We’re not ok (Picture: Marvel/Paramount/Kobal/REX/Shutterstock)
Warning: spoilers ahead for episode 6 finale of Secret Invasion.
The Secret Invasion episode 6 finale has thrown Marvel fans through an emotional loop.
Not only was extremist rebel Skrull Gravik (Kingsley Ben-Adir) taken down by the superpowered G’iah (Emilia Clarke), who now boasts Captain Marvel’s abilities, but Nick Fury (Samuel L Jackson) shared a romantic reconciliation with his wife Varra (Charlayne Woodard) in her natural form.
However, one particular moment in the final instalment involving Colonel James ‘Rhodey’ Rhodes (Don Cheadle) and linking to his fallen friend Iron Man, aka Tony Stark (Robert Downey Jr) has left viewers in tears.
After G’iah defeats Gravik, she helps to free humans that have been kept captive in the Skrull compound, including the real human Rhodey and Everett Ross (Martin Freeman).
As Rhodey wakes up, he’s seen to be wearing what looks like a hospital gown, as soldiers help to carry him outside the headquarters to freedom.
Rhodey has been impersonated by a Skrull for a very long time (Picture: Marvel Studios/Disney Plus)
If you thought the hospital gown looked familiar, then there’s a reason for that… as the last time that we saw War Machine in that outfit was in the 2016 movie Captain America: Civil War, when he was scanned in an MRI machine after being accidentally shot out of the sky by Vision and paralysed from the waist down.
Both hospital gowns were blue with short sleeves and a white rim, so unless we’re mistaken, this is a vital clue pointing towards the conclusion that a Skrull has been impersonating the military man since that point of his life.
To add to that, if the real Rhodey has been imprisoned by the Skrulls since Civil War… then that means that he might have no idea that his best friend Tony died in Avengers: Endgame in the battle against Thanos.
This discovery has devastated fans, as one tweeted: ‘Rhodey has been a Skrull since CW [Civil War]… he doesn’t know Tony is d word….. I’m sick actually.’
‘I didn’t think about this… thank you for ruining my day,’ another said, while someone else wrote: ‘It’s messed up that #Rhodey has no idea that #TonyStark is dead in #SecretInvasion.’
To summarise – we’re not ok.
Since Civil War, Don has appeared in several more MCU releases as Rhodey, including Avengers: Infinity War, Captain Marvel, Avengers: Endgame and The Falcon and The Winter Soldier.
He’s set to also lead the upcoming TV show-turned-movie Armor Wars, so hopefully the film will shed further light on his capture.
Secret Invasion is available to watch on Disney Plus.
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We are not ok.
