This article contains spoilers for Secret Invasion episode 3
A lot went down in Secret Invasion episode three. The Skrulls very nearly began a nuclear war, some unexpected characters bit the dust, Extremis from Iron Man 3 made a comeback, and in a bombshell reveal it appears that Don Cheadle’s James Rhodes has been replaced by a Skrull imposter.
But let’s get into what really matters about this episode. Breakfast, the most important meal of the day, appeared twice in episode three. First up, we saw Fury and his Skrull wife Varra beginning their day, with Fury serving up toasted white bread, poached eggs, fried tomatoes and what may (or may not be) baked beans.
These are pretty much the components of a classic British fry-up, though you’d probably want to add some bacon to cement it as the real deal. Fury seems fairly pleased with his culinary efforts, though the ensuring domestic argument ultimately leaves both plates untouched.
Fury’s day then takes him out to a pub to meet up with Talos, who’s enjoying his own breakfast at the bar. Aside from some unfortunately burnt toast, this is a superior breakfast to what Fury served, consisting of fried eggs, bacon, mushrooms, and tomatoes. But Fury, in what’s perhaps his most hypocritical move to date (and right up there with breaking his promise to find the Skrulls a new home) dubs this fine fry-up a “plate of dog food”.
So what are we to make of this? Well, Brits take their fried breakfasts incredibly seriously so by referring to this perfectly decent-looking grub as “dog food” he’ll have offended a nation. His only defense may be that he was simply screwing with Talos to get the upper hand. Or, perhaps he’s simply annoyed he didn’t get to eat his own breakfast back at home? We’ll be sure to quiz Kevin Feige on this the next time we cross paths.
Whichever way you cut it this breakfast-based duplicity is a stain on Fury’s character. Suddenly we can very keenly empathize with Gravik and his rebel Skrulls when it comes to Nick Fury.