 105 00:07:09,600 --> 00:07:10,935 Because it's wrong. 106 00:07:15,540 --> 00:07:17,441 That's what I was thinking. 107 00:07:22,647 --> 00:07:23,815 Thank you. 108 00:07:28,252 --> 00:07:29,587 You're welcome. 109 00:08:43,594 --> 00:08:45,129 [jet engines roaring] 110 00:08:47,632 --> 00:08:49,133 [Halsey] Yes, Silver Team is gearing up 111 00:08:49,200 --> 00:08:51,535 to bring in Master Chief peacefully. 112 00:08:51,602 --> 00:08:53,871 [Hood] Let's talk about how One-One-Seven escaped. 113 00:08:53,938 --> 00:08:55,740 [Halsey] I think it has something to do 114 00:08:55,806 --> 00:08:58,776 with the object that he was bringing back from Madrigal. 115 00:08:58,843 --> 00:09:02,813 It's capable of creating enormous energy fields. 116 00:09:02,880 --> 00:09:04,282 [Hood] What is it exactly? 117 00:09:04,348 --> 00:09:06,250 I don't know. 118 00:09:06,317 --> 00:09:08,286 I think that's the first I've ever heard 119 00:09:08,352 --> 00:09:12,056 the brilliant Catherine Halsey utter the words "I don't know." 120 00:09:12,123 --> 00:09:14,625 What I do know is that the Covenant sent two ships 121 00:09:14,692 --> 00:09:16,928 and 20 Elite warriors to try and retrieve it. 122 00:09:16,994 --> 00:09:18,963 Well, then we want it too. 123 00:09:19,030 --> 00:09:20,231 Exactly. 124 00:09:20,298 --> 00:09:21,599 And when we find the Master Chief... 125 00:09:23,267 --> 00:09:24,902 what does one do with a superhuman 126 00:09:24,969 --> 00:09:26,837 you're not sure you can trust? 127 00:09:26,904 --> 00:09:28,839 I am sure I can trust him. 128 00:09:30,341 --> 00:09:32,076 But to assuage any doubt, 129 00:09:32,143 --> 00:09:34,979 Admiral Parangosky and I have devised 130 00:09:35,046 --> 00:09:37,915 an insurance plan for the future. 131 00:09:37,982 --> 00:09:39,984 Do you know how I rose to this position? 132 00:09:41,385 --> 00:09:44,822 By keeping my mind clear of unnecessary concerns. 133 00:09:45,890 --> 00:09:47,325 So if you have a plan, 134 00:09:47,391 --> 00:09:49,160 the committee should hear it. 135 00:09:51,295 --> 00:09:52,630 Just keep it light. 136 00:09:54,799 --> 00:09:56,934 [jets flying overhead] 137 00:09:57,001 --> 00:09:59,070 [Vannak] Still no contact, 138 00:09:59,136 --> 00:10:01,839 and his beacon is turned off. 139 00:10:01,906 --> 00:10:03,641 He's gonna come back. 140 00:10:03,708 --> 00:10:04,875 He wouldn't just leave us. 141 00:10:04,942 --> 00:10:07,044 Chief's always got a plan. 142 00:10:07,111 --> 00:10:08,846 [Riz] Kai, Vannak, 143 00:10:08,913 --> 00:10:10,815 slipspace vector tracking on the Condor just came in. 144 00:10:10,881 --> 00:10:13,751 We won't have his exact location, but we'll be close. 145 00:10:15,853 --> 00:10:17,388 [Kai] Vannak. 146 00:10:17,455 --> 00:10:19,957 If he's got a plan, why are we going after him? 147 00:10:20,024 --> 00:10:22,927 Halsey's orders. We'll find out when we need to. 148 00:10:43,481 --> 00:10:45,683 [alarm tweeting] 149 00:10:45,750 --> 00:10:47,718 -What's that sound? -Proximity alarm. 150 00:10:54,392 --> 00:10:56,894 We exited slipspace into an asteroid field. 151 00:10:56,961 --> 00:10:57,795 [Kwan] Oh, my God! 152 00:10:59,463 --> 00:11:01,899 -We're gonna die! -Everything dies. 153 00:11:01,966 --> 00:11:03,300 Sit down and buckle up. 154 00:11:03,367 --> 00:11:05,236 Tell me you have a plan. 155 00:11:06,804 --> 00:11:08,339 Sit down. 156 00:11:08,406 --> 00:11:09,807 Buckle up. 157 00:11:09,874 --> 00:11:11,842 [panting] 158 00:11:17,448 --> 00:11:19,383 [groaning] 159 00:11:19,450 --> 00:11:20,918 No, no, no! 160 00:11:20,985 --> 00:11:22,386 [alarm beeps rapidly] 161 00:11:24,855 --> 00:11:26,190 [loud rumble] 162 00:11:26,257 --> 00:11:28,125 [breathing heavily] 163 00:12:29,453 --> 00:12:31,288 -[panel beeps] -[door hinges creak] 164 00:12:34,358 --> 00:12:36,393 [indistinct chatter] 165 00:12:38,963 --> 00:12:40,431 -[Trokan] Squirrel. -[Squirrel] What is it? 166 00:12:41,499 --> 00:12:43,067 [speaking Hungarian] 167 00:12:44,168 --> 00:12:45,769 Get the boss. 168 00:12:45,836 --> 00:12:47,838 -[guns cock] -Oi! 169 00:12:47,905 --> 00:12:49,507 [indistinct chatter] 170 00:13:02,052 --> 00:13:02,987 Spartan. 171 00:13:11,896 --> 00:13:13,998 This is your plan? 172 00:13:15,633 --> 00:13:17,067 We're fine. 173 00:13:18,235 --> 00:13:19,170 Willy! 174 00:13:32,483 --> 00:13:35,052 [men laughing] 175 00:13:37,521 --> 00:13:39,023 [grunts] 176 00:13:40,224 --> 00:13:41,892 [laughs] 177 00:13:43,360 --> 00:13:45,596 [loud scraping] 178 00:13:57,975 --> 00:14:00,945 Ladies and gentlemen, put your weapons down. 179 00:14:02,146 --> 00:14:04,114 If John here wanted you dead, 180 00:14:04,181 --> 00:14:05,316 you'd be dead. 181 00:14:07,651 --> 00:14:10,054 Nice of you to drop by. 182 00:14:15,092 --> 00:14:16,894 Hello, Soren. 183 00:14:16,961 --> 00:14:18,195 Look at you. 184 00:14:23,534 --> 00:14:25,636 Welcome to the Rubble. 185 00:14:25,703 --> 00:14:28,005 Let me show you what you missed out on. 186 00:14:31,075 --> 00:14:32,643 Soren, this is Kwan Ha. 187 00:14:32,710 --> 00:14:34,211 I'm looking for a place for her. 188 00:14:34,278 --> 00:14:35,212 You're the one that they 189 00:14:35,279 --> 00:14:36,580 just issued a bounty for. 190 00:14:36,647 --> 00:14:38,482 UNSC is offering a bounty? 191 00:14:38,549 --> 00:14:40,651 -[man] Back to work! -[Soren] UNSC? No. 192 00:14:40,718 --> 00:14:43,087 Well, who's the new top cat on Madrigal? 193 00:14:43,153 --> 00:14:45,356 -Vinsher. -Vinsher? 194 00:14:45,422 --> 00:14:47,524 He's a traitor to the resistance. 195 00:14:47,591 --> 00:14:51,495 Apparently, uh, the UNSC's preferred replacement 196 00:14:51,562 --> 00:14:54,198 didn't just take your father's office, 197 00:14:54,265 --> 00:14:55,499 he's cleaning house. 198 00:14:55,566 --> 00:14:58,068 Offering cash for your head, literally. 199 00:14:58,135 --> 00:14:59,603 Should I have not said it like that? 200 00:15:02,106 --> 00:15:04,275 Wait, you thought that it was the UNSC 201 00:15:04,341 --> 00:15:06,243 that was offering a bounty, so-- 202 00:15:06,310 --> 00:15:07,511 So they also want me dead. 203 00:15:10,014 --> 00:15:11,448 Damn. 204 00:15:11,515 --> 00:15:13,450 You're making friends all over. 205 00:15:13,517 --> 00:15:15,152 [indistinct chatter] 206 00:15:17,421 --> 00:15:18,589 [horn beeps] 207 00:15:23,994 --> 00:15:25,329 Here it is. 208 00:15:25,396 --> 00:15:28,532 Home to every misfit, reprobate, outlaw, 209 00:15:28,599 --> 00:15:30,100 and renegade in the galaxy. 210 00:15:30,167 --> 00:15:31,535 -No law. -Ah! 211 00:15:31,602 --> 00:15:35,205 No police. No government. No responsibility. 212 00:15:35,272 --> 00:15:38,042 It's everything we always talked about, man. 213 00:15:38,108 --> 00:15:41,145 Absolute freedom, just like I always promised. 214 00:15:42,413 --> 00:15:44,248 -[rumbling] -[electricity crackles] 215 00:15:57,528 --> 00:15:58,996 Mind the gap. 216 00:16:08,138 --> 00:16:09,707 [cable car rumbling] 217 00:16:26,223 --> 00:16:28,125 Got a whole rock to myself. 218 00:16:30,561 --> 00:16:33,030 Go where I want to go, do what I want to do. 219 00:16:35,165 --> 00:16:37,067 I'm happy for you. 220 00:16:37,134 --> 00:16:38,369 Well, I can see that. 221 00:16:43,374 --> 00:16:44,508 [grunts] 222 00:17:35,559 --> 00:17:37,561 So many secrets. 223 00:18:03,387 --> 00:18:04,555 Daddy! Daddy! 224 00:18:04,621 --> 00:18:06,623 -Hey! -[giggles] 225 00:18:06,690 --> 00:18:08,358 This little guy's name is Kessler. 226 00:18:08,425 --> 00:18:09,726 [chuckles] 227 00:18:09,793 --> 00:18:11,195 You have a child? 228 00:18:11,261 --> 00:18:12,629 [Kessler] Did you bring me anything? 229 00:18:12,696 --> 00:18:14,698 I'm a pirate. That's what we do. 230 00:18:14,765 --> 00:18:16,700 -But not till after dinner. -Aw. 231 00:18:16,767 --> 00:18:18,235 Go get your mom. We got company. 232 00:18:20,237 --> 00:18:21,638 You can leave your gear here. 233 00:18:21,705 --> 00:18:23,807 I just redid the floors. 234 00:18:23,874 --> 00:18:25,375 Ah. 235 00:18:25,442 --> 00:18:27,110 [chuckles] My wife, Laera. 236 00:18:27,177 --> 00:18:29,513 My galactic princess. 237 00:18:29,580 --> 00:18:31,582 It's kind of you to have us. 238 00:18:32,816 --> 00:18:34,418 John. 239 00:18:36,787 --> 00:18:38,522 Soren speaks of you so often. 240 00:18:38,589 --> 00:18:40,824 [Soren] Not that often, my dear. 241 00:18:40,891 --> 00:18:42,726 Not that often. 242 00:19:00,577 --> 00:19:02,579 [Makee, speaking alien language] 243 00:19:24,535 --> 00:19:25,836 [snarls] 244 00:20:54,925 --> 00:20:56,827 [Keyes] Governor Vinsher has control 245 00:20:56,893 --> 00:20:59,029 of the situation on Madrigal, 246 00:20:59,096 --> 00:21:01,465 but perhaps with somewhat more of an iron fist 247 00:21:01,531 --> 00:21:03,734 than we anticipated when we put him in charge. 248 00:21:03,800 --> 00:21:06,903 Vinsher's crude, but he's a reliable business partner. 249 00:21:06,970 --> 00:21:08,872 The deuterium will soon be flowing, 250 00:21:08,939 --> 00:21:11,441 and the relative calm has had a positive effect 251 00:21:11,508 --> 00:21:13,276 on fuel prices across the galaxy. 252 00:21:13,343 --> 00:21:15,545 The other colonies have taken notice. 253 00:21:15,612 --> 00:21:17,681 Well done, Keyes. 254 00:21:17,748 --> 00:21:19,583 For once, some positive news. 255 00:21:19,650 --> 00:21:23,487 Captain Keyes, is there any word on the Master Chief? 256 00:21:23,553 --> 00:21:25,756 The search for him continues. 257 00:21:25,822 --> 00:21:28,025 I have no doubt we'll find him, and when we do, 258 00:21:28,091 --> 00:21:29,826 I can assure you, 259 00:21:29,893 --> 00:21:32,462 his punishment will be commensurate with his crimes. 260 00:21:32,529 --> 00:21:34,965 [Hood] Is that wise? 261 00:21:35,032 --> 00:21:37,968 Master Chief is not only a valuable battle asset, 262 00:21:38,035 --> 00:21:39,903 he's a symbol for the whole war effort. 263 00:21:39,970 --> 00:21:42,539 Punishment not only puts him out of commission, 264 00:21:42,606 --> 00:21:44,941 it could be very bad for morale. 265 00:21:45,008 --> 00:21:47,310 But what good is he to the war effort 266 00:21:47,377 --> 00:21:48,612 if he can't be controlled? 267 00:21:48,679 --> 00:21:50,614 [murmuring] 268 00:21:50,681 --> 00:21:54,017 Actually, Admiral Parangosky and I have been ahead of this 269 00:21:54,084 --> 00:21:55,352 for some time. 270 00:21:55,419 --> 00:21:57,454 I've developed a new system 271 00:21:57,521 --> 00:21:59,589 which will solve John's current issues 272 00:21:59,656 --> 00:22:02,993 and expand Spartan capability across the board. 273 00:22:04,828 --> 00:22:06,897 It's called Cortana. 274 00:22:08,765 --> 00:22:10,801 And how does it work? 275 00:22:10,867 --> 00:22:12,402 Spartan bodies have been enhanced 276 00:22:12,469 --> 00:22:14,438 to the limits of our current technology, 277 00:22:14,504 --> 00:22:16,506 so Cortana will do something similar for their minds. 278 00:22:16,573 --> 00:22:18,842 It will overwrite Spartan consciousness 279 00:22:18,909 --> 00:22:22,846 and replace it with a artificial general intelligence. 280 00:22:22,913 --> 00:22:25,382 The first of its kind. 281 00:22:25,449 --> 00:22:27,417 I don't understand. 282 00:22:28,919 --> 00:22:32,789 Cortana is the next stage in human evolution. 283 00:22:37,794 --> 00:22:40,664 [Halsey] The Spartans were the first step. 284 00:22:40,731 --> 00:22:42,766 Cortana is the upgrade. 285 00:22:46,803 --> 00:22:51,108 She represents the sum total of every available data point. 286 00:22:52,843 --> 00:22:55,645 The intelligence of the galaxy, in essence. 287 00:22:57,781 --> 00:23:02,152 With Cortana, we will create Spartans who are more lethal... 288 00:23:03,553 --> 00:23:06,523 their judgment error-free, 289 00:23:06,590 --> 00:23:09,392 their performance upgradeable, 290 00:23:09,459 --> 00:23:12,462 and, most importantly, 291 00:23:12,529 --> 00:23:13,897 controllable. 292 00:23:13,964 --> 00:23:15,098 [Keyes] And what about John? 293 00:23:15,165 --> 00:23:16,933 You can't just replace his mind. 294 00:23:18,168 --> 00:23:20,403 We are talking about a person. 295 00:23:20,470 --> 00:23:22,806 John is much more than a person. 296 00:23:22,873 --> 00:23:24,775 He is a Spartan. 297 00:23:26,710 --> 00:23:30,046 For his own safety and for ours, John doesn't feel as we do. 298 00:23:30,113 --> 00:23:33,116 Hormonal pellets have suppressed his emotions. 299 00:23:33,183 --> 00:23:36,419 John was enhanced and trained for one purpose: 300 00:23:36,486 --> 00:23:38,455 to fight for us. 301 00:23:38,522 --> 00:23:41,191 And at the moment, he and the other Spartans 302 00:23:41,258 --> 00:23:45,829 are our only effective weapons against the Covenant. 303 00:23:45,896 --> 00:23:48,665 But with the help of the Cortana system... 304 00:23:50,500 --> 00:23:52,169 we can win this war. 305 00:23:52,235 --> 00:23:54,638 [Penma] Didn't you author a paper 306 00:23:54,704 --> 00:23:57,174 about a hypothetical artificial general intelligence 307 00:23:57,240 --> 00:23:59,776 that could interface directly with humans? 308 00:24:01,011 --> 00:24:02,846 Yes, I authored several. 309 00:24:02,913 --> 00:24:06,216 And didn't that process depend on biological substrates? 310 00:24:06,283 --> 00:24:07,751 Derived from the illegal practice 311 00:24:07,818 --> 00:24:09,619 of flash-cloning humans? 312 00:24:11,788 --> 00:24:13,924 That's correct. 313 00:24:13,990 --> 00:24:15,692 Have you found a way around that? 314 00:24:17,928 --> 00:24:21,064 Admiral Parangosky, 315 00:24:21,131 --> 00:24:23,767 Section Three is your responsibility. 316 00:24:23,834 --> 00:24:27,604 Any advantage we can get on the Covenant is a good thing. 317 00:24:27,671 --> 00:24:29,105 But just so we're clear, 318 00:24:29,172 --> 00:24:31,541 you're on board with Halsey's program? 319 00:24:35,111 --> 00:24:38,648 I think the case of Master Chief provides an opportunity 320 00:24:38,715 --> 00:24:42,752 for a limited trial of the system, yes. 321 00:24:42,819 --> 00:24:43,954 [Hood] Good, I'll leave it to you 322 00:24:44,020 --> 00:24:46,156 to manage the technical hurdles. 323 00:24:48,625 --> 00:24:52,495 Let's get Master Chief back and put this mess behind us. 324 00:24:52,562 --> 00:24:54,130 We have a war to win. 325 00:25:17,888 --> 00:25:21,258 Remember the tale of the rebel Jin. 326 00:25:24,227 --> 00:25:27,564 And what a spot he put Madrigal in. 327 00:25:30,700 --> 00:25:33,703 Led us into costly war. 328 00:25:36,172 --> 00:25:38,008 Oh. 329 00:25:38,074 --> 00:25:42,746 And then he stole our hydrogen. 330 00:25:44,648 --> 00:25:46,616 [aircraft warbling overhead] 331 00:25:55,091 --> 00:25:58,261 [indistinct radio chatter] 332 00:26:06,870 --> 00:26:08,838 Vinsher hated my father. 333 00:26:10,974 --> 00:26:14,077 He was always looking a way to cut a deal with the UNSC. 334 00:26:17,347 --> 00:26:19,215 Now Madrigal is his. 335 00:26:20,951 --> 00:26:22,152 I'm so sorry. 336 00:26:23,753 --> 00:26:25,355 I know how you feel. 337 00:26:25,422 --> 00:26:26,690 Do you? 338 00:26:26,756 --> 00:26:28,191 I lost my whole family 339 00:26:28,258 --> 00:26:30,760 when I was just a little younger than you are now. 340 00:26:32,062 --> 00:26:34,764 I lost my whole planet to the Covenant. 341 00:26:34,831 --> 00:26:37,100 Everyone I love, until I met Soren. 342 00:26:41,438 --> 00:26:42,872 You want revenge. 343 00:26:46,443 --> 00:26:48,011 I want justice. 344 00:26:49,713 --> 00:26:51,715 Revenge and justice are easy to confuse. 345 00:26:58,922 --> 00:27:00,724 Go ahead, taste it. 346 00:27:07,697 --> 00:27:09,299 I don't taste anything. 347 00:27:09,366 --> 00:27:11,701 You stick around here long enough, you will. 348 00:27:11,768 --> 00:27:13,236 That's freedom, man. 349 00:27:13,303 --> 00:27:16,673 How big a jump did you get on the UNSC? 350 00:27:17,774 --> 00:27:19,009 Not big enough. 351 00:27:19,075 --> 00:27:20,210 I give them a day. 352 00:27:22,312 --> 00:27:23,813 More than you gave me. 353 00:27:23,880 --> 00:27:25,015 Yep. 354 00:27:25,081 --> 00:27:26,216 [grunts] 355 00:27:26,282 --> 00:27:27,417 Mm-mm. 356 00:27:30,186 --> 00:27:31,855 I don't get it, John. 357 00:27:31,921 --> 00:27:33,823 Get what? 358 00:27:33,890 --> 00:27:35,091 This. 359 00:27:35,158 --> 00:27:37,160 You. 360 00:27:37,227 --> 00:27:38,928 Showing up here, on the run from your people, 361 00:27:38,995 --> 00:27:41,231 carrying a fugitive. 362 00:27:41,297 --> 00:27:43,733 I mean, who are you? 363 00:27:45,168 --> 00:27:47,037 I'm trying to figure a few things out. 364 00:27:47,103 --> 00:27:49,139 Like what's in that box? 365 00:27:51,474 --> 00:27:52,909 There you are. 366 00:27:52,976 --> 00:27:54,310 -Sorry. -Mmm, mmm, mmm. 367 00:27:54,377 --> 00:27:56,346 We were just getting to know each other. 368 00:27:56,413 --> 00:27:57,814 Us too. 369 00:27:57,881 --> 00:27:59,983 [child shouts, giggles] 370 00:28:00,850 --> 00:28:02,419 [grunts] 371 00:28:02,485 --> 00:28:04,854 I can name all the planets in the sky. 372 00:28:04,921 --> 00:28:06,056 Can you? 373 00:28:06,122 --> 00:28:08,725 [Kessler] Maybe not all. 374 00:28:08,792 --> 00:28:10,994 [Soren] Who'd have thought it? 375 00:28:11,061 --> 00:28:14,264 Me... wife... a kid. 376 00:28:14,330 --> 00:28:16,766 [Kessler] If you want, I could show you them. 377 00:28:16,833 --> 00:28:18,201 I thought it was impossible. 378 00:28:18,268 --> 00:28:19,736 [Soren inhaling] 379 00:28:19,803 --> 00:28:21,271 I thought the treatments they gave us-- 380 00:28:21,337 --> 00:28:22,472 Treatments? 381 00:28:22,539 --> 00:28:24,107 [laughs] 382 00:28:25,475 --> 00:28:27,310 He's still calling them treatments. 383 00:28:27,377 --> 00:28:29,379 Maybe he still believes it. 384 00:28:31,548 --> 00:28:33,383 -[Kwan] What is it? -Clarity. 385 00:28:33,450 --> 00:28:37,087 I think I've had enough clarity for one day, thanks. 386 00:28:37,153 --> 00:28:38,922 [Soren] There's something you need to know 387 00:28:38,988 --> 00:28:43,093 about the Spartan program and all those treatments, John. 388 00:28:43,159 --> 00:28:44,894 What they did to us, it's only permanent 389 00:28:44,961 --> 00:28:46,362 if we choose to let it be. 390 00:28:46,429 --> 00:28:48,898 Doesn't matter how long it had you. 391 00:28:48,965 --> 00:28:51,935 For example, that pellet you got in your back 392 00:28:52,001 --> 00:28:54,237 that enhances battle focus? 393 00:28:54,304 --> 00:28:55,839 It mutes everything. 394 00:28:55,905 --> 00:28:57,073 It eliminates distraction. 395 00:28:57,140 --> 00:28:59,309 It makes you numb. 396 00:28:59,375 --> 00:29:00,977 It makes you as numb to life 397 00:29:01,044 --> 00:29:04,347 as you are to the taste of this food. 398 00:29:06,182 --> 00:29:07,750 Mmm, mmm, mmm. 399 00:29:07,817 --> 00:29:09,185 -[chuckles] -[Soren] Mmm. 400 00:29:09,252 --> 00:29:10,920 John... 401 00:29:10,987 --> 00:29:12,755 lose the pellet 402 00:29:12,822 --> 00:29:16,292 and it's like opening your eyes for the first time 403 00:29:16,359 --> 00:29:17,527 after living in the dark. 404 00:29:17,594 --> 00:29:20,897 Soren, leave John be. 405 00:29:20,964 --> 00:29:23,500 He has a lot on his mind. 406 00:29:25,935 --> 00:29:27,437 -I got you. -Pew, pew! No, you don't. 407 00:29:27,504 --> 00:29:29,339 [Laera] It means a lot to Soren that you've come, 408 00:29:29,405 --> 00:29:31,875 though I get a sense that you won't be staying. 409 00:29:31,941 --> 00:29:33,443 -[Kessler laughs] -Like you said, 410 00:29:33,510 --> 00:29:34,377 I have a lot on my mind. 411 00:29:34,444 --> 00:29:35,512 [Laera] Yes. 412 00:29:35,578 --> 00:29:37,347 [gasps] Kessler. 413 00:29:38,481 --> 00:29:39,949 What's this? 414 00:29:40,016 --> 00:29:41,918 [Laera] It's, um... 415 00:29:41,985 --> 00:29:44,320 It's his sign. 416 00:29:44,387 --> 00:29:45,321 [Soren] You should be honored, man. 417 00:29:45,388 --> 00:29:47,023 It means he can count on you 418 00:29:47,090 --> 00:29:48,458 and you can count on him. 419 00:30:00,069 --> 00:30:01,804 Thank you, Kessler. 420 00:30:01,871 --> 00:30:03,339 I accept. 421 00:30:03,406 --> 00:30:05,575 [Soren] "Thank you, Kessler. I accept." 422 00:30:05,642 --> 00:30:07,010 [Soren laughs] 423 00:30:07,076 --> 00:30:08,411 Man, you are a stiff one, Johnny. 424 00:30:08,478 --> 00:30:09,879 Okay. 425 00:30:09,946 --> 00:30:11,114 Sweet dreams. 426 00:30:11,181 --> 00:30:12,916 Toodle-oo. 427 00:30:12,982 --> 00:30:14,250 Good night. 428 00:30:14,317 --> 00:30:16,119 [Soren] I guess when a camel flies, 429 00:30:16,186 --> 00:30:18,988 you don't ask how far. 430 00:30:19,055 --> 00:30:20,990 -[Kessler] Good night. -[Laera] Kessler, let's go. 431 00:30:33,570 --> 00:30:35,905 -[console beeping] -Vannak. Riz. 432 00:30:38,007 --> 00:30:40,176 -Are you getting this? -[Vannak] Yes. 433 00:30:40,243 --> 00:30:42,879 Sensor plot has the Condor dropping out of slipspace 434 00:30:42,946 --> 00:30:44,113 inside an asteroid belt. 435 00:30:44,180 --> 00:30:46,849 It makes no sense. 436 00:30:46,916 --> 00:30:48,051 Stay on the track? 437 00:30:49,285 --> 00:30:50,486 Stay on it. 438 00:31:04,167 --> 00:31:06,436 -Admiral. -What is it, Doctor? 439 00:31:06,502 --> 00:31:08,137 I'm already not in the mood. 440 00:31:08,204 --> 00:31:09,906 I understand from my father that Dr. Halsey 441 00:31:09,973 --> 00:31:12,175 is getting sole access to the Madrigal object. 442 00:31:12,242 --> 00:31:14,344 If and when we find it. 443 00:31:14,410 --> 00:31:17,547 Ma'am, xeno-technology is my department. 444 00:31:17,614 --> 00:31:19,082 I'm aware. 445 00:31:19,148 --> 00:31:21,517 If I recall, I put you in that position. 446 00:31:23,386 --> 00:31:25,421 Dr. Halsey already takes the lion's share of funding, 447 00:31:25,488 --> 00:31:27,490 and she's only focused on her Spartans. 448 00:31:27,557 --> 00:31:30,159 All of our advances in shielding, active camo, 449 00:31:30,226 --> 00:31:31,628 even slipspace navigation 450 00:31:31,694 --> 00:31:34,297 derived from my-- My research. 451 00:31:34,364 --> 00:31:35,999 I'm even making great progress 452 00:31:36,065 --> 00:31:38,201 in understanding the Sangheili language. 453 00:31:38,268 --> 00:31:40,903 Whatever this object is, I'm the one to untangle it. 454 00:31:40,970 --> 00:31:44,941 I could make great strides if I had you on my side. 455 00:31:46,276 --> 00:31:47,443 So much like your mother. 456 00:31:49,012 --> 00:31:50,546 Except you lack the polish. 457 00:31:50,613 --> 00:31:52,148 -Ma'am, I-- -I've had enough 458 00:31:52,215 --> 00:31:53,950 of being manipulated for the day. 459 00:31:54,017 --> 00:31:55,518 Get back to work, Miranda. 460 00:32:02,258 --> 00:32:03,626 What is it? 461 00:32:03,693 --> 00:32:06,296 Some kind of Covenant artifact, I think. 462 00:32:06,362 --> 00:32:07,497 What does it do? 463 00:32:09,265 --> 00:32:11,100 -I'm not sure. -Bullshit. 464 00:32:11,167 --> 00:32:13,603 I can see you're lying in your eyes. 465 00:32:13,670 --> 00:32:15,471 Now you didn't drag this thing halfway across the galaxy 466 00:32:15,538 --> 00:32:16,973 because it's pretty. 467 00:32:17,040 --> 00:32:18,708 What does it do? 468 00:32:18,775 --> 00:32:20,343 It powered his ship. 469 00:32:21,611 --> 00:32:23,246 I saw it. 470 00:32:23,313 --> 00:32:25,248 Ship was dead, then he touched this thing and bam. 471 00:32:25,315 --> 00:32:27,950 How? 472 00:32:28,017 --> 00:32:29,285 I don't know. 473 00:32:33,523 --> 00:32:34,657 [Soren chuckles] 474 00:32:34,724 --> 00:32:36,059 Don't! 475 00:32:38,494 --> 00:32:40,163 It worked for him. 476 00:32:44,100 --> 00:32:45,268 I know a guy. 477 00:32:45,335 --> 00:32:46,469 No. 478 00:32:48,171 --> 00:32:49,439 Not interested in selling it. 479 00:32:49,505 --> 00:32:51,307 Guy's name is Reth. 480 00:32:51,374 --> 00:32:54,277 He got taken into a Covenant ship and lived to talk about it. 481 00:32:54,344 --> 00:32:56,346 He's seen things. 482 00:32:57,680 --> 00:32:59,615 He knows things. 483 00:32:59,682 --> 00:33:01,317 Trust me, man. 484 00:33:07,056 --> 00:33:08,424 Where can I find him? 485 00:33:14,564 --> 00:33:16,666 -[indistinct chatter] -[horn honking] 486 00:33:19,669 --> 00:33:22,538 This is the safest place in the galaxy you could find? 487 00:33:22,605 --> 00:33:23,740 Weren't a lot of options. 488 00:33:23,806 --> 00:33:25,208 Rubble is a haven for people 489 00:33:25,274 --> 00:33:26,175 who don't fit in anywhere else. 490 00:33:26,242 --> 00:33:28,177 Like you? 491 00:33:28,244 --> 00:33:31,447 [Soren] I'm talking about a whole other deal, man. Mystics. 492 00:33:31,514 --> 00:33:35,051 Guys like Reth are swimming in the cosmic river. 493 00:33:35,118 --> 00:33:37,053 Got any good churros today? 494 00:33:37,120 --> 00:33:38,321 Yes, it's hot. 495 00:33:38,388 --> 00:33:40,056 All right, give me half a dozen. 496 00:33:40,123 --> 00:33:41,457 [steam hissing] 497 00:33:44,093 --> 00:33:46,329 -So he's insane. -He's sensitive. 498 00:33:46,396 --> 00:33:48,798 Hanging out with the aliens will change you, brother. 499 00:33:48,865 --> 00:33:50,767 [Soren] Looks like a jail, but it's not. 500 00:33:50,833 --> 00:33:53,403 It's a refuge for him. 501 00:33:53,469 --> 00:33:55,271 One last thing. 502 00:33:56,706 --> 00:33:58,508 No sudden moves. 503 00:34:02,612 --> 00:34:03,746 [laughs] I'm just kidding. 504 00:34:04,847 --> 00:34:06,416 Man, lighten up. 505 00:34:18,661 --> 00:34:20,830 Oh, look who it is. 506 00:34:20,897 --> 00:34:22,265 [man] What's the man's name? 507 00:34:22,331 --> 00:34:24,300 Who's the man? What's his name? 508 00:34:24,367 --> 00:34:27,737 Mr. Selfish. Mr. Selfish. Mr. Selfish. 509 00:34:27,804 --> 00:34:29,605 Who you calling selfish? I brought churros. 510 00:34:29,672 --> 00:34:31,107 Spartan. 511 00:34:33,576 --> 00:34:34,710 [growls] 512 00:34:37,346 --> 00:34:38,514 [man] I can smell them. 513 00:34:46,923 --> 00:34:48,458 They like sweets. 514 00:34:50,393 --> 00:34:51,694 Hey... 515 00:34:51,761 --> 00:34:53,095 Don't worry. 516 00:34:54,163 --> 00:34:55,298 They won't bite you. 517 00:35:12,715 --> 00:35:14,383 [woman shouting distantly] 518 00:35:17,687 --> 00:35:18,821 Hey! 519 00:35:20,756 --> 00:35:22,124 [Soren] Reth. 520 00:35:22,191 --> 00:35:23,893 It's me, Soren. You there? 521 00:35:25,962 --> 00:35:28,731 Yeah. Are you? 522 00:35:31,467 --> 00:35:32,735 I brought some friends with me. 523 00:35:32,802 --> 00:35:34,136 I'm coming in, okay? 524 00:35:35,605 --> 00:35:36,739 [Reth] Close it! 525 00:35:36,806 --> 00:35:38,407 Close it, close it, close it! 526 00:35:47,917 --> 00:35:49,252 Who's he? 527 00:35:49,318 --> 00:35:50,453 [Soren] Reth, this is John. 528 00:35:50,520 --> 00:35:52,922 This is Reth. 529 00:35:54,624 --> 00:35:56,692 You've seen them too? 530 00:35:56,759 --> 00:35:58,461 The Covenant? 531 00:35:58,528 --> 00:35:59,762 Yes. 532 00:35:59,829 --> 00:36:01,297 [Reth] And you fought? 533 00:36:02,665 --> 00:36:04,166 And you won? 534 00:36:05,334 --> 00:36:06,736 Not yet. 535 00:36:06,802 --> 00:36:08,905 [Soren] John's being modest. 536 00:36:08,971 --> 00:36:11,607 He's a regular Covenant killing machine. 537 00:36:11,674 --> 00:36:13,175 What'd make him better 538 00:36:13,242 --> 00:36:14,944 is a little bit of inside information. 539 00:36:16,579 --> 00:36:17,880 Come here. 540 00:36:28,457 --> 00:36:29,458 What's your name? 541 00:36:31,460 --> 00:36:32,795 Kwan. 542 00:36:34,330 --> 00:36:35,965 -Kwan Ha. -[Reth] Oh, yes, you are. 543 00:36:37,366 --> 00:36:38,601 Kwan Ha. 544 00:36:38,668 --> 00:36:40,236 -Hello? Reth. -Kwan Ha. 545 00:36:41,537 --> 00:36:43,306 Over here, man. 546 00:36:43,372 --> 00:36:45,741 [laughs] Hi. 547 00:36:45,808 --> 00:36:47,944 John's got a little something he wants to show you. 548 00:36:57,653 --> 00:36:59,255 Kwan Ha... 549 00:36:59,322 --> 00:37:00,489 Hey. 550 00:37:06,062 --> 00:37:08,264 [grunts] 551 00:37:08,331 --> 00:37:09,532 Where did you get this? 552 00:37:09,599 --> 00:37:10,833 [John] On Madrigal. 553 00:37:10,900 --> 00:37:13,002 Covenant detachment was excavating it. 554 00:37:13,069 --> 00:37:14,604 [Reth] Madrigal. Poor Madrigal. 555 00:37:14,670 --> 00:37:16,339 You know Madrigal? 556 00:37:16,405 --> 00:37:18,274 Any place that has been visited by the Covenant 557 00:37:18,341 --> 00:37:20,009 has my sympathies. 558 00:37:20,076 --> 00:37:23,312 Covenant's whole religion is based on things like this. 559 00:37:23,379 --> 00:37:25,982 Things from another time, things left behind. 560 00:37:26,048 --> 00:37:28,417 They roam the galaxy looking for pieces, looking for clues. 561 00:37:28,484 --> 00:37:30,252 Do you understand? 562 00:37:31,454 --> 00:37:33,522 When I was a guest on their ship, 563 00:37:33,589 --> 00:37:35,691 they asked to see if I could make them work, 564 00:37:35,758 --> 00:37:38,828 but I could not, sensitive as I am. 565 00:37:54,610 --> 00:37:56,345 [gasps] 566 00:37:56,412 --> 00:37:58,514 [laughs] 567 00:38:00,750 --> 00:38:01,884 See? 568 00:38:03,786 --> 00:38:05,855 I'm not a Blessed One. 569 00:38:05,921 --> 00:38:09,458 -What's a Blessed One? -[Reth] Human, only more so. 570 00:38:09,525 --> 00:38:11,560 But what are humans? Homo sapiens? 571 00:38:11,627 --> 00:38:13,896 An accidental collision of amino acids. 572 00:38:13,963 --> 00:38:15,865 But is that enough? Is that all there is? 573 00:38:15,931 --> 00:38:18,067 Being human? Well, for you, perhaps, 574 00:38:18,134 --> 00:38:20,703 but a Blessed One has an obligation. 575 00:38:20,770 --> 00:38:22,505 No, not an obligation... 576 00:38:22,571 --> 00:38:23,839 -We're losing' him. -...a responsibility... 577 00:38:23,906 --> 00:38:26,809 [Reth] ...no, a-a-a moral imperative. 578 00:38:26,876 --> 00:38:28,310 -Or an aperitif. -Hey. 579 00:38:28,377 --> 00:38:29,612 I always had a nice, cold glass of-- 580 00:38:29,679 --> 00:38:31,447 Reth! 581 00:38:31,514 --> 00:38:32,882 What is this thing? 582 00:38:34,450 --> 00:38:35,818 What does it do? 583 00:38:37,653 --> 00:38:42,892 You don't want to help the Covenant destroy us, do you? 584 00:38:44,126 --> 00:38:45,928 No. 585 00:38:45,995 --> 00:38:47,329 [gasps] 586 00:38:56,972 --> 00:38:58,107 Good! 587 00:38:58,174 --> 00:38:59,909 [screams] 588 00:39:01,110 --> 00:39:02,712 [all screaming] 589 00:39:08,751 --> 00:39:10,753 [electricity crackling] 590 00:39:12,888 --> 00:39:14,757 [John's mother] Let's hang this one. 591 00:39:14,824 --> 00:39:16,592 [Young John] No! 592 00:39:18,561 --> 00:39:20,029 I don't want to do it! 593 00:39:23,999 --> 00:39:25,067 John! 594 00:39:25,134 --> 00:39:29,138 [all screaming] 595 00:39:29,205 --> 00:39:30,840 [crying] 596 00:39:33,175 --> 00:39:35,444 [panting] 597 00:39:35,511 --> 00:39:37,813 What are you? 598 00:39:40,549 --> 00:39:42,885 You bring it to life. 599 00:39:44,520 --> 00:39:48,657 But you are different than the one they have! 600 00:39:48,724 --> 00:39:50,559 -[screams] -Easy. 601 00:39:50,626 --> 00:39:52,161 -The one they have? -[Reth] It's in your eyes. 602 00:39:52,228 --> 00:39:53,696 What do you mean? 603 00:39:53,763 --> 00:39:54,897 -Easy. -It's in your eyes! 604 00:39:54,964 --> 00:39:55,831 What do you mean? 605 00:39:55,898 --> 00:39:56,732 You don't understand 606 00:39:56,799 --> 00:39:58,567 what you are, do you? 607 00:39:58,634 --> 00:40:00,736 What am I? 608 00:40:00,803 --> 00:40:02,104 [laughs] 609 00:40:04,573 --> 00:40:06,408 [yells] What am I?! 610 00:40:06,475 --> 00:40:08,110 [panting] 611 00:40:08,177 --> 00:40:10,679 The image you made it produce, the ring, 612 00:40:10,746 --> 00:40:12,181 that's what they want! 613 00:40:12,248 --> 00:40:13,716 [sobs] 614 00:40:13,783 --> 00:40:15,551 -What is that ring? -[Reth] A door. 615 00:40:16,619 --> 00:40:17,753 To what? 616 00:40:18,921 --> 00:40:23,425 The end of life as we know it. 617 00:40:26,228 --> 00:40:27,596 So it's a weapon? 618 00:40:29,131 --> 00:40:30,533 Yeah. 619 00:40:36,672 --> 00:40:38,140 You felt it, didn't you? 620 00:40:39,875 --> 00:40:41,010 The darkness. 621 00:40:42,978 --> 00:40:44,113 Yes. 622 00:40:45,648 --> 00:40:47,817 That means you can stop it. 623 00:40:48,884 --> 00:40:50,553 How? 624 00:40:53,689 --> 00:40:55,191 Destroy the artifact. 625 00:40:57,226 --> 00:40:59,061 Then destroy yourself. 626 00:41:06,969 --> 00:41:09,238 John. Hey. 627 00:41:10,606 --> 00:41:11,974 John! 628 00:41:16,912 --> 00:41:18,113 [gasps softly] 629 00:41:18,180 --> 00:41:19,548 [Soren] John, hold up. 630 00:41:19,615 --> 00:41:20,816 I have to go back. 631 00:41:20,883 --> 00:41:22,952 [Kwan] To the UNSC? Why? 632 00:41:23,018 --> 00:41:24,954 They turned my planet over to a warlord. 633 00:41:25,020 --> 00:41:26,655 They ordered you to kill me. 634 00:41:26,722 --> 00:41:28,657 Hey, John, look, we can figure this shit out here. 635 00:41:28,724 --> 00:41:30,726 No, I need the other Spartans. 636 00:41:30,793 --> 00:41:32,628 You need them, not me. 637 00:41:32,695 --> 00:41:34,163 I don't expect you to understand. 638 00:41:34,230 --> 00:41:37,032 Oh, I understand completely. You need to get back to her. 639 00:41:37,099 --> 00:41:39,668 Yeah, you're running back to Halsey. 640 00:41:39,735 --> 00:41:42,838 Any time there's a problem, Mommy's there to fix it. 641 00:41:42,905 --> 00:41:46,008 You think she cares about you? Huh? You're just a machine. 642 00:41:46,075 --> 00:41:48,077 And you're a coward who ran away when things got hard. 643 00:41:48,143 --> 00:41:49,545 Oh, okay. 644 00:41:49,612 --> 00:41:50,746 You have no loyalty to anything. 645 00:41:50,813 --> 00:41:52,114 You want to talk to me about loyalty? 646 00:41:52,181 --> 00:41:54,650 You gave me five goddamn minutes. 647 00:41:54,717 --> 00:41:57,052 You want to know what that bought me? 648 00:41:57,119 --> 00:41:58,687 They shot me down. I was burned all to hell, 649 00:41:58,754 --> 00:42:00,155 living off bark and beetles. 650 00:42:00,222 --> 00:42:03,859 They were on my ass for months till I got free. 651 00:42:03,926 --> 00:42:06,061 All because you gave me five minutes. 652 00:42:06,128 --> 00:42:08,030 You were wrong to run. 653 00:42:09,198 --> 00:42:10,900 You were wrong to stay! 654 00:42:10,966 --> 00:42:12,134 [Kwan] Master Chief, wait! 655 00:42:13,802 --> 00:42:15,771 I've seen what Covenant weapons are capable of. 656 00:42:15,838 --> 00:42:17,740 Entire planets turned to glass. 657 00:42:17,806 --> 00:42:19,808 So if they're going after something bigger, 658 00:42:19,875 --> 00:42:21,644 I have no choice. 659 00:42:23,812 --> 00:42:25,180 And I need you to keep her here. 660 00:42:25,247 --> 00:42:26,882 -What? -Soren... 661 00:42:26,949 --> 00:42:30,019 you're the only person I know outside the UNSC. 662 00:42:30,085 --> 00:42:32,688 I need to trust you right now. 663 00:42:32,755 --> 00:42:34,189 Can I trust you? 664 00:42:34,256 --> 00:42:36,892 -Of course you can trust-- -Then keep her safe. 665 00:42:40,095 --> 00:42:41,897 -John-- -Promise me. 666 00:42:44,266 --> 00:42:46,235 I give you my word. 667 00:42:47,703 --> 00:42:49,305 Wait, hold on. 668 00:42:49,371 --> 00:42:52,107 Don't I get a say in this? 669 00:42:52,174 --> 00:42:55,077 You can't just leave me here. 670 00:42:56,211 --> 00:42:57,746 I'm sorry, Kwan. 671 00:42:57,813 --> 00:42:59,315 This is the best I could do. 672 00:43:08,691 --> 00:43:10,225 So that's it? 673 00:43:38,687 --> 00:43:40,089 [door seals closed] 674 00:43:48,731 --> 00:43:50,132 [engine powering up] 675 00:43:56,138 --> 00:43:58,107 [beeping] 676 00:43:58,173 --> 00:44:00,309 [engine revs] 677 00:44:44,987 --> 00:44:46,121 [beeping] 678 00:44:49,324 --> 00:44:51,693 [Kai] Fleetcom, this is Stalwart Dawn. 679 00:44:51,760 --> 00:44:53,896 One-One-Seven has activated his beacon. 680 00:44:55,064 --> 00:44:57,132 Very well. 681 00:44:57,199 --> 00:44:58,300 Bring him in. 682 00:45:08,377 --> 00:45:10,879 [tech] Stalwart Dawn has entered Reach airspace. 683 00:45:10,946 --> 00:45:14,016 Initiating ground transfer of Master Chief and Silver Team. 684 00:45:47,983 --> 00:45:48,817 [Halsey] Stop here. 685 00:45:54,890 --> 00:45:56,091 Handle it carefully. 686 00:46:13,342 --> 00:46:15,043 Put it in with me. 687 00:47:26,048 --> 00:47:27,049 Well? 688 00:47:29,985 --> 00:47:32,254 I've never seen anything like it. 689 00:47:32,321 --> 00:47:34,089 Did you tell them that the Covenant wants this too? 690 00:47:34,156 --> 00:47:35,591 That it might be some kind of weapon? 691 00:47:35,657 --> 00:47:37,326 -Yes, I did. -And? 692 00:47:37,392 --> 00:47:40,395 And if it points to something greater, 693 00:47:40,462 --> 00:47:42,965 of course we'll explore that possibility. 694 00:47:43,031 --> 00:47:47,302 But, John, your actions have created a host of problems, 695 00:47:47,369 --> 00:47:49,338 not just for you, but for the whole Spartan program 696 00:47:49,404 --> 00:47:51,573 and for me personally. 697 00:47:51,640 --> 00:47:53,208 [sighs] 698 00:47:53,275 --> 00:47:57,879 The people rely on you to protect them, 699 00:47:57,946 --> 00:47:59,348 to make them feel safe. 700 00:47:59,414 --> 00:48:02,484 It is precisely your dependability 701 00:48:02,551 --> 00:48:04,553 that gives people hope. 702 00:48:04,620 --> 00:48:09,191 How am I supposed to defend your reckless behavior? 703 00:48:13,095 --> 00:48:14,596 I felt something. 704 00:48:18,500 --> 00:48:20,502 I believe you. 705 00:48:20,569 --> 00:48:22,304 I've been going over and over in my head... 706 00:48:24,973 --> 00:48:26,308 all the details of the images 707 00:48:26,375 --> 00:48:27,943 that I see when I touch the object. 708 00:48:28,010 --> 00:48:29,678 I don't know. 709 00:48:29,745 --> 00:48:31,913 I don't think that's a constructive place for us to go. 710 00:48:31,980 --> 00:48:34,016 I think we should focus on the lab results. 711 00:48:42,524 --> 00:48:46,595 What was it about the girl that made you run? 712 00:48:51,199 --> 00:48:53,068 [Vinsher, over monitor] Madrigal has a gift. 713 00:48:53,135 --> 00:48:55,671 It runs through our rivers, in our lakes, 714 00:48:55,737 --> 00:48:57,372 and the ground on which we live. 715 00:48:57,439 --> 00:49:02,010 And with our partners in the UNSC, 716 00:49:02,077 --> 00:49:05,647 we will return to our place 717 00:49:05,714 --> 00:49:08,183 as the gem of the outer colonies. 718 00:49:10,352 --> 00:49:12,721 [John] I couldn't let her die. 719 00:49:12,788 --> 00:49:15,490 [Halsey] But you've seen so many people die. 720 00:49:15,557 --> 00:49:18,360 Why was this situation any different? 721 00:49:28,403 --> 00:49:30,305 [John] Well I don't think the situation was different. 722 00:49:30,372 --> 00:49:31,506 I think... 723 00:49:32,607 --> 00:49:33,742 I am... 724 00:49:35,344 --> 00:49:36,478 different. 725 00:49:42,217 --> 00:49:45,153 I feel connected to something. 726 00:49:52,394 --> 00:49:56,198 I don't know what it is or why it chose me. 727 00:50:00,535 --> 00:50:02,270 But I know it's out there. 728 00:50:07,743 --> 00:50:09,277 I can feel it. 729 00:50:12,214 --> 00:50:13,782 [Halsey] Have you felt this way before? 730 00:50:19,788 --> 00:50:21,723 I don't usually feel anything. 731 00:50:26,528 --> 00:50:29,030 Then why did you come back? 732 00:50:41,510 --> 00:50:43,545 There's no one else I could trust. 733 00:50:46,782 --> 00:50:48,417 Thank you. 734 00:50:51,553 --> 00:50:53,455 You made the right choice. 735 00:51:07,302 --> 00:51:09,471 I see this as a new beginning. 736 00:51:17,679 --> 00:51:19,448 [keypad beeps] 737 00:51:25,420 --> 00:51:29,391 [Halsey] We're going to do great things together. 738 00:51:36,865 --> 00:51:40,602 [end theme music playing]