The first episode of Secret Invasion<\/a> has arrived on Disney Plus<\/a> and it certainly packs some bombshell reveals, one of which has left fans scratching their heads.<\/p>\n The episode opens with former CIA agent Everett Ross (Martin Freeman) working with Maria Hill (Cobie Smulders) on a covert operation in Russia.<\/p>\n He encounters Agent Prescod (Richard Dormer), who seems utterly paranoid that a Skrull invasion of Earth is happening right under their noses, with Ross promising to alert an absent Nick Fury (Samuel L Jackson) about this concern.<\/p>\n Then all hell breaks loose! Ross narrowly escapes strangulation at the hands of Prescod, before suffering a fatal fall from a high-storey building after being chased through Moscow by a gang of Skrulls.<\/p>\n Then, the reveal: Ross himself was a Skrull and the individuals chasing him were in fact allies of Talos (Ben Mendelsohn) \u2013 a longtime friend to Nick Fury and humanity as a whole.<\/p>\n All this raises more questions than answers. Let\u2019s discuss.<\/p>\n The first thing that fans will be wondering after Secret Invasion\u2019s opening scene is whether Everett Ross is canonically dead in the Marvel Cinematic Universe<\/a> moving forward. The answer, most likely, is no<\/strong>.<\/p>\n As we see later in the episode, in order for Skrulls to perfectly replicate their human targets, they have to keep them alive in stasis pods.<\/p>\n Therefore, while Ross\u2019s imposter has bitten the dust, the real spy is probably still alive in Gravik\u2019s hideout for the time being \u2013 although Skrull custody is hardly a safe place to be.<\/p>\n Here\u2019s hoping he can be rescued soon.<\/p> A more pressing mystery that emerged from Secret Invasion episode 1 is the question of how long Everett Ross has been a Skrull for.<\/p>\n Given that the aliens arrived on Earth in the 1990s (as seen in Captain Marvel), he could theoretically have been a Skrull for as long as we\u2019ve known him \u2013 the character debuted in 2016\u2019s Captain America: Civil War.<\/p>\n However, it\u2019s more likely that the agent was swapped out recently, as his previous appearance in Black Panther: Wakanda Forever<\/a> spent considerable time building out his personal life.<\/p>\n Specifically, the film explored his strained relationship with ex-wife Valentina Allegra de la Fontaine<\/a> (Julia Louis-Dreyfus), with the two characters having strong comedic chemistry.<\/p>\n It would be a shame to introduce that element and then tear it away by revealing that Ross has always been a Skrull \u2013 a development which would fundamentally alter the dynamic of any future meetings with Valentina.<\/p>\n Therefore, it seems likely that Ross was replaced sometime after his most recent adventure with the Wakandans, which perhaps will be clarified in later episodes of Secret Invasion.<\/p>\n Secret Invasion is available to stream on Disney Plus. 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