Critic Reviews

Invincible is grand, ambitious and morally complex at every turn. While many of our characters are violently pummelled and disembowelled on screen, it’s nearly as painful to think that we’ll have to wait until 2024 to see more of it.

If you can hang with its shifts, you’ll find a show that is working at high speed to try to embody multiple elements on the superhero cynicism scale, sometimes all at once. Funny, exciting, and emotionally smart—seriously, Sandra Oh is killing it here.

Invincible will have you sucked in by the end of the first episode with great action set pieces, but will really hook you in with the human elements. Rest assured, this is so much more than just another superhero cartoon. No, this is humor, mystery, drama, romance and science fiction, all rolled up into one absolutely addictive treat.

From its slick animation to its excellent voice cast, it's a winner from top to bottom. And just when you think you know exactly which direction it's going to explore, it pulls the rug out from under you in a truly exciting way. The long-running comic series couldn't have been made into a better serialized format, and if the rest of the show is just as interesting as this one, Amazon has quite the hit on its hands.

The ending that serves as the finale for Part 1 of Season 2 doesn’t feel like a finale or a midseason finale in any way. In the long run, that is probably for the best, but for now? The back half of this season deserved to be released hand in hand with the amazing opening four episodes.

The voice cast falls deeper into their familiar roles, and the results are excellent once more. I have some minor quibbles here and there, but this is still the best superhero show on TV for my money, and I can't wait to watch the final two episodes now.

More pressure, more tension, more emotion, and more ethical conundrums - Invincible has once again found a new level to soar above the very superhero stories it parodies so effectively.

Despite some minor pitfalls in its pacing, the latest season of “Invincible” reaches an undeniable series high. This is a show that has always taken risks in its displays of gore and violence, and thankfully, this continues in a bold examination of the impact this has not only on Mark and Nolan but on each character in the series.

Invincible recaptures what our current glut of superhero fiction largely loses sight of: the pleasure that superheroes must feel when wielding their powers. Not the sacred satisfaction of helping the downtrodden, but the id-centered thrills of soaring through the sky and inflicting hurt on those deemed deserving. The series consistently makes smart use of music and sound to sweep you up in the bodily sensations of its heroes.

The Mark Grayson we know was one of the few to spurn his idol, and his choice captures the hope that courses through even Invincible’s bleakest moments. While infinite realities will spawn countless empires, the show understands that no tyrant is untouchable and no fate inevitable.