Halo Episode 2: "Unbound"

I rarely watch shows on the day that they are released. But neither Joe nor I could wait another day for episode 2 of Halo, so even though we had already watched episodes of FBI, FBI: International, FBI: Most Wanted, and Moon Knight, we still had to see Halo TODAY. (Yeah, I know. But  a man's got to do what a man's got to do.)

And shortly after it started, I ran into a big disappointment. Seems like every science fiction show, be it big screen, small screen, or really small screen, sooner or later feels the need to send a spaceship through an asteroid field wherein the pilot has to put his, her, or their skill to the utmost test to avoid crashing into asteroids which are so close together that it's not uncommon for scrapes (and concomitant sparks) to occur. Which always causes me to cast my gaze heavenward and ask, "Don't they understand how much fucking space is between asteroids?"

By the way, I had a little look around, and here are two things I found reference our very own asteroid belt:

"The average distance between the asteroids would be about 100,000 miles." (https://image.gsfc.nasa.gov/poetry/venus/a10537.html)

"Due to the low density of materials within the belt, the odds of a probe running into an asteroid are now estimated at less than 1 in 1 billion." (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asteroid_belt)

Fortunately this scene was pretty brief, but still...so irksome. Get a new meme, motherfuckers.

The rest of the show was, I am happy to say, quite interesting, and there were some twists that were quite unexpected. I actually have no idea where this storyline is going, and no certainty as to who the Good Guys and Bad Guys are. I like that in a show.

Also this episode we had the first appearance of Bokeem Woodbine as Soren-066. At least I'm pretty sure this was his first appearance...though IMDb says he's in all 9 episodes, which would mean that he was in Episode 1. Pretty sure that's their fuck up, though. If you don't remember the name, Bokeem previously played Herman Schultz (Shocker #2) in Spider-Man: Homecoming, and a good villain he was indeed. Here he's definitely on the better side of the equation, though I can't definitively say that he's on the Good side yet.

So despite the stupid asteroid dodging scene, I have nothing but enthusiasm for the next episode of Halo, and once again bemoan the fact that I have to wait a week for that to happen.

Be there or be ▢.