Loki‘s second to last episode was surprisingly good. I’ll give credit when credit is due, this episode is really good and really well done. I haven’t been a huge fan of the series but I have been a huge fan of Loki. Especially since yesterday July 18, 2021 Marvel released its new trailer for What If…, A series where it goes through different variations of different time frames in the MCU like if Black Panther was abducted by the revengers and became Star Lord. This episode of low-key felt like an in Cannon universe of What If… as What If… isn’t really cannon. If you are a deep dive or in the MCU you would understand some of the references made in this episode. Like Yellow Jackets discarded head in the middle of a wasteland from the first Ant-man movie.
All in all of this was a good episode. It drove the story of what they are trying to attempt with Loki and the time variance authority. I personally do not like Sylvie, but in this episode she grew on me, just a little bit, just enough so she’s not annoying. Which to me is good character growth. I don’t like the idea that Loki falls in love with himself, or herself, or what ever. This series didn’t really need a romantic involvement. The idea of the series was it was recording the MCU from day one. In the first episode it shows that the infinity stones were meaningless, that the Tesseract was meaningless, that anything that happened in the MCU really was meaningless. In this episode they go to the edge of time trying to find answers and like most TV shows your left on a cliffhanger and have to wait until next week to understand and get all the information you want. I strongly believe this episode builds upon the idea of the third Ant Man and the Wasp movie which is sad to have king the conqueror as it made villain. I do not believe king will be in Loki but I do believe he will have some tied to something in the show. All in all this was a good episode, I read it seven out of 10
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