Inverse: After a shaky start, Marvel’s Cinematic Universe is chugging into Phase 5 with Secret Invasion. The new series is poised to deliver a shot of adrenaline to a franchise entering its 15th year, and so far, it’s been promising.
Secret Invasion shares its title with a beloved comic book event, and though it’s diverging from the comics in a few major ways, at least the Skrull are finally taking center stage. The shapeshifting aliens were major comic antagonists, but their role in the MCU is a bit more complicated. That just makes Secret Invasion’s conflict more interesting, especially where leading man Nick Fury (Samuel L. Jackson) is concerned.
The first episode of Secret Invasion saw Fury returning to Earth to deal with an unruly Skrull uprising, and quickly realizing that he can’t hold back the storm alone. The fight continues in Episode 2, which will hopefully deliver more of the action that came in fits and starts in Episode 1.
