Article 5SY4F Apple’s Invasion feels like the first chapter of a sci-fi epic

Apple’s Invasion feels like the first chapter of a sci-fi epic

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Andrew Webster
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The first season of Invasion on Apple TV Plus feels a little incomplete. Across its 10 episodes, which chart a handful of humans grappling with an alien invasion, the story slowly teases out the reality of what's happening. There are hints here and there - a haunting artificial voice, a mysterious alien-killing weapon, a kid with seizures that may or may not show the future - but the biggest reveal of all doesn't even happen until the very last shot in the final episode. It still managed to pull me in - but that pull has a lot to do with potential. Rather than standing on its own, the initial season of Invasion feels like the first chapter of a much grander science fiction epic.

Invasion gets off to a slow start. Unlike most stories...

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