In these two scenes, Secret Invasion provides some of the much-needed context that was missing from the premiere. Although the Skrulls were previously “scattered across the galaxy,” there are now a million Skrulls walking among the humans on Earth. Following one of Nick’s classic Fury family anecdotes designed to disguise a deeper lesson, Talos reveals that Earth’s Skrull population is far larger than Fury realized. The opening flashback isn’t the episode’s only source of important information about the Skrulls. It seems somewhat cheap to circumvent or delay any explanation about a mission that would require the help of shape-shifting aliens, but it’s certainly one way for Marvel to justify the Skrulls’ limited presence in the MCU since the events of Captain Marvel. While it would be nice to get some additional detail on the so-called serious threat that Earth was facing in 1997, or some specifics about what happened to the Skrulls who left with Fury and Danvers to find a new home at the end of Captain Marvel, the flashback at least establishes the extent to which Fury has failed the Skrulls-including Gravik.
There’s a lot of TV out there. We want to help: Every week, we’ll tell you the best and most urgent shows to stream so you can stay on top of the ever-expanding heap of Peak TV.Īs we know, the Skrulls kept their end of the bargain, whereas Fury gave them no more than empty promises. During a short speech to introduce Fury, Talos sums up the Skrulls’ ongoing troubles. Despite his youth, Gravik is deemed a worthy candidate for a team of Skrulls that Fury and Talos have formed for a mission.
soon after the death of Gravik’s parents, who were both killed in the Skrulls’ last stand against the Kree. Gravik is introduced to the agent of S.H.I.E.L.D. Jackson returns as a younger Nick Fury meets a young Gravik in Brixton, London. “Promises” starts in 1997, positioning its opening scene a couple of years after the conclusion of Captain Marvel. Through its first two weeks, the series is struggling to generate the intrigue expected of a slow-burn spy thriller, and anticlimactic cappers to each episode haven’t helped.
The second installment, “Promises,” provides further background information on the Skrulls and sets up the birth of a new breed of Marvel villain, but that added exposition prevents Secret Invasion from picking up the pace. “Resurrection” opened the six-episode season by abruptly thrusting the audience into a story with roots that extend deep into the MCU’s past.
Marvel Studios’ latest Disney+ series draws heavily on the events of 2019’s Captain Marvel, which was set in the 1990s, but last week’s pilot didn’t take the time to show or explain what had happened to the Skrulls in the intervening decades. Secret Invasion’s opening course lacked a key ingredient: context.
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