The following article was written during the 2023 strikes of the Writers Guild of America (WGA), Screen Actors Guild, and American Federation of Television and Radio Artists (SAG-AFTRA). Without the work of the writers and actors currently on strike, the television series presented here would not exist.
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Secret Invasion takes place in the current Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU). Nick Fury learns of the invasion of Earth by a faction of shapeshifting Skrulls. Fury, joined by Everett Ross, Maria Hill and the Skrull Talos, who made his life on Earth, races against time to stop an invasion and save humanity.
Brief summary (contains spoilers)

The series begins with Talos pursuing Everett Ross for the murder of a CIA agent, who had information about a potential Skrull rebellion. Maria Hill arrives on scene and discovers that Everett is a shapeshifting Skrull and contacts Nick Fury for help. Nick returns to learn that not only has Talos been exiled from the Skrull Council, but Gravik is taking over the rebellion. Fury approaches an old acquaintance named Sonya Falsworth to propose an alliance, but to no avail. Meanwhile, Talos reunites with his daughter, G’iah, who shares with him the location of a Skrull attack in Russia. The mission to stop the attack ends not only in failure, but also in the death of one of Fury’s teammates. Fury and Talos are forced to escape to fight another day.

Gravik gains the support of the Skrull Council to lead them into a new war. Fury is blamed for the attack in Russia and the death of one of the team members, and is removed from his position. Sonya learns from another rebel that Gravik has a new weapon, a machine that can help enhance their strength through the use of powered DNA. The rebels’ next target is the Royal Navy. Their attempt to launch a missile at another plane, however, is thwarted by the collective efforts of Fury, Talos, Sonya and G’iah. G’iah tries to escape but is confronted by Gravik who shoots her and leaves her for dead.

G’iah, however, survives and lives to fight another day. We quickly learn that there is a rebel Skull Imposter posing as one of the Avengers. The rebels turn to the President of the United States and, posing as Russian soldiers, almost succeed in their attempt, but they leave behind many victims. Skrull rebels try to convince the President of the United States to attack one of the Skrull complexes. Gravik is willing to call off the attack in exchange for something from Nick that could potentially tip the scales in the rebels’ favor.
The final episode ends with a short but grand showdown between Fury and Gravik with a twist… but I’ll leave the on-screen experience to you as the viewer.
The summary was written in such a way as not to spoil the viewer too much.

Final views
I really enjoyed the suspense and surprises that the series brings with each episode. Even though the series was only 6 episodes long, it kept the suspense going and maintained the golden thread that unfolds within the MCU at large. As you may remember, the Captain Marvel movie ends where she flies off to find a new home for the Skrulls and this series continues several years later where some Skrulls feel that the promise of a new home was broken. Even the blip is referenced and keeps alive the memory of a world still affected by Thanos’ snap.
The rating of this series is definitely 4 out of 5. The story resembles a crime drama and a spy thriller. The fight scenes were amazing and I personally thought the last episode could have been longer to give us an even longer fight. There are many questions that this TV series is running through my head that I won’t list here so as not to spoil the experience for you as a viewer. I can only hope that some of the questions will be answered in future Marvel Studios productions.

Olivia Colman’s portrayal of Sonya Falsworth was truly amazing to watch and I really hope we get to see more of her in future productions. Emelia Clark and Kingsley Ben-Adir brought a breath of fresh air as G’iah and Gravik respectively. As always, having Samuel L. Jackson as Nick Fury is epic to say the least, and I encourage keeping both eyes on his performance throughout the MCU.
I highly recommend watching Iron Man (2008), Iron Man 2 (2010), Thor (2011), Captain America: The First Avenger (2011), The Avengers (2012), Iron Man 3 (2013), Captain America: The Winter. Soldier (2014), Avengers: Age of Ultron (2015), Captain America: Civil War (2016), Black Panther (2018), Avengers: Infinity War (2018), Captain Marvel (2019), Avengers: Endgame ( 2019), Spider-Man: Far From Home (2019), WandaVision (2021), Falcon and the Winter Soldier (2021) and Black Panther: Wakanda Forever (2022) before watching Secret Invasion. These films provide the detailed backstory for many of the returning characters. These movies and TV series are also based on the list of recommendations made in Marvel Studios’ Legends.
There is no post-credits scene, so no need to wait until the end. The entire series is now available on Disney Plus, so be sure to watch it. This series is rumored to be linked to both The Marvels and Armor Wars, the upcoming MCU films.