Written by Charlie Thomas
As somebody who loved the first season of Loki, I was a bit scared for what they would do with the next season, considering the slow downfall of the quality and writing of Marvel Television Shows and Films. I did watch the second series of Loki, and I couldn't of been more wrong. If you don't want spoilers go to the last paragraph.
The second series (like the last) starts and ends, with two of the best episodes of the season. We pick up moments after the ending of the first season, where we thought that one Kang the Conqueror variant had removed everybody's memories again, and taken control of the TVA, but instead Loki was just in the past.
We get introduced to a new method of Time Travel- Time slipping, where Loki can warp between different points on the timeline. It is a a bit confusing, now we have three + methods of time travel in the MCU, but I do like this gimmick, and it is explained later in the series.
Whoever casted Ke Huy Quan as Ouroboros for this show, deserves a raise. Throughout every episode, I enjoyed his character, and I thought he was just going to appear in this first episode. The episode ends with Loki being sent into the future, seeing Sylvie, and being pruned by a mysterious figure, freeing him from his time slipping.
In the next few episodes leading up to the mid-season finale, we go through different time periods, for example, we visit 1970's England, 1980's Boston and 1890's Chicago. This usually has a unique character tied to it, ex TVA member Brad, stays a a movie star, Sylvie works at a McDonalds, and in the third episode we meet a variant of Kang: Victor Timely.
Miss Minutes and Ravonna needs Victor Timely, to reset He Who Remains plan, and make him be the variant of Kang who remains. On the other hand, Loki and the TVA needs Victors temporal aura to open the lockdown gates, so they can stretch the rings, so the amount of temporal energy doesn't increase. I often criticise moments in TV shows like this, as they use multiple macguffins, that power others, and they need one each episode, and it is mostly filler. But the way Marvel does this, with the Infinity Stones and this, I don't mind.
Loki rushes around the TVA, and sees his younger self, and prunes him. This is the perfect end of the loop from the first episode. It turns out, the temporal energy was two strong and Victor Timely shrivels into strands. The temporal loom then explodes and there is a black hole, leaving episode four on a cliffhanger. Episode 5 is almost 100% filler, as you could pretty much skip this episode and it would sort of make sense. In this episode, Loki assembles the TVA, or what there lives on the timeline were. We see Mobius has two sons, Casey, is a criminal, that existed in are history escaping Albatros Prison.
By the end of this episode, Loki learns how to control his time slipping, but he is too late again, as the entire reality crumbles. Into Episode Six, Loki has to keep time slipping back to Victor Timely disintegration, trying to get the ring wider right. It is implied he does this for hundreds of years. When he finally gets this right, he is wrong. The rings are not wide enough. Even if they made them bigger, the time line would keep expanding.
He then time slips back to when he was in He Who Remains offie, and asks him how to reset the timeline, how to ensure everyone survives after a conversation that I think shows seriousness, as previously I thought Jonathan Majors acting was a bit silly and over the top in his previous MCU roles. Loki decides he knows how to reset the timeline.
He time slips back to where Victor Timely is about to become strands, and walks into the temporal loom, using his powers to destroy the time line, then reforges it in his own image. Loki has become He Who Remains- The Loki who Won- Avenger Prime. He has come full circle form being a villain, fighting the Avengers in Episode One, to a hero and becoming an avenger in Episode 12. I will make more posts explaining the mysteries of this season, so stay tuned.
Is Loki 2 worth the Watch? 100%. Although a bit filler sometimes, the visuals and storytelling are amazing. 9/10 for the season.
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