Secret Invasion
Secret Invasion should have been a tense, slow-burn political thriller. The idea of shape-shifting Skrulls quietly embedded in world governments is pure paranoia fuel. Instead, the show feels strangely small and unfocused. It clearly wants to capture the grounded spy energy of Captain America: The Winter Soldier, but it never builds that same sense of urgency or momentum. Scenes that should feel loaded with suspicion just drift by, and the larger conflict never quite lands with the weight it promises because they haven’t focused enough to make the main villain interesting.
It’s especially frustrating because the pieces are there. Nick Fury is one of the MCU’s most compelling figures, yet this story doesn’t give him much to work with. The performances are solid, but the writing often feels rushed and undercooked. Big twists come and go without much impact, especially this big Rhodey twist they were going for that they’ve now retconned, I think, and the killing of Maria Hill, which was just dumb, and the finale goes for scale without earning the emotion behind it. For a series built on secrets and distrust, it ends up feeling surprisingly hollow.