I Thought You Were Stronger

Talk about making an incredibly memorable, brutal, and complex villain!

At first, at the beginning of the season, I was iffy about introducing the multiverse in yet another fictional universe, but what they did with the villain and his powers here is amazing. I was also complaining about how little we saw of Angstrom Levy throughout the season, but I think with this resolution, it might've been enough.

Basically, the first half of this episode does the heavy lifting for Angstrom Levy's characterization and turns him into an unforgettable and powerful villain. I wish they did the same for that lion dude in the first season. I don't know why he wasn't a bigger part and hasn't come back yet.

But anyway, the multiverse stuff are handled pretty well here, and apart from some (literally) Marvel-level references and nods to other media, that were few and funny enough to not have a problem with them, they did a great job with the whole thing.

Angstrom Levy is what a well-written and impactful villain should be. He's not necessarily evil nor are his intentions inherently evil, he's the evil that our hero directly or indirectly and inadvertently created, and now he does evil things to do what's necessary for his good intentions (at least in his own mind).

He's a villain who will challenge the hero physically and mentally. He's a villain who'll have a long-lasting impact on the hero and will change him forever.

This episode and what Angstrom Levy does to Mark Grayson is a character-defining moment for Invincible, and I think it's just one of many that will come. Angstrol's actions and their consequences send Mark into an existential crisis and an introspection journey.

So even though Angstrom Levy's screen time in this season was short and I usually hate it when movies or shows (especially comic books) only show the villain in the beginning and we don't see them until the final conflict and basically don't get to really know them, I love what they did with Levy here and I can turn a blind eye to how little we see of him here. It was worth it honestly.

Angstrom is a villain we can totally see where he's coming from and sympathize with him a little, but also can see he is obviously evil and revenge has blinded him. They create such a deep and complex character in a short amount of time and it's really great. I wouldn't even consider him a villain villain, to be honest, he's more like an anti-villain to me.

So this a lesson in writing, especially for comic book writers and especially the comic book movies we've been getting these past couple of years. Make your villains matter. If your antagonist doesn't change your hero and doesn't change his worldview and your hero still feels the same after encountering them, what's the point? Watch this episode and see how to do a good villain who'll leave his mark and is impactful as hell.

And they don't even have your typical Batman vs Joker interrogation or Daredevil vs The Punisher rooftop dialogue scenes where they challenge each other's methods and worldview. This is a more punchy punchy and less talky version of that, but it's still as impactful.

So overall this is a really great finale and the definitely best episode of the season. In this review focused purely on the first half of the episode and how good the villain was, I usually talk about all the stuff that happened, but the first half was so good that I don't even want to talk about anything else. The second half is about the aftermath and although it was also pretty good, as a whole, the finale wasn't really a 10/10 at least for me. I don't think I gave any episode of this season a full 10/10 rating unlike multiple 10s I gave to season 1. But that doesn't mean it wasn't good, just not as back to back surprises and brutality as the first season.

This episode is objectively an amazing Season Finale, with fantastic animation, cool action, great emotional moments, and amazing writing. I will admit, though, that it did leave me rather unsatisfied. They didn't do nearly as much with the concept of the Multiverse as they could've, it wasn't as jaw-dropping as the finale of Season 1, and didn't feature *that* character that I know a lot of comic fans (myself included) were very excited to see

It is a fantastic episode and sets-up a great Season 3, but there's a lot that could've been done way better!

Here's to hoping that Season 3 is worth the wait!

This season finale was definitely less grandiose than what we got in the first season. No planet-crushing threats, the stakes are much more grounded but still just as personal. Just like season 2 itself, the final episode is dedicated to developing Mark's character, setting up future events and enriching the story. And it does so in a really well-written and memorable way. The protagonist of this show has substantially grown during this season and I love how they developed all other characters as well, especially Rex, Omni-Man and Amber.

However, after such a long wait, most people expected something that would surely overcome the first season in terms of scope. But instead they received a very well-made buildup storyline, with most payoffs being delayed until the next season (which, as a comic reader, I guarantee will be HUGE).

I'm pretty sure that if this season came out much sooner (and without the annoying mid-season break), it would've been received much better by the overwhelming majority of people who disliked it. Many great shows have slower second seasons, mostly dedicated to character building and the setup of future events (like in Game of Thrones, Better Call Saul, Mr. Robot and many more). Invincible is one of those shows. It does so really well, but it's a shame that most long-awaited payoffs are still not here... However, I'm sure that this season will be seen in a much more favorable light in the long run. But right now all I can say is that I have genuinely enjoyed this season, although due to a very underwhelming release schedule, I can see why many people were upset with it.

I get the feeling they tried to do a lot of build up, not only with the season, but especially this episode.

I am still quite torn between a bit underwhelmed of the impact, yet satisfied with what they included andhowit was executed.

There are times it maybe got a bit too meta, but it never got to the pointwhere it felt like exeggarated fanservice or something.

All this let me hope that season 3 will pickup more steam right from the beginning, after giving a resolution to a lot of side character stories this season.

IMO it was really a pity how they handled the release with a mid season break.

Now before I get people arguing they've seen better or they didn't do this or that. I just wanna say this episode was not rush, stuck to the comic story while being its own original thing, and did not need huge power fighting action to be peak.

First paragraph is about season 2 as a whole and the seconds is about just the season 2 finale. It being a spoiler free I will make my statements quick and short.

Season 2 With that out of the way invincible season 2 was admittedly kinda slow at some points or just ok. They tried their best, they give us happy moments, and build up future storylines (if you were watching carefully). For that it being slow or ok was excused for the sense of building up more epic moments.

Season 2 finale Now dear god how can I explain what I watch without spoiler. The amount of actions, @buse, mental breakdown, character development, and Easter eggs were insane. They somehow managed to rap up the Angstrom levy story quickly in the first 20 minutes while still giving everyone (us the audience too) lots of emotional and epic moments. It truly wasn't rush and was funny at sometimes and knew how to switch bad to being serious and intense I just couldn't. Literally some points I felt worried and sad, then excited and happy, to then just end up going right back to being shocked and sad. Also there is a moment where the audience may be mad because he didn't do it and yes I was mad too, but thinking about it now that would've ruined the huge sense of grief and sadness happening. It just wouldn't have mix well and the writers knew this so they changed it and left it as a masterpiece in the end. I know if I talk further about this then I may actually reveal something by mistake so GO WATCH IT NOW.