Invasion Season 3 Episode 4 Release Date: The Mission - What to Expect

Invasion Season 3 Episode 4 Release Date

The next episode of Invasion Season 3, titled "The Mission," is coming out on September 11, 2025, at 6 pm PT—right when many West Coasters are finishing dinner (or still stuck in traffic, if their commute is anything like mine). It’s a Thursday, which is probably a strategic Apple TV+ move: just far enough from the weekend to lure in folks seeking a midweek sci-fi escape, but close enough to generate buzz all Friday. Now, if you’re in a different time zone and perpetually confused about when “Thursday 6 pm PT” really means for your screen, you’re not alone. I’ve definitely set reminder after reminder, only to find myself staring at a locked streaming app, muttering about “UTC offsets.” Apple TV+ keeps it simple, though—I’ll give them credit for that.

Is “The Mission” Worth the Wait? Here’s What to Expect

In one word: absolutely—especially if you’re itching for a bigger, faster sci-fi story now that the season is picking up speed. “The Mission” promises exactly what the title hints: a focused, high-stakes operation. Last week left viewers perched on a cliff—Trevante and Jamila’s Boise arrival rattled Aneesha’s desperately earned peace, while Mitsuki and Nikhil were hit hard by both a psychic warning and proof that the aliens aren’t just coming back—they’re mutating.

Personally, I love when these shows aren’t afraid to get weird with psychic warnings and glowy tentacled things. Reminds me of when I watched The X-Files with the lights off and looked over my shoulder for a week. This episode should pick up those threads and yank, as everyone is thrown together, forced to either work as a team or completely implode under the pressure—a sadly relatable situation if you’ve ever survived a group project.

If I had to guess, “The Mission” is going to have both action and emotional fallout: damaged trust, messy alliances, and probably a healthy dose of existential dread. (Cheers!)

Recapping Episode 3: Where We Left Off

Last episode, “Infinitas,” really pushed all the characters back onto the board—whether they liked it or not. Aneesha’s short-lived safety (and the domestic almost-bliss with Clark, Ryder, Luke, and Sarah) was kicked to the curb when new threats emerged. Luke, bless him, can’t shake those nightmarish dreams—turns out his strange link to the alien frequency isn’t fading. I once tried to ignore recurring nightmares by sleeping with my headphones on (Spotify’s “Cozy Rain Mix” is great, by the way), but Luke’s situation is a little beyond white noise machines.

Meanwhile, grown-ups were not having an easier time: Trevante’s grief and guilt kept him at arm’s length from Jamila, creating more cracks in what used to be a solid support team. And of course, the shadowy group “Infinitas” finally stepped from theory to reality, bringing government interference and an ominous sense of surveillance with them.

But the biggest gut-punch? Mitsuki and Nikhil, in a WDC facility above the mysterious Atlantic portal, got walloped with a mind-breaking screech (aliens do not play fair) and witnessed a tentacled monstrosity breaking out. The psychic warning, “They are coming,” is not the sort of message you ignore.

Seven More Episodes This Season: What’s the Bigger Picture?

There’s good news: ten episodes in total, with seven left after this week’s drop. That leaves plenty of runway for the series to juggle all its threads—alien evolution, secret societies, and human connections that are always on the verge of snapping. If previous seasons are any clue, the mid-season pivot is usually where the action explodes—think portals flickering to life, cities scrambling for containment, and moral dilemmas thick enough to cut with a butter knife.

It’s not hard to imagine viewers shouting at their screens: “Don’t go through that portal!”—and then rewinding when someone inevitably does. (I once lost a whole Saturday to rewatching a single chase scene after one of these sci-fi cliffhangers. No regrets.)

“The Mission”: What’s At Stake for the Characters?

Taking a look at what’s coming, Mitsuki’s dangerous mental link is in the spotlight, with Nikhil questioning what humanity has to lose—or maybe gain—from the aliens’ signal. Technology will glitch, security will fail, and time will tick down. It’s the kind of chaos that could split the team or finally get them to act as one.

• Infinitas and WDC: Both organizations lock horns. Expect raids, cover-ups, and plenty of finger-pointing.
• Trevante’s visions: The poor man can’t catch a break. Memory gaps and alien hauntings suggest there’s more linking him to the invaders than he wants to admit.
• Aneesha’s family: They’re not out of the woods. Luke’s strange frequency-sensing ability is a double-edged sword—will it save them or put an even bigger target on their backs?

Sometimes, watching these families try to find safety, I flash back to my own parents’ epic, snack-laden road trips. Only difference—aliens add a lot more tension than running out of peanut butter crackers.