While the first season was the surprise superhero TV show a couple of years back, season two gets bogged down with a lot of narrative debt to pay off. It’s convoluted storytelling that doesn’t have the same emotional impact as the first. Yet, somehow, it’s still fun and, of course, bloody as hell.
I’ve realized that reviewing the first batch of INVINCIBLE episodes is challenging without knowing how this season will stick the landing. Usually, audiences will have weekly new additions available to view. However, with INVINCIBLE, audiences are stuck with the prologue building up to the new four episodes that will air in early 2024.
What works is watching the aftermath of Nolan Grayson’s big reveal. Seeing his son, Mark, and his wife, Debbie, deal with the grief, anger, and sadness for his choices is dramatically compelling and has much more depth than expected in an overly violent stylized cartoon. What doesn’t work is… pretty much everything else. The supporting characters are blah, and the situations they are put in are much less shocking than we’ve seen in this or THE BOYS.
Regardless of the only mildly enjoyable first act, I’ll be watching the final episodes of this show once it airs next year. Yet, I can’t help but hope they stick to the main characters and give them more exciting themes and plots to explore.
INVINCIBLE is available on Prime Video.
