TV Review - Amazon's Invincible Season 4, Episode 7

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Invincible is a 2021-present animated superhero television series created by Robert Kirkman, produced by Skybound North, Wind Sun Sky Entertainment, Skybound Animation, Point Grey Pictures, and Amazon MGM Studios, and distributed by Amazon Prime Video. The series is based off of Image Comics's 2003-2018 comic book series of the same name. It stars Steven Yeun and J.K. Simmons. A fifth season has been confirmed.

"Show me." - Grand Regent Thragg

Plot

With the Viltrumites on the retreat, the Coalition takes the fight to their home planet in a desperate attempt to eliminate Grand Regent Thragg once and for all.

The Sweet

The turnaround of season four of Invincible is kind of insane.

After the low point that was episode four, it feels like this season has just turned into a completely different show. It went from a slow, filler-filled season that felt repetitive and frustrating into an epic intergalactic war with some of the coolest characters we've seen on the show thus far.

I wasn't able to review episode six because of the premiere of The Boys last week, but I thought that it was another great entry in this season that continued to give us exciting action and thrilling developments in this war. Episode seven, however, blows the rest of this season out of the water. This is, in my opinion, the best episode of the show since the finale of season one.

I have been waiting this entire season to see what the hype surrounding Grand Regent Thragg was. This guy is supposedly the big bad of Invincible, which are some big shoes to fill. He has to be scarier and more intimidating than Omni-Man and Conquest, which is a very tall order. And, after episode seven, I have finally been convinced that he is the ultimate threat that this show has been teasing.

People have been criticizing Lee Pace's vocal performance as the Grand Regent of Viltrum, but I think it's just because he's being compared to J.K. Simmons and Jeffrey Dean Morgan. Look, Lee Pace is not as good as either of them, but I think his portrayal of Thragg is actually fantastic. He isn't loud. His voice isn't even necessarily intimidating. What is intimidating and terrifying is his consistent calm and almost boredom. He is so much more powerful than anyone else we've seen in the show thus far, and he knows it. All of these other characters are beneath him. He isn't intimidated whatsoever. He's curious. He's thoughtful. He's not the brutal killing machine that Conquest was. He's not the rage-filled monster that Omni-Man was. He has more power than both of them...and he's wildly intelligent. That is a scary villain.

This episode is also the most beautiful and well-animated hour of Invincible we've ever gotten...and it's not really even close. There are so many epic, gorgeous shots that feel like truly artful animation throughout this episode. Basically this whole episode is a brutal space war right outside of Viltrum, and that just allows for some incredible visuals. Whether you are talking about the sequence of the Viltrumites all killing each other and blood raining down over Emperor Argall's tomb, the explosion of Viltrum itself, the epic shots of Thragg in the throne room, or the final images of Mark and Nolan floating through space after being defeated, this whole episode is just visually stunning. This episode would be fantastic on a plot and character level alone, but the gorgeous animation just added a cherry on top.

I feel like every character gets something awesome to do in this episode. Obviously Mark and Nolan are always the focus of these episodes, and they get plenty of great moments, but this episode truly feels like Invincible's version of the Avengers assembling. We finally see Mark, Nolan, Oliver, and Allen fighting alongside Thaedus, Space Racer, Tech Jacket, and Battle Beast. The payoff of seeing all of these characters fight a bunch of Viltrumites is just awesome. It makes sticking through those rough first few episodes completely worth the wait.

Sometimes, Invincible has these action-packed episodes that focus much more on visceral brutality than actual plot developments. The best episodes are able to have great character moments and plot twists that emerge through the action. This is why the finale of season one is almost impossible to top. This episode gets close, though. By waiting this long to show us Thragg in action, we feel the stakes and danger building. We see how his ideals and control of the Viltrumites really informs how this war will go. There are major consequences here as well. We lose Thaedus. Mark, Nolan, and Oliver are all beaten within an inch of their lives. And, of course, the final cliffhanger reveal as to where Thragg and the Viltrumites are headed is absolutely horrifying. I am terrified for the entire population of Earth. And I cannot wait to see what happens in this finale.

The Sour

I've got nothing here. This was an absolutely phenomenal hour of TV. I might have a few nitpicks if I thought about it really deeply, but nothing was significant enough to truly take away from my adoration of this episode.

Final Thoughts and Score

Invincible gives us one of the best episodes of the show with the penultimate entry in season four that sets the stage for an epic, brutal finale.

I am going Sweet here. Age range is 16+.

SWEET N' SOUR SCALE

Sweet (Great)

Savory (Good) Sour (Bad) Moldy (Terrible)

"Invincible"

"Don't Do Anything Rash"

Fun Factor: 10/10

Acting: 9/10

Story: 9.5/10

Characters: 9.5/10

Quality: 9.5/10

Created by Robert Kirkman

Rated TV-MA for strong bloody violence, frightening themes and images, language, thematic elements

Released on April 15, 2026

58 minutes

Steven Yeun as Mark Grayson / Invincible

J.K. Simmons as Nolan Grayson / Omni-Man

Christian Convery as Oliver Grayson / Kid Omni-Man

Seth Rogen as Allen the Alien

Lee Pace as Grand Regent Thragg

Peter Cullen as Thaedus

Clancy Brown as General Kregg

Tatiana Maslany as Telia

Shantel VanSanten as Anissa

Zoey Deutch as Zoe Thompson / Tech Jacket

Phil LaMarr as Lucan

Winston Duke as Space Racer

Michael Dorn as Thokk / Battle Beast

Frank Welker as Emperor Argall