That was it? You ramped up all this action and battle in episodes 4 & 5 then finish off with a comedy talk show about the end of the world. What a letdown.
You don’t have to wait for the after credits it just says Loki will return in season 2
[7.4/10] Blaise Pascal came up with a philosophical concept known as “Pascal’s Wager.” It’s an argument to believe in God. Pascal maintained that if you believe in God, and He turns out not to exist, you’ve lost nothing, or comparatively little. If He turns out to be real, you gain the infinite rewards of Heaven. Whereas if you don’t believe, and God is real, you risk the infinite pain of Hell, the chance of which would outweigh any meager reward disbelief might grant you on this mortal coil.
Now there’s four centuries’ worth of counterarguments to this famous wager, so if you’ll pardon the expression, don’t take it as gospel. But it seems like the same argument He Who Remains makes to Loki and Sylvie: believe me and gain the power and glory you’ve always wanted, or don’t and face a terrible calamity. Our heroes (or anti-heroes) have to weigh that proposition, whether two beings innately prone to betrayal and mistrust should take this odd man’s pronouncements at face value, or instead assume he’s lying and risk multiversal catastrophe to bring free will back to the masses.
I don’t know what I would choose. There’s been enough lies and, frankly, weird shit in the last six episodes that I’d be ready to believe both that this mysterious, calm-but-deranged figure’s tale of inter-dimensional battle quelled into harmony and that he’s yet another huckster trying to preserve the status quo because it suits him and because agitators like our protagonist soon become flies in his ointment.
It’s enough to divide the Lokis. Sylvie is ready to kill him, tired of other people controlling her destiny, willing to believe that her counterpart has succumbed to the lures of glory and a throne. Loki is ready to buy his story, willing to leave a system he’s risked everything to overthrow in place and offer his trust to someone for a simple reason -- because he wants to keep this woman he loves safe. Do you unravel a lie that keeps the world stable and relatively peaceful, or do you slay the liar, discard his stories, and let the chips fall where they may?
The announcement of future films with subtitles like “Multiverse of Madness” and “Quantumania” tips the MCU’s hand here. But the ultimate choice, the debate, and the willingness to sacrifice oneself rather than betray another, have meaning despite that. The finale of Loki’s first season is essentially one big conversation with God, the Devil, or maybe just the showrunner personified in their own work, and it’s a compelling conversation.
It should be said, after fireworks-filled swan songs for the likes of WandaVision and The Falcon and the Winter Soldier, it’s nice to have a season finale to an MCU show that is, outside of little swordplay, all talk. The rollicking action came last week, giving us a climactic and cinematic battle which cleared the decks for the major characters to mainly consider their actions here, and listen to the pitch, rather than blow things up before reflecting on them.
Perhaps that’s more possible since, as our mid-credits surprise indicates, Loki is the first MCU show to announce a second season. This is, then, a major mile marker along the series’s journey, not the end of it. More ground to cover gives the show room to hinge its finale on a choice and a discussion, rather than on fist-fights and explosions.
That discussion is led by Kang (Can we call him Kang? They don’t call him Kang, but it’s definitely Kang), a scientist and conqueror who spins the tale of forging multiversal peace from his own warring variants. I don’t know quite what to make of the character’s debut. Jonathan Majors (of Lovecraft Country fame) makes big choices as an actor, which I’m always inclined to admire, but there’s something off about him here.
Then again, maybe that works. Taken generously, this variant of Kang has “lived a million lifetimes.” He’s tired. He’s at peace with either two gods of mischief running the show or the throes of inter-dimensional combat beginning anew. He should be weird! Too often these godlike beings fall into the same tropes of stentorian-voiced automatons (something the Time Keepers’ presence low-key spoofs).
It’s refreshing, in its way, to have the man behind the curtain turn out to be some unpinnable weirdo, sitting in a big empty castle, shuffling papers and reacting with awkward bemusement to each new development. I’ll confess to having trouble connecting to the performance in the moment -- a little too much “Jesse Eisenberg as Lex Luthor” quirkiness for my tastes -- but the acting choices align with the strangeness of the character, and the more I think about that, the more I can appreciate it.
We also see confrontations and teases from the rest of the cast. Hunter B-15 is spreading the word to her comrades, using proof in front of their faces that Renslayer is a variant, and by extension, so’s everyone at the TVA. It’s a smart, succinct way to show the fire spreading.
Better yet is the confrontation between Mobius and Renslayer. Just as Sylvie and Loki take differing approaches to the choice laid out in front of them, so do their TVA counterparts when deciding what to do with the knowledge that the TIme Keepers were a lie. Mobius announced last week that he was ready to burn it all down. But Renslayer stays firm, reasoning that even if there’s more to the story than they thought, there must be a reason for how things are, a justification to maintain the status quo, even if it’s not the one they thought.
It speaks to the essential question Loki has been asking from the beginning. What do you do when what you thought was your purpose is taken away from you, when the person you thought you were is upended? Renslayer clings to the wreckage, hoping the tides will push her where she needs to be. Mobius aims to bring the truth to the people, to stop what he once supported, as the best way forward. Sylvie breaks in the same direction, championing free will and a life unbound to a dictator, benevolent or not, no matter what transdimensional boogiemen he conjures up in warning.
And Loki too finds his purpose -- to save himself, only for once, that means saving someone else. There’s a meta quality to Loki’s season finale, with plenty of comments on this all being a game, or an effort to rewrite the story. You can even read it as a commentary on Marvel Studios’ quality control, maintaining this cinematic universe with consistency so that dozens of hours of entertainment can feel reasonably cohesive and connected. In a post-Endgame world, with gutsier and more out there concepts at play, this could be the MCU’s declaration that things are about to get wilder and woolier.
But for Loki, who tries to stave off that all-but inevitable unraveling of the multiverse, it’s about holding onto something, a bond to someone outside of himself that’s worth holding the rest of existence in thrall for, if it means keeping her near. Since his abduction and deconstruction by the TVA, Loki has found his new glorious purpose, and it’s Sylvie. Whatever infinite pleasures and punishments this would-be god presents to him, they can’t outweigh the presence of this person who changed his life. He bets on her. Let’s hope he doesn’t lose anyway.
Marvel Trolls 2 months ago: "Why does it always end in a big dramatic fight? So formulatic unhhhh..."
Marvel Trolls today: "unhhhhhhh so boring so much talking no fight geez this is so boring. Multiple timelines soooo stupid."
But mark my words, you'll see all of them still posting about every show and movie for the next few decades.
god damn, The growth of Loki throughout this series has been an amazing thing to watch. Well done writers
We're in the Endgame Multiverse now.
All those great audio clips from Marvel movies and from history… and they just had to add Greta Thunberg.. why?
MULTIVERSE :clap: OF :clap: MADNESS :clap: I :clap: AM :clap: HYPE :clap: AS :clap: FUCK :clap:
Superb finale. Majors Immortus (not Kang (yet)) was spot on for me, the guy is clearly quite nuts; as you would be if you'd been living alone at the end of time for eternity.
Am stoked for season 2. These Marvel shows have all been great so far but I think Loki has been my favourite overall.
It was inevitable with the way the show progressed that there would need to be a giant exposition dump at some point. Kind of bad that it ended up being 90% of the last episode. I don't think it was done very well at all. It wasn't the actor's fault that his introduction was giving an exposition dump, but I don't think he performed it well.
Wow. Loki, it's in final episode of the season, completely upends the entire MCU in a way that it's not only relevant but also genuinely shocking and inspired. It's also a fitting ending to the story arc of the season, one based around the ideas of free will, agency, determinism, and identity - so it makes the main culprit of the TVA ends up being a man whose very fear of the free will of his own variants is what drives the acts of the show. Jonathan Majors steals the show here as "He Who Remains", though comics fans will know him more as the legendary Kang the Conqueror, who is clearly being set up as the next big bad of the MCU post-Thanos, and if his range and performances going forward are as good as here I can't wait.
The rest of the episode is equally as fantastic as well. Sylvie's arc comes to a clever and satisfying wrap up with tantalizing implications for the next season, Renslayer is being setup as a major player going forward, and the ending itself being an absolute killer cliffhanger. Top tier stuff from a top tier show.
Compared to other two Marvel shows (WandaVision and Falcon and The Wintersoldier) Loki is purely superb!
This is everything I wanted. I thought it was him but I didn’t think they’d Debut such a massive character in one of the TV shows but the show is about time travel so Of course it’s him! Wow!
The best MCU show not named 'Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.', the finale wasn't perfect from a narrative standpoint but it's easily the most satisfying ending we could have gotten. Proves the Mephisto problem right, while bringing in a villain behind the curtain in the final episode does respect the fans, it was dissappinting to see Loki reduced to a passenger in the final episode of his titular show. Atleast 'Loki' had the writing behind it not to abandon his character arc in the final episode unlike in 'Wandavision' (zero consequences) or 'FalconATWS' (rushed). Majors is incredible as the variant and the ending was an excellent reveal. Very excited for Season 2 and Majors to show up in future films!
KANG THE GODDAMN CONQUEROR.
Who is Thanos?
The conclusion of this episode was seriously up in the air for almost the entire 30 to 40 mins. I seriously didn't know how it was gonna end. There were some surprises along the way, like, I wasn't expecting Kang the Conquerer to play 'He Who Remains', so that was pretty neat but apart from all the mystery within this episode, the ending left me with my mouth open and also made me slightly annoyed as it left it with such a serious cliffhanger of an ending
The mid-credits part letting us know there is a 2nd season saved it for me, I felt relief when I read that
Forget Thanos, forget the battle of New York, forget Wanda's different reality, forget the Civil war, forget the Ant man's Quantum world...... These Loki(s) made it to the freakin' End of Time!
Another disappointing MCU season finale. Even though there wasn't the mandatory big fight, it was mostly an exposition dump and more multiple timelines mumbo jumbo.
What a bad script... It's just lazy writing! Loki and Sylvie sit down and ask, not the questions that the characters would do, but specific questions so that the public understands everything right. And the bad acting, from the entire cast (except Wunmi Mosaku, in my opinion)... What an uncomfortable episode.
About the surprise, I love Jonathan Majors , but here he feels unnatural, exaggerated. I'm sure he will improve with time, 'cause his acting is usually top-notch and Marvel often recognizes its mistakes. Sadly, this entire episode and the choices made for the closure were a mistake. There were so many ways to go, but this feels just rushed.
Wow a boring end to an overall weak show. Sylvie was the highlight of the whole thing has always.
Feel like I've just wasted my time watching the culmination be an over the top, hammy character that doesn't belong on modern TV. Really irritating.
I don’t get all the hate for this show. I thought it was great. I’m not surprised at all that Loki is so full of himself that the only one he could fall for his a variant of himself. Brilliant! this is also a great setup for the MCU and possibly more? Love it!
What an utter waste of a fantastic character.
I enjoyed the finale a lot, even if on paper it shouldn't have worked: an episode where about half of it is listening to a monologue setting up backstory of and updated MCU status quo from a new character/villain going forward.
But man, Jonathan Majors. I liked him well enough in recent prominent turns from two films (The Last Black Man in San Francisco and Da 5 Bloods) and one series (Lovecraft Country), but now it's clear that his real talent lies outsides of those film's straight (often leading) man roles, and in being a colorful character actor instead. He totally makes that long stretch work with his restless scenery-chewing and offbeat charisma.
Great casting, because with the wrong actor I would have found this finale too much a dry exposition-fest setting up both next season and MCU's new phase, even if the episode contains some of the season's most striking imagery (in a series full of them) and a brilliant last scene. Also very much enjoyed Hiddleston having fun with this signature role throughout.
I was so relieved to see there'll be a season two!
Marvel couldn't really make sense of it everything. Loki started promising but at the end it might be the worst of these new series by far. Of course, they have to use this for their "bigger purpouse".
I guess it just isn't my thing, and if it yours, great. But I'm just saddened to think this could really inspire new writers in a bad way. Don't take this series as an example of how to create something meaningful, and do take care of the scripts you are using, don't just write cool stuff, and take time to make sense of your "universe". Don't just write it as you go along.
Yawn
The high average rating for this show is mind boggling.
I watched episode 1 when it first aired and was so unimpressed that I shoved it to the bottom of my watch list. Years later, I see the 8 average rating and power through season 1 to see if it improved. Nah, this isn't an 8/10 show.
The writing is bad, but not bad enough to be unintentionally funny. The attempts at humor also aren't good enough to be intentionally funny.
Specific to this episode, one of my writing pet peeves is when a character is irrational beyond the point of being believable. How frustrating to have one character lay down a logical, rational, well thought out proposal only for the other character to go NAH like an infant, except the infant is supposed to be a grown woman. In the span of this episode, Sylvia devolved from a troubled and complex, dynamic character to a single brain cell organism. Shame on the writers.
Unlike the other lower reviews, I didn't care that there wasn't a big battle. Clearly this was all to set up Season 2. However, considering the quality thus far, I don't know if I'll watch Season 2.
Ultimately a 6.5/10 rounded up to a generous 7/10 for the mildly unique take on Loki. At least this wasn't purely "more of the same" Marvel. It was more of the same Marvel in a slightly different shade of green.
So finally meeting the one who created the TVA, He who remains. This episode is all about him, despite their slightly romantic moment that I suppose a lot of people had been waiting for, you barely notice Sylvie and Loki are here.
Too bad for people who don't like monologues and want only flashy fights. The portrayal is extraordinary.
This is the man that is off the charts smart. I mean, he's basically the only one across timelines that discover multiverse communication. But he is also the smartest/strongest version of himself since he won the multiverse war. He also lived at the end of time, so for an eternity, enough to compile everything that happened, happens, will happen and could happen. So the first impression is this huge (and justified) superiority complex. They're not even children compared to him, just toys.
Then the story, and you see the rest underneath. The joyful, playful facade that hides the madness from what he's been through, the loneliness of this eternity alone, and the crushing tiredness from his endless task, culminating in his offer where at this point he doesn't care anymore neither about the task, nor the universes, nor his life. He has supposedly chosen the best person(s) and getting them here was a lot of work, but now nothing is his responsibility anymore.
And you can also see the ecstatic relief and the excitement to finally get to a point where he doesn't know what happens next. It's really incredible the depth of mixed feelings that Majors managed to convey in here.
But it's not finished, then comes the whole morality of it. He won the Multiverse War. But basically just ensuring that his timeline survives. It's not the curated perfect timeline sold by the TVA, it just happens to be his. He's not really different from most of his variants : survival of his branch at the cost of every other that were destroyed and keep being destroyed. Albeit some variants are worse, since they're actively trying to conquer the other branches. But is the alternative worse ? Having countless universes in an endless war or having them not even exist at all ?
There was also an alternative, how about leaving the alternate universes alone and just systematically assassinating his own variants ? Wouldn't that be a bit less evil ?
That's when Loki(s) finally get a say. If you believe what has been exposed, whatever the choice, they will be responsible for a quasi infinite amount of death and destruction. Quite a dilemma. It's very interesting that they do not see eye to eye on this and Sylvie doesn't even want to consider the consequences, only her revenge
And now we get to some of the weird stuff that does not seem consistent with what we've been told.
Why does He Who Remains' death instantly creates tons of branches ? Shouldn't just appear at the same rate as usual, and things slowly get worse as the TVA does not prune them ? Which by the way is also not a consequence of his death.
It's said at some point that they're beyond the end. Does that mean that the Citadel has been moving and now that it's not situated at the end of time, He can feel the flow of time again and is not omniscient anymore, and his presence in time is what generates the branches ? But then why would it ?
Not clear at all what Renslayer is going to do. She obviously received secret files. Is she seeking revenge, basically like Sylvie, or is she a contingency plan set by He Who Remains ?
A bit disappointed that Loki ends up in a different timeline. First it seems unnecessary and cheap. Then how the hell could an alternate branch have developed so much already, with even its own TVA, specially since Loki was sent before Sylvie killed He Who Remains. Also nuless this timeline is radically different, which it does not seem, they should still recognize Loki since they're supposed to have hunter more variants of him than anyone else.
It started good at least. Glad it's finished.
We have been surprised by what they say, they have been brave. We assume that this ending will have repercussions in the Marvel universe.
Overall Show Ranking - 8.8/10
I wish all these shows would stop ending seasons with massive cliffhangers. People will watch the next season either way if they like the show. And the ones who didn't or are still on the fence about it don't care enough to wait a year or two to see what happens!
After watching Loki's inaugural season finale I can say it's definitely one of my favorite tv series of 2021. It was way better than The Falcon and The Winter Soldier and Wandavision IMO. It started out very strong with the first 3 episodes making it my #1 show of 2021 up to that point. It had great character chemistry with Owen Wilson and Tom Hiddleston's type of humor creating something great to watch. The introduction of the TVA was also done perfectly. It made the TVA very interesting which made the mystery of the story that much better. But the last half of the show brought it down the rankings for me. It was still good high-quality tv, just not my #1 show anymore. [spoilers] Loki and Mobius didn't have a lot of screen time together and something about the two Loki variants falling for each other felt wrong; like incest or something, I guess. And I kept waiting for them to say the whole "using Infinity Stones as paperweights" was just a ruse to get Loki's respect because that part of the story doesn't fit at all! It makes the Avengers, Thanos, and everything else in the MCU look small and meaningless! Those and some of the humor towards the different variants, like the alligator Loki, were my only gripes. The explanations and answers to the TVA mysteries were pretty good IMO. Shout out to Jonathan Majors too! He did a great job showing the insanity of "He Who Remains"; which stemmed from so many years of solitude and timeline pruning. It was a fun performance to watch. [/spoilers] Overall it is a very good show that every MCU fan should watch along with the ones who aren't!
What an ending of a true masterpiece season 1.
…oops…
Big mess to try to clean up in the future!
You gotta be kidding me.
It's cliffhangers all the way down.
Terrible! I was enjoying the show until now. I don't get why so many people are liking this... don't you people get it why the "multiverse" is a terrible ideia? just look at the comics and the various "reset the universe" sagas. let me explain: now, marvel can do whatever it want without any consequence:
- let's brutally kill spider man!
- nooo, we lose one of the best heroes and the screenwriters have to be creative to continue the history...
- don't worry, we kill him, people are gonna invets their emotions and give us ticket money, and them.... we tell that the spider man that was killed was from another time line and we can milk another spidet man for money... and another... and another...
If this multiverse was a good thing, marvel and dc wouldn't need to create stories to erase all the multiverses and start over. Multiverse = No consequences + confusion
get it? marvel can now create histories that IF the audience doesn't like it, it is just a matter of "oh well... this happened on a multiverse that has no connection with the canonical universe" and all your investments (emotional and financial) are worthless if marvel decides.
Now, if they want, even the events on every other movie (the blip, iron man's death, the scrifice of black widow...) can be escuse as "other universe" and this is cheating!
BUT... hopefully... Dr. Strange 2 can fix this, so this multiverse BULLSHIT can be erased without any bad repercussions
is it a good thing if you are more confused at the end than before the season started?
This is the problem with time travel, it reduces the dramatic stakes.
Who is telling the “truth”. What they think is the truth that is.
Yikes. More confused than ever.
what the fuckkkkkkkkkkkkk i am heartbroken
ARE YOU KIDDING ME? NOW I HAVE TO WAIT LIKE FOREVER FOR S2.
Poor Loki </3
Magnificent [ betrayal ] indeed. It was a great finale.
- Miss Minutes, you scared me!
- How did they find normal, human Judge Renslayer?
- He's just a dude chilling at the end of time
- He knows everything, okay
- So, he removed free will by removing all other timelines because he fears his variants will cause a multiversal war, again
- Terrible means to justify good ends
- Loki! The voice of reason!
- Romance!
- RIP Loki's heart
- This show is just a prequel to Marvel's "What If?" isn't it?
- NOOO, Owen Wilson!
Well, I just saw the season finale of Marvel's "Loki"—what do I think? I'm glad we got answers, but there are many vague ideas like free will, one's purpose and chaos that I don't know what the show is trying to say about them. Anyway, this episode might be my least favourite, just because it's a lot of exposition, but it worked for me way better than the end of WandaVision and Falcon and Winty, so no complaints! This season finale is a bit unsatisfying, but I can't wait for Season 2! "Loki" is my favourite MCU series so far and I recommend it!
SCORE: 7/10
Jonathan Majors , love the dude, but that performance was godawful. He kinda reminded me of Jesse Eisenberg in Batman V Superman
what a disappointing finale to a show that has been mostly lacklustre. Loki and Syvie spent most of it sitting down and talking which doesn't exactly make for an exciting episode. some questions were answered, but we were still left with more questions than answers. the reveal of Kang as the one behind the TVA was expected but was still underwhelming for several reasons. not once was he referred to as Kang, he wasn't wearing his iconic armour from the comics and the actor playing him came across as too jovial when Kang should be menacing.
oh well, Loki and Syvie finally kiss, so at least the shippers will be happy
Honestly this episode could have been condensed into 5 or 10 minutes. Too much talking and just in general nothing really going on until the end, and then we get a predictable plot twist. I mean just a bad season finale. It just sprinkles enough at the end to keep you interested for the second season. Unless season two is better, this show ain’t worth it at all. But on the other hand I’m tired of waiting for the second season every damn time. It used to be that the pilot is supposed to hook you. And don’t get me started how much of a scam 6 episodes in one season is.
Overall this episode was just meh, which doesn’t make it look very good since it’s the season finale.
Oh, thank god no big stupid fight with the Bad guy. A breath of fresh air. I wish similar thing would have happened in WandaVision.
Almost perfect final episode. Except for Rick Sanchez He Who Remains choice of... let's call it attitude. Don't get me wrong positively surprised that he wasn't your typical bad guy, but it didn't quite work for the MCU too joyful and too similar to your average Marvel character in general. Maybe if he actually looked bored or tired that would have worked better. This way Ant-man villain could still feel different by being menacing this time around. But anyway it was a great MCU show I'm looking forward to season 2.
Unbelievable! What utter crap. Boring, boring, boring and finally a crappy ending. Talk about taking a interesting character and totally ruin it. Hollywood, please get rid of the useless woke and clueless writers!
Absolutely loved the episode from beginning to end, but when Kang the Conqueror/He Who Remains finally appears, isn't he initially just describing Counterpart's (an amazing series with J.K. Simmons, from 2017, I think) plot?
Anyway, MULTIVERSE UNLEASHED, MOTHER**CKERS!!
I’m sorry, but as much as I love Loki, the character, and Hiddleston, I’m not fully entranced by the series. There’s a lot to like… but, in my opinion, there are major plot holes that keep me from being invested.
It’s okay for a story to be complicated, but this is next-level. Maybe I’m missing something, but… a question…
… if there is this ONE sacred timeline, how are there multiple Loki variants on it? Wouldn’t variants be across multiple timelines, each on their own? Just like “He Who Remains”… this version — the one Sylvie kills — exists on his timeline. In this same timeline, the one we’ve been watching for six episodes, there are several versions of Loki. That doesn’t make sense to me.
OR does the one sacred timeline consist of multiple universes? And each variant from those universes go to the one TVA? But, based on the ending of this episode, there are multiple TVAs, where it seems their timeline’s variants would go. So, again, why do we have a gazillion Lokis on ours. “He Who Remains” is separated from his variants who probably each exist on their own timeline. It’s just inconsistent and contradictory.
To sum it all up in a simpler question: Shouldn’t Loki only be meeting/seeing his other variants when the multiverse is unleashed?
My head hurts. And it shouldn’t. And that scene with “He Who Remains” went on WAY too long.
Oh, good. The old "he went into an alternate reality" plot twist. How original, we have never seen such a thing in any movie or show before. Sigh...
Very nicely done, that ending is perfect and feels like the usual marvel/tva antics.
KANG THE CONQUEROR!!!!!!
ah... that's it? Feels like even more of a letdown than the rest of the wacky writing... Where are the themes... Why is the final talky confrontation shot in such a boring way.......
Ok, for a show that has so many wonderful characters and "glorious purpose," this season closure was just bad.
he who remains just being a guy who eats a lot of apples is so good istg
Nice! I loved the audio/voice references to other Marvel content at the beginning (quite cool but I didn't recognize/remember some) and the space CGI effects looked awesome (I also liked the CGI/animation from the timepad of "He Who Remains").
It wasn't the ending I was expecting / hoping for but it was actually better since I wasn't expecting a second season. However, after Mobius didn't remember Loki anymore (sad moment) I was extremely sure that there must be a second season (duh). And the post end credits scene just confirmed that.
NATALIE PLEASE SCORE EVERYDAY LIFE SO ITS WORTH LIVING.
ok anyway
this probably feels like a weak finale to a lot of people because it isn't written like a finale? personally as someone who hates really unbearable cliffhangers, i liked it. it wrapped up enough that if through some unfortunate series of events season 2 never happened i could be content with it, and it left enough open ended to continue into a second season as promised. it was nowhere near as intense or mind blowing as previous episodes were but it served a purpose which is more than i can say for a lot of tv finales out there.
most heartbreaking moment though? definitely mobius reacting to loki at the end.
also putting my most trash opinion as far down as possible: why is tom hiddleston 10000x more attractive wearing that leather harness
I liked it.
Got some Angstrom Levy / Rick Sanchez vibes in there.
This episode was gold, they really made something good out of this!
I love / hate this episode...
It was great yet kind of an underwhelming at the same time... There were cool moments & concepts put out, but as a season closer it left the narrative feeling incomplete. After such an epic build up and all that momentum, I kind of expected more shocking revelations.
Too much of this episode was "The One Who Remains" (Couldn't even use his name for some fan service, smh) explaining what the TVA is even though we've had it BEATEN INTO US FOR THE WHOLE SEAON, which felt like a HUGE waste of screen time... They only added in small bits of info we didn't know, making the dialog derivative.
This episode just felt like promo for Season 2 & the new Doctor Strange movie then it did a finale of this season... "STAY SUBSCRIBED TO D+ PLEASE!".
I'm giving it a 9 cus I enjoyed it and the MCU and the story will continue, but at the same time they could have closed off this season much cleaner.
i ended up with more questions than answers, which is both good and bad. it does set up the next season well but it left me pretty unsatisfied about the loose ends in this season. whatever, i came here for tom hiddleston and he did Not disappoint.
I'm so happy. I love (CENSORED) a lot more than Thanos.
Did I just see the resemblance of the last scene when Loki comes back and meets Mobius with the last scene from BTTF Part II?
The intro, just pure genius
The final definitely set the next 10-15 years of MCU with the new big bad guy after Thanos. This episode wasn't about fights and endings, it was all about setting up the new era of MCU. Get ready as everything is possible now with multiverse at hand.
What a terrible ending for a decent show :pensive:
all i'm gonna say is that the kiss was unnecessary
also wtf was that ending lmao
I AM LITERALLY STUNNED HOLY SHIT THE MCU WILL NEVER BE THE SAME
Jonathan Majors is as good as he is annoying and that is pretty good lol. Everything is so black and white though. I would have been more surprised if the villain was Asian.
Plus the ending is like the Planet of the Apes remake. Not exactly sure how I feel about it.
I have to say this was a good chapter, a good season finale, but nothing i didnt expected. Kang being the mastermind behind the ATV was something everyone was talking about since chapter 4 aprox, and even at some point of the show i knew loki os Silvye were going to screw the timeline so no surprise at all. Anyway it was a good way to explain the multiverse and how it works, introducing Kang as the new thanos probably. I only hope they make Kang the conqueror look more like comics, even when its probably hard to adapt, the actor doesnt inspire respect or fear at all, and even when it probably has to do with the fact that in this episode he was a "good" Kang, a intimidating alien look can make it much better.
The best MCU show by far so far. Looking forward to season 2!
There are some fun and interesting beats, and the concept is really great but for a six episode show there are a lot of problems. A lot of it feels like filler when we have these long boring conversations while people stand in front of Star Wars prequel like backgrounds, dumping exposition and it never fully amounts to much, more so kind of hints at things. Although with the reveal that there will be a season 2 it does sort of alleviate those criticisms.
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Perfect end to Loki Season 1. Some may find the amount of talking in the episode excessive - but this was not about fighting a big bad (that was last episode). Loki has always been about self discovery, believing in yourself, and most importantly, Growth. I found all the conversations in the episode riveting. I've seen some believe that the actor in the reveal is hamming it up too much - I personally loved that performance. So much heavy lifting for the future of the MCU is done here, from Dr. Strange, Spider-Man, Ant-Man, and maybe Secret Wars? Love it.