8.459 minSeason 2 • Episode 6
LatestLoki learns the true nature of 'glorious purpose' as he rectifies the past.
After stealing the Tesseract during the events of “Avengers: Endgame,” an alternate version of Loki is brought to the mysterious Time Variance Authority, a bureaucratic organization that exists outside of time and space and monitors the timeline. They give Loki a choice: face being erased from existence due to being a “time variant” or help fix the timeline and stop a greater threat.
Acting
Hiddleston and Wilson's odd-couple chemistry is *chefs kiss*.
Production
TVA's brutalist retro-futurism deserves its own spinoff.
Writing
Finally lets Loki be messy, queer-coded, and complicated.
Creator
Michael Waldron
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
The TVA's endless hallway was inspired by 1960s Brutalist architecture and Stanley Kubrick's administrative nightmares.
Season 2's release coincided with the MCU's 'multiverse fatigue' discourse, yet Loki's character study approach earned rare critical redemption.
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Wanda: Messing with reality Loki: Messing with time Strange: Their clean up guy
@purevessel4506 2045
Marvel after making us see Loki die three times 'i'd never do it again!
@luxivrr3179 2455
"Luckily he believes in himself enough for the both of us." That's so Loki of him.
@CosmicLeche 1561
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