What Have I Done?

I had some doubts about the future of Invincible after the ending of season 2 but these last couple episodes have made me hopeful again.

The action and the performances are the standout of this episode. Steven Yuen continues to excel in his role as Mark and could be on his way to an Emmy. He masterfully place dozens of versions of the same character in a way that feels believable. The supporting cast also shines. There have been many complaints about the show investing in big names rather than the animation, but I think that these last few episodes have shown that it's worth it. I'm especially excited to see the introduction and development of the new characters coming into the show.

The penultimate episode of Invincible Season 3 is absolutely incredible, and it's amazing to finally get another episode on-par with the last two of the first season. Up until now, those have been the best episodes of the show BY FAR and I was beginning to worry thag we'd never reach that height again...!

This episode has absolutely everything you want in a superhero show of this level. It's got good humour, incredible action, a killer soundtrack, incredible writing, a constantly moving story, extremely high stakes, and it even made me shed a tear!

Not only is it the best episode of Season 3, but it's also the best episode of the entire series since the final two episodes of Season 1, which is saying a lot in itself. It looks like Invincible could be a top contender for the best comicbook series of all time, if it manages to deliver another episode nearly on this level!

If I'm being honest, this episode as a whole didn't feel like a complete 10/10 for me personally, unlike some other episodes from season 1 that were actually 10/10. But since this is in my opinion the best episode of the season so far, I obviously have to give it a 10 to be above the other 9s I've given to some previous ones.

But anyway, the reason I think this episode is more of a 9.5/10 than a full 10/10 is because I kinda expected more The Invincible War. I know this might sound weird, but I was expecting the war to go on for much longer, Mark fighting multiple alternative selfs, and a couple more main character deaths. Now to be completely honest I didn't really want everyone to die or anything, but you'd think more would've died to so many Invincibles running rampant.

What I mean by too short of a fight is that our Mark only fights 3 Invincibles, and then takes a long rest for the rest of the episode. Another example is that they tease Donald joining the fight, and I got excited that we were gonna see him in action finally, but they skipped his fight completely and only showed the aftermath.

I know that the whole Invincible War is probably coming back, but I also thought the conclusion was kinda convenient and easy for our Mark to be honest.

Anyway, this is my only nitpick from this episode, everything else is absolutely perfect. The animation for the most part looked way better than the rest of the season, which shows again that most of the 10$ budget they had for animation this season was saved for these last two episodes.

The voice acting from Steven Yeun in this episode was great too and even though all the Invincibles have the same voice, he managed to make each of them sound different and unique from one another.

The ending also teases that the next episode is gonna be even crazier than this.

All in all this episode, despite having a minor nitpick with the writing, is definitely the best of the season and one of the best of the whole series.

Wow.. this just opened my eyes. The moment my son turns old enough to comprehend things, this is what I will show him.

This episode just changed my whole life in nearly 50 minutes. My grandma stood up from her wheelchair just to put on the episode for a second time. All the people that haven't seen this show will never be able to live their life to it's full extend.

The way Mark fights is just so so tuff, it really made me cry. When my dad walked in and asked if everything was okay, I showed him and he shed a tear too.

The moment Conquest showed up and said "Yo, I am Conquest and I'm here to kinda conquer this place!" really gave me chills.

Truely a masterpiece.

The episode itself was so freaking amazing, but based on the ending alone, I'm so excited for the next one! Filled with amazing action-packed moments and stellar voice acting from Steven Yeun, I never really anticipated for it to be this good.

I have to admit, I was a little worried whether or not they'll bring back the quality of Season 1 after Season 2, which didn't really have such stellar moments. But I'll be damned if I won't hypothesize that this is the episode that probably brought Invincible to the top of the spotlight yet again!

The ending was the perfect set-up for the season finale. I did not envisage it happening this season though, and I was completely thrown away when I saw the towering shadow over Mark in the end.

10/10, amazing episode!