When I was reading through the comics, this entire fight was such a big event. Cutting away from it to Eve, Donald, and even the Maulers feels like it takes away the growing tension of the fight. In the comics it was a big multi-issue event, there is only 1 First time that Mark meets Nolan again after their confrontation on Earth. The first season was entirely devoted to the build-up to their confrontation and received 1 big episode at the end, and I know that the time schedule is tight and there are a lot of storylines to develop, but the only one I felt like it belonged there was Debbie with the same montage that Nolan received at the start of this episode. But even that one could’ve been pushed for next episode.

This is supposed to be huge. This is supposed to be Mark’s big first confrontation with Viltrumites. I understand why people dislike certain lines being cut from the episode, and I do feel like the whole thing should’ve gotten more time to breathe. I really like some changes though. Nolan’s depressive wandering throughout the universe, and him saving a couple Thraxans being the reason he didn’t kill himself is actually insanely compelling to me. Mark being much more ENRAGED (one of the missing lines that I’m actually pissed about) about his father’s deeds makes a lot of sense, especially in the context of the show and damn Steven Yeun kills it. But there should’ve been much more of s fight, much more rage, much more overall emotion. We didn’t even get a proper look at Thraxa being destroyed by the Viltrumites to really hone in what Omni-Man feels when he realises that he cares about these people.

This is the first episode where I’m somewhat underwhelmed by the changes made to the original comic. There is a lot of good stuff though, just… I feel like this episode could’ve been and should’ve been much more special. What do fellow comic readers think about the episode?