So you get one pretty bland action sequence, with the fights we already saw multiple times on a planet that does not seem to be important as it's there only for 10min or so... After that you have 40 minutes of talking with various characters... Talking with ex admiral, talking with a new boss, talking with Cortana alike and there is a seemingly unimportant side story about ex Spartan developing... I don't know who are the people praising these first two episodes, but the show turned from a mediocre action show which I actually enjoyed into a mediocre soap which I can barely stand watching, what is worse in EP2 that Asian woman with her side story is back...