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in EpisodesInvasion S2E7 Recap: “Down the Rabbit Hole” — Where Will It Lead?
The following recap contains spoilers for Invasion S2E7, “Down the Rabbit Hole” (written by Dan Dietz and directed by Brad Anderson) Editor’s Note: This piece was written during the 2023 SAG-AFTRA strike. Without the labor of the actors currently on strike, the series being covered here wouldn’t exist. Now that Jamila (India Brown), Alfie (Cache […] More
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Invasion S2E6 Recap: “Pressure Points” — Come Sail Away
The following recap contains spoilers for Invasion S2E6, “Pressure Points” (written by Donald Joh & Uzoamaka Maduka and directed by Brad Anderson). Editor’s Note: This piece was written during the 2023 WGA and SAG-AFTRA strikes. Without the labor of the writers and actors currently on strike, the series being covered here wouldn’t exist. Invasion S2E6 […] More
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Invasion S2E5 Recap: “A Voice from the Other Side” and Blobs in the Sky
The following recap contains spoilers for Invasion S2E5, “A Voice from the Other Side” (written by Donald Joh and directed by Alik Sakharov). Editor’s Note: This piece was written during the 2023 WGA and SAG-AFTRA strikes. Without the labor of the writers and actors currently on strike, the series being covered here wouldn’t exist. As […] More
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Invasion S2E4 Recap: “The Tunnel” of… Well, Not Love Exactly
The following recap contains spoilers for Invasion S2E4, “The Tunnel” (written by Dan Dietz and directed by Brad Anderson) Editor’s Note: This piece was written during the 2023 WGA and SAG-AFTRA strikes. Without the labor of the writers and actors currently on strike, the series being covered here wouldn’t exist. I was glad to see […] More
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Invasion S2E3 Recap: “Fireworks” — Ground Control to Major Bombs
The following recap contains spoilers for Invasion S2E3, “Fireworks” (written by Aditi Brennan Kapil and directed by Alik Sakharov). Editor’s Note: This piece was written during the 2023 WGA and SAG-AFTRA strikes. Without the labor of the writers and actors currently on strike, the series being covered here wouldn’t exist. Invasion S2E3 picks up with […] More
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Invasion S2E2 Recap: “Chasing Ghosts” Like Our Friend Caspar
The following recap contains spoilers for Invasion S2E2, “Chasing Ghosts” (written by Tatiana Suarez-Pico and directed by Alik Sakharov). Editor’s Note: This piece was written during the 2023 WGA and SAG-AFTRA strikes. Without the labor of the writers and actors currently on strike, the series being covered here wouldn’t exist. Last week’s season premiere of […] More
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Invasion S2E1 Recap: “Something’s Changed” Resets the Stakes
The following recap contains spoilers for Invasion S2E1, “Something’s Changed” (written by Simon Kinberg and directed by Alik Sakharov) Editor’s Note: This piece was written during the 2023 WGA and SAG-AFTRA strikes. Without the labor of the writers and actors currently on strike, the series being covered here wouldn’t exist. Invasion Season 2 picks up […] More
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A Few of Our Favorite (and Most Disappointing) Things in 2021 TV
It’s time for another round of the venerable TV Obsessive Awards! A word as to the ethos that guides the entries that follow (which also gets to a broader kind of ethos around here): we’re not claiming that our choices are the “best of the year” as though we can inhabit some objective point of […] More
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Invasion S1E10: “First Day” — Was This a Test? (Season 1 Finale)
The following contains spoilers for Invasion S1E10, “First Day,” the Season 1 finale You can make out the contours of the show that Invasion wanted to be: a slow build of impending dread over its first half, with our characters experiencing this existential threat obliquely as we get to know them and invest in their […] More
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Invasion S1E9: “Full of Stars” Is Best Viewed as Camp
The following contains spoilers for Invasion S1E9, “Full of Stars” There is no such thing as a neutral, or disinterested, critical point of view. We can only approach things from our own perspectives, perhaps allow those perspectives to be broadened and pushed, aiming to comprehend or empathize with as many points of view as we […] More
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Invasion S1E8: “Contact” — They Can Hear Us Now
The following contains spoilers for Invasion S1E8, “Contact” (written by Simon Kinberg, David Weil & Gursimran Sandhu and directed by Amanda Marsalis) I feel a bit like Invasion wasn’t given the chance to be the show it wanted to be. Whether that was due to external pressures or internal failures to carry out the idea […] More
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Invasion S1E7: “Hope” Is Chock-full of Cliché
The following contains spoilers for Invasion S1E7, “Hope,” written by Simon Kinberg, David Weil and David Rosen, and directed by Amanda Marsalis In general, I’d like there to be more stories where the character who obsessively insists they’re onto something everyone else says is crazy turns out to actually be wrong, where the person who […] More
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