Has Invasion Season 3 failed to meet expectations so far? Speculating, as some fans say, it "kind of sucks"

Season 3 of Invasion aired on September 5, 2025, and has failed to meet the fans' expectations so far. On Rotten Tomatoes, the season has a 67% Tomatometer score. Major complaints the fans are highlighting about the show are that it comes with utterly slow pacing, with scenes passing without progressing the story.

Secondly, it seems like Invasion doesn't know where it wants to go narratively or how it wants to make its viewers feel. One Reddit comment reads,

"This season kind of sucks, or is it me?"

However, not everything is bad, as some reports also praise the escalation, fresh threat, new challenges, and how the characters are forced into more direct action. Read on to know the complete picture.

Has Invasion Season 3 failed to meet expectations so far? Speculations explored

Invasion Season 3 seemed haywired with the narrative flowing everywhere, scenes without any story objective, and characters remaining the same, making it a boring watch with viewers waiting for something to happen.

"This episode committed a sin far worse than being bad-- it was boring"

Many say Season 3 moves too slowly. Action is spaced out, and character arcs drag. Some viewers feel there's too much filler and not enough payoff. The characters are shown as ambiguous or flawed without proper motivation, making them uninteresting and less resonating with the viewers. One viewer highlights the scattered themes of the show via their Reddit comment,

"It's Episode 3 of season 3, and we still basically know nothing about the big picture and the aliens. So like, Earth was invaded by aliens and then we won, but not really, and lots was damaged, but everything is basically normal again. And the aliens are probably waking up after a Navy SEAL napped in their ship for 2 years. Oh, and a mysterious alien hunk of metal is useful for bullets."

Invasion builds on the expectations for the alien invasion; however, the delivery later is underwhelming. It seems like the aliens are the threat, but then it also suggests they aren't very threatening. Therefore, there is a slack or inconsistency in the way the show wants to treat alien technology and behaviour.

When it comes to creating mysteries, the show left the viewers with several questions but not as many answers, making it all illogical and meaningless. This is making its fans feel frustrated, calling it "horrible" and "senseless".

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"It is a horribly done show. I'm here as a sci-fi fan who watches it and wants to enjoy it. This show doesn't know what it wants to be. Is it a love story about the two British kids? Is it a hero arc of a war-torn vet? Is it "science wins the world," a la Jeff Goldblum in Independence Day, but with the Japanese woman? Is it somehow that this family with a metal fragment is going to save the world through a mother's love?"

However, some reports have praised the show's visual imagery and the atmosphere it has built. The overall performance and reception of the Apple TV show, Invasion, aren't as expected. It is only to be seen if the Apple TV renews it for yet another season.

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