Invasion: Season 2, Episode 10 - Old Friends, New Frontiers (2023)

Movement members decide to split up, with Luke and Clark returning to the base by themselves while others scatter.

Luke begins sensing the aliens getting closer and witnesses the veiled extraterrestrial entity making its way toward the base across the sky.

Luke perceives the world from the aliens' perspective after hearing their voices.

At the military base in Idabel, Aneesha is questioned by the general over the alien shard.

Aneesha acknowledges that the extraterrestrial relic kept her family safe but is unsure how to make use of it.

Aneesha states she does not want her kid engaged in the turmoil, even though Luke seems to have a true connection with it.

Luke quickly discovers that the extraterrestrial entity is a doorway leading to the alien mothership, overhearing soldiers discussing it.

Luke charges through the front door of the hideout to alert the surrounding soldiers that the aliens are approaching.

A lone alien attacks the troops.

Luke uses his psychic abilities to repel the alien.

The military is impressed by this display of power and begins to obey Luke's orders.

Luke leads the soldiers back to a nearby town.

Luke senses the invaders getting closer.

Aliens arrive, blowing up cars in a spectacular advance.

Trevante, who has been released by Aneesha and helped her and Rose search for missing people, arrives on the scene.

Trevante throws grenades to blow up a few aliens, holding them back.

Luke teams up telepathically with the French special kids, who have been communicating with him, to battle the alien invaders.

In Paris, Caspar explains his findings from visiting the alien mothership to President Benya Mabote.

The WDC and military plan to take down the mothership immediately from the inside.

Trevante volunteers for the mission without hesitation.

Benya opposes this, unable to trust the stranger.

Benya wants to send trained soldiers through the portal instead.

In the Amazon, Mitsuki and Caspar instigate their plan to telepathically control the alien portal so Benya's soldiers can enter the mothership unharmed.

Earlier at the base, Trevante and Rose, along with Aneesha and Clark, come upon the catatonic residents including Rose's ex-husband Billy, who were abducted by aliens and tested by the military.

Rose wants to take Billy and the others home.

Trevante explains to her that their loved ones would rather have hope than the reality of their current status.

They agree to come back for them later when they can improve their condition.

Trevante hears Caspar's voice and takes off, eventually virtually reuniting with the teen he met in London.

Trevante explains how Caspar's notebook brought him to Project Idabel.

The alien portal makes itself visible and confronts Luke immediately.

Luke is attacked.

Clark drags Luke away before he is harmed.

Mitsuki and Caspar gain control of the portal.

Benya's soldiers start entering the portal, carrying the alien shard sealed in a container.

As the soldiers make their way inside, Mitsuki loses control of the portal.

The alien entity fights back, spitting the soldiers out.

Mitsuki cannot draw on her own memories to stay grounded.

Maya uses her memories of time with Mitsuki to keep her stable while Mitsuki tries to hold the portal open for the soldiers.

This fails, and three soldiers die as a result.

Mitsuki convinces Maya to let her go and allow the alien consciousness to overtake her for the needed control.

Maya agrees and removes Mitsuki's headset.

Mitsuki regains control and opens the portal fully.

Trevante enters the portal to the mothership.

Caspar and Trevante prepare to cause significant damage inside the mothership, which appears to be a nesting area.

The finale ends with humans forcing entry into the alien portal, Mitsuki sacrificing full control to open it, and a small group -- including Trevante -- entering the gateway toward the mothership while others are left behind; the portal resists, soldiers are expelled or killed, Mitsuki is overtaken by the alien consciousness as she opens the way, Luke and the telepathic children repel protecting aliens, and the episode closes with Trevante stepping through the portal toward the mothership while the fates of several main characters are left uncertain at the threshold.

Expanded, chronological, scene-by-scene narration:

Scene 1 -- Military planning and Benya's argument In a tense command room, military leaders and President Benya Mabote argue strategy about how to attack the alien mothership; Benya insists on trained soldiers entering the portal rather than sending unvetted civilians, and she pushes for a controlled insertion using troops equipped and prepared for combat. Caspar reports his visit to the mothership and his findings to Benya, reinforcing the urgency of an organized strike. Benya's plan crystallizes: soldiers will go through the portal to sabotage the mothership from the inside.

Scene 2 -- Trevante volunteers; distrust between Benya and Trevante Trevante Cole steps forward and volunteers to go through the portal himself without hesitation, motivated by his urgency to act against the invaders and by his connection to Caspar's mission; Benya is visibly reluctant and distrustful of Trevante's impromptu offer, insisting on trained soldiers instead, but the mounting threat accelerates preparations for insertion.

Scene 3 -- Luke senses the portal and forces the military to cooperate At the Movement's hideout, Luke perceives a looming alien presence and overhears soldiers discussing the portal; when troops surround the Movement, Luke bursts outside to warn them of the portal's arrival. A lone alien attacks, and Luke uses his psychic abilities to fend it off; his display of power convinces the skeptical soldiers to accept his commands. Luke then leads the troops toward the nearby town where the portal has manifested.

Scene 4 -- Confrontation in town; telepathic defense Arriving in the town, Luke senses more aliens approaching. The army sets up and prepares to defend the area. The hunter-killer alien forces arrive in force and attack. Luke, aided by the group of telepathic children from France and other gifted kids, joins a collective telepathic effort to repel the alien attackers; they mentally clash with the invaders' assault while soldiers engage physically. Trevante, watching the battle unfold, throws himself into the fight with grenades and direct action, supporting the human defense while the children attack telepathically.

Scene 5 -- Mitsuki and Caspar attempt to control the portal Elsewhere, Mitsuki and Caspar work to telepathically seize control of the portal so Benya's soldiers can enter the mothership without being harmed. Mitsuki strains to hold the portal open using her neural link technology and her memories as anchors; Caspar assists and coordinates with the others, attempting to stabilize the doorway long enough for troops to pass with the alien shard secured in a protective container.

Scene 6 -- Soldiers begin to enter; Mitsuki loses ground Benya's soldiers, with the shard sealed in a container, begin to step into the becoming-visible alien doorway under the guidance and tenuous control provided by Mitsuki and Caspar. At first the passage holds, and some soldiers advance into the portal. Mitsuki's concentration wavers as the alien consciousness resists; the portal pushes back violently. The alien entity fights to close and eject, and Mitsuki struggles to maintain the conduit.

Scene 7 -- Portal fights back; casualties and expulsion As Mitsuki's control falters, the portal convulses and violently spits some of the soldiers back out into the physical world; three soldiers are ejected dead or fatally wounded as the alien force rejects the intrusion. The portal's resistance demonstrates that it cannot be pacified by human will alone and that the alien consciousness can actively deny access.

Scene 8 -- Mitsuki's desperate choice and Maya's role Mitsuki, realizing conventional control is failing, instructs Maya (one of the connected children) to let go of grounding memories so Mitsuki can surrender to the alien consciousness and thereby gain the necessary unity to open the portal fully; Maya briefly resists but ultimately allows Mitsuki to dissolve part of her human anchoring. Mitsuki allows the alien presence to overtake aspects of her mind as a means to secure the passage.

Scene 9 -- Trevante goes through With Mitsuki's radical choice successful enough to stabilize the portal for a moment, Trevante volunteers again and takes that opening. He carries or accompanies the sealed alien shard as instructed and steps through the portal into the mothership's space or toward it; the narrative shows him crossing the threshold while others watch, knowing he is entering the aliens' interior--a purposeful, sacrificial advance to strike from within.

Scene 10 -- Aftermath at the base: captures, discoveries, and personal losses Earlier-captured or secured figures at the military base are revealed in a more somber light: Rose finds catatonic returned residents including her ex-husband Billy sitting in a clinical setup used by the military to study the returned abducted people; Trevante and Rose witness the hollowed condition of these people and decide they cannot bring them home in their present state. Aneesha, held by the military, explains to the general the shard's function and resists relinquishing children again; the military's ethical tensions with civilian welfare are on display.

Scene 11 -- Luke and the children hold the line; portal remains contested Back at the portal site, Luke and the telepathic children succeed in pushing back the protector aliens long enough for Mitsuki's sacrifice and Trevante's entry, but the portal is still a contested locus. Clark intervenes to pull Luke away when the portal itself confronts Luke directly. The portal's consciousness appears to single out Luke before retreating, leaving personal danger unresolved.

Scene 12 -- Closing image and unresolved fates The episode ends on the threshold: Trevante disappears into the portal toward the mothership, Mitsuki is left overtaken by the alien consciousness she used to open the doorway, some soldiers lie dead or expelled, and the remainder of the main characters -- Luke, Clark, Benya, Caspar, Rose, Aneesha, and others -- remain on Earth confronting the immediate aftermath and an uncertain future. The final moments show human forces having achieved a narrow, costly entry into the alien network but paying heavy personal and mortal costs for that gain.

Fates of main participating characters at the episode's end (as directly depicted): - Trevante Cole: Steps through the portal into the alien mothership; his immediate fate beyond entering the mothership is left unresolved but he is in the aliens' interior at the close of the episode. - Mitsuki: Sacrifices her independent control by allowing the alien consciousness to overtake her in order to open the portal; she is left effectively consumed or dominated by that alien presence when the episode ends. - Luke Ryder: Remains on Earth after helping repel the protecting aliens with the telepathic children; he is physically pulled away from direct contact with the portal and survives the episode, though he is marked by the confrontation. - Caspar: Acts as liaison and aid in coordinating control of the portal and works with Benya; he remains on Earth and is alive at episode end, having helped Trevante and Mitsuki. - Benya Mabote: Oversees the military plan and authorizes soldiers to enter the portal; she remains on Earth, having seen her plan partially enacted but at the cost of dead soldiers and uncertain returns. - Rose and the returned abductees (including Billy): Rose discovers catatonic returned abductees at the base; those people remain in the military's custody in a decayed state--alive but not restored--at episode end. - Aneesha: Captured earlier and constrained by the military, she remains at the base explaining the shard's function; she survives but is detained. - Clark: Present during the confrontations and helps pull Luke away; Clark remains alive and on Earth at the close.

This narration describes the ending sequence-by-sequence and states each main participant's situation as the episode closes, with the human counter-invasion begun but its results and many characters' ultimate fates left unresolved.

Yes -- there is a brief post‑credits moment: after Trevante follows Caspar through the portal and the regular episode credits play, the final shot returns to the pair inside the alien "mind" where Caspar turns to Trevante and his eyes briefly go completely white while an otherworldly, wet/alien squishing sound is heard, implying Caspar is no longer entirely himself or has been altered by the hive consciousness.

No, this episode of Invasion Season 2 is not family friendly, as it carries a TV-MA rating due to mature themes consistent with the series.

Potentially objectionable or upsetting aspects for children or sensitive viewers include: - Strong profanity, such as f-words and s-words. - Partial nudity and implied intimate scenes, including women shown in bras, panties, or topless from behind/side. - Moderate violence, blood, and fighting. - Intense, frightening sci-fi horror elements like dark, ominous atmospheres with creepy noises and alien threats. - Emotional distress from heartbreaking separations and horrific discoveries of catatonic, tested victims. - References to drugs (e.g., meth labs) and mild alcohol/smoking use.