‘Secret Invasion’ Episode 5 Recap: Olivia Colman Is the Only Salvageable Part
Rejoice! Olivia Colman has returned to Secret Invasion this week to bring some levity to the slumping Marvel series. Starring as MI6 agent Sonya Falsworth, Colman completely revitalizes the show in the penultimate Episode 5, killing Skrulls with snarky banter and reckless abandon. Is that enough to call the show a success to any degree, though?
Probably not, but at least we know that next week’s finale will have an increased presence of witty Skrull murderess Sonya. Skrull revolution leader Gravik (Kingsley Ben-Adir) ups the ante in this episode—the Skrullos will no longer live in the shadows. They will come clean about being the ones who attacked the president (Dermot Mulroney) in the recent bombing, and say they were teaming up with Russia. With Talos (Ben Mendelsohn) dead—yes, he’s actually dead—and Fury (Samuel L. Jackson) on the Most Wanted list for “murdering” (remember, it was a Skrull shape-shifting as Fury) Maria Hill (Cobie Smulders), Gravik believes he has the upper hand.
As he hunts down Fury’s Skrull wife Varra (Charlayne Woodard), Gravik shoots a call to the Skrull version of Rhodey, Raava (Don Cheadle). Gravik informs him of the plan to tell the president about the Skrulls, which could lead to World War III: The U.S. thinks Russia is attacking the country with the Skrulls, so the Americans call for a strike on Russian territory. But Gravik is the only one who is certain of his plan—the rest of his army is growing wary of his power.