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Poster for Season Two

The second season of Halo: The Television Series was officially announced on February 15, 2022. The series is set to air on Paramount Plus, and will see David Wiener act as the showrunner.^[1]^[2]

Official summary

In season two, Master Chief John-117 leads his team of elite Spartans against the alien threat known as the Covenant. In the wake of a shocking event on a desolate planet, John cannot shake the feeling that his war is about to change and risks everything to prove what no one else will believe – that the Covenant are preparing to attack humanity’s greatest stronghold. With the galaxy on the brink, John embarks on a journey to find the key to humankind’s salvation, or its extinction — the Halo.

Halo stars Pablo Schreiber (“American Gods”) as Master Chief, John-117, and Natascha McElhone (“Californication”) as Dr. Halsey, who both serve as producers this season. Additional returning cast members include Jen Taylor (HALO game series, RWBY) as Cortana, Bokeem Woodbine (“Fargo”), Shabana Azmi (“Fire”), Natasha Culzac (“The Witcher”), Olive Gray (“Half Moon Investigations”), Yerin Ha (“Reef Break”), Bentley Kalu (“Avengers: Age of Ultron”), Kate Kennedy (“Catastrophe”), Charlie Murphy (“Peaky Blinders”) and Danny Sapani (“Penny Dreadful”). This season's new cast additions include Joseph Morgan (Vampire Diaries, The Originals) and Cristina Rodlo (No One Gets Out of Here Alive, The Homeless World Cup).

The series takes place in the universe that first debuted in 2001 with the launch of Xbox®’s first “HALO” game. Dramatizing an epic 26th-century conflict between humanity and an alien threat known as the Covenant, Halo the series will weave deeply drawn personal stories with action, adventure and a richly imagined vision of the future.

Halo is produced by SHOWTIME® in association with 343 Industries and Amblin Television. The second season of Halo is executive produced by David Wiener (Brave New World) alongside Steven Spielberg, Darryl Frank, and Justin Falvey for Amblin Television. Kiki Wolfkill serves as executive producer for Xbox/343 Industries, with Otto Bathurst and Toby Leslie for One Big Picture and Gian Paolo Varani.^[3]

Episodes

Episode	Title	Original Airdate	Notes^[4]
1	Sanctuary	February 8, 2024	Director: Debs Paterson
2	Sword	February 8, 2024	Director: Debs Paterson
3	Visegrád	February 15, 2024	Director: Craig Zisk
4	Reach	February 22, 2024	Director: Craig Zisk
5	Aleria	February 29, 2024	Director: Otto Bathurst
6	Onyx	March 7, 2024	Director: Otto Bathurst
7	Thermopylae	March 14, 2024	Director: Dennie Gordon
8	Halo	March 21, 2024	Director: Dennie Gordon

Appearances

Characters

AI

Cortana

Human

Briggs (First appearance)
Catherine Halsey
Jacob Keyes
James Ackerson (First appearance)
James Ackerson's father (First appearance)
John-117
Kai-125
Kwan Ha
Kessler
Laera
Margaret Parangosky
Makee
Miranda Keyes
Riz-028
Soren-066
Talia Perez (First appearance)
Vannak-134

Species

Weapons

Vehicles

Human
- D80 Condor
- UNSC starship
  - Halberd-class light destroyer
  - Stalwart-class light frigate
  - Halcyon-class light cruiser (First appearance)
Covenant
- Covenant starship
  - Ceudar-pattern heavy corvette

Technology and equipment

Mark VIII Cryogenic Suspension Chamber
MJOLNIR Powered Assault Armor
- Berta variant
- EOD variant
- Mark VI variant
- Samuel variant
Semi-Powered Infiltration armor

Development

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Gallery

Promotional images

January 18, 2024
January 18, 2024
New poster for Season 2.
January 20, 2024. Originally posted together with the following three images so they optically spell "HALO."
Landscape version of release poster
Landscape version of second release poster