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Transcendence
Series overview
Series:	Halo: The Television Series
Season:	Season One
Episode specifications
Episode:	09
Air date:	May 19, 2022
Run time:	48 minutes, 11 seconds
Production information
Director(s):	Jonathan Liebesman
Writer(s):	Steven Kane

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Transcendence is the ninth and final episode of the first season of Halo: The Television Series. The episode aired on May 19, 2022.^[2]

Official summary

Beaten, battered, and betr ayed, John 117 leads the Spartans on a suicide mission to find the Halo and save humanity. But at what price?^[1]^[3]

Plot

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Appearances

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Characters

Species

Organizations

Locations

Aspero system
- Raas Kkhotskha (First appearance)
Epsilon Eridani system
- Reach
  - Reach City
    - WHITE TOWER
  - Manassas

Events

Human-Covenant War
- Battle of Raas Kkhotskha (First appearance)

Weapons

Vehicles

Technology and equipment

Credits

Directed by Jonathan Liebesman

Written by 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

Julian Bleach
Karl Johnson
Hilton McRae

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

Directors of Photography

Karl Walter Lindenlaub ASC
Ed Wild BSC

Production Designer Sophie Becher

Editor Aaron Marshall CCE

Music by Sean Callery

Casting by Jinya[sic] Jay and Olivia Brittain

Guest Starring Ryan McParland

Additional Cast (in Order of Appearance)

MP Takacs Gustavo Chiang
MP Choksey Oladapo Oluwatosin Okunlola
Marine Doyle Samuel Tamunotoku Gbobo
Flight Technician Javal Caroline Boulton
MP Malya Claudius Peters
UNSC Nurse Danielle Fiamanya
Evans Balázs Csémy

Unit Production Manager Gabi Csoma

First Assistant Director Dale Butler

Second Assistant Director Nadia Brand

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

Gergo Rieger
Kriszta Szilagyi

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

SFX Floor Supervisor Dave Stewart

SFX Pyro Supervisor Csaba Kiss

SFX Workshop Supervisor Ruan Liebenberg

Movement Coach/Choreographer Kristof Varnagy

Armoury Liam Byrne

Military Advisor Daniel Hirst

Set Decorators

Guy Potgieter
Adam Polgar

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 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 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

Additional Voice Casting by Phoebe Scholfield

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 Manager Gabor Bukai

Director of Photography Gabor Marosi

Camera Operators Nandor Gulyas

Gaffer Mark Czirjak

Key Grip George Anton

Art Director Mate Kovacsi

Script Supervisor Julia Raczky

Communication Technician Balazs Toth

Sound Mixer Otto Olah

Video Assist Operator Jan Wachowski

Financial Controller Wendy Ellerker

Production Accountants

Kolos Trimmel
Peter Dano
Carla Self
Linda Gillespie

Language Consultant David J. Peterson

Dialogue Coaches 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

Trainee Assistant Picture Editor Jesse Scarrow

Sound Designers

Brennan Mercer
David Evans

Supervising Sound Editor (ADR) Dale Sheldrake

Sound Effects Editor David Caporale

Dialogue Editor Claire Dobson

“Comprehension”

Composed by Sean Callery and Colin Stetson

Featuring Colin Stetson

Music Editor Yuri Gorbachow

First Assistant Sound Editors

Sue Fawcett
Andrew Wright
Nadya Hanlon

Re-Recording Mixers

Lou Solakofski
Matt Chan

Lead Visual Effects Supervisor

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

Previz Consultant Jaron Clegg

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 Pixomondo

Visual Effects Supervisor Phil Prates

Asset Supervisor Sunkwan Lee

Pre-Visualization Supervisor Chris De Souza

Lead Animator Navdeep Singh

Senior Animator Sejung Kim

Lead Animator Parisa Behvar

Visual Effects by Redefine

VFX Supervisor Vishal Anand

VFX Producer Bakshad Amrolia

Associate VFX Supervisor Sunil Kamath

VFX Production Manager Graham Tailleur

CG Supervisor Ramesh Chinneri

Compositing Supervisor Gary Couto

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 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 Stereo D

Visual Effects Supervisor Grant Lee

Senior VFX Line Producer R. Parthasarathy

VFX Line Producer Melissa Espina

VFX Production Manager Skye Morandin

Roto Artist Pravin Kumar

Paint Artist Shantanu Narendra Khule

Visual Effects by Fillscrn

Digital Compositors

Balázs Varga
Andor Záhonyi
Róbert Illés
Gergely Kányog
József Morvay
Dénes Molnár

Visual Effects by Frame Distillery

Visual Effects Supervisor Rob Del Ciancio

CG Supervisor Steve McArdle

Visual Effects by Take 5

Assistant Production Manager Kealeagh Brewer
VFX Compositing Supervisor Maria Gordon
VFX Lead Compositor Jerry Lai
VFX Compositors

Travis Pond
Denis St. Pierre
Corey Wayne

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.

Many of the Halo games include notable music composed by Martin O'Donnell and Michael Salvatori.

Chapter E11ven

One Big Picture

Amblin Television

343 Industries

Showtime A Presentation of Paramount Networks Inc. A PARAMOUNT COMPANY

Paramount+

Gallery

Concept art for the final battle inside the temple.
UNSC Marines take aim at Endymion II.
John-117 idle in Condor 325.
The gravity distortion of the Aspero system.
Condor 325 approached Raas Kkhotskha.
A Covenant temple featuring Sangheili statues.
Atriox arrives on the battlefield.
The coordinates to Halo.
Sangheili Zealots begin to bow.
John and Makee on the Halo.
Kai looking at Makee interact with the Keystone.
John is too wounded to continue the fight.
Cortana takes control of John's body.
The unified Keystone aboard Condor 325.

Sources

^ ^a ^b The Futon Critic, Shows A-Z – Halo on Paramount+ (Retrieved on Mar 21, 2022) [archive]
^ The Hollywood Reporter, 'Halo' TV Series Finds New Director (Retrieved on Mar 21, 2022) [archive]
^ Paramount Plus, Halo - Transcendence (Retrieved on Dec 22, 2023) [archive]

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

[hol5flywood-2] The Hollywood Reporter, 'Halo' TV Series Finds New Director (Retrieved on Mar 21, 2022) [archive]

[3] Paramount Plus, Halo - Transcendence (Retrieved on Dec 22, 2023) [archive]

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