Secret Invasion Episode 4 Review - 6 Ups & 4 Downs

10. Down - The Runtime

It's been mentioned over the last few weeks in the Secret Invasion Ups and Downs that the show has been something of a slow burner. With only six episodes from start to finish, it felt that by the halfway point there was still a lot of story left to tell.

Episode four turned up the action somewhat, and furthered the story more than the previous few entries, but for some reason did so in a much shorter episode. It almost feels like that story advancement was canceled out by there being 20 minutes less to watch.

The end of this episode did feel very much like an ending, in that it served as something of a cliffhanger for episode five, but even so, it was a surprise that the credits rolled so soon. It's hard not to feel a bit shortchanged, with the episode clocking in at just 38 minutes compared to episode one and two's near one hour runtime.

It's not like the series didn't have anything to fill that time with either, as there was one very big omission from the episode…