Loki Episode Two: New Answers, New Questions
A Solid Follow-up! Let's Review What Just Happened
Heyyy episode three is coming out tomorrow! Time for a last-minute Loki review!
This episode was a give-and-take for me. We didn’t get the same powerhouse emotional moments Episode One gave us, but we did get a massive leap forward in terms of story development; to the extent that people are saying the whole MCU could be affected. There’s only a few hours before Episode Three, and there’s a lot of ground to cover; so let’s jump right into the recap! Spoilers ahead.
No seriously. Watch the episode first, then come back and read this. I’m GOING to spoil plot points!
The episode starts with agents of the TVA handling a case at a renaissance fair in the Eighties. I’ll explain why this setting is brilliant a little later on. Just trust that while it seems like a random way to start the episode, it’s very much not.
Led by a commander called C-20, the squad tracks the rogue variant (our Big Bad for the series) into a jousting tent. From there, pandemonium IMMEDIATELY kicks off, as C-20 is mind-controlled by the variant (to the tune of I Need a Hero by Blondie) and takes out her own agents before being knocked out, abducted, and dragged through a portal.
Couple things:
Nice use of mind control! I’m assuming that’s a callback to Loki’s controlling of Hawkeye, Selvig, and the SHIELD agents in the first Avengers film. This was a very clever way of demonstrating that, while Loki needed his staff and the mind stone to take control, this variant can do the same thing just…whenever they want. No stone, no staff, just a wave of the fingers and boom! Your mind is theirs! This variant is more powerful, and clearly more ruthless, than the Loki we know.
Every fight scene needs a funky soundtrack now. It’s the law. No more boring instrumentals.
Okay, the reason the renaissance fair is a brilliant setting: the variant, dressed as they are, would blend in almost perfectly! EVERYONE looks weird at a renaissance fair! Nobody would look twice at a person walking around in flowing robes and a horned headpiece! The TVA, as illustrated, are the ones that would stand out because they’re dressed, more or less, like average SWAT or law enforcement members. They’re immediately at the disadvantage!
Moving on: after some hijinx, during which Loki and Miss Minutes the animated clock get acquainted, it’s time for Loki’s first venture into the field with Mobius! As expected, because Loki can’t help but be himself, things go sideways.
Loki CLAIMS that he only interfered in order to show Mobius what to look out for in terms of the variant’s behavior. Whoever they are, they’re going to stall for time. You can look at this two ways: either Loki genuinely acted up during the mission to help, or he had every intention of sabotaging the TVA for the sake of spreading chaos. In that case, there are no right answers. He has no loyalty to the TVA…yet.
Mobius talks to Ravonna Renslayer, it’s heavily implied that they have a relationship beyond the professional, which…I’m not gonna lie, I hope that’s not explored too much. You may disagree, it’s just not what I’m watching this series for. The scene is short, and we launch back into the good stuff, namely Loki actually starting to try and help rather than goofing off, moping, or trying to escape. The rest of the episode, aside from the end (we’ll get there), is surprisingly moving.
Mobius, upon getting frustrated with Loki and calling him a frightened little boy, gives him the sort of task one would give a child to keep them out of the way: go through a huge stack of files page by page, find something useful, and don’t come back until the task is done.
Loki, bless him, does try to follow directions, gets bored, and starts to deviate. This deviation leads to him discovering that Ragnarok destroyed Asgard (remember, this Loki wasn’t in Thor 3. This is the first he’s hearing about the loss of his home and the decimation of his people). In an act of maturity (and more hauntingly subtle acting from Tom Hiddleston), Loki takes a moment to shed a tear, then makes the connection that this apocalypse would provide a perfect hiding place for the variant. In fact, ANY apocalypse would. If there won’t be a timeline to ruin, the variant could do whatever they want during an event like Ragnarok and never leave a trace!
You can’t change what comes next if what comes next is nothing.
I’m gonna skip ahead to the end, so spoilers. Seriously, no joke, spoilers. Don’t read past this part and then complained that I ruined the twist!!
Okay.
So Loki and the TVA determine which apocalyptic event the variant will be hiding in and go to intercept them. After some fighting, scheming, the discovery of a newly-mad C-20, and Loki realizing how annoying it is to talk to himself, the variant finally reveals themself to be…a woman.
Ladies and gentlemen, unless I’m wrong, welcome Lady Loki to the MCU!
Oh, and that’s not all!
She’s collected stolen TVA equipment and rigged a little bomb. To do what, you may ask? Oh…just destroy the Sacred Timeline and created a multiverse!
Ladies and gentlemen!! Welcome to the Multiverse of Madness!!!
So what does this mean for the MCU? In the short term, I speculate that it confirms we’ll be getting the Spiderverse in the next Spiderman movie. Three Peter Parkers for the price of one is never a bad thing, and I’ve missed Tobey Maguire. In the long term? Be on the lookout for Kang, Adam Warlock, a few more sorcerers supreme, and a certain eater of planets.
Overall thoughts on the episode: solid! It’s worth the watch for those two huge reveals. I like the direction this series is going! I can’t wait to see what episode three brings!
See you all in a few hours! Take care!
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Michaela Calabrese
Hello! My name is Michaela Calabrese. I've had a passion for writing since I was little; from research-heavy articles with citations galore to lighter introspections about abstract concepts (and some nerdier posts about my favorite fandoms)
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