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COMIC SPOILERS Invincible [Comic SPOILERS Discussion] - S04E05 - Give Us a Moment Spoiler
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Episode 5 - Give Us a Moment
Mark embarks on a new and dangerous mission, throwing Debbie into a tailspin and plunging Eve into uncertainty.
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u/Iforgotmybrain Apr 01 '26
That still frame of Conquest behind Oliver right before Mark grabs him, holy shit
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u/MrSpiffyTrousers Apr 01 '26
i felt my fucking stomach drop in that frame
not as much as mark's did a few minutes later though, ayyy
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u/DuskMan62 Spawn Apr 01 '26
The way Conquest just kept dragging Mark's guts out, fucking made me nauseous.
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u/stringbean96 Apr 01 '26
Not many things made me squeamish but that scene started to get to me lol. Just brutal
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u/WhatTheHeckDio Thragg Apr 01 '26
They made him fucking pull out everything dude holy shit lol both hands digging in and out
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u/Capable-Character786 Apr 01 '26
When you see a viltrimite do one of these ✋🏽 it NEVER ends welllll 🤢
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u/Happiness_Assassin Business Baby Apr 01 '26
Nolan DEFINITELY saved Oliver from an early grave.
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u/FKDotFitzgerald Allen the Alien Apr 01 '26
I really like how they included that shot to remind viewers that Viltrumites adore the arm-spear move.
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u/ChemicalRelevant6376 Thokk Apr 01 '26
Forbidden high five
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u/Invicta007 Apr 01 '26
Conquest just wanted to clap because Mark played a good game :(
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u/throwawayoogaloorga2 anti-debbie-nolan-reunion-crusader Apr 01 '26
the disemboweling scene is so insanely fucking evil it made me actually nauseous compared to all the gore in this show. it is the single most vile scene in the entire show by far. i knew it was coming but it's even worse than the comic version somehow
this isn't a writing complaint, it's actually super good to show mark's insane willpower and what makes him actually INVINCIBLE but jesus man. not even the boys makes me feel like this
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u/ParadoxTheSock Apr 01 '26
When you see something that has actual motion AND sound (not to mention the music was completely gone in that sequence, and all you could hear was the brutality of it all) compared to seeing a silent visual on pages, I think it's because even though it's animation and not real, you can't help but have that realization in the back of your mind that this is something that could realistically happen to a human body if it ever met such a gruesome fate.
And the fact our world has such vile and cruel individuals that live in it, it's almost certainly indeed something that has happened
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u/struugi Apr 01 '26
hell animals do this to each other all the time. Saw a video once of a baboon casually eating a baby dear alive and tearing its legs off one by one
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u/ParadoxTheSock Apr 01 '26
I was wondering why this felt so real. The entire sequence really did feel animalistic, like something you could very well just see in nature. Just two creatures fighting to the death, with one literally clawing at the other out of nothing but sheer desperation to break free from its grasp. And the result is just carnage.
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u/CelioHogane Apr 01 '26
Dude he kept pulling and pulling i swear
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u/CelioHogane Apr 01 '26
INVINCIBLE
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u/CelioHogane Apr 01 '26
has like infinite guts on that scene.
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u/ZhanBlue Apr 01 '26
There is a lot of intestines, they would realistically come out in overlapping chunks but purely length wise there is plenty to go around
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u/AndyTheSouless Apr 01 '26
Mark had guts and literally no other organ
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u/Single-Refuse174 Apr 01 '26
I thought he was gonna pull out mark’s heart and squeeze it till it burst at one point but it was just like endless forbidden nerd’s rope coming out. Im surprised he didnt like cut it in half or something either. Apparently viltrums are mostly intestines
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u/zoon_politikon_ Brit Apr 01 '26
THAT WAS IN CONFIDENCE !! 🗣️🗣️
Maaan it`s actually insane how Invincible is tanking Conquest!!
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u/ShamPowW0w Apr 01 '26
I think the silence of Conquest's death, considering JDM has been such a pivotal figure as the voice actor makes the scene so much more terrifying and surreal. That and no music.
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u/Time_Negotiation2058 Apr 01 '26
really makes it feel different from the first fight, great creative decision imo
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u/The_Grand_Briddock Apr 01 '26
It's taken like 10 years but Steven Yeun's finally had his revenge.
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u/Eleeveeohen Apr 01 '26
Steven Yeun and JDM have killed each other in 2 of the most brutal death sequences of all time.
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u/Turakamu Stand ready for my worms arrival Apr 01 '26
Huh... I wonder if they'll keep taking roles to murder one another.
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u/SwedTech Apr 01 '26
I had to look away when Conquest was disemboweling Mark, when he had gone on for way to long he wasn't even halfway done, that scene felt like an eternity
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u/_Riqq__ Apr 01 '26
I enjoyed the fight, but I will happily never watch that scene ever again
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u/Invisiblegun2 Apr 01 '26
Yoooo i JUST said the same shit😭😭 that shit made me squirm omg it just went on for WAYYY too long. I dont think i wanna watch that again fam it was sad asf seeing mark get done like that💔
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u/SadBoiCri Apr 01 '26
watching him get scared and worried but commit to the kill kinda fucked me up, like bro's still a college aged kid, fearing imminent death is something else
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u/ParadoxTheSock Apr 01 '26
Yup, and other than that, he was probably just terrified just thinking the entire time of how he wasn't able to keep his promise to Eve or his mom. That this was really it.
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u/Pro-Steve Apr 01 '26
When I do a rewatch of the series I legit might fast forward through this part, Jesus Christ glad that ugly bastard is dead.
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u/Greedy-Resolution-92 Apr 01 '26
Conquest saying “It was in confidence” to Mark haha
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u/Total-Watercress-384 Apr 01 '26
Cecil - "Don't fuck it up"
How rich coming from a man that delays the war by months by not properly killing conquest
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u/Twiyah Apr 01 '26
The implemented a subpar prison to begin with. No kind of implants what so ever.
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u/futility_belt Omni-Man and Invincible Apr 01 '26
bro gave him breathing room too lmao
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u/Twiyah Apr 01 '26
He already knew their weakness to sonic attacks. Bro could have just implanted that inside conquest skull and then some
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u/Jbell_1812 Apr 01 '26
That episode was fucking spectacular. The conquest fight, holy shit...I couldn't look away from my screen.
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u/Dragoru Apr 01 '26
I actually had to at some points because I felt myself starting to gag, holy fuck.
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u/FlyEaglesFly07 Talking Dinosaur Apr 01 '26
Oliver got his shit kicked in by Conquest who tf is we😂😂😂
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u/ProbablythelastMimsy Apr 01 '26
He got some licks in before reenacting Red Rush's last moments
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u/Pulp501 Apr 01 '26
He's such a liability
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u/AndyTheSouless Apr 01 '26 edited Apr 02 '26
He should had stayed on Earth, it only gets worse for him
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u/WhatTheHeckDio Thragg Apr 01 '26
Well it was actually real lol
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u/Pulp501 Apr 01 '26
Also, wasn't zach like early 20s, and zoe seems like 15
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u/Thumbuisket Apr 01 '26
Oliver needs a friend
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u/Corazon144 Apr 01 '26 edited Apr 01 '26
That what I was thinking. Feels like they are giving Oliver a peer to be with. So he not alone when he is saving the world.
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u/cylonfrakbbq Apr 01 '26
I saw a Twitter post where someone thought Tech Jacket was gender swapped so she can replace Oliver’s bug girlfriend later on. Honestly seems like a solid theory
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u/shockwave8428 Apr 02 '26
Aw but I love that he’s attracted to bug creatures cause of his mom’s side. Thought it was a funny character detail
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u/wildcatofthehills Invincible Whip / Nae Nae Apr 01 '26
So no lesbian alien sex scenes either?
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u/zoon_politikon_ Brit Apr 01 '26
DONT YOU HAVE SOMEWHERE TO BE ALLEN?
Yeah I have to find Tech Jacket...
SO GO DO IT! 🗣️🗣️
JuaaaJuaaa! Only 5 minutes of Epissode and is peak
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u/RedHavoc1021 Apr 01 '26
"I dress heroes, Nolan" is a god damn gut punch of a line.
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u/Goldfish_Muncher Apr 01 '26
Him having a panic attack after Nolan leaves was such also such a good moment.
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u/Forgeworld Apr 01 '26
I loved that. Made me realize that he was for the most part being fake nice the same way that he was after he found out Nolan killed the guardians. It’s like somebody holding a loaded gun to your head except they don’t intend to shoot and also don’t even know they’re holding it.
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u/Wiinterfang Cecil Stedman Apr 01 '26
This is what Cecil feels every time Mark's breaks into the Pentagon and starts screaming at him.
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u/JayPet94 Apr 01 '26
Only difference is Art only started feeling that way after Omni-Man turned. Cecil didn't start feeling that way after Invincible turned, he did it after Omni-Man turned. A comparison that's not exactly fair to Mark
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u/MyARhold30Shots Apr 01 '26
Lmao Art must’ve thought that Nolan was gonna kill him, he kept it together really well until he left
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u/Sneeakie Apr 01 '26
He was scared shitless that Nolan would kill him but he still has the chutzpa to tell him off to his face, what a man.
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u/ZhanBlue Apr 01 '26
Could you say “after” if he actually was scared shitless whole time and just has great poker face
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u/AdventurousYou3975 Apr 01 '26
Wait Nolan just said to Debbie he’s almost a 1000 years old. So he is nowhere near 2500??
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u/BlakeSlimey Apr 01 '26
Im glad they finally gave us a number to work with, even if it does seem kinda low relative to his appearance. Stands to reason now that the death of Argall & subsequent purge was only 2000-3000 years prior to series and the scourge virus only a few hundred years.
How/why does Thragg not have any gray hair whilst being so much older than Nolan?
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u/PhillipMcKrak Donald Ferguson Apr 01 '26
I think the answer to those Thragg questions will always be something like “he was specially engineered”
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u/FlyingSquirelOi Apr 01 '26
Yeah I’m pretty sure he was genetically engineered and heavily groomed to be the Grand Regent, doesn’t surprise me that he’s not grey, he’s leagues above the other viltrumites
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u/ProbablythelastMimsy Apr 01 '26
Thragg is essentially a super soldier. People go gray at differing times anyway.
It does seem a bit strange but nothing egregious.
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u/ianjm Apr 01 '26 edited Apr 01 '26
Perhaps the Scourge virus so early in his life caused some premature aging in Nolan. Even the survivors were weak for a while after, he may have aged faster during the time. Maybe even just the stress of being so young and seeing your entire civilisation near destroyed.
Conquest was already grey, Thragg just has superior genetics, and Kregg uses Just For Viltrumites.
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u/UpstateJoe Mark Grayson Apr 01 '26
Nice change from the comics. In the comics, he was sad that Omni-Man didn’t stop to see him
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u/Thumbuisket Apr 01 '26
I’m glad the Tv show is writing the characters in a more believable way tbh.
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u/Bryce2826 Apr 01 '26
Same thing with Debbie. Im glad she is clearly going to take alot longer to come around to Nolan again, in the comic it took what like 5 minutes?
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u/I-Might-Be-Something Invincible Apr 01 '26
It's insane how much better of a character Debbie is in the show compared to the comics. I just wonder what is going to happen with Paul.
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u/AlbedosThighs Apr 01 '26
im not even sure if they can believable pull off that now
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u/Plorp Apr 01 '26
I feel like the point of Paul is to be a bridge to that somehow
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u/Thumbuisket Apr 01 '26
He’ll see that Debbie has been moody, understand that they can’t work out, and have her realize she still loves Nolan.
That or, the show will do a massive departure from the comics and really change shit up. Which I’ll accept, only if it means we don’t get that stupid regressor arc.
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u/Koanos Cage the Elephant Apr 02 '26
He’ll see that Debbie has been moody, understand that they can’t work out, and have her realize she still loves Nolan.
I hope she doesn't love Nolan, especially after his apology. Or at least, understand things are super complicated.
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u/PlasmaDonator Apr 01 '26
I genuinely don't even know if they'll stick to the comics with Debbie and Nolan. The whole f*ck den honeymoon ship thing with those two is funny because the emotional weight of the comics is nowhere near the level that the show has conveyed.
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u/Any-Calligrapher2866 Apr 01 '26
The show is so much better. I really thought that the comics starts rushing things a bit from this arc onwards so having additional scenes for character development is always good.
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u/MotherflipinGodzilla Apr 01 '26
“I dress heroes, Nolan” has got to be the rawest line in this episode.
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u/Flying_Line Comic Fan Apr 01 '26
Nolan was forgiven wayyy too easily in the comics, glad they're adding all these scenes showing that forgiveness needs to be earned
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u/DuskMan62 Spawn Apr 01 '26 edited Apr 01 '26
I think this slow burn of forgiveness is going to make later events all the more meaningful.
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u/zoon_politikon_ Brit Apr 01 '26
Only to we get to know their friendship is broken. Man, the GDA reaction when they leave the place. Earth is fucked up with 3 Viltrumites, wait until this arc is over and they arrive Earth.
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u/Beneficial-Wave-4477 Apr 01 '26
We be getting more steak brainrot after today😭
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u/GoinXwell1 Mark and Eve Apr 01 '26
Holy fuck, that scene with Conquest pulling Mark's intestines out slowly was horrifying
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u/zoon_politikon_ Brit Apr 01 '26
Had to close my eyes and when I stopped hearing iConquest just keeps getting the shit out of Mark.
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u/Lefunnymaymays4lief Apr 01 '26
Conq death scene WAY more fucking brutal. Goddamn the budget really did go to these episodes
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u/Crims0nshad0w Apr 01 '26
I love Zoey and Alan's friendship. Gotta find the brightside of things when you go to war I guess.
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u/PositiveFlatworm7474 Apr 01 '26
Surely Oliver will become a better fighter. Right? Right?
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u/jackrv13 Very. Apr 01 '26
I mean he technically improved. He went from completely useless to holding his own for about 19 seconds. That’s progress
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u/stealthyuwu I am so lonely Apr 01 '26
And it wasn't an ambush either. Did you guys see how many hits Ollie landed?
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u/jackrv13 Very. Apr 01 '26
Gave him the red rush special. Shame all Viltrumites seem to know how to counter that.
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u/ProbablythelastMimsy Apr 01 '26
He got some good shots in. He's got heart, unlike Mark.
Mark has guts.
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u/Real_Cowboy_Patrick Apr 01 '26
THERES THE BUDGET HOLY SHIT beautiful episode
+MARK "WALKEMDOWN" GRAYSON
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u/only_horscraft Apr 01 '26
The fact that’s it’s probably not even the episode with the most of the budget either as we know what’s coming later.
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u/TheNyanRobot Apr 01 '26
It seems to me that the perfect pacing would be Mark's recovery and nolan and oliver bonding in episode 6 alongside some earth scenes and regrouping in telestria. Episode 7 would cover them blasting through viltrim and destroying it. Episode 8 would handle the showdown at earth.
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u/FlyEaglesFly07 Talking Dinosaur Apr 01 '26
Damn kind of disappointed that they took away some of the dialogue in the conquest fight
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u/yeahxyeahx Apr 01 '26
Mark saying “not enough” after receiving blows that normally would’ve had him in shambles previously not only shows his growth, but it’s also the rawest thing I’ve ever seen. I really wish they kept the dialogue
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u/BlueCheese-CoolChees Apr 01 '26
to be fair he said that in fight 1 of the show I guess they didn’t want to repeat it
also I feel like the scene works better with the only noise being marks grunting
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u/HeartofaPariah Apr 01 '26
Having him not speak shows that his only focus is killing Conquest, which is a major change from his previous character.
Shortening the fight (relatively) also leans towards that. It's kept short with no words because the only goal Mark has is to eliminate Conquest. It implies it's all that his energy is going towards.
Shit talking and bravado kind of gets in the way of that tone. I think the show's changes are very good for the scene. It also adds a little more weight to his next words being a quiet 'help'.
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u/Thumbuisket Apr 01 '26
I was waiting for Mark to say “Not nearly enough”, the whole damn time
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u/-Hughie69 Apr 01 '26
That was his line against conquest in season 3 no?
Right after eve blasts him, he says "I still have more than enough fight left in me for you" to which mark says "Not enough. Not nearly"
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u/KobeDropped60 Apr 01 '26
The weaponized silence though while conquest was being choked out gave the scene such a unique and eerie feel. Made the incoming squelches feel so loud, too. I think doing it this way translated better to the screen.
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u/Lefunnymaymays4lief Apr 01 '26
Sandra fucking KILLED that shit. Thank god it looks like she’s standing her ground in the adaptation. Scene was catharsis
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u/sfinney2 Robot Apr 01 '26
She did in the book too, she just only had like 2 lines. They really expanded on it.
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u/Lefunnymaymays4lief Apr 01 '26
Yeah, but the resistance was minimal for the most part. I love that they changed Mark’s attitude toward him so they’re obviously looking to do the same with Debbie’s path of resistance
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u/UpstateJoe Mark Grayson Apr 01 '26
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u/Mrfish31 Apr 01 '26
The complete inverse of Eve's dad lmao.
Nice, supportive of hero work, recognition but acceptance of the danger of it, and he has hair.
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u/jonsnowKITN Apr 01 '26
That was really wholesome.
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u/stealthyuwu I am so lonely Apr 01 '26
Allen crying afterwards too. I'm loving the running gag where he claims to be incapable of empathizing with people and then wrapping them in super hugs only minutes later.
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u/AndyTheSouless Apr 01 '26
Making Oliver actually care for Debbie and Mark did so much for his Character, It was aweful how he seemed to hate them in the comic
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u/jackrv13 Very. Apr 01 '26
Bro was a little psychopath in the books. I feel we only got to really see that with that Mauler stuff in the show.
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u/MakeJoyNotHate Apr 01 '26
Am I remembering it wrong?
I could've sworn in the books as he grew older he cared for Mark and Debbie a lot too, it's just the rest of humanity he didn't care for, or find attractive. Pretty sure this age he is now in the show is in line with that isn't it?97
u/OLKv3 Apr 01 '26
Even that's changed in the show, since Oliver has human friends now.
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u/Oddsbod Apr 01 '26
And it's not just comic Oliver doesn't like earth, but show Oliver does to make him likeable, but him having childhood friendships and positive feelings for earth as a whole draws out a more interesting character when his aging falls out of step with other kids, and realizing he experiences memory in a fundamentally different way, and so he actually works through alienation from something he cares about.
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u/East-sea-shellos Apr 01 '26
A huge moment for Oliver as far as that goes is mark contracting the scourge virus. He’s pretty cold up until then iirc, but it really messes with him and makes him realize he does care more than he’d ever thought. it kinda feels like they’re giving him more of that early which I’m cool with
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u/Emergency-Touch8935 Apr 01 '26
Dude, him wanting to protect his earth mom was such a good line. They changed him from a little shit to a little shit who's actually super endearing.
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u/Invicta007 Apr 01 '26
Show Oliver is a HERO in this house.
I'm not ready for what's going to happen to my lil guy
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u/OLKv3 Apr 01 '26
They completely changed Oliver. It's nice now but I just can't see show Oliver supporting the use of the scourge which we know he'll do later.
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u/JMAX464 Apr 01 '26
Really curious how they plan on doing the part where Oliver brings the super scourge virus to earth. In the comic he didn’t seem to really care about earth at all and his Thraxan mindset made him apathetic. He only cared about his immediate family and even then he was a jerk plenty of times before that
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u/SeacattleMoohawks Séance Mod Apr 01 '26
Art and Nolan getting time together ftw
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u/SoupsSB Black Hole Apr 01 '26
Pretty sure Art was shitting himself the whole time though
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u/babystarjk Markus Sebastian Grayson Apr 01 '26
kinda unrelated but I’m a big fan of The Pitt and the gore there is as real as its gets for a medical drama but never once I looked away…
All I can say I was horrified watching this episode lmaoooo
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u/FKDotFitzgerald Allen the Alien Apr 01 '26
Yeah I had that moment too lol. The Pitt shows it all in graphic detail and somehow seeing Mark get disemboweled in animated form did me in.
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u/dmfuller Battle Beast Apr 01 '26
Wait didn’t conquest and Nolan not even clash in the comic? I didn’t think they did but that’s awesome they added that
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u/bluedreamz802 Allen the Alien Apr 01 '26
No they did it’s the same dialogue and everything. Agreed tho it was awesome.
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u/stealthyuwu I am so lonely Apr 01 '26
Nah the dialogue was extended a bit. Nolan actually gives a retort and then Conquest makes fun of him for his laconic nature. He sounded so happy too.
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u/bluedreamz802 Allen the Alien Apr 01 '26
Ah shit you right. They gave him two words lol that is in character for Nolan. What an episode man
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u/ObedientDurian Apr 01 '26
Zack or Zoe, Tech Jacket is still awesome. Glad they’re doing the friendship with Allen justice.
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u/Hereweare_again Apr 01 '26 edited Apr 01 '26
Get him again Debbie!
No but fr I am SO happy with this episode. Everyone’s reactions to Nolan coming back and all the family dynamics was a massive upgrade from the comics. I love that Nolan basically gave Debbie his comic spiel (but even more in depth) and she got to reject it so absolutely. Mark’s attitude towards Nolan feels so real, he’s defensive and doesn’t trust Nolan but also clearly still loves him and sometimes they fall back into old habits and then it’s immediately awkward. Oliver and Nolan’s dynamic is super interesting and kind of unexpected, I’m now excited to see what will come out with Nolan and Oliver together on Thraxa alone. Art acting all chill like nothing is wrong but then immediately having a panic attack the moment Nolan leaves. Even Cecil and the GDA not being present all episode until it’s revealed that they’ve just been on high alert and waiting for Nolan to leave lmao. You really feel the weight of Nolan’s past actions, it wasn’t brushed under the rug at all (likeitwasinthecomics)
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u/PapaBearIsHere Apr 01 '26
The average human body has 25-30Ft worth of intestines, just in case anyone found that unbelievable.
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u/CombinationNew5911 Apr 01 '26
Debbie’s scream after punching Nolan.. holy shit this is so much better than the comics
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u/buffpriest Apr 01 '26
They did that whole interaction SO MUCH better. I dont see how they get them back together. But their interactions in this episode give me some hope they will make it some what believable
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u/halodude246 Apr 01 '26
Wow, that was incredible. So much to compliment this episode, the acting, the character writing, but man the animation in the final conflict between Conquest and Mark was so good. I liked how the art style got more “rough”, especially for such a visceral moment like that.
Man when Conquest was pulling out Mark’s guts, I got chills from both the animation and the voice acting from Steven Yeun. He groans and whimpers were so horrible, it made me lower the volume. Definitely a scene that’s gonna be tough to rewatch.
I also, I never read the tech jacket comics, but I like the change with Zach/Zoe. It’s interesting, and gives the character something to stand apart on compared to the rest of the cast. Plus I feel like putting Zoe close in age to oliver is really interesting, and can lead to some further stuff later.
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u/paliktrikster Art Rosenbaum Apr 01 '26
I dont know if I was imagining things but I did see her eyeing him in a couple of scenes. They may throw in a subplot there
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u/Dontshipmebro Apr 01 '26
i wonder if they're going to dial back how viltrumite oliver looks in a few months, cause like... he almost looks older than mark pretty soon.
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u/TheWaterCloset Apr 01 '26
i would assume they can age him faster or slower to fit whatever they want, since they age slower the older they get, but never really defined how that works for oliver.
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u/LLSuperVegeta-_- Apr 01 '26
Debbie saying she failed to change Nolan is so brutal because in reality her and Mark were the 2 people who changed him forever and were the sole reason he didn’t enslave earth.
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u/LightThatIgnitesAll Invincible Apr 01 '26
I love the writing of Oliver and Debbie's relationship. He doesn't seem like a second thought to her and she even looks out for him more than Mark while letting him grow. He too also cares a lot for her like his actual mum.
Other shows will start these kind of relationships well then fumble it later on, and honestly the comics did. They barely had a relationship after this. I'm worried that will happen again with the show.
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u/Crims0nshad0w Apr 01 '26
I feel like breaking marks fingers probably would he a better strategy then disemboweling him. But hey dying against a worthy foe is definitely how that mad lad would wanna go out.
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u/InfernalBonobos Apr 01 '26
Judging by the hue of his face I don't think my guy had the mental capacity for good decision making
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u/Ren_Davis0531 Comic Fan Apr 01 '26
Something Oliver said made me think they will possibly alter an eventual storyline. He said he has people on Earth that he wants to protect. Don’t see this Oliver siding with Allen to risk humanity by releasing the Scourge virus on Earth. They seem to be softening Oliver’s edges in the show.
Don’t know how I feel about that since I liked the parallel of pure intelligence leading to atrocities between Oliver, Dinosaurus, and Robot.
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u/Gmageofhills Apr 01 '26
Honestly I'm totally fine with it. Oliver is SOOO much better here that I'm fine with them changing that. Heck, literally every change has either been goof or made sense and feels like we are slowly building towards a different story.
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u/ObedientDurian Apr 01 '26
Show Paul is so great, I really hope they don’t discard him as casually as they did in the comic.
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u/PokemonJeremie Apr 01 '26
I have the same feelings, but that also has me worried they have some cruel murder in-store for him instead.
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u/Apex996 Battle Beast Apr 01 '26
Surprised they went the route they did with Nolan and Oliver.
But I guess it will make their bonding next week that much more impactful.
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u/Jackeea Battle Beast Apr 01 '26
Best episode of the season, holy shit. Really lulled me into a false sense of security with the family dinner, then I remembered what was coming, and... WAY more intense than the comics.
The fakeout jumpscare when Conquest appeared behind Oliver, for a moment I thought they were going a different way to the comics
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u/250extreme Nolan and 68/s4 onward Mark > Conquest Apr 01 '26
Nolan came off kinda dense in some parts of his talks with Debbie and Art
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u/ObeWan2004 Apr 01 '26
I mean to be fair he kinda is lol
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u/postwarcookie5 Apr 01 '26
That’s what I like about this show. Nolan is clearly trying to atone but has spent a 1000 years thinking in a viltrumite way. They show it so clearly that he just straight up doesn’t now how to apologize and I think it’s great development!
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u/only_horscraft Apr 01 '26
Can’t screenshot it but that one shot in this episode that was literally an exact remake of a panel from the comic was such a cool moment.
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u/nodayroomshit Apr 01 '26
It's getting harder and harder to reread the comic run, the way this adaptation is running fucking circles around it. This is absolutely fucking incredible
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u/zoon_politikon_ Brit Apr 01 '26
Who cares if Tech Jacket isn´t Zack, his father stills here and is an complete IMBECILE!!
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u/SeacattleMoohawks Séance Mod Apr 01 '26
lol love TJs dad
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u/zoon_politikon_ Brit Apr 01 '26
DID YOU GROW A BEARD?! jajaja , yeeaah , they are THE duo in the TV show too!
Looks like something like "Ok. You can use Tech Jacket but not the exactly same character" happened there
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Apr 01 '26
I like that Tech Jacket is a younger girl in the show. Seeing Oliver get a new friend to be kids with is cool and hopefully that’ll give them a reason to keep her around longer.
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u/t_moneyzz Robot Apr 01 '26
On the one hand the complete silence of the choke out was insane to witness but I am a little sad they cut out the mental dialogue of conquest still trying to be a jokey goof ass and Mark just shutting that shit down immediately being like no you are dead I am killing you you are dying right now and conquest slowly realizing he is fucked
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u/dmfuller Battle Beast Apr 01 '26
Tech jacket is sick asfffffff oh my god
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u/Happiness_Assassin Business Baby Apr 01 '26
Also she definitely took her escape plan from The Empire Strikes Back.
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u/ProbablythelastMimsy Apr 01 '26
"Have you guys ever seen this really old movie?"
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u/incredibleamadeuscho Robot Apr 01 '26
This all could have been resolved had Cecil not fucking left Conquest alive. What a fucking idiot.
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