Maria Hill's And Talos' deaths in Secret Invasion Were Wasted
Marvel Studio's lowest-rated series included two significant MCU deaths that hurt worse than they did one year ago. It's been over a year since Secret Invasion appeared on Disney+. While the series started strong, it unraveled quickly and became the lowest-rated Marvel series, especially its finale. Secret Invasion suffered from low viewership, only reaching 994,000 viewers within its first five days. Despite this, the series was highly anticipated by comic book readers due to its source material, but many found it an underwhelming release that wasted one of Marvel's most iconic storylines for the Mcu timeline.
While the show was disappointing, it did have some shocking moments. Marvel isn't known for killing many of its characters, but Secret Invasion included the deaths of two major characters; Ben Mendelsohn's Talos, and Cobie Smulders' Maria Hill. Both of these characters appeared in multiple MCU movies, but died in the Disney+ series, leaving plenty unaware they'd even been killed off as a result. These endings didn't sit right with many viewers, and they still don't one year later.
Secret Invasion's Events Don't Seem Important To The MCU
Another unfortunate aspect of Hill's and Talos' deaths is that the events of Secret Invasion may not be important to the Mcu. The Marvels, which included Nick Fury and Skrulls, didn't mention anything that happened in Secret Invasion once, and the events seemingly had no impact on Fury- or at least, not one that has been actively explored. In The Marvels, a group of Skrulls are sent to New Asgard on Earth as a possible new home, with no mention of the president's declaration of war against their species.
Secret Invasion also didn't get high viewership numbers for an MCU series, so many haven't seen Hill and Talos' deaths, and may not even be aware they're now dead in the franchise. Given the overarching events of Secret Invasion haven't yet been referenced, there's a very real chance these deaths will never be addressed again, since they don't seem to factor into the MCU's current story. As such, it's unlikely the issues with these deaths will get a later adjustment or payoff anytime in the near future.
