Invincible Season Two; Life After Omni-Man
Amazon Prime Video original show “Invincible” is out with a new season.
By Atreyu Weber
Amazon Prime Video original show “Invincible” is out with a new season.
By Atreyu Weber
It’s not very common to find a show as successful as the Amazon Prime Video original show “Invincible.” This show is quite literally invincible to having any bad reviews, with a 99% on Rotten Tomatoes and 8.7 on IMDb.
The show’s first season is about the superhero Invincible, Mark Grayson (Steven Yeun) figuring out how to balance his normal life as a teenager with being the son of the most powerful being on the planet, Nolan Grayson, called Omni-Man (J.K. Simmons). Throughout the first season, Mark struggles through several challenges, from making time for his loved ones to existential problems like figuring out his identity. These problems linger into the second season where he has dilemmas of doing the right thing. The first season ends in an epic fashion when it is revealed to the world that his father is actually an evil alien who is trying to take out anybody that can prevent his alien planet Viltrum from taking over the Earth. Invincible and Omni-Man have an epic battle that ends with Omni-Man unable to finish off his son when he’s down, and he flies off, Earth ultimately ends up fine.
At press time, four new episodes of absolute masterpiece story-telling and art have been released. So far it has not disappointed, managing to retain the charm of the first season, and has kept me glued to my seat to see what happens next.
Episodes one to three were about life after Omni-Man, as he still is yet to be seen since the fight. A big highlight is Invincible the hero really coming into his own where he’s calling shots of what he wants to do, but ultimately does the right thing.
This season has also really shown us the depressive side of having to cope with who Omni-Man really was. Mark's mom, Debbie (Sandra Oh) has really struggled with it, attending meetings trying to find others like her, but it didn’t end well when she told someone who her husband was. It’s hard to watch the strain that Omni-Man has put on Mark and Debbie’s relationship as mother and son. It seems that this season will be heavily focused on Mark and his mother rebuilding their lives while facing new threats and obstacles along the way. I also see that the show is conveying that Mark is afraid of becoming his father, becoming a monster.
This new season looks to expand on characters that we met in season one, such as Allen the Alien, who has a massive chunk of episode three devoted to him. We will also likely see lots of development of characters like Amber (Zazie Beetz), Eve (Gillian Jacobs) and William (Andrew Rannells).
We are only scratching the surface of season two, and it has done more than impress me. The art style is unique to other shows, throwing it back to a classic look with modern capabilities. All the characters are enjoyable, there’s not one I could point out to being my least favorite. The story and challenges make me genuinely feel for these characters, and is compelling in every facet.
I have no doubt as more episodes come out my words will only prove to be true.
The first four episodes of “Invincible” season two are now streaming on Prime Video.
The show’s first season is about the superhero Invincible, Mark Grayson (Steven Yeun) figuring out how to balance his normal life as a teenager with being the son of the most powerful being on the planet, Nolan Grayson, called Omni-Man (J.K. Simmons). Throughout the first season, Mark struggles through several challenges, from making time for his loved ones to existential problems like figuring out his identity. These problems linger into the second season where he has dilemmas of doing the right thing. The first season ends in an epic fashion when it is revealed to the world that his father is actually an evil alien who is trying to take out anybody that can prevent his alien planet Viltrum from taking over the Earth. Invincible and Omni-Man have an epic battle that ends with Omni-Man unable to finish off his son when he’s down, and he flies off, Earth ultimately ends up fine.
At press time, four new episodes of absolute masterpiece story-telling and art have been released. So far it has not disappointed, managing to retain the charm of the first season, and has kept me glued to my seat to see what happens next.
Episodes one to three were about life after Omni-Man, as he still is yet to be seen since the fight. A big highlight is Invincible the hero really coming into his own where he’s calling shots of what he wants to do, but ultimately does the right thing.
This season has also really shown us the depressive side of having to cope with who Omni-Man really was. Mark's mom, Debbie (Sandra Oh) has really struggled with it, attending meetings trying to find others like her, but it didn’t end well when she told someone who her husband was. It’s hard to watch the strain that Omni-Man has put on Mark and Debbie’s relationship as mother and son. It seems that this season will be heavily focused on Mark and his mother rebuilding their lives while facing new threats and obstacles along the way. I also see that the show is conveying that Mark is afraid of becoming his father, becoming a monster.
This new season looks to expand on characters that we met in season one, such as Allen the Alien, who has a massive chunk of episode three devoted to him. We will also likely see lots of development of characters like Amber (Zazie Beetz), Eve (Gillian Jacobs) and William (Andrew Rannells).
We are only scratching the surface of season two, and it has done more than impress me. The art style is unique to other shows, throwing it back to a classic look with modern capabilities. All the characters are enjoyable, there’s not one I could point out to being my least favorite. The story and challenges make me genuinely feel for these characters, and is compelling in every facet.
I have no doubt as more episodes come out my words will only prove to be true.
The first four episodes of “Invincible” season two are now streaming on Prime Video.