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Series overview
Series:	Halo: The Television Series
Season:	Season One
Episode specifications
Episode:	01
Air date:	March 24, 2022
Run time:	58 minutes, 56 seconds
Production information
Director(s):	Otto Bathurst
Writer(s):	Kyle Killen; Steven Kane

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Contact is the first episode of the first season of Halo: The Television Series. The episode aired on March 24, 2022.^[1]^[3]

Official summary[edit]

In the year 2552, humans on the planet Madrigal have been fighting for independence from Earth, but a fatal encounter with the Alien Covenant complicates things. Master Chief John 117 and his super-soldier "Spartans" join the fight. After the battle, Master Chief heads to his home planet of Reach with a Madrigal survivor and a mysterious object he discovered on the planet. But a controversial order has John questioning his mission, and himself.^[4]

Plot[edit]

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Appearances[edit]

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Characters

Adun Saly (First appearance)
Cara (First appearance)
Catherine Halsey (First appearance)
Cortana (First mentioned)
Djanka (First appearance)
Doan (First appearance)
Esso (First appearance)
Faaz (First appearance)
Isaac Lux (First mentioned)
Jacob Keyes (First appearance)
Jin Ha (First appearance)
John-117 (First appearance)
John-117's father (First appearance)
John-117's mother
Juric (First appearance)
Kai-125 (First appearance)
Kwan Ha (First appearance)
Ladi (First appearance)
Makee (First appearance)
Malchin (First appearance)
Miranda Keyes (First appearance)
Neru (First appearance)
Margaret Parangosky (First appearance)
Prophet of Mercy (First appearance)
Riz-028 (First appearance)
Ruben (First appearance)
Shepherd (Mentioned only)
Stacker (First appearance)
Tesic (First appearance)
Unidentified Kaidon (First appearance)
Unidentified Professor (First appearance)
Vannak-134 (First appearance)
Vinsher Grath (First appearance)

Species

Weapons

Vehicles

Anodyne Spirit
CAS-class assault carrier
Type-26 Banshee
Ru'swum-pattern Phantom
Halberd-class light destroyer
D80 Condor
- Condor 325 (First appearance)
Stalwart-class light frigate

Technology and equipment

Trivia[edit]

While exploring the cave, John's HUD icon for his DMR includes a scope, as seen in-game, despite the lack of scope on his own particular weapon.

Credits[edit]

Directed by Otto Bathurst

Written for Television by Kyle Killen 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

Also Starring

Jamie Beamish
Burn Gorman
Julian Bleach

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 Luisa Silka[sic]

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[sic] Jay and Olivia Brittain

Guest Starring

Ryan McParland
Jung Hwan Gong

Additional Cast (in Order of Appearance)

Ruben Sky Yang
Professor Ian Pirie
Djanka Bneka Okoye
Esso Shaun Aylward
Cara Hayley Canham
Neru Zachary Hing
Faaz Olivia Liu
Sentry Miklós Béres
Malchin Felipe Gabriel Mariano
Young John Casper Knopf
John's Mother Sarah Ridgeway
John's Father Duncan Pow
Flight Tech Doan Chan Woo Lim
Flight Tech Juric Karen Gagnon
Flight Tech Tesic Mirjam Novak
Control Tech Ladi Johnny K. Palmer
Ops Tech Hans Peterson
Colonel Stacker Dávid Csányi

Unit Production Managers

Robert Bernacchi
Gabi Csoma

First Assistant Directors

Robert P. Grayson
Peter Freeman

Second Assistant Directors

Angela Mages
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

Andrew Ackland-Snow
Kiera Tudway

Art Directors

Jiri Karasek
Brett Hirson
Gergo Rieger
Kriszta Szilagyi
Renato Cseh
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

Property Master Andrew Orlando

Clearances Coordinator Paula Byrden

Stunt Coordinators

Domonkos Pardanyi
Brett Chan

Fight Coordinator Johnny Yang

A Camera Operator Michael Soos

B Camera Operators

Adam Fillenz
Gyorgy Reder

Camera First Assistants

Tamas Janossa
Adam Kliegl
Tamas Olah

Gaffers

Jonathan Spencer
Will Finch
Laszlo Molnar

Key Grips

Tommaso Mele
Paolo Tiberti
Gabor Balda

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 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
Mate Kovacsi

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 Coaches

Hans Peterson
Christine Grace Szarko

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
David Evans

Supervising Sound Editor Jane Tattersall, MPSE

Supervising Sound Editor (ADR) Dale Sheldrake

Sound Effects Editors

David Caporale
Steve Medeiros

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

Lead Visual Effects Supervisors

Tom Turnbull
Dominic Remane

Visual Effects Producer Bill Halliday

Lead On Set VFX Supervisor Leann Harvey

VFX Production Manager Kelsey Thompson

Lead VFX Data Wrangler Tamas Udvardi

VFX Data Wrangler Bence Tobik

Assistant VFX Data Wranglers

Bennett Gyurik
Tamas Hajdu

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

DFX Supervisor Chris Zammit

CG Supervisor Amiy Shrivastava

Compositing Supervisor Mohsin Kazi

VFX Producer JP Giamos

VFX Production Manager John Markle

Visual Effects by Pixomondo

Visual Effects Supervisor Mahmoud Rahnama

Visual Effects Producer Michael Borrett

CG Supervisor Evgeny Berbasov

2D Supervisor Eric Covello

VFX Assets Supervisor Daniel Rhys Fox

VFX Lighting Supervisor Zachary Dembinski

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 Matthieu Veillette

Visual Effects by Cinesite

Visual Effects Producer Jonathan Brayer

Visual Effects Supervisor Sean Stranks

VFX Project Manager Amanda Nguyen

CG Supervisor Graham Huston

Compositing Supervisor Christian Simon

Visual Effects by Mavericks VFX

Visual Effects Supervisor Randall Rosa

Associate Visual Effects Supervisor Karim Sahai

Visual Effects Editor Nathan Winspear

Lead Visual Effects Compositor Emma Landriault

Visual Effects Compositors

Benjamin Figueroa
Pedro Seixas

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
Yuri Shubenin

Visual Effects by Fillscrn

Compositing Supervisor Balázs Balogh

Digital Compositors

Balázs Varga
Andor Záhonyi
Róbert Illés
Dóra Bárány
Attila Czeglédi

Visual Effects by Stereo D

Visual Effects Supervisor Grant Lee
Visual Effects Line Producer Melissa Espina
VFX Production Manager Skye Morandin
Roto Production Manager Jitendra Singh Gaur
Roto Artist Babu Sarkar
Paint Artist Prasanna Kumar Mandavalli

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

The events, characters and firms depicted in this motion picture are fictitious. Any similarity to actual persons, living or dead, or to actual firms is purely coincidental.

This motion picture is protected under the laws of the United States, Canada and other countries, and its unauthorized duplication, distribution, or exhibition may result in civil liability and criminal prosecution.

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One Big Picture

Amblin Television

343 Industries

Showtime A Presentation of Paramount Networks Inc. A PARAMOUNT COMPANY

Paramount+

Gallery[edit]

Kwan Ha finds drugs outside the settlement.
The Insurrectionists attempt to defend their home from the Covenant.
Master Chief Petty Officer John-117 joins the battle.
John-117 dodges the swing of a Sangheili's energy sword.
Vannak-134 stabbing a Sangheili with a pole.
John-117 with a CMA AIE-486H machine gun.
The Sangheili officer fatally stabs General Ha.
John-117 executes the Sangheili officer with a M6G magnum.
Silver Team after defeating the Covenant.
Kwan Ha cries over the death of her father.
A surviving Sangheili spies on Silver Team.
A Forerunner artifact activates for John-117.
The surviving Sangheili runs away and activates active camo.
WHITE TOWER on Reach.
A flash clone of Catherine Halsey.
The Prophet of Mercy talking to Makee.
Makee talking to the Prophet of Mercy.
UNSC personnel preparing for Condor 325 to land.
D77-TC Pelicans surround Condor 325.
Silver Team prepare to defend John-117 from the UNSC Marines.
John-117 takes off his helmet.
The Forerunner artifact activates aboard Condor 325.

Sources[edit]

^ ^a ^b The Futon Critic, Shows A-Z – Halo on Paramount+ (Retrieved on Mar 21, 2022) [archive]
^ Collider, ‘HALO’ TV Series Lands ‘Robin Hood’ Director Otto Bathurst (Retrieved on Mar 21, 2022) [archive]
^ The Hollywood Reporter, 'Halo' TV Series Finds New Director (Retrieved on Mar 21, 2022) [archive]
^ Paramount Plus, Halo - Contact (Retrieved on Mar 25, 2022) [archive]

[Futon-1] The Futon Critic, Shows A-Z – Halo on Paramount+ (Retrieved on Mar 21, 2022) [archive]

[2] Collider, ‘HALO’ TV Series Lands ‘Robin Hood’ Director Otto Bathurst (Retrieved on Mar 21, 2022) [archive]

[3] The Hollywood Reporter, 'Halo' TV Series Finds New Director (Retrieved on Mar 21, 2022) [archive]

[4] Paramount Plus, Halo - Contact (Retrieved on Mar 25, 2022) [archive]

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