Invasion’s Season 1 finale offers a vague epilogue and some clunky table-setting meant to justify the existence of a second season for this series, which we are sadly apparently getting.

In the penultimate episode of Invasion Season 1, the show finally makes some bold choices. But it all feels like too little too late.

Though the title of IContact,” implies that something major is going to happen on “Invasion,” it’s just yet another in a long line of disappointments when it comes to this show. 

Invasion Season 1 Episode 7, “Hope,” is a sadly disappointing return to the status quo. Read on for our review.

Invasion improves this week by (finally) telling a single story — and showing us an alien at last.