A new discovery might mean the chance to strike back at the very heart of the alien threat.

I try. I mean, I really try to not just dunk on a show, no matter how much I don’t enjoy it. Actors, writers and directors put their energy, time and effort into creating shows, and they don’t do it aiming to make something bad. But the more I watch of Invasion, the less sense any of it makes, and the lazier the choices it seems intent on making.

The president of the WDC is very cross because the inexact science that Mitsuki and her friends have been pursuing isn’t providing concrete results, and now all they know is that the world is fuller of aliens than they had realised up until now and they don’t know how to fight it. Not to worry though, because despite being traumatised and mentally very much not with it, Mitsuki is ready for another round of Mitsuki Ex Machina, as a wander into the forest and some vague ramblings to herself provide The Answer To All The Problems. Phew, eh?

Aneesha and her allies make their way to the military base where Sarah is being held by a definitely-not-creepy-at-all middle aged male scientist with grey hair who has her best interests at heart really, honest. Having got into the base, Aneesha runs into Trevante and Rose, still locked in a cell, and releases them to assist in their mission.

Back in France, Caspar is getting ready for another session of lying down with his eyes closed and drifting off as he realises that the place where he glimpsed Mitsuki is important – maybe vitally so – to the aliens and may represent the best chance to defeat them. Cue some conflict as Jamila wants to help but Monty wants her safe, and another round of Have the Writers Ever Actually Heard Teenagers Talk?

It all bimbles along rather aimlessly, with the signature Invasion stuff like far too many people taking way too long to do anything as they agonisingly lock stares with one another or stare into the middle distance profoundly, as if maybe they can will the plot to actually progress, and then we’re at the end credits, another Big Reveal Moment and the promise that maybe, just maybe, all this can be wrapped up in the final episode. Here’s hoping…

Verdict: I can forgive narrative inconsistency, leaps of logic and even poor dialogue in my sci fi alien invasion stuff, but not dullness. 3/10

Greg D. Smith