Reckoning

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Reckoning
Series overview
Series:	Halo: The Television Series
Season:	Season One
Episode specifications
Episode:	05
Air date:	April 21, 2022
Run time:	39 minutes, 39 seconds
Production information
Director(s):	Jonathan Liebesman
Writer(s):	Richard E. Robbins; Steven Kane

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Reckoning is the fifth episode of the first season of Halo: The Television Series. The episode aired on April 21, 2022.^[1]^[2]

Official summary

On the run and out of options, Kwan and Soren have a difference of opinion. With the possibility of finding the mysterious Halo on everyone's minds, John makes a horrible discovery. And the war rears its ugly head.^[3]

Plot

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Appearances

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Characters

Species

Human
Unggoy (First appearance)
Kig-Yar (First appearance)
Sangheili
Jiralhanae (First appearance)

Organizations

Locations

23 Librae system
- Madrigal
  - Okjungdong Basin (First appearance)
- The Rubble (Mentioned only)
Eridanus system
- Eridanus II
  - Reach for Life installation (flashback only)
    - John-117's childhood home

Events

Human-Covenant War
- Hunt for Forerunner Keystone
  - Battle of Eridanus II

Weapons

Vehicles

M12 Chaingun Warthog
D80 Condor
- Condor 472
Ket-pattern battlecruiser
Is'belox-pattern Banshee
Taaku Xur-pattern Spirit
Ru'swum-pattern Phantom
UNSC Pioneer (First appearance)
Zheng He-class courier
- Endymion II

Technology and equipment

Credits

Directed by Jonathan Liebesman

Written by Richard E. Robbins 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
Justin Falvey
Darryl Frank
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 Aaron Marshall CCE

Music by Sean Callery

Casting by Jinya Jay and Olivia Brittain

Guest Starring

Ryan McParland

Additional Cast (in Order of Appearance)

Katie Rios Isaura Barbé-Brown
Young John Casper Knopf
Sangheili Guard Hans Peterson

Unit Production Managers

Robert Bernacchi
Gabi Csoma

First Assistant Directors

Peter Freeman
Tony Adler

Second Assistant Director 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 Director Andrew Ackland-Snow

Art Directors

Gergo Rieger
Kriszta Szilagyi
Renato Cseh

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
Csaba Sepsi
Viktor Mitev

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 Managers

Zsigmond Cholnoky
Gabor Bukai

Production Coordinator Anna Szoke

Director of Photography Gabor Marosi

Camera Operators

Attila Pfeffer
Nandor Gulyas

Gaffer Mark Czirjak

Key Grips

David Kecskemeti
George Anton

Art Directors

Norbert Nagy
Chris Heap

Key Hair Stylist Arianna Palmucci

Script Supervisor Julia Raczky

Sound Mixer Janos Csaki Jr.

DIT Robert Gradvolt

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 Jane Tattersall, MPSE

Supervising Sound Editor (ADR) Dale Sheldrake

Sound Effects Editors

David Caporale
Tyler Whitham

Dialogue Editor Claire Dobson

Music Editor Yuri Gorbachow

1st Assistant Sound Editors

Sue Fawcett
Andrew Wright
Nadya Hanlon

Re-Recording Mixers

Lou Solakofski
Matt Chan

Additional Re-Recording Mixer James Bastable

Lead Visual Effects Supervisor

Dominic Remane
Tom Turnbull

Visual Effects Producer Bill Halliday

Lead On Set VFX Supervisor Leann Harvey

On Set VFX Supervisors

Jon Park
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 MPC

VFX Supervisor Tim Ledbury

Associate VFX Supervisor Izet Buco

CG Supervisor Sebastian Becker

Animation Supervisor Jed Fisher

Asset Supervisor Sam Lucas

VFX Producer Nicola Kingham

Visual Effects by Redefine

VFX Supervisor Vishal Anand

VFX Producer Bakshad Amrolia

Associate VFX Supervisor Izet Buco

VFX Production Manager Graham Tailleur

CG Supervisor Bruno Xiberras

Compositing Supervisor Gary Couto

Visual Effects by Mavericks VFX

Visual Effects Supervisor Randall Rosa

Visual Effects Producer Tracy Grant

Compositing Supervisor Brett Landon

VFX Compositor Laura Brewer

VFX Lighter Tarun Behal

FX Artist Maria Sahai

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 Pixomondo

Visual Effects Producer Becca Donohoe

Visual Effects Coordinator Taylor Jans

Matchmove Lead John Murnaghan

Layout Supervisor Michael Becki

Matte Painting Supervisor Dieter Magallan

Global Head of Pipeline Sebastian Kral

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

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 Take 5

Assistant Production Manager Kealeagh Brewer

VFX Compositing Supervisor Maria Gordon

VFX Lead Compositor Jerry Lai

Lead Matte Painter Alphonso Young

VFX Compositors

Travis Pond
Vikram Chandran
Corey Mayne

Visual Effects by Fillscrn

Compositing Supervisor Balázs Balogh

Digital Compositors

Balázs Varga
József Morvay

Visual Effects by Stereo D

VFX Supervisor Yael Majors
Associate Line Producer Kari-Lyn Gravel
Assistant Production Manager Hakimudding Hussain
Assistant Roto Lead Dnyaneshwar Prabhakar Kakde
Paint Artist Rahul Venkateshwar Chintawar
Production Assistant Refo Yovarda

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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Gallery

Kai-125 with her SRS99-S7 on Eridanus II.
John-117 touching the Keystone.
The UNSC Pioneer is destroyed.
Kig-Yar and Unggoy charge at UNSC forces.
A UNSC Marine is supercombined by a needler.
An Unggoy realizes they don't know how to drive Warthogs.
A Phantom deploys its turrets against the UNSC.
UNSC and Covenant forces fight for the Keystone.
John-117 crashes a Banshee into the Phantom.
Unggoy and Kig-Yar charge at John.
First-person view of John attempting to kill a Sangheili with a plasma pistol.
John uses a Jackal shield to absorb most of the blow of Atriox's gravity hammer.
Atriox looks at John before leaving with the Keystone.