7 key details from Invasion that you might've missed ahead of season 3 premiere

With season 3 of the Apple TV+ sci-fi show Invasion set to premiere on August 22, 2025, fans are gearing up to find answers to some major cliffhangers. From the get-go, the show has introduced shocking twists and unexpected storylines, which makes it easy for viewers to miss some key details in the fast-paced intensity.

Created by Simon Kinberg and David Weil, the show explores an alien invasion on Earth through the eyes of five ordinary people across the globe, including Aneesha Malik, Caspar, Mitsuki, and Trevante. Their lives become more intertwined, and survival becomes key in this apocalyptic landscape. Will they come out safe on the other side?

A recap of the key details in Invasion is in order, ahead of the season 3 premiere.

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The aliens' motives, Caspar's coma, and other details fans must remember ahead of Invasion season 3

1) Caspar's connection to the aliens might hold the key to Earth's survival

Billy Barratt plays Caspar Marrow (Image via YouTube/Apple TV)

Caspar's dark and ominous drawings result in bullying from his schoolmates in Invasion season 1, but they turn out they be a result of his connection with the aliens. After his school bus crashes off a cliff and he survives, he finds a broken satellite that resembles one of his drawings. Things quickly spiral after that, with his seizures growing increasingly unmanageable, and he collapses in the end.

While he was declared brain dead, his consciousness is still connected to the aliens. In season 2, he spends time traversing the alien hive mind with Luke and the other psychic children to find answers on how to defeat them. He is in a coma until the last scene, where Trevante meets him on the other side of the alien hive mind portal Mitsuki created.

However, a key detail fans might have missed is that his eyes turn blue right before the end credits, suggesting that, although he may be alive, his consciousness is being controlled by aliens.

2) Mitsuki connects to the Alien hive mind and risks her life

Shioli Kutsuna plays Mitsuki (image via YouTube/Apple TV)

Mitsuki's role becomes more critical from season 1 to season 2 of Invasion. After the tragic death of her love, Hinata, she goes through hell and high water to make sense of the alien invasion, even making a breakthrough and communicating with a probable alien resembling Hinata. That sends her on a journey through the hive mind.

But as she gets more enmeshed in the emotional and physical labor of being a part of the alien hive mind, her life is in utter danger. In the season 2 finale, she manages to open a portal to the hivemind and get Tremante inside, but fans don't see anything more than a motionless Mitsuki on the floor.

If she is rendered powerless, presumed dead like Caspar, or in the aliens' control, then the power dynamics tip drastically.

3) The show's cult classic sci-fi inspirations might tie into season 3

The show runners were inspired by Spielberg's War of the Worlds (Image via YouTube/Apple TV)

For the first two seasons of Invasion, creators Kinberg and Weil paid homage to some of the most famous sci-fi space movies and franchises through dialogue, music, and set pieces. While these might just be fun Easter eggs for fans to dissect, the show's storyline could also be affected by them.

For instance, in season 1, episode 6 ("Home Invasion"), Ahmed and Aneesha's family is trapped in Patrick Mitchell's attic as aliens invade upstate New York, while Kel, Patrick's wife, has a psychotic break that attracts them. Aneesha sacrifices Patrick to save her family, a scene reminiscent of a similar moment in Steven Spielberg's War of the Worlds, starring Tom Cruise.

With hat tips to movies like 2001: A Space Odyssey and Star Wars, there's no telling what subtle subplot references will feature in season 3.

4) The aliens do not want to destroy Earth; they want a piece of it

Simon Kinberg's remarks add a key dimension to the show (Image via Getty)

By the end of Invasion season 2, it is unclear why the aliens are on Earth at all. Mitsuki might be the communication bridge between the two species if she manages to survive, succumbing to the hive mind and opening the portal. Trevante and Caspar head to the brain's core to destroy the aliens' collective powers.

However, according to an interview in The New York Times with Simon Kinberg, published on August 28, 2023, the creator reveals:

"They’re invading our planet for resources, and they’re just clearing the way so they can have it."

This means that if humans find a way to communicate with the aliens, their fight might take on a completely different color in season 3.

5) Trevante might be in trouble in season 3

Shamier Anderson plays Trevante (Image via YouTube/Apple TV)

Caspar's seeming merger with alien consciousness at the end of season 2 might put Trevante's future in jeopardy. For two seasons of Invasion, the former Army soldier deals with PTSD and the loss of his marriage while trying to pin down the aliens' motives. In the season 2 finale, he reaches the hive mind portal that Mitsuki opens.

However, with Caspar possibly being under the aliens' control and Mitsuki not being powerful enough to help him, Trevante might have walked right into a trap. With the several shocks of his life, would he be able to fight his way out? Or will his mind be taken over by aliens as well? This sets up season 3 heavily against the human race, with the most involved characters in weakened states.

6) Luke and the psychic abilities of the children have a central role

Luke's psychic abilities played a key role in season 2 (Image via YouTube/Apple TV)

As a full-scale battle emerges between the aliens and humans, Luke is one of the only humans who can see what the hivemind sees and alert the soldiers in position. Caspar, Monty, and Jemila, along with the other kids with similar psychic abilities, can use their combined powers to send telepathic daggers that kill the aliens.

This proves that if these children can stick together and resist the aliens' control, they could be the key to winning the war against human extinction. If Caspar is sacrificed to the other side, Luke's role in season 3 might be increasingly important in bringing peace to Earth.

7) The show's themes might hint at a possible future between humans and aliens

Invasion deals with human emotions (Image via YouTube/Apple TV)

At the outset, Invasion is about alien invasions, flashy action sequences, and tense psychological warfare. But underneath the bluster, the show tackles human loneliness, fear, and grief of losing a loved one. After the events of the finale, season 3 might work towards a resolution that mitigates human isolation.

"The real ticking clock of the show for me isn’t “Are we going to develop weapons that are strong enough to kill the aliens?” That’s not really what the show is about."- Simon Kinberg for The New York Times, August 28, 2025.

The emotional thread that binds the sci-fi action might lead to a different resolution in Invasion season 3, a collaboration between the humans and aliens, taking the show in an unconventional direction compared to other science fiction endeavors.

Watch Invasion on Apple TV+.

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