Alien Nation, Episode 2

I saw the new episode of Secret Invasion last night and, after some struggle this morning and checking with some reviews and synopses, I mostly remember what happened in it. I didn't fall asleep, though!

Characters spend time talking and brooding. Nick Fury reminisces about segregation (just how old is he?) before introducing an interesting game he learned from his mother, "Tell Me Something I Don't Know". So Talos tells him nearly all the Skrulls are on Earth. How fortunate Nick brought up that game!

What about the Skrulls on the space station Talos accuses Nick of hiding out on instead of helping the Skrulls? Seems like a continuity error. Also, what better place to look for a planet for the Skrulls than space? Have Fury and Captain Marvel really just made no effort in the past twenty five years? That seems very silly.

Now Skrulls have infiltrated positions of power. A secret council decides to make Gravik their official general. One council member threatens to use his authority in NATO to stop Gravik but a security guard chops him in the throat, apparently changing his mind. Why are we to assume he honours a vote made under duress? Why wasn't the one dissenting lady similarly threatened?

Why are all these supposedly important power players wandering around without their own retinues?

Looks like Rhodey's a Skrull. Anyone think he's not? Maybe he did just decide to fire Nick Fury for being in the vicinity of a terrorist attack. Yeah, I can't even type that with a straight face.

This show is like an idiot's impression of an intelligent series.

Secret Invasion is available on Disney+.

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