In this last review of Forward Unto Dawn Episode Two, we see Lasky fully take charge. He has grown exponentially in this episode from a reserved yet emotional young man, to one of leadership.

The scene starts with the usual rude awakening from Cryo training.

Lasky is ready quickly and barks out his orders.

It’s out to the forest training ground. Where it’s time to “play” capture the flag.

Lasky sets up his team at their flag.

Silva asks “What’s your plan?” She seems unimpressed.

Lasky responds with “We’re waiting.” The other cadets seem restless and ready for action, especially Vickers.

Vickers wants to duke it out in a straight up fight, but Lasky has a plan.

The enemy squad is on the move…

Once again we’re treated to the fantastic yet simple HUD display of the goggles the cadets wear. We see two units of troops heading toward Hastati.

Lasky takes a bold move and orders his squad to remove their helmets. Several cadets are very concerned with this plan, again Vickers being the most vocal.

“Trust me.”

As the opposing squad gets closer, Hastati obeys Lasky’s order.

The enemy squad is almost on top of them.

Lasky has pulled off a brilliant move…

Now it’s at this point that I kind of expected Orenski to slip out from cover and say Lasky cheated. He certainly put his troops at risk of being shot in the head with stun balls. But his plan works withough loss. And Hastati takes it to the other squad.

Ouch, that must have hurt!

Without much opposition left, Hastati advances upon the other squad and their flag.

Lasky is on the move toward the flag.

Wait something is wrong…

Could this be the effects of the cryo burn hitting him at just the wrong time? He falls.

Now it’s safe to say his squad excelled in the final exercise. However, it’s uncertain what happened to Lasky as this is the end of the episode. He came so far in just this one episode only to fall just short of the goal.

As a viewer I was excited to see Lasky finally achieving his goals, and then this. The ending left me a little dumbfounded and disappointed. Not in the direction of the episode, but that Lasky just can’t seem to get a break even when he’s doing well. But that’s all about to change.

This was a great episode. Lasky really grew into a man here. Between the fight with Vickers in the mess hall and his taking point in the final exercise, we definitely are seeing the man he is in Halo 4.

Forward Unto Dawn Episode 3 will show at 6am Friday EST. Now that I’m back on track, I’ll have a multi-part review up that day with analysis of scenes, implications of those scenes and further analysis.

If you liked any or all of the review parts, please leave a reply below. I’ll have the graphic novel of this episode done some time tomorrow.

-Sal