Halo
Spoilers are ahead for Halo time of year 2 , instalment 4 , " Reach . "
Summary
Haloseason 2 , episode 4 , " Reach " chronicles the dealership ’s devotee - favorite Fall of Reach plot line — a patch thread that results in several huge character deaths . Ahead of the fourth episode , viewers learnedwhat really happened to Cobalt Teamat the Visegrád comms relay . Just as Master Chief ( Pablo Schreiber ) had warn , the Covenant were already on Reach . WhileHalsey ’s replacement and ONI official James Ackerson(Joseph Morgan ) decides to cover up the plasma scarring and list Cobalt Team as " overleap in action,“Admiral Jacob Keyes ( Danny Sapani ) ca n’t stomach Ackerson ’s planto just let Reach diminish without warning civilians .
While Ackerson and other ONI and UNSC higher - ups quietly flee the planet , Keyes stays behind to fight alongside his soldier and helm the civilian evacuation . finally , Keyes crosses paths with Corporal Perez ( Cristina Rodlo ) , who ultimately flies Reach ’s denizen off - world , and most of the Spartans of Silver Team . Although Kai-125 ( Kate Kennedy ) is nowhere to be find , John-117 ( Schreiber ) , Riz-028 ( Natasha Culzac ) , and Vannak-134 ( Bentley Kalu ) assistance the UNSC ’s Marines in staving off the Covenant personnel . DespiteHalo ’s characters’best efforts , some primal digit die during the Covenant ’s unmerciful encroachment of Reach .
Danilo
Christian Ochoa Lavernia’s Husband Of Louis-036
DuringHaloseason 2 , episode 2 , " Sword , " viewers are introduced to Danilo , an accomplished doctor and Louis-036 ’s ( Marvin Jones III ) pardner . play by Christian Ochoa Lavernia , Danilo has a comparatively modest role inHalo ’s sophomore picnic . Even so , his death — the first to happen a named character — marks an emotional turning point duringHalo ’s Fall of Reach . In " Sword , " Riz loses her grip during a austere training exercise , falling from a cliff - face and into a pile of rock . When Master Chief tells her to get up , Riz admits that she ca n’t .
Riz ’s trainer and wise man , Louis-036 , reprimands her for training despite the severity of her pain in the ass . At first , the ex-wife - Spartan tells Riz to chance a new life path , but he eventually wreak her to see Danilo — supposedly the only one who can help Riz . experience her pain , Danilo state Riz to let it go and take back her life . Before the invasion , Riz even stops by her new friends ' divvy up habitation . That makes it all - the - more disconcerting when Riz discovers that Danilo was killed during a sick flair through an Elite - infested construction .
TheHaloTV series takes spot in a standalone Silver Timeline that ’s separate from the franchise ’s nucleus canon .
Louis-036
The Retired Spartan Played By Marvin Jones III (A.K.A. Krondon)
After Riz finds Danilo ’s exanimate eubstance slumped over in a stairwell , the conflicted Spartan has no pick but to keep impress and leave her raw acquaintance behind . When she rejoins Master Chief and the others back on the Covenant - infested streets , Riz is also tasked with breaking the devastating news of Danilo ’s death to Louis-036 . Formerlypart of the Spartan program , Louis carve out a new life for himself . A trainer and mentor to up - and - coming Spartans and Marines , Louis thrived because of his life outdoors of work — because of Danilo .
When the blind passee - Spartan ask Riz where Danilo is and gets a stilted answer , Louis realizes reasonably directly that his husband was killed by the Covenant . Master Chief , who ’s further up the street , tells Riz and Louis that they involve to keep displace . After a Covenant tank appears , Riz tells Louis to watch her , but he insists that he ’s precisely where he needs to be . Armed with explosives , Louis abandon his cover and walks down the street toward the Wraith . Although Louis sacrifice himself , his admirable last stand against the Covenant army tank set aside Riz and John to escape .
In Halo season 2 , instalment 3 , Admiral Jacob Keyes mentions the Winter Contingency — a consultation to Halo : Reach and the imminent Covenant invasion .
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Admiral Jacob Keyes
Danny Sapani’s Seasoned UNSC Officer
While the departure of Riz ’s newfound friends is upsetting , there ’s no deny the absolutely crushing system of weights of Admiral Jacob Keyes ' death . One of the most well - known characters in theHalofranchise , Keyes seemed to be in it for the long haul — or at least untilHaloseason 3 , which will likely chronicle the emergence of the Flood . In true TV show fashion , Haloseason 2 , episode 4 sets up Keyes ' impending doomsday by give him a big , heartfelt minute . " I do not see licking in this room , " Keyes says , muster up his soldiers . " And I do not see surrender . "
Haloseason 2 ’s finale air on March 21 , 2024 .
An accomplished UNSC officer , Keyes knows that the Marines and Spartans wo n’t win the Battle of Reach . Instead , his program is to fight and stay the Covenant approach long enough to allow the surviving civilians to escape the planet . When Keyes prognosticate that those survivors will , " Tell the story that you write today , " he more than foreshadows his own death . In a sacrificial play , Keyes exit the voidance ship in Perez ’s hands . After readying the ship for take off , Keyes pulls out a pipe and asks the Jackals for a luminance — only to draw both the whole platform .
Silver Team playact as a stand - in forHalo : Reach ’s Spartan Noble Team .
Vannak-134
Bentley Kalu’s Silver Team Spartan
Not only doesHaloirreversibly convert Jacob Keyes ' storyin " Reach , " but the show cover a devastating reversal to Master Chief ’s Silver Team by killing off Vannak-134 in episode 4 ’s terminal moment . During time of year 2 ’s first few episode , Ackerson help eat at the trust between Silver Team ’s members by run up the seeded player of incertitude about John ’s mental constancy . Not only does Ackerson gaslight John , but he subtly flex Kai against the Chief . While the Spartans assume Kai is " out hunting " during the Fall of Reach , it seems more potential that she lead Reach with Ackerson and the other ONI officers .
Although Kwan Ha , an rebel from Madrigal , is a divisive eccentric create for the Halo show , her season 2 plot fluff a major Halo villain .
During the Covenant encroachment of Reach , Silver Team acts as a stand - in forHalo : Reach ’s Spartan Noble Team . John , Riz , and Vannak prove why Silver Team is such a formidable personnel by working like a well - oiled car . After Keyes ' death , Makee ’s ( Charlie Murphy)battalion of Elitesappears to get by some more damage . With John momently incapacitated , Vannak have a play for a Needler — the Covenant ’s iconic blood plasma - dart weapon . In the end , Vannak gets stick by an detonate needle . John and Riz are unable to aid their comrade , making Vannak ’s death one ofHalo ’s more roughshod panorama .
