Secret Invasion concluded its first season today, and the episode, "Home," has received a decidedly mixed (it's probably more accurate to say outright negative) response.
The series has now become Marvel's Studios' lowest-rated Disney+ show on Rotten Tomatoes with 56%, but the individual episode rating for the finale is a lot lower with just 13%.
Was it really that bad?
Secret Invasion featured a cast of superb actors and some riveting moments, but a common complaint seems to be that it simply failed to explore its intriguing premise to its full potential, and the short episode run-times never really allowed for characters and subplots to be fleshed out.
This was particularly true of the finale, which felt very rushed, and culminated in a CGI slugfest the previous episodes had avoided.
Some did feel that the show was "boring" and lacking in excitement, but was this really the best way to inject a bit of action into the proceedings? Be sure to share your thoughts on the episode and the series overall in the comments.
"In Marvel Studios’ new series Secret Invasion, set in the present day MCU, Nick Fury learns of a clandestine invasion of Earth by a faction of shapeshifting Skrulls. Fury joins his allies, including Everett Ross, Maria Hill and the Skrull Talos, who has made a life for himself on Earth. Together they race against time to thwart an imminent Skrull invasion and save humanity."
The series stars Samuel L. Jackson, Ben Mendelsohn, Cobie Smulders, Martin Freeman, Kingsley Ben-Adir, Charlayne Woodard, Killian Scott, Samuel Adewunmi, Dermot Mulroney, Christopher McDonald, Katie Finneran, with Emilia Clarke, Olivia Colman, and Don Cheadle.
Ali Selim directs and executive-produces, along with fellow executive producers Kevin Feige, Jonathan Schwartz, Louis D’Esposito, Victoria Alonso, Brad Winderbaum, Samuel L. Jackson, Ali Selim, Kyle Bradstreet and Brian Tucker. Kyle Bradstreet is also the head writer, and Jennifer L. Booth, Allana Williams and Brant Englestein serve as co-executive producers.
If you want to know my thoughts on Secret Invasion, and much more besides, you can have a listen to the first episode of the Roll Credits podcast below.