All language subtitles for Halo S01E02_eng_4768

[narrator] Previously on Halo...

We've been fighting
these alien creatures for years,

and we still have no idea what they want.

[Professor] Spartans aren't human.

They're faster, stronger, they're smarter.

They just keep on killing.

-[groans]
-No!

[John] Commencing search of the area
for enemy landing site.

Covenant forces appear to be excavating
for some kind of object.

[Makee speaking Sangheili]

Retrieving now.

[Mercy speaking Sangheili]

[John] I saw things
when [ touched the object. A family.

The security committee's looking
for an excuse to cut your funding.

[Parangosky] No cloning, no Cortana.
Is that clear?

[Miranda] You didn't order an Article 72.

We're murdering a teenage girl.

[John] You're gonna need to listen to me.

Why should I trust you?

If you want me dead,

you'll need to aim up here.

-What are you doing?
-[John] I'm trying to help you.

If this ship lands,
they will remove you and execute you.

[Parangosky] Put out the alarm.
Scramble everyone to landing bay.

Full squadron protocol.

Protect Master Chief from anyone
who actively threatens his life.

[Keyes] Knock it down!

[Kwan] You just decided to help me?

Why would a Spartan do that?

I don't know.

Strap in.

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[man] Move it! Let's go!

[alarm beeping]

[aircraft flying overhead]

[dogs barking]

[vehicle engines chugging]

Soren.

Soren!

John.

Where's your armor, man?

Where's your ditch bag?

-I'm not going.
-What are you talking about?

I can't let you go.

What changed your mind?

Every Spartan has the duty to prevent
actions that will harm the program.

[Soren] John, stop! Stop!

If you fail to comply with my orders,
I will be--

I will be compelled to use
all necessary means,

including lethal force to blah-biddy blah.

That ain't training, man.
That's programming.

I mean it, Soren.

[Soren] Man.

Didn't all those dreams we had
mean anything?

-I don't have dreams.
-That's what I'm here for.

'll do the dreaming for the both of us.

Look, we'll be on the Rubble by morning.
Have a good breakfast.

No one will find us there.

John, it's a fresh start.

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This place...

This place cost me my arm.

And what's good about that
is you can see what Halsey did.

But what she's taking from you, John...

I'm not even sure you'll realize
when it's gone.

[scoffs]

Don't.

If I want it to be anyone, John...

I want it to be you.

Either way...

I'm a free man.

It appears that the firearm
available to me at this moment is jammed.

Come with me.

You've got five minutes,

and then I'm waking up the entire camp.

-Make it ten.
-Five.

Whoa.

How fast are we going?

[John] It's not about the speed.

We're taking a more direct path
through space.

[Kwan] What?

If you think of space like a ball of yarn

with multiple threads
to the same destination--

You're ruining it.

That thing you took from Madrigal,
what is it?

Don't know.

How'd you make it start the ship?

Don't know.

"Don't know."

Okay.

Why are you doing this?

Why didn't you just take me in,
let them kill me?

Would you let a kid be executed?

[Kwan] No.

Why not?

Because it's wrong.

That's what I was thinking.

Thank you.

You're welcome.

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[jet engines roaring]

[Halsey] Yes, Silver Team is gearing up
to bring in Master Chief peacefully.

[Hood] Let's talk about
how 1-1-7 escaped.

[Halsey] I think it has something to do
with the object

that he was bringing back from Madrigal.

It's capable of creating
enormous energy fields.

[Hood] What is it exactly?

I don't know.

I think that's the first I've ever heard

the Dbrilliant Catherine Halsey
utter the words "l don't know."

What I do know is that the Covenant
sent two ships

and 20 Elite warriors
to try and retrieve it.

-Well, then we want it too.
-Exactly.

And when we find the Master Chief...

what does one do with a superhuman
you're not sure you can trust?

I am sure I can trust him.

But to assuage any doubt,

Admiral Parangosky and I have devised

an insurance plan for the future.

Do you know how I rose to this position?

By keeping my mind clear
of unnecessary concerns.

So if you have a plan,

the committee should hear it.

Just keep it light.

[jets flying overhead]

[Vannak] Still no contact,
and his beacon is turned off.

He's gonna come back.

He wouldn't just leave us.

Chief's always got a plan.

Kai, Vannak, slipspace vector tracking
on the Condor just came in.

We won't have his exact location,
but we'll be close.

[Kai] Vannak.

If he's got a plan,
why are we going after him?

Halsey's orders.
We'll find out when we need to.

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[alarm beeping]

-What's that sound?
-Proximity alarm.

We exited slipspace
into an asteroid field.

[Kwan] Oh, my God!

-We're gonna die!
-Everything dies.

Sit down and buckle up.

Tell me you have a plan.

Sit down.

Buckle up.

[panting]

[Kwan groaning]

No, no, no!

[alarm beeping rapidly]

[loud rumble]

[breathing heavily]

ST

-[panel beeps]
-[door hinges creak]

[indistinct chatter]

-[Trokan] Squirrel.
-[Squirrel] What is it?

[in Hungarian]

[in English] Get the boss.

-[guns
co
-0il «

[indistinct chatter]

J tense music playing J

Spartan.

This is your plan?

We're fine.

Willy!

[men laughing]

[grunts]

[laughs]

[loud scraping]

Ladies and gentlemen,
put your weapons down.

If John here wanted you dead,

you'd be dead.

Nice of you to drop by.

Hello, Soren.

Look at you.

Welcome to the Rubble.

Let me show you what you missed out on.

Soren, this is Kwan Ha.

I'm looking for a place for her.

You're the one
that they just issued a bounty for.

UNSC is offering a bounty?

-lman] Back to work!
-UNSC? No.

Well, who's the new top cat on Madrigal?

-Vinsher.
-Vinsher?

He's a traitor to the resistance.

Apparently, uh,
the UNSC's preferred replacement

didn't just take your father's office,

he's cleaning house.

Offering cash for your head, literally.

Should I have not said it like that?

Wait, you thought that it was the UNSC
that was offering a bounty, so--

So they also want me dead.

Damn!

You're making friends all over.

[indistinct chatter]

[horn beeping]

And here it is.

Home to every misfit, reprobate, outlaw,
and renegade in the galaxy.

-S0 no law.
-Hey!

No police, no government,
no responsibility.

It's everything
we always talked about, man.

Absolute freedom,
just like I always promised.

-[rumbling]
-[electricity crackles]

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Mind the gap.

[cable car rumbling]

Got a whole rock to myself.

Go where I wanna go, do what I wanna do.

I'm happy for you.

Well, I can see that.

[panting]

So many secrets.

Daddy! Daddy!

Hey!

This little guy's name is Kessler.

-[chuckles]
-You have a child?

[Kessler] Did you bring me anything?

I'm a pirate. That's what we do.

-But not till after dinner.
-Aw.

Go get your mom. We got company.

You can leave your gear here.

I just redid the floors.

Ah. My wife, Laera.

My galactic princess.

It's kind of you to have us.

John.

Soren speaks of you so often.

[Soren] Not that often, my dear.

Not that often.

[Makee speaking Sangheili]

[grunts]

[snarls]

Hmm.

Governor Vinsher has control
of the situation on Madrigal,

but perhaps with somewhat
more of an iron fist

than we anticipated
when we put him in charge.

Vinsher's crude,
but he's a reliable business partner.

The deuterium will soon be flowing,

and the relative calm
has had a positive effect

on fuel prices across the galaxy.

The other colonies have taken notice.

Well done, Keyes.

For once, some positive news.

Captain Keyes, is there any word
on the Master Chief?

The search for him continues.

I have no doubt we'll find him,
and when we do,

I can assure you,

his punishment will be commensurate
with his crimes.

[Hood] Is that wise?

Master Chief is not only
a valuable battle asset,

he's a symbol for the whole war effort.

Punishment not only puts him
out of commission,

it could be very bad for morale.

But what good is he to the war effort
if he can't be controlled?

[murmuring]

Actually, Admiral Parangosky and I
have been ahead of this for some time.

I've developed a new system
which will solve John's current issues

and expand Spartan capability
across the board.

It's called Cortana.

And how does it work?

Spartan bodies have been enhanced
to the limits of our current technology,

so Cortana will do something similar
for their minds.

It will overwrite Spartan consciousness

and replace it with a...
artificial general intelligence.

The first of its kind.

I don't understand.

Cortana is the next stage
in human evolution.

The Spartans were the first step.

Cortana is the upgrade.

She represents the sum total
of every available data point.

The intelligence of the galaxy,
in essence.

With Cortana, we will create Spartans
who are more lethal,

their judgment error-free,

their performance upgradeable,

and, most importantly...

controllable.

[KeyesI And what about John?

You can't just replace his mind.

We are talking about a person.

John is much more than a person.

He is a Spartan.

For his own safety and for ours,
John doesn't feel as we do.

Hormonal pellets
have suppressed his emotions.

John was enhanced and trained
for one purpose.

To fight for us.

And at the moment,
he and the other Spartans

are our only effective weapons
against the Covenant.

But with the help of the Cortana system...

we can win this war.

Didn't you author a paper

about a hypothetical
artificial general intelligence

that could interface directly with humans?

Yes, I authored several.

And didn't that process
depend on biological substrates?

Derived from the illegal practice
of flash-cloning humans?

That's correct.

Have you found a way around that?

Admiral Parangosky,

Section Three is your responsibility.

Any advantage we can get on the Covenant
is a good thing.

But just so we're clear,
you're on board with Halsey's program?

I think the case of Master Chief
provides an opportunity

for a limited trial of the system, yes.

[Hood] Good. I'll leave it to you
to manage the technical hurdles.

Let's get Master Chief back
and put this mess behind us.

We have a war to win.

Remember the tale of the rebel Jin.

And what a spot he put Madrigal in.

He led us into costly war.

Oh.

And then he stole our hydrogen.

[aircraft warbling overhead]

[indistinct radio chatter]

Vinsher hated my father.

He was always looking a way
to cut a deal with the UNSC.

Now Madrigal is his.

I'm so sorry.

I know how you feel.

Do you?

I lost my whole family

when I was just a little younger
than you are now.

I lost my whole planet to the Covenant.

Everyone I love, until I met Soren.

You want revenge.

I want justice.

Revenge and justice are easy to confuse.

Go ahead, taste it.

I don't taste anything.

Well, you stick around here
long enough, you will.

That's freedom, man.

How big a jump did you get on the UNSC?

Not big enough. I give them a day.

More than you gave me.

Yep. [grunts]

Mm-mm.

I don't get it, John,

Get what?

This. You.

Showing up here,
on the run from your people,

carrying a fugitive.

I mean, who are you?

I'm trying to figure a few things out.

Like what's in that box?

[Kessler] Yeah.

[Soren] There you are.

-S0rry.
-[Soren] Mm-mm-mm.

We were just getting to know each other.

-Us too.
-[Kessler murmurs, giggles]

[sighs]

-I can name all the planets in the sky.
-Can you?

Maybe not all.

[Soren] Who'd have thought it?

Me, wife, a kid.

[Kessler] If you want,
I could show you them.

-[Kwan] Okay.
-l thought it was impossible.

[Soren inhaling]

-l thought the treatments they gave us--
-Treatments? [laughs]

He's still calling them treatments.

Maybe he still believes it.

-[Kwan] What is it?
-Clarity.

I think I've had enough clarity
for one day, thanks.

[Soren] There's something you need to know
about the Spartan program

and all those treatments, John.

What they did to us, it's only permanent
if we choose to let it be.

Doesn't matter how long it had you.

For example,
that pellet you got in your back

that enhances battle focus?

It mutes everything.

It eliminates distraction.

It makes you numb.

It makes you as numb to life

as you are to the taste of this food.

Mm-mm-mm.

-[chuckles]
-[Soren] Mmm.

John...

lose the pellet

and it's like opening your eyes
for the first time

after living in the dark.

Soren, leave John be.

He has a lot on his mind.

-Got you.
-Pew, pew! No, you don't.

[Laera] It means a lot to Soren
that you've come,

though I get a sense
that you won't be staying.

Like you said, I have a lot on my mind.

-[Laera] Yes.
-Boo.

[Laera gasps] Kessler.

What's this?

[Laera] It's, um...

It's his sign.

[Soren] You should be honored, man.

It means he can count on you
and you can count on him.

Thank you, Kessler.

I accept.

[Soren] "Thank you, Kessler. I accept.”
[laughs]

-Man, you are a stiff one, Johnny.
-Okay.

Sweet dreams.

Toodle-00.

Good night.

[Soren] I guess when a camel flies,
you don't ask how far.

[Kessler] Good night.

-[console beeping]
-Vannak. Riz.

-Are you getting this?
-[Vannak] Yes.

Sensor plot has the Condor
dropping out of slipspace

inside an asteroid belt.

It makes no sense.

Stay on the track?

Stay onit.

-Admiral.
-What is it, Doctor?

I'm already not in the mood.

I understand from my father
that Dr. Halsey

I getting sole access
to the Madrigal object.

If and when we find it.

Ma'am, xeno-technology is my department.

I'm aware.

If I recall, I put you in that position.

Dr. Halsey already takes
the lion's share of funding,

and she's only focused on her Spartans.

All of our advances
in shielding, active camo,

even slipspace navigation
derived from my... my research.

I'm even making great progress
in understanding the Sangheili language.

Whatever this object is,
I'm the one to untangle it.

I could make great strides
if I had you on my side.

So much like your mother.

Except you lack the polish.

-Ma'am, I--
-I've had enough

of being manipulated for the day.

Get back to work, Miranda.

What is it?

Some kind of Covenant artifact, I think.

What does it do?

I'm not sure.

Bullshit. I can see you're lying
in your eyes.

Now you didn't drag this thing
halfway across the galaxy

because it's pretty.

What does it do?

It powered his ship.

I saw it.

Ship was dead, then he touched
this thing and bam.

How?

I don't know.

[sniffs]

[Soren chuckles]

-Hmm!
-Don't!

It worked for him.

I know a guy.

No. Not interested in selling it.

Guy's name is Reth.

He got taken into a Covenant ship
and lived to talk about it.

He's seen things.

He knows things.

Trust me, man.

Where can I find him?

-[indistinct chatter]
-[horn honking]

This is the safest place
in the galaxy you could find?

Weren't a lot of options.

Rubble is a haven for people
who don't fit in anywhere else.

Like you?

[Soren] I'm talking about
a whole other deal, man. Mystics.

Guys like Reth are swimming
in the cosmic river.

Got any good churros today?

Yes, it's hot.

All right, give me half a dozen.

Thanks.

-So he's insane.
-He's sensitive.

Hanging out with the aliens
will change you, brother.

Looks like a jail, but it's not.

It's a refuge for him.

One last thing.

No sudden moves.

[laughs] I'm just kidding.

[clicks tongue] Man, lighten up.

Oh, look who it is.

[man] What's the man's name?

Who's the man? What's his name?

Mr. Selfish. Mr. Selfish. Mr. Selfish.

Who you calling selfish?
I brought churros.

Spartan.

[growls]

[man] I can smell them.

They like sweets.

Hey.

Don't worry. They won't bite you.

[indistinct chatter]

[woman shouts]

Hey!

[Soren] Reth.

lt's me, Soren. You there?

Yeah. Are you?

I brought some friends with me.
I'm coming in, okay?

[Reth] Close it!

Close it, close it, close it!

Who's he?

[Soren] Reth, this is John.

This is Reth.

You've seen them too?

The Covenant?

-Yes.
-[Reth] And you fought?

And you won?

Not yet.

[Soren] John's being modest.

-He's a regular Covenant killing machine.
-[panting]

What'd make him better
is a little bit of inside information.

Come here.

What's your name?

Kwan.

-Kwan Ha.
-[Reth] Oh, yes, you are.

Kwan Ha.

-Hello? Reth.
-[Reth] Kwan Ha.

Over here, man.

[laughs] Hi.

John's got a little something
he wants to show you.

[Reth] Kwan Ha...

[John] Hey.

[grunts]

-Where did you get this?
-[John] On Madrigal.

Covenant detachment was excavating it.

[Reth] Madrigal. Poor Madrigal.

You know Madrigal?

Any place that has been visited
by the Covenant has my sympathies.

Covenant's whole religion
is based on things like this.

Things from another time,
things left behind.

They roam the galaxy looking for pieces,
looking for clues.

Do you understand?

When I was a guest on their ship,

they asked to see
if I could make them work,

but I could not, sensitive as I am.

[gasps]

[laughing]

See?

I'm not a Blessed One.

-What's a Blessed One?
-[Reth] Human, only more so.

But what are humans? Homo sapiens?

An accidental collision of amino acids.

But is that enough?

s that all there is? Being human?

Well, for you, perhaps,

but a Blessed One has an obligation.

No, not an obligation...

-We're losing him.,
-A responsibility... No, no.

A-a moral imperative.

-Or an aperitif.
-Hey.

-I always had a nice, cold glass of--
-Reth!

What is this thing?

What does it do?

You don't want to help

the Covenant destroy us, do you?

No.

[gasps]

Good!

[screams]

[all screaming]

[electricity crackling]

[John's mother] Let's hang this one.

[young John] No!

I don't wanna do it!

John!

[all screaming]

[Reth crying]

[panting]

What are you?

You bring it to life.

But you are different
than the one they have!

-[Reth screams]
-Easy.

-The one they have?
-[Reth] It's in your eyes.

-What do you mean?
-It's in your eyes!

What do you mean?

You don't understand what you are, do you?

What am I?

[laughs]

What am I?!

[panting]

The image you made it produce, the ring,

that's what they want! [crying]

-What is that ring?
-[Reth] A door.

To what?

The end of life as we know it.

So it's a weapon?

Yeah.

You felt it, didn't you?

The darkness.

Yes.

That means you can stop it.

How?

Destroy the artifact.

Then destroy yourself.

John. Hey.

John!

[Soren] John, hold up.

I have to go back.

To the UNSC? Why?
They turned my planet over to a warlord.

They ordered you to kill me.

Hey, John, look,
we can figure this shit out here.

No. I need the other Spartans.

You need them, not me.

I don't expect you to understand.

Oh, I understand completely.
You need to get back to her.

Yeah, you're running back to Halsey.

Any time there's a problem,
Mommy's there to fix it.

You think she cares about you, huh?
You're just a machine.

And you're a coward who ran away
when things got hard.

-Oh, okay.
-You have no loyalty to anything.

You want to talk to me about loyalty?

You gave me five goddamn minutes.

You wanna know what that bought me?

They shot me down.
I was burned all to hell,

living off bark and beetles.

They were on my ass for months
till I got free.

All because you gave me five minutes.

You were wrong to run.

You were wrong to stay!

[Kwan] Master Chief, wait!

I've seen what Covenant weapons
are capable of.

Entire planets turned to glass.

So if they're going after
something bigger, I have no choice.

And I need you to keep her here.

-What?
-Soren...

you're the only person I know
outside the UNSC.

I need to trust you right now.

-Can I trust you?
-Of course you can trust--

Then keep her safe.

-John--
-Promise me.

I give you my word.

Wait, hold on.

Don't I get a say in this?

You can't just leave me here.

I'm sorry, Kwan.

This is the best I could do.

So that's it?

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[door seals closed]

[engine powering up]

[beeping]

[engine revs]

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[beeping]

[Kai] Fleetcom, this is Stalwart Dawn,
1-1-7 has activated his beacon.

Very well. Bring him in.

[tech] Stalwart Dawn
has entered Reach airspace.

Initiating ground transfer
of Master Chief and Silver Team.

[Halsey] Stop here.

Handle it carefully.

Put it in with me.

Well?

I've never seen anything like it.

Did you tell them that the Covenant
wants this too?

That it might be some kind of weapon?

-Yes, I did.
-And?

And if it points to something greater,

of course we'll explore that possibility.

But, John, your actions
have created a host of problems,

not just for you,
but for the whole Spartan program

and for me personally.

[sighs]

The people rely on you to protect them,

to make them feel safe.

It is precisely your dependability
that gives people hope.

How am I supposed to defend
your reckless behavior?

I felt something.

I believe you.

I've been going over and over
in my head...

all the details of the images

-that I see when I touch the object.
-l don't know.

I don't think that's a constructive place
for us to go.

I think we should focus
on the lab results.

What was it about the girl
that made you run?

[Vinsher, over monitor]
Madrigal has a gift.

It runs through our rivers, in our lakes,

and the ground on which we live.

And with our partners in the UNSC,

we will return to our place

as the gem of the outer colonies.

[John] I couldn't et her die.

[Halsey] But you've seen
S0 many people die.

Why was this situation any different?

[John] Well, I don't think
the situation was different. I think. ..

I am...

different.

I feel connected to something.

I don't know what it is
or why it chose me.

But I know it's out there.

I can feel it.

[Halsey] Have you felt this way before?

I don't usually feel anything.

Then why did you come back?

There's no one else I could trust.

Thank you.

You made the right choice.

I see this as a new beginning.

[keypad beeps]

[Halsey]
We're gonna do great things together.

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