I could compare this to the games, and on those grounds it would do terribly, but I think I'd rather explain why it's trash on it's own merits.
The Good: the action was top tier, thoroughly enjoyed it and that's what gets it two stars.
The Bad: everything else, the story is contrived and cheap, Master Chief loses his mystique the moment he takes his helmet off and even before then he's just a poorly copy and pasted archetype.
The female lead is mostly just annoyingly preachy and almost everyone we meet seems like a cheap caricature.
In closing, I'll watch another episode or two, but I already know this show will be generic at best, irritating at worst.
The Good: the action was top tier, thoroughly enjoyed it and that's what gets it two stars.
The Bad: everything else, the story is contrived and cheap, Master Chief loses his mystique the moment he takes his helmet off and even before then he's just a poorly copy and pasted archetype.
The female lead is mostly just annoyingly preachy and almost everyone we meet seems like a cheap caricature.
In closing, I'll watch another episode or two, but I already know this show will be generic at best, irritating at worst.