That was 100% necessary. People were taken aback because they didn’t see it in Mark to do that at that point. That whole sequence is Even and Mark kicking ass and saving the world.

!I assume this is going to be in season 3. You will see that Mark did in fact learn something about himself and what he can do from his dad, and he lets a little bit of his Viltrumite out for the greater good. Eve is able to save everyone with her shield and more than pulls her weight after she is doubted. Later in the fight Mark single handedly destroys a Martian ship that is tailing them. Meanwhile on earth the left over guardians are struggling mightily against the Lizard League with Shrinking Ray dying Kate thought to be dead and Rex left for dead barely alive. This is a great juxtaposition triumph vs. failure. The show is setting all this up really well and more explicitly than the comic I think. !<