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Secret Invasion Episode 1 features the tragic death of Maria Hill, a longtime MCU stalwart shockingly killed off by the Skrulls in a masterful twist orchestrated by Gravik, who was revealed to have been stalking Nick Fury throughout the whole episode. Weekly MCU episodic content is BACK, and Erik Voss is here with a shot by shot analysis of the episode’s many Easter Eggs, details, clues! Join us on the SKRULL SEARCH. And since this Secret Invasion opening AI is so controversial, let's talk about the Secret Invasion AI!
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Hill’s death caught me off guard. F to a legend 😭
I was so taken aback💀💀 I actually gasped likeee😭
R.I.P Hill. Been here since the first phase. 2012-2025-6-7??
Literally😭😭😭😭😭 OH MAH GAWD
😢
fr i screamed 😭
You do NOT get to kill Hill like that in the FIRST EPISODE! It’s actually illegal
😂😂😂
I HAD TO SEE IF ANYONE FELT THIS WAY CAUSE HOW??
That ending felt a little like what I have felt after watching Infinity War
Fr 😢😩
Poor Robin
Rhodey is 1000% a Skrull in this episode. Him planting the seed in the President's ear that Hill and Fury are AWOL allows the plot of setting them up to take the blame for the attack, hence America being blamed.
His blood would of been purple when he fell in Cilvil War
@@petechamberlain9098he did mention in "THIS episode"
Don Cheadle is about to get an Emmy nomination for that single scene.
I wonder if his legs are still paralyzed and the skrull blows his covers somehow for not adding that detail as Rhodes
imagine they somehow use this to explain rhodey being recasted
It broke my heart that Talos practically have lost the family he had fought so hard for during the kree-skrull war, he lost Soren to Gravik and Gia'h betrayed him. I hope he is in a good place by the end of the series.
His line "I said no" when Fury shot that Skrull was so sad. That delivery of "no" had so much sadness and betrayal in it. Amazing acting! I'm rooting for Talos this series.
Talos is going to die... Mark my words
@EFANZPro I agree. I'm believing he will sacrifice himself for his daughter or Fury.
@@EFANZPro he has no more purpose story wise. Maybe he’ll be killed by the super skrull.
What if Talos was actually behind it all?? 👀
Little detail I liked was that Hill did that popular opening chess move you mention that opens the queen and bishop for immediately moving out onto the field. Couple that with the fact that, just 3 moves later, assuming your opponent doesn't block your next 3 moves, you can get the opponent in checkmate. Hill mentions old Nick Fury was always 3 moves ahead and there's 3 distractions (the 3 people that make their repeat appearance before Gravick shows himself) for Fury before Hill gets "checkmated". Nick didn't see 3 moves ahead in this "chess game" and it cost the life of one of his closest friends
Scholar's Mate
Overthinking
@@milesprower3957impressed with myself that ik this
@@airyshark324 You're under thinking
Impressive
20:25 I got the feeling that Talos felt betrayed by Fury. He wanted to take him alive, and he thought he and Fury had the same ideals. There was so much pain in that "no". Amazing acting!
Yeah. That's probably gonna cause some tension between them down the line
Maria Hill is almost like an OG avenger.
Just like coulson
@@bruhmcbruh4098 BOTH OF THEM ARE OGS
AND BOTH OF THEM SCENE HIT ME LOL
Was*
@@Sandovian 😭😭
Tbh I love how you guys added fragments of the director’s interview, it made it so much more complete
That ending hit me like a train😭😢
It hit me like 9/11
@@robbiemercury889 😦
@@robbiemercury889☠️
@@robbiemercury88911/11
Rip Hill 💔
The fact that this has a poor score on Rotten Tomatoes just shows you that critics will never give Marvel a fair shake anymore. I loved this first episode. Poor Hill!
That's EXACTLY what I was I thinking as I watched this first episode! We're through the looking glass now.
Can you blame them?
only dumb people care about rotten tomatoes now.
I think those sites are just bombarded by people with nothing better to do than poop on Disney properties (among others). Either that, or bots.
Nah. Look at Quantumania and Wakanda Forever's stark difference on the critics side.
Killing off Agent Hill is like killing off Agent Coulson
I also think the “check your footing, otherwise someone’s going to get hurt” was foreshadowing
Can’t believe they killed Maria Hill, didn’t expect it. It’s a shame though, I liked Cobie’s character a lot, a strong start to the series- very excited for future episodes
I also think Hill's death could hearken back to Fury's line "always keep both eyes open." I say that because he didn't seem to see the duplicate of him, therefore not preventing Hill's death. Awesome way to kick off the series
Very suspenseful, and I love how anyone can be skrull just like how the comics intended.
Yet, the comics tossed away that idea rather very quickly.
DISNEY told the Director NOT TO READ THE COMICS ... Disney is garbage and makes garbage for smooth brain Americans 🤣🤣 your evil disney is dying too and when Indy flops Disney will be forced to sell properties like Lucasfilm 🤣🤣🤣
@@GamingGamer22Yeah I was gonna say, probably because it’s just lazy and opens up a million more questions about how the hell that person could be a skrull the entire time. With the level of tech and security in the MCU it seems ridiculous
I just realized the amazing detail of Gravik eating a lot of sugar. They might all need to because cells consume sugar for energy. To sustain being morphed, their cells must be on overload and need more energy.
Hill's sudden demise definitely took the air out my body for a moment. That was completely wow. RIP Maria Hill... Now... Off to the Robot Maria Hill...
I feel that since Rhodey is a skrull, he might have leaked some stark tech, leading to Armor wars with the real Rhodey dealing with the aftermath
Ooh yes I was wondering how the two would connect in terms of an arc for Rhodey
Exactly
Hmmm 🤔 Maybe
That's make sense
That'll be interesting
While some dont condone the use of AI in the intro, I can't deny that it kind of goes hard. The eerie and uncanny feeling of what's suppose to be people and buildings crudely brought up, constantly shifting and changing (like a skrull) just works so well for an espionage type series. I think a human can easily replicate what the intro has done, but I do have to say it's very unique, even though the intro is very controversial.
What a lot of people don't get though is that the intro isn't just AI, it was first made by humans and THEN run through an AI, as was requested by the director
why is this even controversial??? why do people care so much about nothing?
@@dantepierre1948 because it puts people out of a "job". I think that using AI to replace someone is awful, but using it as a stepping stone, or just for fun I think is acceptable. As someone pointed out though, is all of these were done by actual people then translated through AI, so honestly I'm not really too pressed now
@@dantepierre1948 yeah i don't get it either. we created AI and somehow now we are afraid of it, so pathetic
@@vuxluongw hypocritical too
That was perfect timing. I literally just finished the first episode 🎉
Something I noticed was it seems like maybe Fury and Gravik have a personal history. Talos said that he felt especially betrayed by Fury's abandonment, and Falsworth says he feels responsible after saying that he knew him, not to mention Gravik practically mocking Fury with the way he was in the Unity Day scenes. Gravik looks like he's about Gi'ah age, so maybe he saw Fury as father figure or something, IDK. I'm probably reading too much into it, it's just something I was thinking about.
Definitely! I'm thinking son or 'adopted'/step son. That might be a little 'out there' though..
U hit it right on the nail
I would have said that the silhouette of Nick Fury coming into focus was more like how we see the alien come into focus on Jodie Fosters contact. An alien who looks alien but is human when in focus. An alien that has the memories of the human he is portraying whom happens to be someone our protagonist knows and trusts. 11:22
Such a good catch I thought it looked familiar.
Yea the alien-esque look of fury was awesome and gives more of a sense of confusion and uncertainty with nearly every scene going forward
I think fury is faking the limp the gut ,and generally being old ,and out of step I think it's an act to make him seem weak ,and lame, and not the imposing dangerous, and threatening figure theyve known him as.
But why he would let Hill die or the bomb go off?
This idea is nice but also why can't it actually be that Fury is old and the blip took a toll? It's a very real reason that should be explored
Could also be him readjusting to Earth's gravity after being in space for so long
Maria Hill says offhandedly to Fury and Talos “this is what Agent Ross’s imposter was trying to cover up” implying there is a real Ross somewhere. 7:42
In the comics Fury told Hill to have some life model decoys. Hopefully we’ll find out in later episodes that this was one
Agents of SHIELD - LMD arc?
I hope 🥲😭
Stage 1: Denial
@@renmoto5500 im stuck on that stage (will see after next few eps) but I still don't know how I feel about the decision to do that to one of my fav side characters.
@@renmoto5500 🤣🤣🤣
I’m convinced Ben M cracked up delivering the line, “What’d you get for yours” in anticipation of that joke answer but they kept it in.
I actually really like the opening, I knew it was AI generated the moment I saw it but it surprisingly feels very eerie to watch and fits the shows tone perfectly as just how the skrulls try to copy human appearances the AI is trying to copy how a human animates and draws but just with the skrulls something doesn't feel right about it.
F to Agent Hill☹️
Very suspenseful and I love how anyone can be a Skrull just like how the comics intended
I think the hint of Gravik adding a lot of sugar to his coffee is a detail that will come into play later in the series. Like Gravik will be shifted into someone and Fury will notice the use of too much sugar in their drink and know it's actually him. 🤔
i love this whole eerie espionage this series is giving me
I don't want to wait a whole nother week for the next episode. Ending with Hill's death is a lot to sit with for a week.
The intro being generated by AI perfectly fits the whole theme; a computer impersonating a humen
If most of the Skrulls live in radioactive zones, couldn't a person not just carry a Geiger counter around to them as an early warning that someone might not be who they say they are? They might not carry the radioactivity in their bodies, but maybe something they are carrying would (like the dirty bomb bags, for example)
BOOM!!!!!!!! And there you have it folks, the smartest comment I’ve read all day! 💯💯💯💯💯💯
Any real Earth-made clothing they wore would certainly store radioactivity; this is why they couldn’t remove the firemen’s clothing from the Pripyat hospital after Chernobyl.
I think this might be too intelligent for MCU writers to include
The camera shot of Hill dying on the ground resembles the same shots of Gamora and Natasha dying on Vormir.
What if the nick fury we see is actually a skrull? What if not wearing the patch is really because a skrull agreed to go undercover as fury and scar his own face and replaced his eye with a camera so the real fury could watch and get all the info he needs from a safe place.
Also Fury not wearing his eyepatch was also the big mistake he made. As he has stated that scrulls can only copy what they see. so they can't copy whats underneath the eyepatch. and that would have prevented hills death.
Maria Hill Live Model Decoy (LMD) confirmed
If you see this I hope you have a good day
Thank you. I hope you do as well. 😊
This needs pinned to cheer people up
Thx brotha
❤ you too
Are you a skrull???🤨🤨🤨🤨
Theres definitely a link with Gravick and Fury possibly his half Skrull son
I'm thinking that too definitely the reason why fury returned to earth.
I think nick fury not having a patch on his eye could be a device within his retinal to determine who's a skrull or not.
Agreed. He did mention that he may not be able to tell who's a skrull but he can tell when someone's lying.
No patch is a Skrull working from old data.
@@skaetur1 Wrong
Gravick is somehow related to fury.
The Falcon and The Winter Soldier after credits featured Sharon Carter gaining access to government contracts / secrets could mean Sharon might be skrull herself 😮
as much as hill's death is believable, I think this may have been a skrull that either was willing to die for the cause, or has some kind of way of faking maria's death in order to throw fury off his game further by instilling doubt and anger in him so he becomes more slopy
Same
Skrull's blood is violet. So i think that officially Hill
Skrulls turn back to Skrull form when they die as seen when Ross' Skrull died
definitely can't be a skrull, the shot lingers on Maria for too long.
This doesn’t really feel like an MCU project and i like it
It’s a skrull search 😮
MCU, do it again, I like it 😀
It's a serious tone and it's so refreshing to see.
@@mikeedwards9984right but you still got people b*tching about it
it looks like as american bs, nothing even looks like Moscow or Russia, that looks not real at all
I honestly liked the episode. I don't see where the beef that people have is
People have beef?
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@@Apple-cu6xn what
I could dig Ross always being a Skrull as long as Val also always knew and this is used to frame some of the Thunderbolts as being anti-heroes.
I don't think Hill OR Fury are really themselves at the end of this episode. One: I think Fury IS three steps ahead. NOT behind as we're being led to believe. Two, they didn't seem overly concerned for their own safety when the bombs went off, despite the fact they're dirty bombs: i.e., highly radioactive (like, nobody could safely go there for decades now). I'm betting there is some explanation as to why Maria didn't go back to Skrull form after dying.
I didn't expect They will kill off an agent like Maria Hill like this, then again this will hit Fury BIGLY where it hurts and we'll get see our good old Fury in action once again 🔥🔥
I am not convinced Mariah Hill is dead. I just have a feeling that will end up being a "clone" and in the end we will find that was just another part of Fury actually still being 3 steps ahead.
I agree
Yep. I agree as well.
Not sure flushing the stakes down the toilet would be a good move.
@@andrewshandlethats what they do with death at marvel. Remember fury in winter soldier 😆
@@heinrichwoogue8887 Fury in Winter Soldier is a lot different than Hill in Secret Invasion
That opening sequence just made me question every scene like, is this person a Skrull or human? Plus that ending. Didn't see that coming.
Keeping the humans in stasis is reminiscent of the 1975 Doctor Who story Terror of the Stone in which the Zygons keep humans in stasis so they use their body prints and memories.
I got Doctor Who vibes watching this as well!
The question isn’t Who, it’s when.
This is where the fun begins
What really scares me is what Prescod really said in his monologue is really happening both in the MCU and in reality right now
fury's one lie is how he told the avengers that coulson died, in order for them to asemble
Personally, I think this was a strong pilot premiere. I feel like this rebel group though is kinda similar to the Flagsmashers in CA&TWS.
Onward to episode 2!!
Fingers crossed 🤞🏼
1 if they're in radiation polluted places won't the people they have captive die or get sick
2 if Rhodey is a skrull they may have skrull resistance on the Sabre possible end move?
Idk why.....but I think fury is playing the long game here. I think hill is in on it saying out loud in the bar that fury is old where people might hear. It's something talos said that triggered fury early in the episode and I think hill is still alive and they think talos is behind it. I hope I'm wrong though, cuz I like talos lol😅. But I also like hill 😢
Fury is definitely acting strange here, I know they explain it by saying “the blip changed him” But i think he’s acting completely out of character at least in this episode not to mention that his scar appears completely different than in past films but who knows maybe by the end of the series he will be back to normal im just not trusting anyone here but maybe Fury being a Skrull is too obvious
Look for the ears.
Not the Face.
Is Nick a skrull? He first appears in this series like an alien from outer space. Everyone comments on how much he has changed.
The shot of Fury getting off the ship onto Earth also reminds me a lot of the shot revealing LMD Coulson in Agents of Shield, wonder if there could be anything there considering LMD's were involved in Secret Invasion in the comics.
Didn’t think they would make us cry on the first episode and it really caught me off guard
Who’s we?
@@Anonymous2.2nobody said we 😂
@@coolissa1learn what us neans
@@coolissa1 😂😂😂😂I think I’m dyslexic😂😂😂
@@Anonymous2.2 i am too
I like the Intro, the rippling and constant changing really feels cool as the humans shift between skrull and human
When fury was interrogating and says the 2 lie rule i was thinking pulp fiction 😆
The person killed wasn't Agent Hill, it was Skrull because Talos pulled Nick Fury before the dead agent returned to their nature and nick fury knows about them he just wanted to see their plans
It's kinda confusing that the Skrulls can sometimes shapeshift just their body and can sometimes shapeshift their body and their clothes. It's very hard for me not to notice it.
it's not that confusing, they're naked. they just change their skin to look like the clothes they're wearing.
I was thinking they had like... psychic clothing technology
@@ISavantAnd yet they revert to their natural self but clothes stayed unchanged after they died. Logical. 🤣
RIP Maria Hill 🤧 didn’t expect that at all for this episode.
Wow perfect timing. As soon as i finished the episode, this was released. Spot on haha
The opening titles were abstract art. Not using a human & using AI (in a way, starting to takeover) is a way to portray the Skrull takeover everywhere & can emulate anyone (just like technology is always listening and the government can track you)
The government can't correctly track a package or prevent prominent politicians from illegally storing classified documents.
Loved this episode, can’t wait for the rest. I enjoy these espionage type shows. Feels more grounded.
Thank you, Voss, for always referencing other cinema material! Yaaaas CE3K!! MIB!!
The Doubt reference was a deep cut.
The lead through the Unity Celebration reminded me of that blip of a movie Vantage Point (2008).
Great job on the video Erik! Thanks for making it.
Watching Secret Invasion yesterday I noticed that they called Nick Fury "Agent Nick Fury". This alone makes sense as Nick Fury turned his director title initially to Coulson. At least that part doesn't contradict.
So far so good on episode 1. Ending hit me a bit hard though wasn't expecting it
Same 😢😢😢
RIP robin sparkles “SAAND CASTLES IN THE SAAAAAANNDDD!🎶"
I love how you referenced The Americans! That's one of my most favorite shows ever!
That "no" scene hits me hard 😢
I don't wanna kill my kind either but saddens me that we gotta do what we gotta do
Honestly, I really loved the first episode, what an opening. As soon as trailer footage was revealed, I suspected Ross was a Skrull and I believe that Rhodey, without a doubt, has to be a Skrull as well and I reckon he's gonna kill the president, once he's been exposed. I only say that, simply because he wasn't hesitating to mark Hill and Fury as "AWOL", despite the many times he's worked with both of them and when he knows that they are good people. Just seemed a little suspicious to me. But I can't believe they did Hill dirty like they did at the end. Regarding Gravik though, I think he's gonna turn out to be Super Skrull, because there was footage of him stretching his arm out and it looked very similar to Groot's arms. I had speculated that Emilia Clarke's Gi'ah could be Queen Veranke, but after watching the first episode, I think that is unlikely, however, Sonya might be Veranke instead.
Literally the second I hit the credits this video came out! Nice!
Same. Was gonna watch reaction until I saw this.
Jackson had some bars this episode “no, you can’t say that” 😂
The nesting doll may also symbolize the layers of deception-the idea of feints within feints to borrow from Frank Herbert.
The AI art was great because it made all of the human figures seem off, it gave off a feeling of distrust which matches the shows themes perfectly
Okay but the whole scene and building up to the bomb scene?? Brilliant
@11:28
That whole rhyming sentence was great.
The episode was amazing. Cannot wait for the next episode
the constant shape shifting are constant plot twist 😲
I think Gravic is nick fury's son. He probably did hook up with a Skrull and had Gravic in secret
Loved the episode and cant wait for the next one
When Gravick is trying to escape Fury he walks behind a stand, presumingly ice cream, that says Frozone's on the side of it. Incredibles reference.
Nit pick: Gravik isn't trying to escape. He's taunting Nick, intentionally drawing him in to witness the destruction and the fact that he was three steps ahead.
@@aderi31415how is that a nit pick?
@@Anonymous2.2 Because I wasn't addressing Thom's main point, just his characterization of the encounter.
@@aderi31415 It's hard to tell what's happening in that scene. It looks like Gravik is trying to escape and it looks like he is intimidating Fury.
@@aderi31415 Oh crap is misread my bad
I know its a very small and random point you made, but I love that you do so well in your research that you even point out how in Latin America, the youth is often times very left-leaning!
I swear you never disappoint in every content video on you’re channel🙏
I needed to watch this, meds had me dosing off thank you😂
I am NOT OK with Hill being killed like that...
Yeah me neither I felt that 😢😢😢😢
I think that in Secret Invasion we will William Hurt's final performance of Thunderbolt Ross. Since a majority of the series was filmed in 2021 to early 2022 which was before he died, he may have filmed a scene of Ross getting sworn in as President, which would properly set up Captain America 4
That would be awesome but I doubt he’s in this series.
fun fact the food van in ep 1 is my aunties food van
15:05 oh, that was one of my fave scenes from MIB 😂
I think the real rhodey might have actually not survived that fall from civil war ,and a skrull replaced him since then🤔.
Could gravik be fury’s son? Half skrull half human… emphasizes “adaptation” idea
This is exactly what I was thinking
Its assumed that Gravik was around for the event of Captain Marvel so no
I hope not, been seeing to many hero’s kids in marvel lately. Let’s let it rest for a while.
15:00 ok, never see this coming 🤣 amazing 👏🏿👏🏿👏🏿
That ending was slowing us that Marvel isn't playing omg