Secret Invasion Episode 1 & 2 Review: MCU Series Brings Dark & Gritty Vibes
Marvel is back with — perhaps — the most somber Disney+ series to date.
sees the return of Samuel L. Jackson’s Nick Fury and Ben Mendelsohn’s Talos, along with new cast members like Olivia Colman and Emilia Clarke. The series sheds light on the Skrulls, a shapeshifting alien race introduced 2019’s Captain Marvel.
Comic fans may notice Secret Invasion is a departure from the story of the same name. That tale also dealt with Skrulls covertly spying on Earthlings by taking the form of humans and working to overtake the planet. However, it was a bigger and much flashier event which featured pretty much every Avenger on the roster.
The Disney+ series still appears to have those world-ending (or at least world-changing) stakes, but is a comparatively more personal and grounded story. Unless you count Talos with his shapeshifting abilities and James Rhodes sans War Machine suit, there’s nary a superhero in sight in the show’s first two episodes.
Nick Fury has been noticeably absent from the Multiverse Saga thus far. Other projects like Captain Marvel gave audiences some insight in depth into the character, but Secret Invasion takes it even further. After the blip, Fury is a shell of his former self. He has more doubts and fears than we’ve ever seen from the stoic leader. The series centers his struggle to overcome his trauma — and to keep the lid on a Skrull insurgency before it’s too late.
Secret Invasion bears on commonality with its source material: the ongoing hook of “who is a Skrull?”. Viewers are kept on their toes and suspicious of everyone. Things have changed since the ending of Captain Marvel, which saw Skrulls arrive on earth and integrate into human society. While refugee Skrulls saw Earth as a place of hope and
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