As Halo comes to a close with its season one finale, one producer looked back on the season and talked about the controversial sex scene. Of course, spoilers will follow for this show, but in episode 8, Master Chief lost his virginity to a Covenant spy while Cortana watched. To say the least, it triggered quite the outrage on social media. The Halo series has been fighting an uphill battle since it began due to pre-conceived ideas of what Halo is thanks to the games and books and the show seemed to want to offer something different. The first bold move the show made was to have Master Chief remove his helmet in episode 1 and reveal his face. Although Master Chief does take off his helmet in the games and books, the audience never sees his complete face. Choices like this caused a disconnect with fans for the entire season, but the sex scene was definitely the biggest controversy.
