Kind of eh on the John/Makee bit, it feels like they should have made it so more time passed, but I can see why these two heavily cloistered people might latch onto someone with a similar history. I appreciated the way the train wreck slowly built up, with the glassing making the military leaders more willing to give anything a shot, Makee almost genuinely defecting only for Keyes to figure it out just a little too early or too late, and Halsey getting a little push towards going full mad scientists and executing Order 66. It's easy to see how just a few different choices could have a much different outcome.
I also liked the way Cortana got pushed into answering John's question from episode 6 about whether she's on his side or Halsey's. It was great the way they were working together during the fight with the Spartans and how she was able to make it less one-sided by giving him backup. Kai's story is also paying off, both proving that Miranda was spot on about her warning about Halsey and showing why the UNSC's caused its own problems by preferring perfectly controllable Spartans to ones that could think for themselves.
The show has grabbed me anyway and I have been enjoying it a lot since my friends thought I would enjoy it.
