INVINCIBLE SEASON 3 SURPRISINGLY SHOWS JUST HOW MUCH MORE POWERFUL MARK GRAYSON IS COMPARED TO EARTH’S TOP HERO.
CAUTION! This review contains spoilers from episode 5 of Invincible Season 3.
While it is true that viewers who would want to see a further leap in the time-traveling and prison-breaking adventures of Season 3, Episode 5 Invincible have a reason to feel slightly disappointed, it should be accepted that Invincible is “filler” no more. Season 3, episode 4 of Invincible had brought some outstanding achievements as I emphasized in my review, so the level of expectation was naturally quite high for the subsequent installment. Season 3, episode 5 of Invincible generally known as “That Actually Hurtless” does not completely take off into the atmosphere in a futuristic or sneaky way like its time-traveling and prison-breaking brethren but it still runs on pretty interesting average as furthering the development of Invincible’s characters while laying down small story bricks for future episodes.
The episode slightly lowers the stakes of the series. All of Invincible’s allies like Allen, Omni-Man, and even Battle Beast are nowhere to be seen, with the role given over to Titan, a side character featured in season one. Now a crime lord, Titan once again needs the help of hero in the title, which makes this particular episode so action-packed. Even though it is lacking a centering around the big Viltrumite threat, it still includes some seriously good character work and an additional storyline dedicated to addressing what might end up being the core moral question of Invincible season 3.
In Season 3, Episode 5 of Invincible, everyone in every part are outstanding, even the minor characters are still balanced.
True, the bulk of episode 5 does not tie overtly into the series’ main plot, but it is far from being what fans deridingly call a “filler” episode. I usually tend to stay away from using that term, but Invincible season 3, episode 5 has forced my hand. There are go-backs with characters like Titan, Machine Head, Isotope, Mr. Liu and Multi-Paul which are actual rewards in the sense of referencing a number of earlier episodes, crafting a satisfying link back to an installment from season 1 that could also have bore that ‘filler’ epithet.
Bands like Machine Head and Isotope as well do stand out, and Titan especially so, with episode 5 expanding on what was only a glimmer of his power.
Rebalancing the cast, Invincible manages to maintain a nice balance by bringing back figures absent for two seasons. Notably Titan, but also including Machine Head and Isotope and others that got their premieres enriched in episode 5 through some engaging expansion of Invincible’s criminal underbelly. Also, Rex and Shrinking Rae take time to stop by in this episode simply to share a pleasant meal. It is by no means pivotal in any way, yet it nicely develops two ‘main’ characters in a way that’s natural and satisfying.
In the installment, the stars in ‘Invincible’ are given their own extracurricular plotline more than just playing second fiddle. There’s the sweet reveal of Oliver sneaking out to skateboard with friends which is very charming, and the witty banter between Mark and Eve as their relationship flourishes is just as fun. Moreover, it’s a window into the history of Multi-Paul and Dupli-Kate which I found to be a very pleasant surprise in terms of how seriously it was taken. With the episode ending ambiguously but alluding to further future adventures among these characters, I’m quite curious as to how ‘Invincible’ shall juggle so many balls in its oversized cast.
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I might be repeating myself from my previous reviews of Invincible season 3 but I can’t help being a fan of where the series takes the discussion of morality. This theme took full steam in the fifth episode of the third season, ‘This Was Supposed To Be Easy’ with some of the same characters, as it was King Immortal who addressed it last week. This time, Titan posed the moral conundrum to Mark, who was agonizing over whether or not to send Titan to prison after the latter had taken over as a crime lord in Chicago.
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The initial part of the third season that viewers are now access to through Prime Video boasts much of the same that fans have come to expect from the series and that has been exhilarating stuff.
Titan takes Mark for a drive around the district now under his supervision, stressing the huge improvements in quality of life that come under a ‘crime lord’ who stays out of crime and plunges his resources and influence back into the community. All this is cut against other bogeymen like Machine Head and Mr. Liu, who cleanly embody the nasty end of Invincible’s underworld through those enigmatic Orders. For Titan, being able to show how one given ‘criminal’ can improve others’ lives becomes food for thought reflection for Mark on earlier choices regarding Cecil and the GDA.
The action in Invincible Season 3, Episode 5 was jaw-droppingly better as superhero fights kept on delivering.
Exciting scene, with good character development, and kind of mixes the whole moral theme pretty well. This scene is good not only for showing reader the capabilities of Mark and Eve as superheroes but also as a couple. Having fought Mr.Liu’s dragon form and his horde of prisoners including Multi-Paul, was really an exhilarating and dynamic experience, this most effectively served to display Mark’s strength, durability, and speed in action plus Eve’s ability.
Here, the coordination of Mark and Eve is shown. These are not major in stakes as the earlier fight scenes were with the prison break last week; however, it still became an exceptional episode to highlight Invincible. This has my mind racing forward to the rest of Invincible Season 3, the return of Angstrom Levy, the Viltrumite threat hanging over Earth, and this cryptic tease about Mr. Liu’s fate.
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Release Date: March 26, 2021
Based on the graphic novel character by Robert Kirkman, Invincible follows the story of Mark Grayson, a somewhat typical seventeen-year-old, except that his father happens to be the most powerful superhero on the planet, Omni-Man. When Mark starts coming into his inherited superhuman abilities, he also starts realizing that the legacy left by his father isn’t quite as golden as he’d been brought up to believe.
Steven Yeun, Sandra Oh, J. K. Simmons, Walton Goggins, Zazie Beetz, Gillian Jacobs, Seth Rogen, Mark Hamill, Jon Hamm, Mae Whitman, Ezra Miller, Jonathan Groff, Djimon Hounsou, Khary Payton, Jeffrey Donovan, Sonequa Martin-Green, Mahershala Ali, Malese Jow, Clancy Brown, Zachary Quinto and Jason Mantzoukas and with Nicole Byer is also featured. Created by Robert Kirkman and Simon Racioppa.
