r/Invincible • u/mwthecool Omni-Mod • Nov 17 '23

Invincible [Episode Discussion] - S02E03 - This Missive, This Machination! EPISODE DISCUSSION

Episode 3 - This Missive, This Machination!

Mark starts his college career, Debbie struggles with personal trauma, and Allen the Alien returns home to find a new threat facing the Coalition of Planets.

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u/Marikk15 Nov 17 '23

Question:

Nuelzot claims that the journey to Earth took “most of his life”. Most meaning over 50%. Yet he was able to make the trip back without (visibly) aging at all. So was that just another one of his lies?

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u/mylegsweat Nov 17 '23

Haha yeah, definitely a lie. I was also thinking it was strange Mark just gladly got onboard, knowing it took the alien half it’s life. That could still be fucking ages for Mark lol

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u/silverhammer96 Nov 17 '23

I’d imagine that similar to most bugs, this species has a short lifespan.

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u/reddick1666 Nov 17 '23

Mark is definitely not the smartest vilturmite out there

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u/Ghoti76 Nov 18 '23

i mean he wasn't gonna go until william guilt-tripped him lmao

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u/The_BigTexan Nov 26 '23

I think that this is going to be an alien species that ages really quickly. What I think happened is that Omniman conquered the bug planet immediately and then turned it into a utopia after several generations of bug people, who now view Omniman as a god. Nolan wants to show Mark that Earth could be a utopia too if Mark just agrees to it.