Invincible
Season 4 – Episode 7
Episode title: Don’t Do Anything Rash
Original release date: April 15, 2026
Episode plot: Thousands of years ago, Thaedus assassinates Emperor Argall after questioning the Viltrumites’ brutality. Thragg is named ruler in his place, and orders the Viltrumites to fight each other to purge the weak from their society. In the present day, Thaedus, Mark, Nolan, Oliver, Allen, Battle Beast, Zoe, and Space Racer travel to Viltrum to kill Thragg. They are ambushed by the Viltrumites, who hid in the ring of corpses, and a battle erupts. Oliver targets Thragg but is greatly injured. Thragg attempts to convince Nolan to join the Viltrimutes again, but Nolan remains against them. Nolan directs Space Racer to fire a laser at Viltrum and is joined by Mark and Thaedus as they follow it into the planet’s core, destroying it. Thaedus demands the Viltrumites surrender, but Thragg decapitates him and incapacitates Nolan and Mark, choosing to spare them due to the Viltrumites’ dwindled numbers. Nolan, Mark, and Oliver are rescued by the others as the Coalition names Allen their leader. As the Coalition searches for the Viltrumites, a horrified Mark realizes they have gone to Earth.
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Transcript
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[quiet, dramatic music playing]
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[electronic beeping]
[panting]
[indistinct shouting]
[both gasp]
[Kregg] This is the third act of sabotage by the Relonian natives this week.
The species remains unusually defiant, despite our clear demonstrations of Viltrumite superiority.
I recommend a planet-wide cull of the population before they disrupt our mining operations any further.
They resist us because we are occupiers and we are cruel.
If we restrain ourselves, their labor will only aid in our goals.
Their labor is nothing without their fear and respect.
Decimation sets an example, not only for them, but for the next misguided species.
Misguided?
Do Viltrumites not respect strength?
The courage to challenge one’s oppressors?
[scoffs] They are nothing to us.
The fact that you believe otherwise makes me–
[quiet, dramatic music playing]
Regent Thragg.
Emperor Argall.
What is your counsel?
Thaedus, you say Viltrumites respect strength.
That is correct. We do.
But these creatures, their strength is not true strength.
We must educate them not because of their defiance, but because their weakness is an offense to the natural order of the universe.
You are young, Regent.
Perhaps you do not yet see the longer game–
[Argall] Regent Thragg is correct.
Reduce the planet’s population by 25%.
If they continue to resist, eradicate them.
Emperor, I urge you to reconsider.
Do you?
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[Thragg] Thaedus and I fought side by side at Capida Minor.
He was the strongest among our company, the most ruthless.
Yet ever since he returned from his years in the Lay quadrant, he speaks of mercy and questions our ways.
It is troubling.
[atmospheric music playing]
If you feel his weakness harms the empire, take action.
Perhaps I am… mistaken.
[quiet, suspenseful music playing]
[somber, ethereal music playing]
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Emperor Argall showed us our strength, taught us our greatness, gave us our destiny.
Because of him, all is ours.
[Viltrumites] All is ours.
The traitor has fled, but he will be found and pay the price for his treason.
Be sure of that.
Even in death, Emperor Argall shows us there is a sickness in our society, poisoning us from within.
We will cut this cancer out.
You. Might you also betray us someday?
I will not, Grand Regent.
I do not believe you.
[quiet, ominous music playing]
As our customs dictate, I now assume the throne as Grand Regent of Viltrum until one of Argall’s heirs can be found.
This is my first command.
Seek out the weakness that allowed this betrayal…
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…and purge it from our midst.
[growls]
[grunting]
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[shouts]
[shouting]
♪ ♪
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[distant screaming]
[distant shouting]
[quiet, dramatic music playing]
[chuckles] Yes.
[Thragg] No.
It is done.
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I will not repeat myself.
Yes, Grand Regent.
[Thragg] The blood that ran through our streets has cleansed us.
For you, the strong, your life is its own reward.
But our work is not yet done.
For even in death, Argall still guides us.
We will follow his path and take our place as the rightful rulers of the galaxy.
The universe itself will kneel.
As it was meant to be.
All is ours.
[Viltrumites chanting] All is ours!
All is ours! All…
[echoing] is ours!
I failed you, my emperor.
But I will not fail our people.
Not again.
[Thaedus] All our intelligence agrees.
Thragg has retreated to Viltrum with no more than a few of his people.
The rest are on their way there, but will not arrive for several days.
This is our chance, a brief moment when the regent is vulnerable.
Um, Great Thaedus?
Don’t get me wrong, I would love to kill Thragg for, like, a million reasons. But won’t that still leave us with 40-something extra pissed-off Viltrumites out for revenge?
Since the assassination of Emperor Argall, they have known no leader but Thragg.
His loss will leave them weak and directionless, fighting amongst themselves as they did before.
It will not be easy, but once Thragg is gone, the others will fall one by one.
Alone, Thragg could defeat any one of us.
But together, we have a chance to end this war forever.
The future of the galaxy depends on us, and we may not all return.
But it is worth any price to show the Viltrum Empire, once and for all, that even their strength does not make them…
[dramatic music playing]
[Mark] We’re on our way to fight this Thragg guy.
Um, it’s just him, plus two or three others, versus eight of us, so… easy, right?
But apparently, he was specially trained from birth to be the strongest Viltrumite ever.
Even my dad’s freaking out about facing him.
Eve, I don’t know.
This feels, uh… this feels different.
And it’s my last chance to record a message for you just in case something happens, and, um…
[scoffs] You know what?
You’re never even gonna see this because
I love you and I’m coming back.
[Allen] I cannot believe it. You, too?
I didn’t say they were gross. I said I didn’t want one.
Yeah, I know. No one does.
Hey, I’ll eat anything.
My dad calls me the human garbage disposal.
I just never have much of an appetite when I’m nervous.
Also, those things have faces.
Your moo-cows have faces.
Okay, first, no one older than three calls them “moo-cows.”
And second, they don’t have faces when I eat them.
[squeals]
[crunches]
Why is everyone so nervous about fighting this Thragg guy?
No way he lives up to the hype.
You haven’t seen the reports.
What do they say?
That he lives up to the hype.
[scoffs] We’ll see.
You guys are all crazy.
You gotta eat something.
The Unopan is correct.
We must nourish ourselves before battle.
Later, we will feast on our enemies’ entrails.
Or they on ours.
So this might be our last meal, huh?
Fantastic.
If you could eat anything right now, what would it be?
Burger Mart drive-thru.
Boom. Triple triple. Yes.
Ooh, with loaded fries from the secret menu.
It’s my thing with my dad.
Actually, if I really had to pick, Paul’s spaghetti. He’s my mom’s boyfriend.
He makes his own meatballs and everything.
Mm. The Brain Bowl at the Galactic Grill.
[chittering]
I am already eating it.
My final meal will be my own blood, as I choke on it, breathing my last breath after a legendary battle with a superior opponent.
[growls]
That will be a satisfying meal indeed.
[kanzlok whines]
Mmm!
Right?
You seem worried, Nolan.
I am.
You should be, too.
This is the best chance we’ve had in centuries to end this conflict.
But that is not what troubles you.
No.
Thragg must die.
But the other Viltrumites…
You said it yourself, they’ll be weak and scattered without him.
And yet, still capable of untold death and destruction.
I will not risk even the smallest chance their empire could rise again.
Mark and Oliver are part Viltrumite, too.
[Telia] Everyone, we’ve reached Viltrum’s sensor range.
Time to get ready.
We’ve only got ten of these?
You have no idea how difficult that sinlak poison was to extract and refine.
Ah. Soon.
Thaedus is coming too?
He’s, like, a million years… old.
Never mind.
[Nolan] Listen to me.
However strong you think you are, Thragg is stronger.
Don’t let him draw you away from the group.
That also means you don’t try to take him on alone, Oliver.
I won’t.
We stick together.
That’s how we win this.
If anything happens, just remember I…
[quiet, emotional music playing]
Ah…
We know.
[groans]
[passionate kissing]
I am gonna be so bummed if I don’t survive this.
[clears throat]
Is everyone ready?
[sighs] Stick to the plan.
Sneak in past their sensors, then scour the planet as quickly as possible.
You all have coordinates for the regent’s most likely locations.
When you find him, call in everyone else.
Remember, Thragg’s death is the only thing that matters.
[inspirational, dramatic music playing]
What are you waiting for?
♪ ♪
Go save the galaxy already.
[Oliver] Whoa. Are those…
[Nolan] Yes.
After Emperor Argall’s assassination and the Purge, our empire expanded rapidly as we conquered planets in memory of the leader we lost.
But it wasn’t long before the scourge virus came and took almost all of us.
This was the most fitting tomb we could think of.
Every time we left our home, we’d be reminded of our weakness and failure.
[Thaedus] They will help conceal our approach.
[quiet, suspenseful music playing]
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[Mark] Uh… guys?
[dramatic music playing]
[Allen] Well, at least now we don’t need to waste a lot of time looking for him, right? Heh.
[Thaedus] This changes nothing.
[shouts]
[tense, dramatic music playing]
[Mark] They knew we were coming.
[Thaedus] It doesn’t matter. Kill Thragg!
[Battle Beast] Yes!
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[roars]
[grunting]
[Anissa] Traitor!
You dare return here–
[grunts]
[Zoe] This bug juice better work!
Huh?
Eat shit!
[Zoe] Okay, it works! It definitely works!
[Allen] Great! Shoot someone else!
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[Lucan] I should have killed you both on Thraxa!
[Kregg] The betrayer!
[groans]
[Thaedus] You were always weak, Kregg.
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[Mark] Oliver!
[coughs]
[Lucan] So disappointing.
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[Anissa] Your time on Earth has made you soft.
[Nolan] Don’t count on it.
[growls]
[shouts]
More!
More!
[Nolan] Allen! Get to Thaedus!
[Allen] What? Oh, shit. On my way!
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[rapid electronic beeping]
[grunts]
[Elix shouts]
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[screams]
[Kregg] Kill him before he fires again!
It’s not my gun you should be worried about.
[ragnars snarling]
[Thaedus] Now!
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[snarls]
[Zoe] Allen!
[screams]
[Allen] Save the darts!
[straining]
These things are doing just fine on their own.
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[Thaedus] Go!
[thunder rumbling]
[groans]
[gasps]
[groans]
[exhales sharply]
[thunder crashes]
[Thragg] It’s been too long, Nolan.
[quiet, ominous music playing]
What do you want, Thragg?
Simply to talk to an old friend.
Since when do we talk?
We’ve always talked.
Some simply chose not to listen.
Then talk.
Come home, Nolan.
Come home and all will be forgiven.
[thunder crashes]
We have no home.
This place is a tomb.
Viltrum is not a tomb!
Mm.
It is who we are.
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We will restore it to what it was, as we will restore our people to their rightful place in the galaxy.
There’s barely 40 of us left, Thragg.
Forty Viltrumites who know you better than you know yourself.
Who have fought beside you.
Who have suffered exactly the same way you have.
You’re not my family anymore.
But the man who almost caused our extinction is?
I know Thaedus created the scourge virus.
And yet, you fight beside him.
He committed genocide on his own people.
To stop us from committing it on others.
You know we only ever did what was necessary to preserve order.
Like coming after my sons?
We tested your sons, as we have all been tested.
Do you think Thaedus will be as kind to them if he wins this war?
Ah.
I see you’re not as naive as I feared.
[sinister music playing]
[grunting]
[straining]
[Lucan] Ridiculous creatures.
A distraction at best.
[Thaedus] That is what you think of every species but your own, Lucan.
You’ll soon learn better.
[groaning]
[gasping]
[mechanical discharge]
[Zoe] Hold on.
[suit A.I.] Repairing exterior object.
[gasps]
[panting]
Thank… thank you.
[Zoe] It’s all good. Just keep kicking ass.
[atmospheric music playing]
[Thragg] This room once echoed with thousands of voices.
All united with the knowledge that the universe belonged to Viltrum.
Argall showed us this.
Taught us our true power.
Thaedus…
Thaedus was a coward.
You know that, don’t you?
It doesn’t change anything.
Fighting for him is fighting for your own destruction.
Your family’s destruction.
I won’t let him hurt my family.
You already have.
It’s over, Thragg.
The entire galaxy is unified against us.
But it doesn’t have to end with our extinction.
Agree to terms and I will stop this, no matter what Thaedus wants.
Would our emperor ever agree to terms?
Look around, Thragg.
We lost.
Can’t you see why all this fell?
This is our home.
We will rebuild it.
[sighs]
No.
You won’t.
The death of any Viltrumite leaves a void in me.
Uh…
[shouts]
[exciting music playing]
[grunting]
[Oliver] Hey, dickhead!
A black hole called.
It wants its suck back!
[Thragg] You are not one of us.
[Mark] Oliver!
[dramatic music playing]
No!
[Thragg] The child was a failure.
He was no brother to you.
[Mark] I killed Conquest.
I’ll kill you, too.
[Thragg] Show me.
[exciting music playing]
[shouts]
[panting]
[Thragg] I’m not impressed.
[somber music playing]
[grunting]
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[Allen] Zoe!
Quick!
[suit A.I.] Ammunition depleted.
[Zoe] Oh, shit. I’m out.
[Zoe shouts]
[straining]
[Battle Beast] Kill me if you can, and die if you cannot, so I may find a better foe.
[Kregg] Animal.
[grunts]
[shouts]
[engine revs]
[Mark panting]
[gasps]
[Battle Beast] Finally!
[Thragg] No.
[Nolan] Everyone with me. Now.
[exciting, dramatic music playing]
[Nolan] Forget him. I need you.
[Mark] What are we doing?
[Nolan] Space Racer, out front.
[Zoe straining]
[Nolan] No! Stay with me.
[Mark] No.
No way. We can’t.
[Nolan] Mark. Trust me.
Space Racer.
Now!
[Thragg] No.
No!
[suspenseful music playing]
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[Nolan] Keep close.
Hold together!
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[grunts softly]
[shouts]
[Allen] Whoa.
[straining]
[screams]
[dramatic music playing]
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[exciting music playing]
[straining]
[screaming]
[low rumble]
[dramatic music playing]
[groaning]
[distant explosions]
[low rumble]
[dramatic music playing]
[screaming]
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[grunts]
[shouting]
[groans]
[Allen] Zoe!
[Zoe cries out]
[Allen grunts]
[somber music playing]
[Thaedus] It was the only way to show them the truth.
[Nolan] I know.
[Mark] Oliver. Where’s Oliver?
[suspenseful music playing]
[Thaedus] Viltrumites!
Your world is destroyed.
Surrender is your only option.
[Thragg] No!
I choose death!
[dark music playing]
Emperor Argall, you are avenged.
[gasps]
You are all next.
[shouts]
[straining]
[Allen] Thaedus. Oh, God.
[Mark] Allen.
Find Oliver.
Allen!
[Allen] Yeah. Yeah, o-okay.
[Thragg] I offered you forgiveness.
I offered you an honorable death.
Instead, you destroyed everything.
[shouts]
[Thragg] I was too quick with Thaedus.
I won’t make the same mistake with you.
[Allen] Okay. I understand you are all a little surprised and upset about what just happened.
Uh, Space Racer?
Space Racer!
[dramatic music playing]
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[Zoe] Allen!
[Allen] Zoe!
[Zoe] It’s okay,
I got him.
We have to go.
[Allen] We can’t leave Mark and Nolan.
And where’s Oliver?
We can’t help them.
[growls]
[screams]
[choking]
[dark music playing]
[shouts]
[Thragg] You could have been a Viltrumite…
…but you chose to be noth–
[Mark] How… how do we beat him?
[Nolan] Mark…
[shouts]
[gasps]
[somber music playing]
[Mark] Dad!
[Thragg] What a waste.
[dramatic music playing]
[straining]
[screams]
[somber music playing]
[Mark grunts]
[Kregg] Grand Regent, kill him.
They destroyed our home.
[Thragg] Silence.
We are too few already.
[eerie music playing]
[Kregg] What are your orders, Grand Regent?
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[somber music playing]
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[gasps]
[Allen] Hey.
Hey, buddy. Mark?
You awake?
You are.
Look at that. Welcome back.
[groans]
Allen. How long…
Couple weeks. It was touch and go for a while.
Tell you, you guys sure know how to stress a Unopan out.
[chuckles]
[grunting softly]
Where’s Oliver? Where’s my dad?
[Mark groans softly]
[somber music playing]
Dad.
[grunts softly]
You’re alive.
Woke up yesterday.
Oliver.
He’ll be okay.
He just needs time to heal.
What happened to Thragg and the others?
[Nolan] What’s the last thing you remember?
[Mark] Thragg had me.
You were… I-I thought you were dead.
Why’d he let us live?
[Allen] Good question.
But we’ve got a bigger one.
What? Where are they?
That is the thing.
As all of you know…
[clears throat]
Um, as all of you know, Thaedus is dead.
So the council asked someone to lead until there’s time to appoint his replacement.
And, well, believe it or not, it’s this guy.
They mostly want me to deal with one small problem.
The remaining Viltrumites.
Yep. General Telia?
We have ships searching sector by sector, but so far, they’ve just disappeared.
It’s freaking everyone out.
[Allen] I mean, the hiding is a good sign, right?
It’s not generally what Viltrumites like to, uh…
Uh, Mark? What’s up?
They’ve gone to Earth.
[dramatic music playing]
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