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Invincible – You Were My Hero

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After confronting Cecil (Walton Goggins) about the surveillance drone watching the family, which Cecil isn’t responsible for, Mark‘s (Steven Yeun) day only gets crazier when his date with Eve (Gillian Jacobs) is interrupted by the pair of time travelers that whisk him away to  the far future where an insane Immortal (Ross Marquand) is ruling over a dystopian future with an iron fist (what this has to do with the pair stealing the Declaration of Independence in an early episode is never made clear).

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Invincible – You Want a Real Costume, Right?

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“You Want a Real Costume, Right?” gets off to a bit of an odd start extended sequence with no dialogue with two super-powered robbers without a real explanation. The segment isn’t bad, it is just never explained (and neither baddie’s ability seems to tie into this). However, the end to that story with Oliver (Christian Convery) inserting himself into Mark (Steven Yeun) super-heroing is the major focus of the episode as Oliver gets his first costume (and Mark gets a rebrand), heading into a situation where Oliver proves himself to be his father’s son by brutally murdering the Maulers (Kevin Michael Richardson) to the utter horror of Mark and the GDA.

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Invincible – A Deal with the Devil

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The tensions between Mark (Steven Yeun) and Cecil (Walton Goggins) at the end of the previous episode only increase in “A Deal with the Devil” as Mark’s attempt to walk away GDA reveal the links Cecil has gone to in order to try to control him (including implanting a device inside Mark’s skull to case him pain if activated). This leads to lots, and lots, and lots of cyborg casualties. Unfortunately for Cecil, the implant doesn’t stop Mark from fleeing the Pentagon and bringing their private war to the Guardians doorstep where the truth of Cecil’s recent actions causes a fissure within the group with half, like Mark, deciding to walk away.

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Invincible – You’re Not Laughing Now

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Keeping to the series’ trademark of overstuffing its episodes with plot, but somehow still managing to end in a cliffhanger, Invincible returns with a new season kicking off with Mark (Steven Yeun) all-in with training under Cecil (Walton Goggins) for months to expand his abilities. We get a couple of early fight sequences for Invincible that are otherwise disconnected from the plot including taking down the Giant (Fred Tatasciore) in the desert and, alongside Rex Splode (Jason Mantzoukas), failing to stop two thieves from stealing the Declaration of Independence when Multi-Paul (Simu Liu) shows up blaming Rex for his sister’s death (except she’ not exactly dead). The latter of these seems like it’s important but it’s dropped almost immediately to pivot to the reveal Dupli-Kate (Malese Jow) is still alive.

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Invincible – This Must Come as a Shock

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Invincible - This Must Come as a Shock

“This Must Come as a Shock” picks up with Mark (Steven Yeun) recovering from the battle against the Viltrumites and helping the Thraxans before returning to home with his half-brother. We get some awkward reunions with his mother, Amber (Zazie Beetz), and others which will be expanded on in the next episode as events are put in hold to deal with an invading ship from Mars full of Sequids. Mark joins Eve (Gillian Jacobs) for a fight in space while the leftover Guardians Rex (Jason Mantzoukas), Kate (Malese Jow), and Rae (Grey Griffin) deal with the Lizard League breaking into a nuclear facility on Earth.

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