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/[deleted] Nov 17 '23

Honestly, Cecil really bothered me in this episode. I know he's been manipulating Mark all season (and even before), but telling Mark that he's like his father for choosing to go save billions of lives is especially scummy.

Cecil is really smart, but constantly gaslighting a teenager is not a good idea to turn them into a well-adjusted adult. I think at some point Mark is going to realize that Cecil only cares about control.

That's why Cecil's such a great character. He's somewhere between good and evil.

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u/LMkingly Nov 17 '23

To be honest i don't think Cecile was wrong to distrust and not want mark to leave the galaxy on a drop of a hat because a random alien that came out of nowhere who somehow heard about him and specifically came to seek him out asked for help. And we see it ended up being bullshit anyway. Cecile is wrong to keep rubbing omni-man in mark's face anytime they have a disagreement but he wasn't wrong about this.

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u/nerdguy1138 Nov 20 '23

No spoilers please, but it makes zero sense for that to actually be his dad.

Remember we know for a fact that this entire race are telepathic illusionists.

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u/OkayRuin Nov 20 '23

Mind elaborating on why it makes zero sense? Nolan had to go somewhere. Why not a nearby planet no one has heard of where he’d be treated like a god?

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u/nerdguy1138 Nov 20 '23

Then why specifically mention that race can cloak with mental illusions?

It's just a pointless red herring.

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u/OkayRuin Nov 26 '23

I hate to say I told you so, so I'll shout it through cupped hands.

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u/nerdguy1138 Nov 26 '23

It's a good episode, but that was seriously a pointless red herring.

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u/OkayRuin Nov 21 '23 edited Nov 21 '23

Yeah, that’s a fair point. I suppose we’ll find out in a few days.

If it wasn’t for Nolan, how do you think they would have heard of Invincible? His only exoplanetary adventures so far have been to the Moon and to Mars, correct? Unless I’m forgetting something, the only people off-planet who could’ve spread word about his deeds are Nolan, Allen or Battle Beast.