This was building up to be a great show for the first 4 episodes, but settled for being quite a good one, all thanks to Marvel wanting to use this as a springboard to launch their multiverse. The show begins right after Loki escaped with the Tesseract during the 'Time Heist' in Endgame, only to be captured by the Time Variance Authority (TVA). Turns out the only reason we did not have a multiverse so far is because the TVA is in charge of ensuring that such a thing never happens.
Post his capture of course Loki does 'Loki' things to try and escape (keep in mind that this is still the 'villain' Loki from the first Avengers). As expected, Loki does turn over a fresh page. However, I thought that it was not too convincing as to how his transformation to being a god guy and best friends with Mobius (played brilliantly by Owen Wilson) was shown. But, I guess when you have only 6 episodes at your disposal, you have to do away with certain subtleties (looking at GOT S8 right now).
As we hurtle into the deep and dark machinations of the TVA, there are further reveals, now characters, and plenty of good potential storylines that crop up.
While the show may have done a great job at setting up the Marvel Phase 4, it did end on a bit of a damp squib.
Review by GallifreyRangerBlockedParentSpoilers2021-07-16T12:12:52Z
This was building up to be a great show for the first 4 episodes, but settled for being quite a good one, all thanks to Marvel wanting to use this as a springboard to launch their multiverse. The show begins right after Loki escaped with the Tesseract during the 'Time Heist' in Endgame, only to be captured by the Time Variance Authority (TVA). Turns out the only reason we did not have a multiverse so far is because the TVA is in charge of ensuring that such a thing never happens.
Post his capture of course Loki does 'Loki' things to try and escape (keep in mind that this is still the 'villain' Loki from the first Avengers). As expected, Loki does turn over a fresh page. However, I thought that it was not too convincing as to how his transformation to being a god guy and best friends with Mobius (played brilliantly by Owen Wilson) was shown. But, I guess when you have only 6 episodes at your disposal, you have to do away with certain subtleties (looking at GOT S8 right now).
As we hurtle into the deep and dark machinations of the TVA, there are further reveals, now characters, and plenty of good potential storylines that crop up.
While the show may have done a great job at setting up the Marvel Phase 4, it did end on a bit of a damp squib.