Solace (TV Series)

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Solace
Series overview
Series:	Halo: The Television Series
Season:	Season One
Episode specifications
Episode:	06
Air date:	April 28, 2022
Run time:	48 minutes, 28 seconds
Production information
Director(s):	Jonathan Liebesman
Writer(s):	Silka Luisa Steven Kane

Solace is the sixth episode of the first season of Halo: The Television Series. The episode aired on April 28, 2022.

Official summary

Survivors from battle return to Reach. John confronts Dr. Halsey, and the lies of his past.

Plot

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Appearances

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Characters Catherine Halsey Cortana Ira Halal (First appearance) Jacob Keyes John-117 Kai-125 Kwan Ha (Hallucination) Makee Margaret Parangosky Miranda Keyes Reth (flashback only) Riz-028 Roman Quinn (First mentioned) Vannak-134 Species Human Organizations Covenant (Mentioned only) United Nations Space Command UNSC Navy UNSC Fleet Command Asymmetric Warfare Research Group SPARTAN-II program Silver Team Office of Naval Intelligence Xeno-Materials Exploitation Group Locations Aspero system Rass Kkhotskha (First mentioned) Barrier Moons (First mentioned) Epsilon Eridani system Reach Eridanus system Eridanus II (Mentioned and flashback only) Reach for Life installation (Flashback only) John-117's childhood home (Flashback only) Sigma Octanus IV (First mentioned)

Events Human-Covenant War Hunt for Forerunner Keystone Skirmish on Gladius (Mentioned only) Battle of Eridanus II (Mentioned only) Weapons M6 Spartan Laser (Holographic only) SRS99-S7 AM sniper rifle Vehicles Ket-pattern battlecruiser (Mentioned only) Ceudar-pattern-class heavy corvette (Mentioned only) D80 Condor Condor 325 Hospital ship UNSC Solace (First appearance) UNSC Ice Storm (First mentioned) Zheng He-class courier Endymion II Technology and equipment Artificial intelligence Flash cloning (Mentioned only) Halo Array Keystone Telepresence unit (First appearance) UV decontamination system (First appearance)

Credits

Directed by Jonathan Liebesman

Written by Silka Luisa and Steven Kane

Developed by Kyle Killen and Steven Kane

Based on the Halo Video Game Universe

Starring

• Pablo Schreiber
• Shabana Azmi
• Natasha Culzac
• Olive Gray
• Yerin Ha
• Bentley Kalu
• Kate Kennedy
• Charlie Murphy
• Danny Sapani
• Jen Taylor
• with Bokeem Woodbine and Natascha McElhone

Executive Producers

• Steven Spielberg
• Steven Kane
• Kiki Wolfkill
• Frank O’Connor
• Bonnie Ross
• Darryl Frank
• Justin Falvey
• Otto Bathurst
• Toby Leslie
• Kyle Killen
• Scott Pennington

Co-Executive Producers

• Gian Paolo Varani
• Richard E. Robbins
• Justine Juel Gillmer

Supervising Producer Silka Luisa

Consulting Producer

• Mark Malone
• Katie Swain

Producer

• Sheila Hockin
• Charlotte Keating
• Michael Armbruster

Director of Photography Karl Walter Lindenlaub ASC

Production Designer Sophie Becher

Editor Dan Briceno

Music by Sean Callery

Casting by Jinya[sic] Jay and Olivia Brittain

Guest Starring

• Ryan McParland

Additional Cast (in Order of Appearance)

• Young John Casper Knopf
• Marine Lieutenant Goy Quynh Ngoc Do
• UNSC Nurse Danielle Fiamanya
• MP Malya Claudius Peters
• Penma Miranda Wilson
• David Agnoli Francisco Labbe
• Bota Iván Fenyő
• Ops Tech Pereria Hans Peterson
• Control Tech Ladi Johnny K. Palmer
• Flight Tech Juric
• Major Ira Halal Roderick Hill
• Wounded Marine Balázs Bölkény
• John's Father Duncan Pow

Unit Production Managers

• Robert Bernacchi
• Gabi Csoma

First Assistant Directors

• Peter Freeman
• Tony Adler

Second Assistant Directors Robyn Glaser

343/Halo Transmedia Producer Cheryl Nebelsieck

343/Halo Canon Technical Consultant Kenneth Peters

343/Halo Franchise Manager Corrinne Robinson

343/Halo Franchise Producer Carlos Naranjo

Supervising Art Director Matt Hywel-Davies

Senior Art Directors

• Gergo Rieger
• Kriszta Szilagyi
• Brett Hirson

Standby Art Director Jim McCallum

Lead Graphics Designer Eva Hartmann

Costume Designer Giovanni Lipari

Costume Supervisors

• Gabor Homonnay
• Balazs Labancz

Hair Designer Mauro Tamagnini

Make Up Designer Felicity Bowring

Special Effects Supervisor Paul Stephenson

Special Effects Coordinators

• Balazs Boross
• Adam Szucs

Movement Coach/Choreographer Kristof Varnagy

Armoury Liam Byrne

Military Advisor Daniel Hirst

Set Decorators

• Adam Polgar
• Guy Potgieter
• Nimrod Hajdu

Property Master Andrew Orlando

Clearances Coordinator Paula Byrden

Stunt Coordinators

• Domonkos Pardanyi
• Brett Chan

Fight Coordinator Vi Dan Tran

A Camera Operator Michael Soos

B Camera Operators

• Adam Fillenz
• Gyorgy Reder

Camera First Assistants

• Tamas Janossa
• Adam Kliegl
• Tamas Olah

Gaffers

• Jonathan Spencer
• Laszlo Molnar

Key Grips

• Tommaso Mele
• Gabor Balda
• Paolo Tiberti

Production Supervisor Lyndzi Doyle

Assistant Production Manager Alex Balla

Production Coordinator Veronika Bojtos

Key Script Supervisor Morag Cameron

Script Supervisor Dora Sarkozi

Script Coordinator Joe Greskoviak

Writer's Assistant Iván Karajz

Production Sound Mixer Tamas Devenyi

Senior Location Manager Andras Rudolf

Location Managers

• Daniel Toth
• Viktor Mitev
• Csaba Sepsi

Transport Coordinator Sandor Viseralek

Hungarian Casting by Katalin Baranyi

Additional Casting by

• Poping Auyeung
• Yoko Narahashi
• Su Kim

Child Casting Verity Naughton

Casting Associate Melissa Gethin Clarke

Casting Assistant Becky Rossmaur

Second Unit

Second Unit Director Tom Struthers

Second Unit 1st Assistant Director Mircea Hategan

Unit Production Manager Veronika Dobos

Assistant Unit Production Manager Gabor Bukai

Director of Photography Gabor Marosi

Camera Operator Nandor Gulyas

Gaffer Mark Czirjak

Key Grip George Anton

Art Director Chris Heap

Script Supervisor Julia Raczky

Communication Technician Gabor Bacskay

Video Assist Operator Jan Wachowski

Financial Controller Wendy Ellerker

Production Accountants

• Kolos Trimmel
• Peter Dano
• Carla Self
• Linda Gillespie

Language Consultant David J. Peterson

Dialogue Coach Hans Peterson

Digital Imaging Technicians

• Peter Racz
• Attila Tumbasz

Senior Colourist Bill Ferwerda

Senior Online Editor Adrian Saywell

Digital Dailies Supervisor Adam Jurkovich

Project Managers

• Sarah Riley
• Shane Allan

Post Producer Bill Goddard

Associate Producer Ian Keltie

Post Production Supervisor Lee Hughes

Post Production Coordinator Kathleen Harris

Post Production Coordinator (Deliverables) Renée Perrin

VFX Editor Andrew Bukovac

First Assistant Picture Editors

• Wes Demkiw
• Daisy Maclean
• Simon Thede

Assistant Picture Editor Arielle Skolnik

Trainee Assistant Picture Editor Jesse Scarrow

Sound Designers Brennan Mercer

Supervising Sound Editor (ADR) Dale Sheldrake

Sound Effects Editor David Caporale

Dialogue Editor Claire Dobson

“Comprehension”

Composed by Sean Callery and Colin Stetson

Featuring Colin Stetson

Music Editor Yuri Gorbachow

1st Assistant Sound Editors

• Sue Fawcett
• Andrew Wright
• Nadya Hanlon

Re-Recording Mixers

• Lou Solakofski
• Matt Chan

Lead Visual Effects Supervisor

• Dominic Remane
• Tom Turnbull

Visual Effects Producer Bill Halliday

Lead On Set VFX Supervisor Leann Harvey

On Set VFX Supervisor Lee Wilson

VFX Production Manager Kelsey Thompson

Lead VFX Data Wrangler Tamas Udvardi

VFX Data Wrangler Bence Tobik

Assistant VFX Data Wranglers

• Bennett Gyurik
• Tamas Hajdu

Previz Consultant Jaron Clegg

Visual Effects by Pixomondo

Visual Effects Supervisor Phil Prates

Visual Effects Coordinator Adrian Dario Enriquez Cedeno

Lightning Lead Helena Massoud

Head of FX Bahador Mehrpouya

Lead FX Artist Farhad Hosseinpouri

Head of IT Reza Gharooni

Visual Effects by Rocket Science VFX

Visual Effects Supervisor Tom Plaskett

Compositing Supervisor Mohsin Kazi

Lead Lighter Rachad Meya

VFX Producer JP Giamos

VFX Production Manager John Markle

VFX Production Coordinator Michael Osuszek

Visual Effects by Fillscrn

Digital Compositors

• Balázs Varga
• Andor Záhonyi
• Róbert Illés
• Gergely Kányog
• József Morvay
• Dénes Molnár

Visual Effects by Rodeo FX

Visual Effects Supervisor Patrick David

Visual Effects Producer Nancy Heller

CG Supervisor Xavier Lafarge

Compositing Supervisor Pierre-Hugues Vachon

VFX Asset Supervisor Vincent L'heureaux

Matte Painter Mai-anh Tran

Visual Effects by Take 5

Assistant Production Manager Kealeagh Brewer

VFX Compositing Supervisor Maria Gordon

VFX Lead Compositor Jerry Lai

Lead Matte Painter Alphonso Young

VFX Compositors

• Yuri Shubenin
• Corey Mayne

Visual Effects by Frame Distillery

Visual Effects Supervisor Rob Del Ciancio

CG Supervisor Steve McArdle

Visual Effects by Mr. X

Visual Effects Supervisor Craig Calvert

Senior Visual Effects Producer Luke Groves

Visual Effects Producer Nick Colangelo

CG Supervisor Kedar Nath Manapragada

Animation Supervisor Martin Hesselink

VFX Lighting Supervisor Viduttam Rajan Katkar

Post Production Services Take 5 Productions

Colour And Finish Company 3 Toronto

Dailies Colorfront

Sound Post Production

• Formosa Group Toronto
• Footsteps Sound and Picture

Main Title Design Goodbye Kansas Studios

Funded by the Government of Canada

Financé par le Gouvernement du Canada

• Creative BC
• Québec Cgre
• Ontario Creates
• Production Services Tax Credit Sodec
• British Columbia
• DGC (Directors Guild of Canada) Ontario

With the participation of the Province of British Columbia Production Services Tax Credit

Production services In Hungary provided by Mid Atlantic Films

Producers

• Adam Goodman
• Howard Ellis

Head of Production Gergő Balika

Thank you to

The National Film Office-National Media and Info-Communications Authority Of Hungary and the Hungarian National Film Fund

National Film Institute Hungary

Supported by the Hungarian Film Incentive

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Trivia

• While mentioning the Covenant attack on the UNSC Gladius, Miranda Keyes states that it was done by a Covenant corvette identical to the one that Makee had escaped from. However, the ship in Reckoning was a Ket-pattern battlecruiser, not a corvette.