"Betrayed" is the third episode of the Disney+ streaming television miniseries Secret Invasion and was released on July 5, 2023. It was written by Roxanne Parades and Brian Tucker, and directed by Ali Selim.
Synopsis[]
Nick Fury uncovers a rebel Skrull plot.
Plot[]
Gravik informs the Skrull Council that he has sent Pagon, Beto, and Zirksu on a mission that involves infiltrating the Royal Navy and authorizing a missile launch from the nuclear submarine Neptune onto a United Nations plane carrying various members of the UN delegation. In addition, Gravik also reveals that to counter a potential response from the heroes of Earth, he will utilize his developed machine to create an army of "Super-Skrulls", who are able to possess adaptive abilities and can alter their superpowers. It is implied Gravik has already subjected himself to this machine.
In a flashback dating to 1998, Nick Fury meets with Varra at a cafe and exchange information regarding General Dreykov. They initiate their romance. In the present day, at their residence, Varra brings up the topic of Fury's prolonged absence and questions his return. In response, Fury reveals that he has retired and contemplates indulging in a new pursuit: revenge. Fury begins to suspect Varra's involvement in the rebellion but she deflects, sharing her survival through the Snap and grieving his loss until the Blip reunited them, until Fury abandoned her for his commitments to S.A.B.E.R. Varra's conversation is interrupted by a phone call.
At New Skrullos, Gravik suspects a traitor within his ranks, and questions G'iah how the police found their safe house, but she deflects this by claiming Brogan cracked under pressure while he was tortured. The two travel to London to meet with Talos at the National Portrait Gallery to negotiate a parlay. Gravik receives a call on their journey disclosing the UN plane's coordinates. At the museum, Gravik delivers a speech to Talos, triggering a move to a café. Gravik taunts Talos, provoking a reaction out of him until the café's patrons reveal themselves as Skrull rebels. Talos warns Gravik of humanity's strength in unity and plans to expose the Skrulls, eliminating their advantage. When Gravik threatens to kill G'iah, Talos stabs Gravik through the hand with a knife but heals from his injuries due to Extremis, allowing him time to flee. Outside, G'iah forwards her information about the missile strike to Talos.
At a pub, Fury informs Talos about a Skrull agent who has infiltrated the US government. Despite their previous disagreement, Talos asserts his dominance and Fury's dependence on him, leading him to beg for his help reluctantly. They set off together, and Talos shares G'iah's intelligence. Fury identifies Neptune as the British submarine and contacts Sonya Falsworth, who discovered the covert camera that he set up on their earlier meet. Sonya scolds Fury but discloses the identity and location of Commodore Robert Fairbanks, the submarine's commander. Fairbanks and his security detail have all been simmed by Skrulls.
En route to Fairbanks' residence in Portsmouth, Fury and Talos engage in another argument, highlighting Fury's underappreciation of Talos' contributions. Fury would never have attained his status as the world's most dangerous spy without his help, attributing Fury's competence as a master spy to his indisposable Skrull network feeding him valuable intel. Nonetheless, their banter resonates with the undeniable bond they share. Upon reaching Fairbanks' house, they stealthily infiltrate it and disable Fairbanks' Skrull security. Talos claims to have captured Fairbanks, but Fury anticipates this to be a trap and holds Fairbanks' son Zachary hostage after discovering Talos was outsmarted. Meanwhile, Pagon, already embedded within Neptune, prepares to greenlight the missile launch.
Fury and Talos try and pressure Fairbanks into giving up the code to abort the mission, but he is defiant. Fairbanks discloses Gravik's rejected offer of partnership to Talos. Fairbanks brings up G'iah, which prompts Talos to shoot and kill him. With time running out, Talos contacts G'iah to extract the code from the real Commodore Fairbanks' memories, compromising her cover. The code, Zachary's name, allows Talos to command the mission's halt and stop the strike by impersonating Fairbanks, aborting the launch and compromising Pagon's cover.
While disposing of the Fairbank Skrull's body, Fury questions Talos about rejecting Gravik's offer. Talos responds by expressing that while Fury still doesn't truly understand him, he will have his undying loyalty. Meanwhile, G'iah, now exposed as a spy, attempts to flee New Skrullos, only to be intercepted by Gravik, who reveals the strike was part of another plan to lure out the traitor. Confirming this traitor to be G'iah, Gravik fatally shoots her.
Back at Fury's home, Varra follows up on the phone call she received and departs to a bank while being followed by Skrulls, retrieving a gun from a safety deposit box. Her conversation with the unidentified caller, whose voice resembles Col. James Rhodes, confirms Varra's association with Gravik.
Cast[]
Starring[]
- Samuel L. Jackson as Nick Fury
- Ben Mendelsohn as Talos
- Kingsley Ben-Adir as Gravik
- Charlayne Woodard as Priscilla Fury
- Killian Scott as Pagon
- Samuel Adewunmi as Beto
- Christopher McDonald as Chris Stearns
- Katie Finneran as Rosa
- Emilia Clarke as G'iah
- Olivia Colman as Sonya Falsworth
- Don Cheadle as Rhodey (voice)
Guest Starring[]
- David Bark-Jones as Bob Fairbanks / Bob Fairbanks Skrull
- Irmena Chichikova as Kreega
- Christopher Goh as Jack Hyuk-Bin Skrull
- Giampiero Judica as Sergio Caspani Skrull
- Anna Madeley as Pamela Lawton / Pamela Lawton Skrull
- Alasdair Noble as Zachary Fairbanks
- Mark Bazeley as Victor Dalton Skrull
- Mark Noble as Dave Matailton / Pagon (disguised)
- Harry Burton as Submarine Captain
- Peter Sandys-Clarke as London Banker
- Lydia Depres as Hostess
- James Adler as Security Man #1
- Mark Lewis as Zirksu
- Osian Roberts as Mustached Man
- Natasha Patel as Jogging Woman
- Daniel Stockton as Businessman
- Pavel Douglas as Older Man
- Meya Brummell as Diner Waitress
- Jack Gouldbourne as Nuro (uncredited)
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