Invincible is finally back for season 2 and episode 1’s multiversal opening act is truly something to behold.

This article contains spoilers forInvincibleseason 2 episode 1.

Theconclusion ofInvincibleseason 1was a tough act to follow.

Mark Grayson (Steven Yeun) attacks a Mauler Twin (Kevin Michael Richardson) in Invincible Season 2.

Invincible (Steven Yeun) and his father Nolan Grayson a.k.a.

Omni-Man (J.K. Simmons).

And by bloody … we mean likereallybloody.

Now it would be up to Mark and Nolan to conquer the planet together.

Seriously, look at this shit.

This left many questions going into the shows long-awaited second season.

The answer, it turns out, was with more exquisite violence.

Shockingly, those Viltrumites happen to be none other than Nolan and Mark themselves.

This is urgent, bracing stuff and it only gets worse.

Mark dispatches his friend Atom Eve by snapping her spine (so she cant self-heal).

Nolan congratulates his son for learning that new technique by practicing on the protestors they were killing last week.

The battle is over and the war is lost.

Earth belongs to evil Mark and evil Nolan.

Invinciblefaced a unique challenge in introducing its concept of a multiverse for season 2.

Were doing things in a much different way.

Additionally,Invincibleisnt using the multiverse to show us only the worst possible timeline but apparently theaveragetimeline.

According to Angstrom Levy, Mark and Nolan end up joining forces in most of the worlds hes visited.

Based on the thrilling opening act of season 2,Invincibleunderstands what to do with its toys quite well.

Episodes ofInvincibleseason 2 premiere Fridays on Prime Video, culminating with a midseason finale on Nov. 24.