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Halo season 2 feels less like a video game — in a good way

“Sanctuary” has delivered hope of a decent season 2.

Master Chief is there with his Silver Team unit — Riz-028 (Natasha Culzac), Vannak-134 (Bentley Kalu), and my favorite, Kai-125 (Kate Kennedy) — on what starts as a routine mission babysitting rank-and-file marines as they evacuate the planet in advance of approaching Covenant warships. Vannak shares with Kai that he removed his emotion chip and, as a result, now enjoys watching nature documentaries in his spare time, even quipping at John that a sheer cliff he has to scale would mean nothing to an ibex — which pointedly doesn’t have the advantage of the Spartan’s power armor. And while some fans treat it as anathema that John has taken off his helmet at all, that Pillar of Autumn sailed way back in season 1 episode 1, so it’s high time we recognize that Pablo Schreiber plays an effective character no matter if we see his face or not.

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