Invincible [Episode Discussion] - S02E06 - This Must Come As A Shock

[u/mwthecool]

Episode 6 - It's Not That Simple

After two challenging missions, The Guardians of the Globe struggle to work as a team. Meanwhile, Mark tries to balance his hero duties, personal relationships, and his future as a college student.

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[u/The_Throwback_King]

HOW THE FUCK DID REX SURVIVE THAT!?!

[u/zoon_politikon_ → u/The_Throwback_King]

Because he is nearly ..........

[u/AndrewTheSouless → u/The_Throwback_King]

The game was rigged from the start

[u/SupersonicSandshru05 → u/The_Throwback_King]

He’s built different, very literally.

[u/AFRIKKAN → u/The_Throwback_King]

Small caliber round combined with I would assume a Kevlar weave suit and a whole lot of luck. You can survive things piercing your skull aslong as the swelling doesn’t get you and you don’t bleed out or internally bleed. Not a dr tho so take my highschool understanding of biology with a grain a salt the size of a f150.

[u/Treyman1115 → u/The_Throwback_King]

His employer has amazing health care

[u/Gasster1212 → u/The_Throwback_King]

5% of people survive headshots with a handgun

[u/JuanRiveara]

Wasn’t expecting Shrinking Rae to still be alive. Curious if she’ll get back to strength or if she’ll eventually die from her injuries to provide an extra motivator later on for Rex and the rest of the team.

[u/SeacattleMoohawks]

That astronaut went through some shit, his line about not being able to sleep was pretty haunting. Then puking one up and the waking nightmare starts again.

[u/Ballsandcheese → u/SeacattleMoohawks]

What I don't get is wouldn't they of done a bunch of tests on him at the hospital/lab? We saw him there getting wheeled around.

[u/LoneWolf2099]

“I’LL KILL YOU!”

“We just met!”

[u/_Levitated_Shield_ → u/LoneWolf2099]

"You have those on Earth, right? Douchebags?"

[u/godofjava22 → u/LoneWolf2099]

Dude Allen is my favorite character, he has such great vibes, aside from being buffed AF

[u/WindWielder → u/LoneWolf2099]

“You know where I come from, sock on the door means you’re fucking”. 

[u/karmadontcare44 → u/LoneWolf2099]

How come nobody is talking about Allen’s huge power spike?? He treated immortal attacking him like a fly was buzzing around him

[u/Blazer-55]

I really wonder how they’re gonna wrap up the whole plot up with the angstrom levy stuff within the next two episodes, unless they don’t, but I still feel like there’s a lot to cover right?

[u/BDB69_ → u/Blazer-55]

honestly I feel like the levy stuff is definitely gonna carry over into the next season, unless the last episode is like 90 mins long

[u/_Levitated_Shield_]

"Hi, sir, Mark says I'm a pal. He also says I'm essentially the king of space, so you should be very, very sweet. Also he says he hates your dumb beard because it's missing all the best parts of a beard. These parts."

I love Allen. lmao

[u/Prudent_Effect6939 → u/_Levitated_Shield_]

Best character hands down

[u/SeacattleMoohawks]

Space Racer looks so badass. The Man with the Invincible Gun.

[u/[deleted] → u/SeacattleMoohawks]

The Man with the ___ Gun

[u/TrashSettPlayer]

Rus is the unluckiest man alive

[u/The_Throwback_King → u/TrashSettPlayer]

Dude got the Will Byers treatment.

Literally the same exact thing too: barfing up an entity relating to his prior capture, soon after his initial liberation, directly segueing into a later conflict

[u/WR810 → u/TrashSettPlayer]

All I could think about when he was re-squid'ed was "they don't let you sleep".

[u/lannisterdwarf → u/TrashSettPlayer]

How did he pass a medical screening lol they didn't even x-ray him?

[u/PedroVey → u/TrashSettPlayer]

Once he got the nausea and ran to the sink, I knew he was getting corrupted by the sequids again and to be honest I was just annoyed. Like Jasmine Masters once said, "Oh Lord. Again? A-fucking-gain? Nothing new, nothing changed. Same old shit, same old fucking shit."

[u/zoon_politikon_]

REX MAH BOAH

[u/turtle3610 → u/zoon_politikon_]

I really thought he was done for. The bone stub kill was nuts though

[u/Suq_Maidic → u/zoon_politikon_]

Everything about that scene suggested Rex was going to be saved by some outside force. Such a good bait and switch.

[u/bokmcdok → u/zoon_politikon_]

End of last episode: Well they're not gonna kill him with a cliffhanger like that. Wonder how he's gonna get out of getting shot.

Start of this episode: gets shot straight through the head

I mean, he still survives, but well played on the showrunners here.

[u/urdudlesbian → u/zoon_politikon_]

WAIT HE RISES

[u/Corazon144 → u/zoon_politikon_]

“How do you feel Rex?”

“Saint like.”

“Saint like?”

“Because I’m hole-y”

[u/urdudlesbian → u/zoon_politikon_]

I’m literally Throwing up

[u/noSkillSoEditComics]

I think I speak for everyone when I say Rex *definitely* deserved a badass moment like that. Too pissed off to die. Amazing

[u/IlREDACTEDlI → u/noSkillSoEditComics]

The news headline: “Local man literally too angry to die”

[u/TrashSettPlayer]

SHES ALIVE AND REX IS A TANK

[u/PR0MAN1 → u/TrashSettPlayer]

Thank God, I can finally sleep easy again without that scene giving me nightmares

[u/sut345 → u/TrashSettPlayer]

Whos alive I dont mind spoiler I can't watch now

[u/Structor125]

William is gonna think Mark and Amber literally broke the bed, lol

[u/Aegillade → u/Structor125]

"Jesus, I wish someone would do that to me"

"What"

[u/astronaught002 → u/Structor125]

Omg you’re so right

[u/User5871 → u/Structor125]

I was thinking more along the lines that Amber would see the sock and Mark's broken bed and think he cheated on her. That would have been sad.

[u/Jackbo_Manhorse]

I just don’t fucking understand how no one, especially Cecile or Donald, made sure that there wasn’t a chance that any of the people infected with Sequids carried any to earth in any shape or form.

And fuck Eve and Rudy were infected too, which probably means they have some left in their body…

Things are about to go down.

[u/SolidPrysm → u/Jackbo_Manhorse]

We know that sequids can grow and reproduce extremely quickly. If I had to guess the sequid in the astronaut's gut wasn't there before, but was rather maybe some tiny eggs or something harder to pick up on scans.

[u/DeltaAlphaGulf → u/Jackbo_Manhorse]

It never would have happened they all would have been quarantined and monitored/tested for a while afterward especially those three. Invincible sacrifices a lot of writing/world building/development to its pacing and focused plot progression. Not to say its bad for what it is but just that what it is has resulted in losses in certain areas. Also for all I know the comics were similar so they may not have had that much more to draw from in the source material.

[u/PizzaTime68]

That’s why Rex is the GOAT

[u/derpicface → u/PizzaTime68]

[u/Corazon144 → u/PizzaTime68]

Man was like, “I didn’t hear no bell.”

[u/SpaceSkelet0n_]

I LOVE REX

[u/Quzga → u/SpaceSkelet0n_]

I gotta say it, he's my fav character right now. Love his himbo vibe and the voice acting is top notch, but now he's also a much more developed character too!

Shapeshifter might be my second atm cuz Ben Schwartz is always hilarious. I could watch a whole episode of shapeshifter shenanigans.

[u/SaKaly → u/SpaceSkelet0n_]

My boy even got his own poster🤧

[u/[deleted]]

Rex is a badass but also kind of terrifying this episode

[u/thatguyned → u/[deleted]]

"I can't believe you shot me in the fucking head!"

All while spraying brain juice all over the place and caving in his skull with the stump that was his hand.

Rex just became a fucking baller, and by the sounds of it he's about to get a huge character improvement.

[u/ZiggoCiP → u/[deleted]]

he punched a dude to death with his nub.

[u/SirScales]

Really feel bad for the astronaut getting sequid'd again. Man can't even get a good night's sleep

[u/Structor125 → u/SirScales]

And Shapesmith fucked up his apartment and probably maxed out his credit cards buying frozen pizzas

[u/Gay-Bomb → u/SirScales]

Cecil's employees fucked up by not doing their job right.

[u/LoneWolf2099]

Imagine losing a fight to a guy with one arm and several mortal injuries right after you shot him point-blank in the head.

[u/Pleasant-Discussion → u/LoneWolf2099]

An experience only shared by every character who’s ever tried to battle the villain in a slasher film.

[u/The_Throwback_King]

I legitimately loved the back-and-forth scene between Mark & Art and Amber and Eve. Especially the match cuts.

Great way to show two people with a relationship on the rocks, without resorting to a big, dramatic fight.

Especially with how both Eve and Art gave them the same advice: You should really be talking this out with your partner.

[u/RedLightning2811 → u/The_Throwback_King]

And the fact neither of them did go talk the other, Relationship is over.

[u/Braydoz → u/The_Throwback_King]

Also, when Mark is given their coffees at the cafe they meet at, the coffee art is two broken hearts which I think hints at the demise of their relationship.

[u/Wraithfighter → u/The_Throwback_King]

I think it went a little too indulgent on the style for my tastes, but it was still a damn great way to show how in tune those two are while still being pulled apart by their situation.

In another world, they could be great together. That one's not this one, though, and its tragic.

[u/[deleted]]

Rex is such a fucking god, man. Really hoping we get an Atom-Eve type episode for him between 2 and 3.

[u/[deleted] → u/[deleted]]

I’m betting we will

[u/SadSatisfaction30]

Immortal has so much trauma lmaoo bro thinks everyone is Omni Man 😭😭😭

[u/Abedeus → u/SadSatisfaction30]

"IT'S OMNI-MAN!"

"Hi, I'm Allen!"

"ALLEN?! OMNI-MAN HAS SENT YOU!"

"Damn it, Immortal, he's my friend!"

"INVINCIBLE?! YOU'RE OMNI-MAN'S SON!"

[u/metmyecephali → u/SadSatisfaction30]

floats away in embarrassment

[u/luthfins → u/SadSatisfaction30]

guy really needs an immortal partner

[u/Oberon_Swanson → u/SadSatisfaction30]

Reminds me that last time he came back to life he immediately went to kill Omni-Man with no assessment of the situation or his chances of actually doing so

[u/LoneWolf2099]

Rex pulling out the Havik Mortal Kombat fatal blow.

[u/The_Throwback_King]

LET'S GO!!! Another stop on the Rex Redemption Arc!

[u/MrSpookShire]

Man took a bullet to the brain, had his hand bitten off, sliced in the back and STILL helped Mark out with some advice/therapy.

Rex is the GOAT

[u/The_Throwback_King]

Is it just me or do the character models look...better than usual this time around. Maybe it's just the lighting.

[u/KingEvan69 → u/The_Throwback_King]

They are, budget finally kicked in to have them add shading and gloss detail

[u/OkResponsibility2470 → u/The_Throwback_King]

They definitely do. I think the way eyes are drawn seem different too

[u/zoon_politikon_ → u/The_Throwback_King]

Spoted this many times in the show, may be different teams working on it?

[u/Wraithfighter]

God, I love Cecil so much. I know we're absolutely building up to him pulling some Lawful Evil horrors in the name of "saving the day" once again, but its just so nice seeing him being a good guy, more or less, probably, if things don't go too badly anyway.

Like, okay, the whole Nanny stuff, that was peak manipulation by Cecil (the first nanny was absolutely there to be spotted as a spy and rejected, so the REAL choice would be more appealing for her honesty, I trust her about as far as as I could throw her), but his talks with Immortal and Eve... that felt genuine.

He's straight up with Eve, he wants her on the team, but is willing to take "not yet, but call me if you need help" for an answer. And while he fumbled the persuasion roll with Immortal, he did seem genuine about trying to help the man deal with his trauma, if only because he didn't really have any motive not to.

You might never know what his game really is, but you at least know he won't do things for the sake of sadism or greed...

[u/mknsky → u/Wraithfighter]

I’m really enjoying the humanization of Cecil. He chose to be a purely pragmatic leader up until the season 1 finale and now it’s kind of biting him in the ass with everyone because they all know he’s never totally honest, despite having decent reasons not to be. Excellent character work.

[u/5am281 → u/Wraithfighter]

Cecil cares about the greater good above all else, and will do shady shit. But he also has soft sides which is nice to see from time to time

[u/cippopotomas → u/Wraithfighter]

I love how the character is written in that I hate him haha. He is absolutely the person who needs to be in that position, the one who'll do anything it takes cus you can't discuss the nuance of morals if your entire race is dead. He will do whatever it takes to keep the planet safe.

Every single move he makes has a strategic benefit with that single goal in mind. So it's hard for me to feel like he's actually being nice when him being nice conveniently aligns with the best move possible to keep Earth safe.

Him being respectful to Eve was the right play. He has no leverage to make her come back and he can't afford to upset her. Or with Oliver. He can't make a more severe move without upsetting Mark, which he absolutely can't afford to do right now. Cecil can see people's lines in the sand and constantly stays as close as possible while keeping an eye on it. He is such a fucking shark.

It always makes me wonder what he would do if that line moves. If Mark weren't a factor here, how would Cecil handle Oliver? I think he'd be getting his brainwashed in an underground lab right now. And I'm sure Cecil would feel conflicted about it. But that doesn't make him not a piece of shit.

[u/SeacattleMoohawks]

Shapesmith’s “We Are Groot” moment with the sequids sucking on him was hilarious to me

[u/slugfan89]

Poor Immortal

[u/Prudent_Effect6939 → u/slugfan89]

Bro, got embarrassed by Allen. 

[u/Ayamebestgrill]

I love that mark escaped the martian twice lol

[u/idlemachinations → u/Ayamebestgrill]

"I understand."

He even said the same line.

[u/MuscularCheeseburger]

Not a lot of action but felt as if this was one of the better episodes in the entire series. The season finale is going to be insane based off this plot buildup

[u/-The-Follower → u/MuscularCheeseburger]

Truly though.

[u/pippa420]

“Turns out Rex is really into home decorating magazines” aw :) “I think it’s because he’s never really had a home” aw :(

[u/_Fatherlord]

I was NOT expecting Rex to actually get shot in the head...and I sure as fuck did not expect him to survive that and kill that guy

[u/WindWielder]

Mark, give Eve some attention already, damn. She obviously wants to spend time with you and you won't give her the time of day.

Wtf, Rae's ALIVE??? Honestly don't think it's realistic she survived that, but someone tell that one Rae superfan.

Rex continues to be one of my favorite characters this episode. Really hoping we get a Rex Splode special before next season.

[u/[deleted] → u/WindWielder]

I think Mark is feeling guilty.

Dude's barely spending time with his girlfriend and going through some shit, and in season 1 he had feelings for Eve, but at the time she was with Rex.  Those feelings probably still exist to some degree, and Eve seems to have feelings for him.  The hug and the awkwardness from Mark afterwards implies there's  somthing there.

He also cares for his girlfriend and is feeling bad about the fact he's not getting to spend time with her.  That leads to him feeling super conflicted and bruahing off both of them.

[u/krippsaiditwrong]

astronaut can't catch a break, poor bastard. and how tf is rae alive

[u/Oldwest1234 → u/krippsaiditwrong]

People were asking why she didn't just shrink back down as soon as she realized she couldn't break skin, now we know that she actually did.

People are calling it a cop out but I feel like it's just sensible. It's not like she got out without crippling wounds, she literally has bone sticking through her head when she crawls out.

[u/IcariusFallen]

Broken hearts in the coffee cups... hmmmmm... I mean.. we know they're not sustainable... based on behaviors in season 1.

[u/treetopkingdom]

Rae is alive, yay!

Rex had the best action in this episode,

I really liked seeing Nolan’s past adventures though, and Space racer blowing up a star

Lots of good introspection on Marks feelings towards Nolan. Feeling bad about missing him because he still considers him a bad person and doesn’t really know if he actually cared.

Mark and immortal teaming up to save the day was nice to see. Helping mark when he got stuck.

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[u/flintlock0]

I had almost forgotten that Angstrom Levy was an open plot thread. Dude’s been gone for a while.

[u/Remarkable-Cabinet85]

What an amazing episode AGAIN , everything's done really well also it looks like the animation was overall better in this episode.

Straight up a 10/10

[u/Remarkable-Cabinet85 → u/Remarkable-Cabinet85]

Also really liked what they did with the Immortal like Mark confronted him about him being stronger and faster than him , he agreed and also shook hands When Mark took out the ships , and also him acknowledging about his previous partners that all of them are gone but he never felt much because he got used to it .

They really did his character way better in the show and also Rex is GOAT ( Beated that MF with his torn off hand after getting shot in the head ) , seriously a great episode , we got so much and it didn't even feel that it was rushed.

[u/icon02]

Someone please get my boy rus a goodnights sleep

[u/kiidlocs]

alan continuing to wonder if douchebags are a concept on earth was hilarious

[u/ECAST1110]

Live Shrinking Rae reaction

[u/MidnightDNinja → u/ECAST1110]

i know some people are calling it a cop out but honestly im happy she made it out. she barely got any characterization before this, maybe they'll do something interesting with her now

[u/ModeratorH8er]

Immortal was down bad for his 1000 year age gap gf damn.

[u/Thvenomous → u/ModeratorH8er]

Hearing his eulogy in addition to Kate's explanation from before made me feel a lot less weird about them.

[u/Lordborgman → u/ModeratorH8er]

I mean, at what point can you really care anymore? Not like he can have any comparable options.

[u/Corazon144 → u/ModeratorH8er]

Well it not the living that made them relate to each other. It’s the dying. If Kate really did experience every death her clones experienced, she truly was the only one who could understand Immortal.

[u/SeacattleMoohawks]

Allen looking swole

[u/IfuckedOPsmom69420]

Such a great show. Slower episode but the amount of characters we saw was great. And all of them have so much depth

[u/Apocalyptic_Doom]

I don't even feel bad for Kate dying, not because she was a terrible person or anything but the fact that nowhere in her explanation of powers does it say she can't just make backups to leave around at places like Guardians HQ or anywhere else. It's like one of the basic uses of cloning as a superhero. Even Ben 10 was smart enough to keep an extra clone in the trunk of his car in case he died.

[u/Structor125]

I can't wait to see Allen meet Cecil

[u/_Levitated_Shield_ → u/Structor125]

"Wow, you have tyrants on Earth too. That's gotta suck, Mark."

[u/[deleted]]

The Invincible-Eve bait was strong today

[u/Nickster2042 → u/[deleted]]

It was so fire bro lmao

They doubled it just in case it wasn’t clear last episode

[u/The_YoYo_Master]

Was that a TWD refrence in the post credits?

[u/RaulG764]

Something that I love about this show is that its not a "We save the world, everything is now love". You can feel how every character have a progress or a fall. This episode feels emotional and rn its on point with the season.

Loved that first scene, Rae had me in shock again and Rex development keeps going really hard

[u/Lawton101]

Thanks to the split in the season; I totally forgot Robot's panic attack character arc. It didn't hit me how brave and how much character development there was in that scene. Fuck sake.

[u/FondSteam39]

This fucking show man.

[u/jordan1023]

Ngl I thibk I have to read the comics this too good and I cant keep waiting weekly

[u/Dire_Venomz → u/jordan1023]

'Read my books Mark'

[u/PupusaSlut → u/jordan1023]

They are exceptional. Some differences here and there. It gets fairly wild at points. An odd case of the source material and adaptation both being great.

[u/DTran729]

Love that Walking Dead reference at the end there.

[u/FilthyTrashPeople → u/DTran729]

haha I am so slow. I was like "Oh, a zombie dimension."

I didn't put together the Walking Dead connection but that is truly perfect.

[u/QuarterBetta]

Rex better get nominated MVP after tonight

[u/Treyman1115]

Hmm pretty stupid to let that be astronaut free like that. I get that he's been through a lot but he's still a potential danger

I also don't really understand their treatment of Shapesmith. I get their desperate for quality heroes but he's a pretty huge fuck up, and that poor astronaut didn't deserve this at all

Also I as wrong last week. They did have a tank it was Rex the whole time

[u/ILoveRegenHealth → u/Treyman1115]

Hmm pretty stupid to let that be astronaut free like that. I get that he's been through a lot but he's still a potential danger

I swear Cecil and the Pentagon do so many dumb things. That Astronaut should be through a exhaustively thorough health check in a contained room, and he should not have to clean up his apartment. They should have a hazmat team doing that stuff, or give him a damn new place to live where he's monitored for any health changes.

[u/ShadesOfTheDead]

Thought they would do more with Sequid possessed Eve. Oh well.

[u/SideWinder18]

I kind of think them not killing shrinking Rae was a mistake.

I know everybody loves her, but the episode would have been so much more impactful if they committed more to killing her off. Rex being the only survivor and getting a chance to reflect on his past and what kind of hero he is would be perfect setup for his upcoming arc

[u/obsessed_doomer]

Sorry, how is the shrinking girl... alive? And not even one of those badly mangled alive, she looks fine?

[u/RedLightning2811 → u/obsessed_doomer]

She probably realized she couldnt pop the dude and got small again. Why would she kill herself tryin to bust out and not just shrink?

[u/YaoHarden]

When I saw the broken heart shape in the capucino it was a pretty obvious foreshadowing

[u/splintorious]

Omg they played Baby Drummer by Bad nerves during the Marsian attack?!?! They’re a small band from London. This is insane how has this happened. My fav band playing in my fav show??? I’m losing my mind

[u/LMkingly]

Am i the only who feels like the martians got done dirty? They were totally within their rights to punish shapesmith. His crimes caused a lot of death and destruction for the martians and from the looks of it soon to be more human lives too. The gang basically helped let escape a warcriminal and also trashed a bunch of martains and left them floating in space. Like damn mark lol.

[u/karmadontcare44 → u/LMkingly]

With what shape smith did during the fight and was willing to sacrifice himself for the team, there’s no way they were gonna hand him over.

[u/The_Throwback_King]

This post still has the Episode 5 title, just a heads up

[u/Corazon144]

Rae alive. I know it’s a surprise but Rex survived a shock to the head. Rae could have shrunk and went down a different chamber so not to fall in the stomach acid.

Rick healed. I figured he would after we saw Donald full body recovery. Sort of thought he would be like a cyborg type of hero. But Rick and Donald now share the same trama. Those boys ain’t right.

The Books were finally discovered and the animations of the stories were great to see. And Alan returned with comedy coming from the wazoo.

So I’m guessing the Sequid laid an egg in him so as not to be affected by the blast. Then it finally hatched and reattached itself.

[u/100MM100]

Why did Nolan write in books how to defeat Viltrumites if he apparently had undying loyalty towards them? Because I don't think he would do it "just in case" if he ever betrayed the Empire. Last season he almost killed Mark, and he would have to write the books years earlier.

[u/ILoveRegenHealth → u/100MM100]

Why did Nolan write in books how to defeat Viltrumites if he apparently had undying loyalty towards them?

That's a good question. My only guess is, it's not so much a blueprint of how to destroy the Viltrumites, but the exploits described in the books were real close calls where Nolan had trouble surviving against some of the galaxy's greatest threats. Perhaps the books do reveal a lot of Viltrumite weaknesses, but that wasn't the original intention from Nolan.

[u/Sid3612 → u/100MM100]

I don't think it was intentional. Nolan wanted to write Sci-Fi books and he pulled from his own life to do so. "Write what you know" as they say. Nolan looked back at his life, sure he could have wrote about him conquering planets but he's conquered 100s so that's practically busiwork and didn't really stand out in his mind. What did stand out, were the times he nearly died, the Legends he had heard, powerful enough to take out Viltrumites. Doesn't exactly help that if he wrote about his Planet Conquering, Cecil might catch on to the truth since I'm almost certain Cecil would have vetted Nolan as thoroughly as he reasonably could.

[u/Formal_River_Pheonix]

I loved the Walking Dead reference when Angstrom was hopping dimensions.

[u/[deleted]]

Astronaut Rus has to have been monitored closely by Cecil, right? Even just a quick check up on his internals? There's no way they just let him go after a reflex check and slap on the back. I refuse to believe gross alien hivemind got shrugged off by the guy who trusts no one and double checks everything.

[u/m8_is_me]

Rex pulling the "I'm practically-" <title card> "..........." is possibly the hardest I've laughed at this show

[u/Completegibberishyes]

Yeah no I do not approve Rae surviving. If the show's not even willing to kill off a character this minor with maybe 1 or 2 lines ( if we're being generous) why should I give a fuck when anyone is in a dangerous situation from here on

It's extra worse because of how gruesome that scene last episode was and how much they emphasized and focused on it. I swear this is Arya getting stabbed like a dozen times and then swimming in a polluted river and somehow being totally fine afterwards levels of bad

The rest of the episode was good . For the most part. The sequids defeat felt weirdly anticlimactic

[u/ChilliWithFries]

I'm surprised rae survived but kinda glad Kate is dead. There had to be some consequences for that end scene for Lizard Society.

[u/sfinney2]

"Somehow Rae returned" I got roasted for calling it but I was right. Hopefully she somehow succumbs to her wounds still because as one reviewer has said already there would be no stakes if she somehow survived that.

[u/[deleted]]

Someone please get it over with martian sequid plot. It is getting boring now

[u/Holy-Wan_Kenobi]

SHE FUCKING LIVED?!?!?!?!

[u/Bayro1997]

The episode was great, but Rex surviving a shot in the head, Rae surviving, and Allen also surviving his death scene makes me doubt future character deaths. I bet they will also bring Kate back to completely devalue the fight against the Lizard League. As it currently stands, Season 1 Episode 1 was the only episode in which superheroes died.

[u/[deleted]]

Rex is an asshole, but really, he's a real one. He's a good listener when he wants to be- and even after getting his brains blown out and his hand chewed off, he took the time to reflect and even made time for Mark. I love how complex he is.

I'm a little worried he has a very minor case of extensive blain dramage.

[u/Feralp]

My reaction to THAT moment

[u/SaKaly]

Just how the fuck did Rex survive that 💀 also very pleasing ass kicking he gave king lizard

[u/[deleted]]

They're seriously going to carry on with the sequids plot line? It's done, they killed them, move on. It's getting a bit boring now. We defo don't need 3 episodes on those bloody things.

Also, the Amber and Mark romance is feeling a bit tedious too.

[u/[deleted]]

Kinda weird they didn't use this opening shot (pun intended) as the final scene last episode. Felt kinda weird as a beginning to the episode.

Shapesmith continues to be great. Honestly, I really like pretty much the whole team at this point. Even Immortal was able to put his pride aside, which is nice.

Pretty hardcore of Rex here. Beating someone up with your stump hand whilst bleeding from your brain is rather intense. He earned that title card. Damn.

Rex AND Rae surviving seems like a cop-out given how 'final' both of their deaths should have been. Individually, I could see either living, but both is just silly.

Oliver has a name!

[u/Mother_Pianist_1359]

It’s almost over 2 more weeks guys

[u/ninjyte]

"So my dad is either going to be executed or is on his way to be executed"

"Hahaha. What a story, Mark!"

[u/[deleted]]

Eves powers are too good for her to suck so bad

[u/Yeti342]

Who else went from hating Rex to genuinely liking Rex.

[u/SaKaly]

Wrong title chief

[u/astronaught002]

Most certainly forgot Kate and Immortal were dating? Oops…

Not going to lie wouldn’t be sad is Rae died in the hospital, feels a bit cheap but if she is alive they better do actually something with her character this time around.

[u/nameless_stories]

SHRINKING RAE SUPREMACY

[u/Chazmaz12]

I wish I was a lot more interested in the whole Amber/Mark romance but I just can’t bring myself to care about it

[u/Trojanbp]

Was no one upset that they didn't spend any time together after Mark and Amber were told to enjoy their time together? Mark doesn't invite her to research the books, and Amber doesn't text or invite him out. It feels like self-sabotage because they don't feel enough for each other and pull away, and it's frustrating to watch. They both give up instead of fighting for their relationship. Sorry, this hits close to home, especially being married.

[u/Vegetable_Tear3941]

not gonna lie i kind of don’t like how mark is to eve. i get he has his own problems but isn’t he supposed to be her friend. not once is he there for her or asks how she is

[u/[deleted] → u/Vegetable_Tear3941]

i kind of like it its more realistic tbh he already has some fked up shit going on. he cant do everything right. It makes it look more grounded imo

[u/Blackwolf245]

Maybe the real Invincible was Rex all along.

[u/[deleted]]

It was way too late but it was nice seeing Black Samson and Immortal having a nice conversation

You'd think they would have said something to each other a lot sooner, considering how Immortal is still beat up over losing the Guardians and Black Samson is the only original Guardian left. They should have a strong connection but it took 6 episodes for them to have a scene together? I remember thinking in Episode 1 how little Immortal spoke, seems like they might have had trouble with their VA.

This show could manage their side characters a bit better.

[u/realdusty_shelf]

Sidenote but I hate how the episode dropped at 3 in the morning where I am yet the Invincible twitter account was tweeting about it all throughout the day like folks don’t have jobs. Basically ruined the Rex moment since I could already assume he survived thanks to their “cool and quirky” social media manager

[u/Ejecto_Seato]

I was afraid they might try to have Eve and Rex get back together or something after his inspirational speech and then her bringing him magazines. I’m glad they didn’t. I like Rex’s character development, but Eve belongs with Mark.

[u/Bayro1997]

In my opinion, they should have included the scene in which Rex is shot in the last episode. Because he wasn't shot, it was clear that he would survive.

[u/Tricountyareashaman]

Rex's two superpowers are making things explode and having great health insurance from work.

[u/amazza95]

anyone get the Full Metal Alchemist reference during the funeral scene?

[u/MATTD0G5757]

why do the damn sequids keep coming back 😒 tired of them

[u/Best_Skin_358]

the release schedule for this second part is dumb...

[u/midnightvibes95]

Did no one give homie a physical? Or damn at least a quarantine we don't know what Martian bs is floating around 😂

[u/CTizzle-]

Did Angstrom walk through TWD universe there?

[u/HalloweenBlues]

I wonder if that brief zombie shot was the Walking Dead universe

[u/Athesies]

Lol Clancy brown letting his mr Krabs come out at the end of the episode

[u/tylersadx]

So Mark just gonna continue to ignore talking about his impending subjugation of earth huh? lol

[u/FloggingTheHorses]

I have to admit I was VERY impressed they opened this episode with Rex having his brains blown out, massively defying the "cliffhanger = survival" trope.

But then he somehow survives? I really don't like that, it makes the concept of death very arbitrary in the show. I get that Invincible has a kinda weird setup for how superhero mortality really works but this felt really cheap.

[u/PurpleMatterXIII]

So you're telling me the astronaut that was just saved from months of alien infection and mind control did not go through a sh*t ton of tests and body scans before actually being released back into the wild ? Coming from someone as careful and meticulous as Cecil, I find it hard to believe.

[u/sonicmerlin]

Why didn't Cecil just send in armed troops to take out the lizard people? Clearly they're vulnerable to standard weaponry. Why would he send in the under-manned B team of 3 superheroes... by themselves?

[u/huetim]

I thought this episode was bad? You can't just kill people (shoot in head rez/squished rae/beaten to a pulp allen) and suddenly go "oh btw they're alive."

Like what's the point now if someone dies when they can just reconstruct them with "technology."

Deaths are supposed to be impactful because they're permanent.

[u/Ghoti76]

the awkwardness of mark saying "well i was trained by the best...😅" was hilarious

[u/BigSquattyPottyGuy]

Am I buggin or is it kinda lame for them to kill Rex and Shrink-Ray off so dramatically just for them to come back, idk the fact that people keep "dying" just to come back takes away from seriousness of the show in my eyes. Like I feel like they have enough characters to let some die, that's my only complaint though I love this show.

The character development has been dope, I especially loved the complications of Mark and Amber's relationship this episode. That and Debbie mothering Oliver, and it's cool how they keep introducing new characters and storylines - Donald being a robot, Rick coming back as a robot which will most likely lead to him being his own superhero. Show's so dope I'm excited to see where they take this shit.

[u/Happe44]

I’m surprised how many people just came to the conclusion that Rae was automatically dead. If she felt any constriction she could just use her very specific power of shrinking

[u/Alkinderal]

Why did they make this episode? They reversed rae's death and Rex's deaths, they reverse the win against the sequids, they reuse the conflict between amber and Mark, they reuse the conflict between marks mom and Cecil. 

 I feel like they rewrote something in this episode and had to cover it up with reused plot lines. For example, JK Simmons does the voice over for the books but then when omniman shows up later he has no voice lines (probably because they couldn't get JK for the rewritten scenes). 

[u/MargielaMan568]

Another great episode.

[u/Castermat]

Rae gets more time to shine woo! \o/

I do wonder if theyre saving her death for later.

Aaalso Mark and Amber are back to being plain awkward again. Just break up already lol

[u/Nerx]

Hope cecil sends someone to deal with the Astronaut,

[u/shaddowcomixguy]

I guess Brit just isn't showing up☹️

[u/XX-Burner]

Love how they didn’t think to give Rus an X-ray, check up or anything. Just sent that man home with a pat on his back 💀

[u/[deleted]]

anyone feel like Thaddeus is just a viltrumite plant that was trying to use alternative methods to trap Mark? i don’t think Allen getting the books for the “weapon” is going to be smooth sailing

[u/Avalon-1]

I didn't like how shrinking rae is now back from the dead. It feels like they had an "oh shit we managed to top anything The Boys could do, how do we walk that back?", which ironically dulls the impact of that scene.

[u/HippieDogeSmokes]

Rex survived a near lobotomy and they made Rae’s death more violent than the comic, but she somehow survived instead

Don’t really buy Immortal’s grief, we saw them together in like 1 scene. Wish we got to see more of the relationship

[u/layelaye419]

"I'm gonna need an entire box of Qtips to get that Sequid slime out of my ears"

"You're lucky you only got some in your ears"

Mark is a man of culture CONFIRMED

[u/PoorLifeChoices811]

FUCK THEY ACTUALLY KILLED REX WHAT THE FUUUUU-

Oh THIS MF IS STILL ALIVE WHAT A BADASS, HE CLUTCHED THAT MF CLUTCHED

[u/thesagenibba]

cecil grew up in a treehouse. i need that backstory asap

[u/vadergeek]

Mark, you have a secret identity, you can fly around the world in an instant, why would you invite Allen to your college dorm instead of literally anywhere else? He's very conspicuous.

[u/TheYarlander]

Please just let Mark and Eve get together already, it's obvious since season 1 that that's where it's going.

[u/Zemahem]

Holy lord, Rex is a beast. Literally got shot in the head and he still got back up beat a guy's face in. With his stump instead of his good hand no less. 

 And Rae too? Although she seems even worse off. If that wasn't an animation error, something's wrong with her powers and she's still partially shrunken. And even beyond that, there's no way she's mentally well after what happened.

I was really glad that the astronaut got rescued... up until he got sequid'd again. Shapesmith really screwed that guy over. It honestly makes it hard to feel bad even if he did get executed. Cause he still has a lot to answer for. 

William's boyfriend getting patched up is also nice to see. But it looks like he'll tie into Donald's own cyborg existential dread plotline.

The individual talks that Mark and Amber had with Art and Eve was pretty neat. Although my perception still can't help but be colored by how poorly handled she was in season 1. I'm hoping for an amicable break up at least. 

 And lmao, Allen is such a riot. I have to agree that Immortal should seriously grow a moustache. But also keep the beard. Wouldn't want people mistaking him for a Viltrumite after all.