I don’t want to put any details before more people have seen it, but this is an episode that started to really paint the picture of what we should expect going forward. Ton of action and some unexpected character deaths really created the feeling of actual stakes. I’ll put some other opinions in the following spoilers:

::: spoiler The absence of the spartan armor felt like a budgetary play more than anything else. Like they wanted to spend the money on the Covenant CGI and had to cut from somewhere else. :::

::: spoiler Unless they decide to stray from the games completely, I don’t believe that Keyes is dead. They do a good job of only assuming his death and not showing it. Vannack’s death shocked me. I believe his character is exclusive to the Silver timeline, but still made me gasp :::