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/finnjakefionnacake Nov 17 '23

she wasn't, but that's not the point. he's grieving and he lashed out. they're all fucked up. of course it's not her fault, but the man going to group therapy over his wife/partner being murdered is not exactly in the frame of mind to be at peace with that yet.

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u/Gag180 Nov 17 '23

she wasn't, but that's not the point. he's grieving and he lashed out. they're all fucked up.

This is exactly why the meeting has rules against revealing identities, and these two broke it on Debbie's first day.

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u/NationalWatercress3 Nov 17 '23

Realistically her husband's identity would have been obvious the more she opened up. Her main grief is about him turning out to be a terrible all-powerful world destroying supervillain who beat the shit out of their son and then left

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u/Wolf6120 Cecil Stedman Nov 20 '23

and these two broke it on Debbie's first day.

Incidentally "there's a bar down the street where a bunch of us from the group like to hang out after sessions" my ass, it was just the two of them the entire time lol.

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u/Mysterious-Part-8443 Nov 17 '23

A response from someone over the age of 12. Thank you!

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u/[deleted] Nov 18 '23

Right. So many slow takes about this plot point.

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u/FlyingSpaceCow Nov 17 '23

I suspect he may come around.

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u/jakethesequel Nov 18 '23

Invincible fans vs characters who act in emotionally volatile but realistic ways, it's an unbeatable matchup

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u/[deleted] Nov 18 '23

Reacting that way isn't realistic at all.

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u/Cute_Event_4216 Debbie Grayson Nov 19 '23

Uh imagine going to a support group after someone killed your spouse and finding out that the killer’s wife is also at your support group. Not saying Theo was “right” but it’s very understandable. He really shouldn’t have broken the ground rules to begin with.

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u/jakethesequel Nov 20 '23

People going through trauma in real life frequently lash out even at people who have nothing to do with the situation, just because they don't know what else to do!

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u/Bbgirl4lato Nov 17 '23

I'm surprised Debbie told him to begin with

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u/alexmikli Nov 19 '23

he's grieving and he lashed out. they're all fucked up.

This is why I'm hoping they mend fences in a future episode. It was an entirely human response on Theo's part, even if it was fucked up.

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u/Sahm_1982 Nov 21 '23

That doesn't make him not a piece of shit for that though.