Didn’t love it. Didn’t hate it. Didn’t need it to change the MCU forever. Glad it didn’t.
I'm kind of in this camp as well. I didn't love it, but I didn't hate it either. It was...alright.
Regarding President Ritson - didn't anyone tell him/show him that he was SAVED by a Skrull? Sure, one of his closest advisors happened to be a Skrull the whole time, but by him making the declaration to kill all Skrull, regardless of their alignment, feels like a kick in the balls to Talos and his sacrifice. I feel like he died for nothing. If Ritson had addressed the Skrull issue by saying one saved his life, but another tried to use him, he could've made it clear that not all Skrulls are bad, and that folks shouldn't be hunting them down, but he instead gave the public free reign to hunt them indiscriminately, thus killing innocent people suspected of being Skrulls. It just left a sour taste in my mouth.
Regarding Fury - I liked his "ending" with Varra, but how much do you want to be she doesn't show up in The Marvels? "Oh, she finished helping me before the events of this film began" he'll say, so she doesn't get to show up in the film. Whatever. I knew he'd survive anyway, but did anything really impact him that much over the course of the series? He dealt with Gravik, but he didn't seem too affected by it at the end. No remorse for misleading the Skrulls, no regret for getting Talos killed, nothing. Maybe he's just compartmentalizing his emotions as any spy would.
Regarding G'iah - Sooooo...we have the superest of Super Skrulls just roaming the world now, and no one knows but Sonya Falsworth? I wonder how long that relationship will last considering G'iah is now probably the most powerful being on Earth (a fact that probably won't ever get addressed ever again, unless there's a second season of SI, which I doubt). Her fight Gravik was...OK. Maybe I was just distracted or uninterested, but it didn't feel like her fight had any emotional weight or gravity to it. It felt a lot like many other "final episode CGI-fest battles" that we've had with the other D+ MCU shows. It was a fun display of powers but it happened all too fast for my tastes.
I had high hopes for this series, but it continues to fall in line with much of the Phase 4 and 5 projects so far that have fallen under lowered expectations. Secret Invasion had good moments, some great ones even, between characters when they had their quieter, conversational moments, but the action and plot felt like stepping stones to get Fury and others from one place to the other.
Let's hope Loki Season 2 proves to be a better bet this year.
-Marc.