that was a terrible teaser.

It's a running gag.

https://forum.dvdtalk.com/tv-talk/65...l#post14223390
https://forum.dvdtalk.com/tv-talk/65...l#post14494982

This hell episode is hilarious

Bruce Campbell

Never thought I would hear a Slayer song on a TV show.

I'm not particularly squeamish but the ending of the last fight with Conquest had me wincing.

Holy shit that was quite the solution to Viltrum.

Lee Pace delivers .....

Well that was certainly a choice Mark had to make.

About the only choice he could have made. He gets what 15-16 years before any of the children get powers? Plus some of those aliens are to proud to mate and some of the women don’t seem like the motherly types.

I still don't entirely buy the Viltrum backstory as completely plausible but season 4 was excellent. I wish the dialogue was a little stronger some of the time but I get Mark's decision at the end. Having not read the comic, the abortion angle seemed oddly handled and I had to double-check if Kirkman did it the same way in the comics.

I thought the animation was far more even during season 4 with a lot more polish in the motion. This barely looks like the same show from season 1.

What do you mean about the backstory not being plausible

I realize Viltrum is a cheap twist on Superman's Kryptonian heritage but Kirkman seemingly constructed the Viltrum species' history as he went for maximum dramatic effect, mostly on how it would affect Invincible(Mark). It's a background that would have worked better in a one-shot Elseworlds but gets exposed over a longer and more in-depth story. I don't think it hangs together all that well - the lore, mechanics, and backstory he constructed for Viltrum.

Also watching this latest season I realized how important Superman's heatvision would be in battle, seeing the Viltrumites limited to hand-to-hand combat. Gives a Kryptonian a huge advantage if they ever met.