INVINCIBLE (Season 2, Part 2) -- An Exhilarating Conclusion to the Superhero Show's Sophomore Season

Review by Camden Ferrell

After an admittedly annoying midseason break last year, Invincible is finally back with the final half of season 2. This batch of episodes continue the story from where it was left off, and it definitely feels like that midseason break was either on purpose to make people pay for Amazon Prime without ads, or it genuinely took the team that long to finish the animation. Either way, these episodes are another set of thrilling episodes that progress the many stories into exciting and unknown territory.
 
Omni-Man has been taken by the Viltrumites, and Mark must deal with the fallout. He also has a new baby brother, and his personal life gets more complicated by the day. In addition to Mark’s story, we get to see the Guardians of the Globe continue to grow as a team and deal with new threats. And last but not least, Angstrom Levy is still out there somewhere, and it’ll be exciting for viewers to see how his journey continues.
 
Since this is the final half of a season, the episodes do tackle more high-stakes topics and consequences, and this leads the writing to be quite poignant at times. In addition to the typical witty and entertaining dialogue we’ve come to expect from this show, there are some excellently written moments throughout that really try and understand its characters on a deeper and more meaningful level.

The voice acting is still incredible as always in these episodes. Steven Yeun continues to impress as Mark. This season tackles a fan-favorite moment from the comic that is quite heartbreaking, and Yeun knocks it out of the park as well as everything else this season. The show continues to have a strong supporting cast that fit perfectly for their characters and works realistically within the context of the show.
 
As mentioned before, this new season gets into some heavy territory that readers of the comic will be familiar with. These moments are handled extremely well this season and adapted wonderfully. The animation quality for season 2 has been one of the points of complaint from viewers and while this can be strange at times throughout the show, it’s not too bad in my opinion. The animation quality is great when it matters most, so the occasional shortcomings are forgivable.
 
Invincible concludes its second season with a bang. These 4 episodes are thrilling from start to finish and show us that this show is nowhere close to running out of juice. Fans know that this is just the tip of the iceberg, and the show is going to get even more wild going forward. This season starts setting up some major future storylines that will make fans hope season 3 comes out sooner rather than later.
 
Invincible Season 2 - Part 2 begins streaming on March 14 with episodes, with episodes premiering subsequent Thursdays. All episodes have been reviewed.
 
Rating: 5/5