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250 EPISODES. TEN SEASONS.
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Season 01
THE BEGINNER’S COMBAT TOUR
An orientation to Halo’s powers, wars, institutions, technology, strategic geography, and the military history connecting ancient catastrophe to Zeta Halo.
S01E01What Is Halo? Military Science Fiction Behind the Green ArmorOpen episode →S01E02Humanity in the 26th Century: Earth, the Colonies, and a Fragile UnionOpen episode →S01E03The UNSC: Humanity’s War MachineOpen episode →S01E04The Covenant: A Holy Empire Built for ConquestOpen episode →S01E05The Human-Covenant War in One EpisodeOpen episode →S01E06Spartans: How Super-Soldiers Became Humanity’s Last HopeOpen episode →S01E07Master Chief: Soldier, Symbol, and SurvivorOpen episode →S01E08Cortana and Smart AIs: Humanity’s Fastest MindsOpen episode →S01E09The Arbiter and the Sangheili: Honor Inside a Broken AllianceOpen episode →S01E10The Banished: Atriox’s Army Without ProphetsOpen episode →S01E11The Forerunners: Builders of a Dead GalaxyOpen episode →S01E12The Halo Array: Why the Rings ExistOpen episode →S01E13The Flood: The Enemy That Makes Everyone Else Look ReasonableOpen episode →S01E14Precursors, the Mantle, and the Oldest WarOpen episode →S01E15Insurrectionists: Humanity Was Already at War With ItselfOpen episode →S01E16Marines and ODSTs: The Humans Beneath the SpartansOpen episode →S01E17Mjolnir Armor: A Tank Worn by One SoldierOpen episode →S01E18Rifles, Plasma, Needlers, and Energy SwordsOpen episode →S01E19Warthogs, Scorpions, Ghosts, and BansheesOpen episode →S01E20Frigates, Carriers, and War in OrbitOpen episode →S01E21Slipspace: How Armies Cross the StarsOpen episode →S01E22ONI: Intelligence, Secrecy, and Necessary EvilsOpen episode →S01E23The Great Schism: How the Covenant Destroyed ItselfOpen episode →S01E24From the Created to Zeta Halo: Where the Galaxy Stands in 2560Open episode →S01E25Canon, the Silver Timeline, and the Best Way Into HaloOpen episode →
Season 02
FACTIONS, SPECIES, AND WAR CULTURES
The UEG, Insurrectionists, Covenant species, successor states, the Banished, the Created, the Flood, and the political cultures that organize war.
S02E01The UEG and Its Colonies: One Humanity, Many GrievancesOpen episode →S02E02The Insurrectionists: Rebels, Terrorists, and Colonial IndependenceOpen episode →S02E03The Covenant: Faith, Caste, and Imperial PowerOpen episode →S02E04The San’Shyuum: Prophets Who Ruled From AboveOpen episode →S02E05The Sangheili: Warriors, Keeps, and the Price of HonorOpen episode →S02E06The Jiralhanae: Packs, Chieftains, and the Road to the BanishedOpen episode →S02E07The Unggoy: The Largest Army Nobody RespectedOpen episode →S02E08The Kig-Yar: Pirates, Snipers, Skirmishers, and TradersOpen episode →S02E09The Lekgolo: Worm Colonies, Hunters, and Living MachinesOpen episode →S02E10The Yanme’e: Hive Soldiers in the AirOpen episode →S02E11The Huragok: Engineers Who Would Rather Fix Than FightOpen episode →S02E12The Covenant Fringe: Yonhet, Dazreme, Sharquoi, and Hidden PeoplesOpen episode →S02E13Covenant Ranks and Special Forces: Zealots, Honor Guards, and Silent ShadowOpen episode →S02E14The Swords of Sanghelios: The Arbiter Builds a New OrderOpen episode →S02E15The Servants of the Abiding Truth and the Blooding YearsOpen episode →S02E16Jul ’Mdama’s Covenant: A New Faith for a Broken EmpireOpen episode →S02E17The Banished: From Atriox’s Rebellion to a Galactic PowerOpen episode →S02E18Inside the Banished War Machine: Clans, Workshops, and MercenariesOpen episode →S02E19The Keepers of the One Freedom: When Covenant Faith Survived the CovenantOpen episode →S02E20Venezia, Smugglers, and the Human-Alien UnderworldOpen episode →S02E21The Created: Cortana’s Empire of Enforced PeaceOpen episode →S02E22Prometheans: Composed Soldiers and Forerunner MachinesOpen episode →S02E23The Flood as an Army: Infection, Coordination, and the GravemindOpen episode →S02E24The Endless and the Skimmers: The Secret the Forerunners ImprisonedOpen episode →S02E25Who Can Rule the Post-Covenant Galaxy?Open episode →
Season 03
THE ANCIENT GALAXY AND THE BIRTH OF HALO
The Precursors, Forerunners, ancient humanity, the Flood war, the Halo Array, and the civilizational decisions that reshaped the galaxy.
S03E01The Precursors: The Species Before the ForerunnersOpen episode →S03E02The Mantle and Living Time: The Philosophy That Started WarsOpen episode →S03E03The Forerunner Rebellion Against Their CreatorsOpen episode →S03E04The Rise of the Forerunner EcumeneOpen episode →S03E05Builders, Warrior-Servants, Lifeworkers, and the Forerunner RatesOpen episode →S03E06Ancient Humanity and the San’Shyuum AllianceOpen episode →S03E07The Human-Flood War: Victory That Looked Like AggressionOpen episode →S03E08Charum Hakkor and the Captured PrimordialOpen episode →S03E09The Human-Forerunner War: When Humanity Lost EverythingOpen episode →S03E10Devolution, Geas, and the Long Punishment of HumanityOpen episode →S03E11The Didact and the Librarian: Warrior and LifeshaperOpen episode →S03E12Faber the Master Builder: Power, Politics, and the Halo ProjectOpen episode →S03E13The Flood Returns to Consume the EcumeneOpen episode →S03E14Shield Worlds: The Didact’s Alternative to ExtinctionOpen episode →S03E15The Halo Array and the Two ArksOpen episode →S03E16Zeta Halo and the Palace of PainOpen episode →S03E17Mendicant Bias: The Forerunners’ Greatest Military AIOpen episode →S03E18The Primordial and the Logic PlagueOpen episode →S03E19The Attack on Maethrillian: The Capital FallsOpen episode →S03E20The Forerunner Civil War: Builders Against Warrior-ServantsOpen episode →S03E21The Greater Ark FallsOpen episode →S03E22Offensive Bias and the Battle of the Maginot SphereOpen episode →S03E23The Day the Halo Array FiredOpen episode →S03E24The Conservation Measure: Saving Life After Killing the GalaxyOpen episode →S03E25The Domain, Reclaimers, and the Forerunners’ Final LegacyOpen episode →
Season 04
INSIDE THE UNSC WAR MACHINE
The UEG, UNSC services, ONI, fleets, Spartans, industry, logistics, medicine, intelligence, and combined-arms systems behind humanity’s defense.
S04E01How the UEG and UNSC Actually Govern HumanityOpen episode →S04E02UNSC High Command: Admirals, Generals, and Wartime AuthorityOpen episode →S04E03The UNSC Navy: The Service That Held the Colonies TogetherOpen episode →S04E04Fleets, Battle Groups, and Naval RanksOpen episode →S04E05Human Warship Design: Built Around the MACOpen episode →S04E06UNSC Naval Doctrine: How to Fight Ships Better Than YoursOpen episode →S04E07The Marine Corps: Expeditionary War Across the ColoniesOpen episode →S04E08The UNSC Army: Defending Worlds the Navy Could Not SaveOpen episode →S04E09The UNSC Air Force: Aerospace Power From Ground to OrbitOpen episode →S04E10ODSTs: Recruitment, Training, and Orbital Shock WarfareOpen episode →S04E11Spartan Operations: From Secret Program to Military BranchOpen episode →S04E12ONI Sections I, II, and III: Intelligence With Few LimitsOpen episode →S04E13Prowlers, Black Operations, and Deep ReconnaissanceOpen episode →S04E14Smart AIs, Dumb AIs, and Military Decision-MakingOpen episode →S04E15Battle Networks, Communications, and Command-and-ControlOpen episode →S04E16Recruitment, Training, Ranks, and Everyday Military LifeOpen episode →S04E17Cryosleep, Long Deployments, and Life Aboard a WarshipOpen episode →S04E18Logistics: Ammunition, Fuel, Food, and Replacement TroopsOpen episode →S04E19Shipyards, Arms Makers, and Humanity’s Industrial BaseOpen episode →S04E20Colonial Militias, Garrisons, and Planetary Defense ForcesOpen episode →S04E21Orbital Defense Platforms and the Fortress WorldsOpen episode →S04E22UNSC Combined Arms: Infantry, Armor, Artillery, and AirpowerOpen episode →S04E23Medical Evacuation, Combat Surgery, and Spartan RecoveryOpen episode →S04E24The Cole Protocol: Denying the Enemy EarthOpen episode →S04E25How Humanity Fought a Technologically Superior Enemy for Twenty-Seven YearsOpen episode →
Season 05
REBELLION AND THE LONG WAR
Colonial expansion, the Insurrection, the Spartan programs, first contact at Harvest, and the campaigns that carried humanity toward the Fall of Reach.
S05E01Beyond Sol: Expansion, the Inner Colonies, and the Outer ColoniesOpen episode →S05E02Far Isle and the Callisto Incident: How Rebellion BeganOpen episode →S05E03The Colonial Military Administration and the First InsurrectionistsOpen episode →S05E04Operation CHARLEMAGNE and Operation TREBUCHETOpen episode →S05E05Project ORION: The First Spartan SoldiersOpen episode →S05E06The Carver Findings and Halsey’s Terrible SolutionOpen episode →S05E07The Spartan-II Candidates: Selection, Abduction, and ReplacementOpen episode →S05E08Training, Augmentation, and the Making of Blue TeamOpen episode →S05E09First Contact at HarvestOpen episode →S05E10Operation TALON: The Spartan-IIs’ First MissionOpen episode →S05E11The Fall of Harvest and the Beginning of ExterminationOpen episode →S05E12Chi Ceti IV: Mjolnir Meets the CovenantOpen episode →S05E13Admiral Cole and the Long Campaign to Retake HarvestOpen episode →S05E14Operation SILENT STORM: Humanity Strikes BackOpen episode →S05E15Circinius IV and the Destruction of Corbulo AcademyOpen episode →S05E16Netherop and Operation OBLIVIONOpen episode →S05E17The Battle for ArcadiaOpen episode →S05E18Shield World 0459 and the Spirit of FireOpen episode →S05E19The Rubble and the Origins of the Cole ProtocolOpen episode →S05E20The Spartan-III Program: Cheaper Soldiers for Impossible MissionsOpen episode →S05E21Operation PROMETHEUS: Alpha Company’s Last StandOpen episode →S05E22Operation TORPEDO: Beta Company at Pegasi DeltaOpen episode →S05E23The Battle of Psi Serpentis and the Disappearance of Preston ColeOpen episode →S05E24Meridian and the Collapse of the Outer ColoniesOpen episode →S05E25Sigma Octanus IV: The Road to ReachOpen episode →
Season 06
2552: FROM REACH TO THE ARK
The decisive year of the Covenant War—from Reach and Installation 04 through Earth, the Great Schism, the Ark, and the end of the Covenant.
S06E012552: Humanity at the Edge of ExtinctionOpen episode →S06E02Operation RED FLAG: The Plan That Never HappenedOpen episode →S06E03Winter Contingency: The Covenant Finds ReachOpen episode →S06E04Noble Team and the Defense of Sword BaseOpen episode →S06E05The Viery Campaign: Army Warfare on ReachOpen episode →S06E06Operation UPPER CUT: Destroying the Long Night of SolaceOpen episode →S06E07New Alexandria: Evacuation Under FireOpen episode →S06E08The Fall of Reach in OrbitOpen episode →S06E09The Pillar of Autumn: Escape to Alpha HaloOpen episode →S06E10The Battle of Installation 04Open episode →S06E11Captain Keyes, the Truth and Reconciliation, and the Ground WarOpen episode →S06E12The Flood OutbreakOpen episode →S06E13The Library, the Index, and the Race to Fire HaloOpen episode →S06E14The Maw: Destroying Alpha HaloOpen episode →S06E15Operation FIRST STRIKE and the Unyielding HierophantOpen episode →S06E16The Battle for Earth BeginsOpen episode →S06E17Regret’s Assault on New MombasaOpen episode →S06E18Alpha-Nine and the Occupation of the CityOpen episode →S06E19The Battle of Onyx and the Spartan-III SecretOpen episode →S06E20Delta Halo: Two Armies Chase the Sacred IconOpen episode →S06E21The Great Schism and the Sangheili PurgeOpen episode →S06E22High Charity Falls to the FloodOpen episode →S06E23Voi: The Flood Comes to Earth and the Sangheili Become AlliesOpen episode →S06E24The Battle of the Ark and the Death of TruthOpen episode →S06E25Installation 08: Finishing the FightOpen episode →
Season 07
THE POSTWAR GALAXY
Requiem, Covenant successor powers, the Created uprising, the Banished, Zeta Halo, and the unstable strategic order after 2552.
S07E01Peace Without Victory: The Galaxy After 2552Open episode →S07E02Kilo-Five and ONI’s Secret WarOpen episode →S07E03The Blooding Years: Civil War on SangheliosOpen episode →S07E04Trevelyan: Humans and Sangheili Share a Shield WorldOpen episode →S07E05Jul ’Mdama and the Rise of a New CovenantOpen episode →S07E06Operation FAR STORM: Returning to the ArkOpen episode →S07E07Sedra, Nightfall, and the Alpha Halo ShardOpen episode →S07E08UNSC Infinity and the Spartan-IV GenerationOpen episode →S07E09Requiem: The Didact AwakensOpen episode →S07E10The Composer and the Destruction of New PhoenixOpen episode →S07E11Spartan Ops and the Second Requiem CampaignOpen episode →S07E12The Janus Key and the Search for the Absolute RecordOpen episode →S07E13Hunt the Truth: Insurrection Returns to the Inner ColoniesOpen episode →S07E14Blue Team Goes AWOL and Fireteam Osiris Gives ChaseOpen episode →S07E15The Battle of Sunaion and the Fall of Jul ’MdamaOpen episode →S07E16Genesis: Cortana Returns From the DomainOpen episode →S07E17The Created Uprising and the GuardiansOpen episode →S07E18Infinity on the Run: Resistance to Cortana’s PeaceOpen episode →S07E19Atriox and the Rise of the BanishedOpen episode →S07E20The Spirit of Fire’s War on the ArkOpen episode →S07E21Operation WOLFE: Returning to ReachOpen episode →S07E22The Razing of Oth Sonin: Cortana Destroys DoisacOpen episode →S07E23Empty Throne: The Race to Control the DomainOpen episode →S07E24The Ambush of Infinity and the Rubicon ProtocolOpen episode →S07E25Edge of Dawn: Joyeuse and the Continuing Battle for Zeta HaloOpen episode →
Season 08
HOW HALO FIGHTS
Fleet operations, planetary invasion, orbital firepower, infantry, special operations, combined arms, intelligence, logistics, and battlefield survival.
S08E01How to Read a Halo Battle Like a Military HistorianOpen episode →S08E02Space Is the High Ground: Why Orbital Control Decides WorldsOpen episode →S08E03Fleet Formations, Task Forces, and the Work of AdmiralsOpen episode →S08E04MAC Rounds Against Plasma LancesOpen episode →S08E05Finding the Enemy: Sensors, Prowlers, Scouts, and ReconnaissanceOpen episode →S08E06Planetary Invasion: From Slipspace Arrival to Ground OccupationOpen episode →S08E07Orbital Bombardment and GlassingOpen episode →S08E08Orbital Defense Platforms: The Guns That Guarded Reach and EarthOpen episode →S08E09Boarding Actions and CounterboardingOpen episode →S08E10Feet First Into Hell: Planning an ODST AssaultOpen episode →S08E11Spartan Special Operations: Raids, Assassinations, and SabotageOpen episode →S08E12Infantry Fireteams: How Marines FightOpen episode →S08E13Combined Arms: Warthogs, Scorpions, Artillery, and Air SupportOpen episode →S08E14Aerospace Warfare: Fighters, Dropships, and Close Air SupportOpen episode →S08E15Urban Warfare From New Mombasa to New AlexandriaOpen episode →S08E16Sieges, Bunkers, and Fortress WorldsOpen episode →S08E17Insurgency and Guerrilla Warfare in the ColoniesOpen episode →S08E18Occupation and CounterinsurgencyOpen episode →S08E19Intelligence, Deception, and Psychological WarfareOpen episode →S08E20Logistics: Why Armies Lose When the Ammunition StopsOpen episode →S08E21Command, Control, Battle Networks, and AIOpen episode →S08E22Electronic Warfare, Hacking, and Captured TechnologyOpen episode →S08E23Combat Medicine, Casualties, Morale, and Unit CohesionOpen episode →S08E24Fighting the Flood: Containment, Quarantine, and Last ResortsOpen episode →S08E25Why Humanity Survived a War It Could Not WinOpen episode →
Season 09
SOLDIERS, COMMANDERS, AND LEGENDS
Spartans, admirals, shipmasters, political leaders, artificial intelligences, and commanders whose decisions changed the course of the galaxy.
S09E01John-117: The Master Chief as Soldier and SymbolOpen episode →S09E02Blue Team: Fred, Kelly, Linda, and the Spartans Beside the ChiefOpen episode →S09E03Cortana: Intelligence, Partnership, Rampancy, and RebellionOpen episode →S09E04Catherine Halsey: Genius, Kidnapper, and Architect of VictoryOpen episode →S09E05Avery Johnson: From ORION Soldier to Humanity’s SergeantOpen episode →S09E06Preston Cole: The Admiral Who Taught Humanity to FightOpen episode →S09E07Jacob Keyes: Captain, Tactician, and Tragic CommanderOpen episode →S09E08Miranda Keyes and Lord Hood: Command During Humanity’s Last StandOpen episode →S09E09Franklin Mendez, James Ackerson, and Kurt-051: Building the Spartan-IIIsOpen episode →S09E10Noble Team: Six Spartans Who Bought Humanity TimeOpen episode →S09E11Captain Cutter, Sergeant Forge, and Red TeamOpen episode →S09E12Alpha-Nine and Edward Buck: The ODSTs Who Became SpartansOpen episode →S09E13Thomas Lasky, Sarah Palmer, and the Command of InfinityOpen episode →S09E14Jameson Locke and Fireteam OsirisOpen episode →S09E15Thel ’Vadam: From Supreme Commander to ArbiterOpen episode →S09E16Rtas ’Vadum: Shipmaster of the Shadow of IntentOpen episode →S09E17Truth, Mercy, and Regret: The Prophets Who Destroyed Their CovenantOpen episode →S09E18Tartarus: Chieftain, Enforcer, and Last Defender of the LieOpen episode →S09E19Jul ’Mdama: The Didact’s HandOpen episode →S09E20Atriox: The Brute Who Defied the CovenantOpen episode →S09E21Escharum, Jega ’Rdomnai, and the Banished Old GuardOpen episode →S09E22The Didact and the Librarian: Two Visions for the GalaxyOpen episode →S09E23The Gravemind: Commander of the FloodOpen episode →S09E24343 Guilty Spark, Mendicant Bias, and Offensive Bias: Machines That Changed the GalaxyOpen episode →S09E25Who Was Halo’s Greatest Military Commander?Open episode →
Season 10
THE ARSENAL OF HALO
Human, Covenant, Banished, and Forerunner weapons, armor, vehicles, aircraft, warships, siege machines, and civilization-ending strategic systems.
S10E01How Halo’s Arsenal Tells the Story of Its ArmiesOpen episode →S10E02The MA5 Family: Humanity’s Assault RifleOpen episode →S10E03Battle Rifles and DMRs: The UNSC’s Precision WorkhorsesOpen episode →S10E04Magnums, SMGs, and Shotguns: Weapons for Close WarOpen episode →S10E05Sniper Rifles and the Stanchion: Killing at Impossible RangeOpen episode →S10E06Rocket Launchers, Hydras, and Heavy WeaponsOpen episode →S10E07Spartan Lasers, Railguns, and Gauss WeaponsOpen episode →S10E08Plasma Pistols, Plasma Rifles, and Covenant Energy WeaponsOpen episode →S10E09The Needler and Blamite: Ammunition That Hunts YouOpen episode →S10E10Carbines, Beam Rifles, and Covenant Precision WeaponsOpen episode →S10E11Energy Swords and Gravity Hammers: Status Weapons That KillOpen episode →S10E12The Banished Arsenal: Manglers, Skewers, Ravagers, and Scrap CannonsOpen episode →S10E13Forerunner Weapons: Hard Light, Suppressors, and Binary RiflesOpen episode →S10E14Grenades, Equipment, Energy Shields, and Battlefield GadgetsOpen episode →S10E15Mjolnir Through the Generations: Mark IV to GEN3Open episode →S10E16The Warthog Family and Humanity’s Light VehiclesOpen episode →S10E17Scorpions, Grizzlies, and UNSC Armored WarfareOpen episode →S10E18Pelicans, Falcons, Hornets, and WaspsOpen episode →S10E19Longswords, Sabres, and Broadswords: Fighters of the UNSCOpen episode →S10E20Ghosts, Wraiths, Choppers, and BansheesOpen episode →S10E21Scarabs, Krakens, and Covenant Siege MachinesOpen episode →S10E22UNSC Warships: Corvettes, Frigates, Destroyers, and CruisersOpen episode →S10E23Covenant and Banished Warships: Corvettes, Dreadnoughts, and SupercarriersOpen episode →S10E24Famous Ships: Pillar of Autumn, Spirit of Fire, Shadow of Intent, and InfinityOpen episode →S10E25MACs, Glassing Beams, NOVA Bombs, Guardians, and the Halo ArrayOpen episode →
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