Invincible season 2 part 2: confirmed cast, plot speculation and what we know so far

Where’s Invincible season 2 part 2? It’s a question you, Omni-Man, and many others are likely asking after the hit series decided to take a mid-season break.

Unfortunately, we can’t answer that question. Invincible‘s TV adaptation will return on Prime Video early next year but, aside from that vague release window, we’ve got nothing to report. Considering we had to wait two and a half years for the show’s second season to arrive, let’s hope the wait isn’t too extensive.

In the meantime, there’s plenty of reading for you to do about Invincible season 2 part 2. Below, we’ve updated this guide with the latest information about one of the best Prime Video shows‘ eventual return. That includes its possible launch date, confirmed cast, possible story arcs, and more.

Full spoilers follow for Invincible season 2 part 1. Potential spoilers for season 2 volume 2 are also discussed.

Invincible season 2 part 2 release date: what we know

Invincible season 2 part 2 doesn’t have an official release, but we know it’ll arrive sometime in early 2024. Speaking exclusively to TechRadar, co-showrunner Simon Racioppa confirmed it “wasn’t the original plan” to split the season in two, but it was necessitated by production delays.

If we had to guess, we think it’ll be back around February or March. Invincible comics co-creator Robert Kirkman exclusively told TechRadar – read our Invincible season 2 episode 4 ending explained article for more – that the team was putting the finishing touches on part 2 in late October. Here’s hoping its four episodes will be ready to go by Christmas so they can arrive in the first three months of next year.

Invincible season 2 part 2 trailer: is there one?

Amazon hasn’t released an Invincible season 2 part 2 trailer yet. We don’t know if the e-commerce giant’s filmmaking division will, either, because it might not want to spoil any major storylines via any released footage. If one is released, though, we’ll add it here.

Invincible season 2 cast: confirmed and rumored

Potential cast spoilers follow.

Here are the characters we expect to see again in Invincible season 2 part 2:

• Steven Yeun as Mark Grayson/Invincible
• J.K. Simmons as Nolan Grayson/Omni-Man
• Sandra Oh as Debbie Grayson
• Zazie Beetz as Amber Bennett
• Gillian Jacobs as Samantha Eve Wilkins/Atom Eve
• Andrew Rannells as William Clockwell
• Walton Goggins as Cecil Stedman
• Chris Diamantopoulos as Donald Ferguson
• Ross Marquand as Rudy Connors and The Immortal
• Zachary Quinto as Rudy Connors (in Robot exosuit)
• Jason Mantzoukas as Rex Sloan/Rex Splode
• Malese Jow as Kate Cha/Dupli-Kate
• Grey Griffin as Rachel/Shrinking Rae, Amanda/Monster Girl, and Betsy Wilkins
• Khary Payton as Markus Grimshaw/Black Samson
• Jay Pharoah as Zandale Randolph/Bulletproof
• Ben Schwartz as The Shapesmith
• Seth Rogen as Allen the Alien
• Kevin Michael Richardson as The Mauler Twins
• Mark Hamill as Art Rosenbaum
• Sterling K Brown as Angstrom Levy
• Mahershala Ali as Titan
• Tatiana Maslany as Queen Lizard, General Telia, and Queen Aquaria
• Peter Cullen as Thaedus
• Fred Tatasciore as Adam Wilkins
• Scoot McNairy as King Lizard
• Phil LaMarr as Salamander and Lucan
• Clancy Brown as General Kregg
• Cleveland Berto as Darkwing II
• Rhea Seehorn as Andressa

There are plenty of other actors who could voice characters in season 2 volume 2. Jeffrey Dean Morgan, the latest Walking Dead actor to reportedly join Invincible‘s ranks, was believed to have been cast in an undisclosed role. However, Kirkman played down those suggestions, exclusively telling he’s “going to disappoint many people” by saying that’s (potentially) not the case.

On the confirmed cast members list, some actors didn’t feature in part 1, so their characters are being held back for season 2’s second half. You can see who else is still expected to appear below:

• Micah Aliling
• Eric Bauza
• Chloe Bennet
• Lincoln Bodin
• Camden Coley
• Cliff Curtis
• Calista Flockhart
• Josh Keaton
• Luke MacFarlane
• Ella Purnell
• Tim Robinson
• Paul F Tompkins
• Lea Thompson
• Kari Wahlgren
• Shantel Vansanten

Invincible season 2 part 2 story speculation

Full spoilers follow for Invincible seasons 1 and 2, as well as the graphic novels.

Amazon hasn’t released a story synopsis for Invincible season 2 part 2 yet. However, we have a good idea of where this season’s next few episodes are heading, based on what happened during the mid-season finale. 

You can read more about what’s been teased by its creators in our ending explainer article, which we linked to in our ‘release date’ section. Below, we’ll elaborate on Racioppa and Kirkman’s comments, so this is your final spoiler warning. Turn back now if you’re not caught up.

For starters, we need to find out how Mark – with new stepbrother Oliver in tow – will get back to Earth. In the mid-season finale, he was abandoned (not to mention severely injured) on Thraxa after Mark and Nolan’s defeat at the hands of some of the Viltrum Empire’s most powerful warriors. That came after Nolan’s return in episode 3 – a shock character reveal that was almost held until episode 4, Racioppa exclusively told us – and the pair’s frosty reunion that spanned the show’s latest entry.

As Nolan told Mark in episode 4’s opening sequence, Earth is millions of miles away from Thraxa and he doesn’t know the way back home. So, unless the Coalition of Planets come to Mark’s aid in episode 5, he’s going to have a hard time getting back there.

And he’ll need to do so quickly, too. General Kregg, the leader of Viltrum’s armed forces, warned Mark that the tyrannical race will invade the planet – killing millions in the process – if he doesn’t continue his father’s work and convince Earth’s population to surrender to the Viltrumites. Clearly, Mark isn’t going to do that but, again, unless he finds a way to get home, Earth will be powerless to stop the Viltrum Empire conquering the third rock from the Sun.

Meanwhile, things don’t look good for Nolan. Not only was his back broken by Lucan in season 2 part 1’s final episode, he was also imprisoned by the Viltrumites for betraying his race. After all, he abandoned his posting on Earth, fathered an “impure” (their words, not ours) child with a Thraxan, and attacked (and seemingly killed) his own kind during episode 4’s brutal showdown. In short: Viltrum plans to execute him for his crimes. Between you and us, though, we think Nolan will escape and, if they’ll have him, join the Coalition of Planets’ fight against his dictatorial race.

It’ll be interesting to see what Nolan meant when he told Mark to “read my books”. We caught a glimpse of those novels when Debbie (Nolan’s wife and Mark’s mother) left them in a box on the roadside outside the Grayson family home. Will Mark get back to Earth in time to locate them? And what will he learn if he reads them? Most likely information on Viltrum’s warriors and, more importantly, how to defeat them in combat. If Mark can put Nolan’s secrets into practice, he may be able to stave off Viltrum’s invasion, either permanently or until reinforcements arrive in the form of the Coalition of Planets.

But Mark’s got even more to worry about than the Viltrumites. Angstrom Levy, one of his biggest archnemeses from the comics, is biding his time to get revenge on the half human, half Viltrum superhero. Levy conspicuous by his absence in season 2’s last two episodes – indeed, apart from appearances in Invincible season 2 episode 1 post-credits scene and episode 2’s mid-credits stinger, he was nowhere to be seen. Fans of the graphic novels, though, know when and where he’ll return, so viewers certainly haven’t seen the last of him.

Moving away from Mark’s never-ending struggles, audiences will be desperate to learn what becomes of Allen the Alien in season 2 part 2. In episode 3, Allen was mutilated by the Viltrum scouting party that attacked Mark and Nolan in episode 4. Left for dead, he was placed in a medically induced coma by the Coalition of Planets, only for its seemingly benevolent leader Thaedus – the only other Viltrumite to apparently betray his people – to turn off Allen’s life support.

Does this mean Allen is dead? Not exactly. As Racioppa exclusively told TechRadar, Invincible‘s creative team “isn’t done with him yet” – and, again, long time fans of the graphic novels will know what happens to Allen moving forward. We’ll refrain from explicitly stating what lies ahead for everyone’s favorite Unopan, though.

There are many, many, many more subplots that need some form of resolution in Invincible season 2 part 2 as well.

For one, fans want to know what’s next for Debbie after she starting to make peace with her grief over Nolan’s betrayal. The last we saw of her, she told Global Defence Agency (GDA) chief Cecil Stedman that she no longer wanted his monetary handouts – a big step as she looks to break free of Nolan and the GDA’s stranglehold. Well, until Mark potentially shows up with Nolan’s illegitimate child in the form of Oliver…

Then there’s Atom Eve and her struggles with her spur-of-the-moment superhero efforts, which keep putting people in harm’s way. With Mark off-world, she has no-one to confide in, so she’s reluctantly headed home to seemingly patch things up with her adoptive parents and rein in her heroic endeavors.

Add in the forthcoming big reveal concerning Donald’s resurrection, the teething problems encountered by the Guardians of the Globe’s new line-up, the introduction of antagonistic factions, such as the Lizard League, the possibility of some season 1 storylines being picked up –including the Sequids arc – and the humorous, never-ending merry-go-round concerning the Mauler Twins’ clone saga, and there’s plenty for Invincible season 2 volume 2 to cover. This season’s final four episodes won’t be able to cover all of that and more, but it’ll give us lots of big reveals, shocks, and gratuitous violence to be stunned by.

How many seasons of Invincible will we get?

At least one more. A third installment was greenlit alongside Invincible season 2 and, according to the official Invincible X account, voice work has been completed on it.

Speaking to IGN, Kirkman also revealed Invincible season 3 is “very far along” and that “this [the period between seasons 1 and 2] is the longest gap anyone will ever have to wait between seasons”. However, when asked by Collider when season 3 will be with us, Kirkman also said “I can’t say”, so we might have another wait on our hands once Invincible season 2 part 2 is fully released.

As for what’ll happen after season 3: there are 144 Invincible comic issues, spanning 20 years of Kirkman, Cory Walker, and Ryan Ottley’s careers. The TV adaptation altered the order of certain plot points in its first season, but only covered the first 23 issues. If a similar trajectory is maintained for future seasons, Invincible could end around the season 7 or 8 mark. Kirkman has said there could be more or less than that, telling ScreenRant there’s a “rough roadmap for where things from the comics will fall”.

Future seasons depend on whether Invincible continues to draw in audiences in its next two seasons, too – or will it? Speaking to Collider, Seth Rogen seemed to suggest it’ll continue after season 3 regardless. However, Amazon exclusively told TechRadar that “nothing official has been announced”.

In the incredibly unlikely event that Invincible ends after three seasons, there’s plenty more to be excited about from a franchise standpoint. Omni-Man is now a playable DLC character in Mortal Kombat 1, NetherRealm Games’ iconic (and rebooted) R-rated videogame series. Atom Eve has also received a own standalone game on Steam, while Epic Games’ megahit Fortnite released a bunch of Invincible-themed skins and back bling that gamers can buy via its online store now.

Add in a live-action film, which is still being worked on despite languishing in development hell for years, and Invincible fans have tons to enjoy between now and, well, whenever the R-rated TV series ends. It’s a good time to be part of the Invincible fandom, that’s for sure.

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