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Invincible [COMIC SPOILER Discussion] - S02E01 - A Lesson For Your Next Life COMIC SPOILERS

Episode 4 - A Lesson For Your Next Life

In the aftermath of his father's betrayal, Mark struggles with his responsibilities as Invincible and encounters an unexpected enemy.

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u/mmcintoshmerc_88 Battle Beast Nov 03 '23

I cannot describe how happy I am the season opened with the alternate world where Mark sided with Nolan! Love that they slightly expanded on it too.

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u/FKDotFitzgerald Allen the Alien Nov 03 '23

Was that paralyzed Eve bit in the comic? So dark.

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u/mmcintoshmerc_88 Battle Beast Nov 03 '23

IIRC I don't think Eve was in the resistance at all in the comics, in the comics the resistance was just Robot, Immortal and an alternate Angstrom.

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u/FKDotFitzgerald Allen the Alien Nov 03 '23

Yeah I definitely didn’t remember it. Really great inclusion to hammer home how bleak that reality is.

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u/Drake9214 Allen the Alien Nov 03 '23

That version of eve was in a resistance though because we see it when she shows up and mark gets stranded. It was brutal in this though. No clue how all this is going to go with the changes but I’m so excited.

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u/Drake9214 Allen the Alien Nov 03 '23

Fair, I guess alternate future and alternate reality are kinda the same in my mind since events currently create the alternate future making it an alternate reality (in my head that’s how I see it anyway) but I can see what you mean.

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u/abouttogivebirth Nov 03 '23

The difference is the Guardians from the alternate future won't exist after they send Mark back because that future only exists if Mark stays in the alternate dimension.

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u/spiderknight616 Nov 03 '23

Leaving Eve alive also covers the plot hole that might open up with her resurrection powers

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u/bestoboy The Lizard League Nov 03 '23

yup I was shocked at first that he was able to kill her but the reveal that she was paralyzed explained it.

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u/regretfulposts Doc Seismic Nov 03 '23

Makes you wonder if she can die like a power outage or someone pulling the plug only for her to do a quick revive and be free.

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u/Mr-Mister Nov 04 '23

I think you need just need to brain-kill her fast enough.

Dearh by blood loss or organic failure? Rezzed. Death by applying hydraulic press to the akull within 0.01 seconds? No rez.

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u/[deleted] Nov 03 '23

Or if Mark tried to kill her then she would have been able to delete Mark and Omniman

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u/DoktorLuciferWong Nov 03 '23

I wonder if the Mark in that universe already knew about that particular power due to other circumstances only that dimension's timeline experienced

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u/Play3rKn0wn Nov 03 '23

This was my thought, they don’t want first time viewers to know about that until the conquest fight.

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u/WindWielder Rex Splode Nov 04 '23

Killing Eve honestly isn’t as hard as people think. She can’t be all the way dead when she uses her powers, so she would just need to be killed quickly before they kick in. Omni-Man could just crush her skull at super speed and that would be it.

Plenty of Eves die in alternate universes. Angstrom says that the Lizard League kills pregnant Eve in one universe. I believe the Mark with the mohawk killed Eve in his universe.

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u/CoolJoshido Nov 03 '23

my thoughts exactly

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u/RnRaintnoisepolution Nov 04 '23

That version of Mark better hope he's nowhere near her when she does die of old age (Which realistically, he'll wanna be there when his "pet" does die.), or they figure out her resurection powers by then, cause if not he's gonna have to face the wrath of a god-like being with decades worth of hatered for him built up.

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u/Corronchilejano Nov 03 '23

She wasn't.

Of course, paralyzed but not killed. I guess they're keeping something.

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u/Kellythejellyman Nov 03 '23

he practiced on protesters all day

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u/Corronchilejano Nov 03 '23

Yeah, but I meant that they didn't kill her, because it would've spoiled what happens when she dies.

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u/Work_the_shaft Nov 03 '23

It was not, and Nolan pointing out mark was practicing paralyzing other resisters was just chilling.

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u/Rangtangtangtang Nov 04 '23

I thought when I first saw buzzed eve she was the alt universe one that's shows up when mark almost kills angstrom levy and gets stuck

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u/Anamethatisname Nov 03 '23

😭 I came here way too quick confused about the timeskip, I better finish the episode before I come back

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u/Reno18_99 Nov 03 '23

Problably my favourite part of the episode. The thing I'm most looking forward to after reading the comics is all the ways the show expands iconic scenes from the source material, and this is exactly what i had in mind.

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u/Mister_Doc Nov 03 '23

I’ve read the whole comic and my wife hasn’t and she was like, “did we miss something?” While I’m geeking out haha

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u/incredibleamadeuscho Robot Nov 03 '23

I know! A dimension where the good guys actually win.

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u/CoolJoshido Nov 03 '23

i called it too 😭