Orion
Trevante looks around the scene, trying to piece together what just happened. He can’t believe he was just captured and dragged into a warzone. He looks to his left and right, but there’s nothing there either. He’s alone in this desolate place.
Trevante eventually makes it back to his transport but when he checks the laptop, all of the signals appear to be responding. He leaves a rather hopeful message about the attack but things don’t look good. ..
Trevante begins to hallucinate when he’s out in the desert. He helps Patch up Trevante and agrees to travel with him at dawn.
The traveler and his wife had a nice chat over the phone, discussing their wives and how they’re doing. The language barrier prevented them from really communicating, but they both connected on some topics.
Meanwhile, the Malik family realize they’re not the only ones with this idea to leave town. The roads are completely packed and worse, New York is plunged into a blackout. As night turns to day, the four make it to a gas station but tensions are high - especially when a couple of guys blast racist attacks at Ahmed. Making a big decision, Aneesha snatches up car keys left on the side and take off. ..
Casper scrambles free from the school bus, with all the other kids joining him. Most of them have cuts and bruises but they’re very minor, given what a huge tumble they’ve taken. The bus driver however, seems to be the only major casualty here.
Monty and Casper work together to try and stifle the bleeding but Monty and his cronies blame Casper for the bus crashing. At least to begin with. The pair do eventually patch up their differences… or do they? Monty ends up lying to coerce a confession about Casper’s abusive father, eventually laughing and promising to use it as ammo against him. That night though, he heads outside and destroys their campfire. What’s his end-game?
Yamato is determined to save the day as she breaks into the JASA vault and retrieves the badge of her superior. She’s determined to prove herself and save her team from destruction.
She accesses the video log from the space shuttle and sees the shuttle explode as something hits them head-on. How the other guys at JASA haven’t accessed this log or even checked the audio is beyond me. Anyway, Yamato manages to decipher the audio with the word “Wajo” being repeated. Unfortunately, guards manage to break into the room and prepare to arrest her.
The Episode Review
The third and final episode of Invasion aired this week and while there was some movement on the main story, it was mostly slow-burn. The characters are trying to escape this invisible threat, but with a real boots-on-the-ground feel. ..
The Lord of the Flies storyline in this episode is developing slowly, with the kids having to contend with a new concept. Yamato’s story has the most development, while the Malik family’s story is just moving from point A to point B.
After such a bright start, Invasion seems to have slumped into a more slow-paced romp. This is an unfortunate trend with a lot of Apple’s shows, with a bright premise that’s watered down and stretched for way too long.
With shorter episodes to come for the remainder of the run-time, it will be interesting to see what direction this one takes next. For now, Invasion is in no hurry to get to the actual alien bit of its invasion. Let’s hope the future chapters improve on this front. ..
