Every Marvel TV show on Disney+, ranked from worst to best (including Echo)
From Loki to WandaVision to Echo and beyond, we rank every TV show (and special) Marvel Studios has yet released on Disney+.
By Ariba Bhuvad
2021 was quite the year for Marvel TV. Disney+ gave us a total of five shows set in the Marvel Cinematic Universe: we got WandaVision, The Falcon and the Winter Soldier, Loki, What If…? and Hawkeye, each of which gave more depth to characters we love. In 2022, we a stellar performance from Oscar Isaac in Moon Knight, a thrilling debut from Iman Vellani as Kamala Khan in Ms. Marvel, and the MCU’s take on a sitcom in She-Hulk. And 2023 has kept things rolling with Secret Invasion and now a second season of Loki.
Personally, I feel the decision to expand the MCU to television was a genius idea. In fact, I’d argue that in some ways the shows have been better than the movies because they are able to go more in depth.
With that in mind, we thought we’d look back at all of Marvel Disney+ shows we’ve gotten so far and rank them from worst to best. Bear in mind that being “the worst” doesn’t mean the show was a disaster, because Marvel rarely puts out anything bad. It simply means that it did not match the level of hype and excitement as the other series.
Now, without further adieu, let’s get ranking. SPOILERS ahead!
12. Secret Invasion
Remember when we said that Marvel rarely puts out anything bad a second ago? Well, there are exceptions, or at least series that come very close to being exceptions. Secret Invasion, which follows Nick Fury (Samuel L. Jackson) as he tries to stop an alien conspiracy to take over the Earth, is one of them.
Secret Invasion is competently put together. It gets us from point A to point B alright. But it feels awfully small for the room. Skrull aliens are supplanting the most powerful human leaders; that’s a big deal! But most of the resistance boils down to Nick Fury and Talos (Ben Mendelsohn) chatting, driving in cars and breaking into people’s houses. Why aren’t people more upset about this?
New characters like Gravik and G’iah fail to make much of an impression, despite noble efforts from actors Kingsley Ben-Adir and Emilia Clarke. The low point of the season comes when these two have a super-powered clash that suffers from some seriously underwhelming special effects.
It’s not all bad. Charlayne Woodard is excellent as Priscilla Davis, aka Varra, Nick Fury’s wife. (!) The two of them have some tender, tense scenes together. Olivia Colman also has a blast as British spymaster Sonya Falsworth. But mostly, we’re willing to look past Secret Invasion in favor of better shows like… – Dan Selcke