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Holy spaghetti, Loki will always be the god of mischief, but as Thor believed in the Ragnarok movie, he could aim to be much more, like now finally Loki is theoretically the God of Time and Space with his time-slipping abilities in full control....I like that Loki fully admitted his core secret of trying to belong to someone(his friends) or something(TVA). My theory on two ways this could go in the season finale next week: 1.) All of this is still He Who Remains backup, a secret plan to restore control back to himself 2.) Loki will become the leader of TVA, as the true He Who Remains in the comics who is not a variant of Kang the Conqueror.
They did it! They solved the problem. Loki did his imposter trick and let everyone think it was Jonathan Majors as HWR...but was just the god of mischief doing his thang!
Just here to give some more love to Benson and Moorehead, those 2 directing geniuses. Also GUYS SERIOUSLY!!!! HOW DID YOU NOT NOTICE THAT BENSON AND MOOREHEAD WERE IN THIS EPISODE. They played the 2 prisoners on Alcatraz!!
Not sure if there’s been another MCU character who's experienced the amount of growth that Loki has shown since the MCU started. He went from the annoying, jealous brother to one of the deepest and most compelling characters in the entire MCU. Tom Hiddleston's eye-acting alone does it for me.
@@gpauldejesusi'm pretty sure you're watching a different show because the stakes feel higher than the stakes from endgame for example, this one's for all of time!
When Loki says "I want my friends back. I don't want to be alone." Man, that line made me realize Loki has come a long way since we saw him vanishing in the 2012 Timeline. Also, did anyone expect a cameo when he went to the branched timeline of New York 2012? Never thought I'd expect Loki to recruit (or assemble his own team). If Thor saw that, he would be proud of him.
I really did expect some type of cameo. But kinda happy they didn’t. We have seen it so many times. This show don’t need to play off old nostalgia. Not that I wouldn’t have loved it tho😂❤
@@AvEnGeD7X238 Yeah, man. I was happy that they decided not to, even if it's a branched timeline. I loved that the writers of Loki decided to surprise us at every moment instead of playing out those nostalgia cards.
What I’m wondering now is does Loki tell Mobius about his life on earth once this is all over, or does he keep it a secret so he can keep his friend at the TVA. Also if that is the route they take and Mobius finds out the truth, will it cause friction between the 2 of them because Loki neglected to tell him about his kids?
The scene where Loki says he "wants his friends back" hits so hard for me. I'm in the middle of moving to my first apartment, and I can't afford to live in the area I've been going to college in. So I'm leaving all my friends behind and starting somewhere new. It's really tough, and seeing Loki have loneliness similar to mine is exactly what I needed today
I like to think that we tend to end up exactly where we're meant to be. This new transition may be tough, but in time, you may come to realize it was exactly what you needed.
I totally relate to you. I moved out as soon as I turned 18 because my parents are absolutely awful but I can't afford a car so I had to move to the city where I'm working. None of my friends are here and I can only see them like once a year. Although I'm glad I don't have to live with my parents anymore I'm just really glad I'm out of there. But now I feel lost just like Loki. No more friends and no more clear cut life that I've been living for 18 years.
I just realized that since that Mobius is living in the year 2022, it is possible that his wife was a victim of the Snap (if that happened in this timeline).
Hmm.. maybe you're right. He wasn't freaked out when OB opened a portal and believed Loki's crazy story. I wouldn't be fazed by those things either if half of the world disappeared before my eyes.
It's so cool that "Casey" was in reality Frank Morris one of the Alcatraz Raft Escapees. He even looks like Morris a bit. It is unknown if they survived but that scene of them landing on the beach must be Angel Island where the Raft was found. The story of the escape is so cool. They built dummy heads out of plaster and real hair from the barbershop on Alcatraz and the raft was made from waterproof raincoats glued together and inflated by using an Accordion as Billows.
Who would've guessed way back when this show was announced, that it would end up being one of the best things Marvel has put out since Endgame? The spin off show about a fan favorite character they just killed off after completing his arc proved it was so much more than just "We want Loki back" props to every single person who has worked on both seasons of this masterpiece. I cannot wait to see where this chapter ends.
Ngl I was totally expecting there to be a massive twist of Loki building the TVA. The fact that they used the same room for OB’s workshop for normal OB’s writing room, I was expecting the reveal to be that they formed the “new” TVA out of the land where OB worked, especially after mention nobody lived around him for miles. Like somehow since the TVA is a place out of time, this was somehow the future AND way in the past, and Loki was the one who recruited all the variant versions of the main cast
Not a marvel fan at all, what I noticed about this show is that they do a great job at hinting at obvious plot points only to go in an entirely different direction. It’s not even trope level prediction and subversion because it’s their own story beats. And the other path they take is way more interesting and mysterious than the path you thought was an obvious step. The reason why I don’t like marvel is exactly for the former reason. It’s way too predictable and doesn’t tickle my mind or keep me engaged. This show however is in par if not better than most of the films or shows I’ve ever seen. Especially at the end when they hint at it being a caper(sort of), like you said, him forming a team, only to use that sub genre of caper team building to just teach Loki a lesson and completely erase the caper plot to send him back to the TVA. Really good storytelling. Sadly this is the last season but they’ve done a wonderful job in building the dread of Kang and the destruction of the multiverse.
Now that Loki can control his time slipping ability, does this mean he is the one who will create the TVA or at least give knowledge about it and HWR only gains control of it since he won the multiversal war? Like an Ouroboros loop, Loki started it and another Loki ended it since Sylvie killed HWR. I can't wait for the finale and I hope they will stick to landing on this one because I think this is the best MCU series of all time.
There's genuinely no series that makes me feel the way Loki does. When season 1 came out I was literally dying to see each new episode and even though I wanted to get to the finale it was also heartbreaking that it ended. But 2 years passed and I didn't think they were gonna be able to live up to season 1. Turns out they literally just ignore the MCU and do Loki as in one big season and it's AMAZING. My brain is breaking with each new episode and I desperately need the finale but I don't know how I'm supposed to deal with this series being over. It's one of the best series I've ever seen, not just from Disney.
TVA is now called Time Variance Avengers. But joking aside, I have watched every single Marvel movie and TV series and I gotta say that Loki has always been lonely, and when he said "he wants his friends" back, that moment hit me so hard, it made me emotional. 😢
Love how the transition from God of Trickery to God of Stories has been made. It's his main role on Earth 616 and now in the MCU version of 616 as well. So proud of him.
@@struggleskywalker1025 not exactly his recruiting them was still the future past the tva but those versions all died likely taking their branches with them. When Loki time slipped back he was able to Truly Time Travel before branches were even created that is how powerful Loki is at the moment. He reversed all the way to before Timely and all them died so none of this episode technically happened except in lokis memory. If he made the tva then it would have been that those versions all survived
I was already broken with the "I want my friends back" and the "I don´t wanna be alone". Then, the "Without them, where do I belong?" absolutely destroyed my soul, teared my heart apart and pruned my whole body out of existence. The moment I realized, I was crying like a baby, like tears were pouring from my eyes without control
This is legit one of the best things marvel has ever done, I was completely blown away watching this! Shoutout to everyone involved with this show, you can tell the amount of love and detail that was put into this project.
If you'd have told me in 2012 that we'd have Loki desperately grabbing at the fluttering strings of reality that used to be his dearest friends, I'd have thought you were crazy. But here we are.
Seeing upon the episode, and his last line I CAN REWRITE STORY, either this loki will become LOKI PRIME or the LOKI: GOD OF STORIES, and ngl there has been concept art for that! Fun fact: Frank was an actual guy escaped from ALcatraz and glad they put CASEY as that character to keep it history accurate 😲
Nobody going to mention the tragedy of Mobius' life 4 years after losing his wife in the snap - still hopefully trying to sell personal watercraft to the half of reality who are left for some fun leisure times? The bleakness of those scenes by implication was heartbreaking.
Never thought Ke Huy Quan would be a character actor but goodness does he just melt into these characters and embodies them. He 100000% deserved that Oscar. He’s hilarious in this show but he makes it so real, like that’s a guy we all know lmaooo
He's just living his best life right now with all of these movie and show roles after decades of not acting. He's having fun and throwing himself into the work and it shows.
The reason Loki had to finally admit that what he really wants is his friends back...to not be alone, is because powers that are triggered by feelings, can't be triggered by abstract ideas or complex emotional constructs. It's gotta be simple, visceral...primal. Asgardians aren't human, but they're still human-like. They're social entities, they have wants and needs little different than what any mere mortal has. They generally need food and water. They need love and community. They need experiences. Saving the multiverse is too big...too complicated...too weird for the primitive core "mind" to fathom. It can't trigger the ability. It's the same with most powers, really, including the magic Loki already uses. But simple, direct feelings...those are the golden goose of power-triggers. The simpler and more potent the feeling...the better the power's usage. At the end of the episode...he LOST EVERYONE, all at once. Just...watched them discorporate into strands of dust. That did the trick. Strong enough, simple enough, direct enough. It got the job done. And once he recognized that, then he could control it...just as he does with his magic.
I also like how OB was right when he said it's about the "why" in order to control timeslipping. So when Loki first tred to control it, his "why" was to save TVA, but that wasn't the real why. That wasn't his true want. In the end his true "why" is that he needed to save his friends, so after admitting this, that's when it finally works.
Sylvie walking in to the record shop to "love don't live here anymore" was classic! and massive big ups to my guy rushing to get to Sylvie as it all disappears. i'm lowkey calling this Cosmic Snap / Snap 2; it was very infinity war. loved it.
I may have missed this in the discussion, but what did folks think about Loki's "I'll gut you like a fish Casey" line from ep.1/season 1 & the line from Casey/Frank's escape in episode 5: "if they catch us theyre going to gut us like fish"? Not a coincidence, right?
One thing I think is important about the whole "Getting the band back together" plot point, is that the point of that entire narrative isn't anything to do with actually needing them all back together, which is why I think that aspect feels somewhat speedy. It felt like it was very intentionally speedy because that's not the point of it, their original plan of getting everyone's temporal aura and building the Tempad isn't what eventually saves them and almost acts as a little bit of misdirection. The whole point of that narrative was for Loki to realize why he is doing what he's doing, why he wants his friends and the TVA back and as a result, realize how his his ability actually works so that he can be the one to actually fix it by Time Slipping himself, the rest of the episode is essentially set dressing for that lesson/epiphany for Loki.
The direction and the sheer cosmic horror REALLY stood out to me this episode. Coy getting WAAAAYYYYYY ahead of himself immediately too was hilarious. Also yeah that Variety article was basically non-news.
6:39 I’m so happy I’m not the only person that watches this show and cheered just as hard as you guys at the sight of Owen Wilson finally on his jet ski! Also I’m loving every second of Loki’s personal evolution in this show. He went from wanting to being god-king of earth to wanting to save the earth so he could be with his friends!😭
This was probably the biggest character development episode for the series. Seeing other characters lives made me feel the stakes of the whole multiverse💯
This episode was freakin awesome. It's really about Loki finding his purpose and seeing everything he has gone through it's all coming together perfectly. This literally Goonies sequel spin-off story with Data all grown up and became an inventor. Literally Ke Huy Quan deserves an Emmy Award for his performance as OB as he steals scenes so well in every episode. When Loki says "I want my friends back. I don't want to be alone", that was deep and you can tell he has come a long since the events of Marvel's Avengers (2012). Literally this episode showing the Avengers: Infinity War snap affect with the timeline disappearing. Also Casey's real-life fictional story storyline is based of Frank Morris who escaped from Alcatraz in real-life, but his body was never recovered since he could've drowned. Nobody knows what really happened to the real Frank Morris. They made a movie about Frank Morris starring Cline Eastwood in the film Escape from Alcatraz.
Through all of this, I keep getting reminded of the red carpet interview with Tom Hiddleston where someone asked how he felt that Thor 2 might be his last appearance as Loki. He honestly looked crushed and sad a chapter was ending (although he likely knew there was at least one more appearance due to the ending of the movie). Cut to now, almost exactly a decade later, and he's still fleshing out the same character and making it such a strong and unique performance, every time.
The scene where time was spaghetti-fying and silvy's voice said, we are destined to lose, then Loki screams out and goes back to just moments before is awesome
This reaction felt like a therapy session in itself. I appreciate the breakdown because it helps me understand the episode a lot more when I re-watch it later.
When the show writer said that episode 5 and 6 would be better, I was certain he was waffling cause I asked my self, how could you make it better than episode 4 that was arguably one of the best thing marvel has produced. And hey, he weren't wrong. Episode 6 just looks wild and the show is now answering unanswered questions as well. And to give loki the ability to time slip on command and anywhere anytime is actually insane. Might be the most powerful thing the mcu has given power to a character. And the the character arc loki has been incredible. He is literally now, my favourite in the whole mcu. And thank you marvel for finally giving us a show/movie that has the quality of the first 3 phases. Cause this is peak mcu content. Absolutely fantastic stuff.
feeling how i felt post infinity war. love everyone who worked on this show. they're single handedly beating the "Mcu is in shambles" allegations. I cannot wait to see how this ends!
Sylvie’s life: Some people are happy living a simple life with only the means to continue living simply. No need for expensive trips or impressing others with status. Ambitious people can’t understand those that are ok just getting by. It’s just another way to walk this rock.
I almost cry when Loki said “without my friends, where do I belong?” It made me think that after Infinity War, Loki has nothing and no one. When this multiverse story is done in the MCU, what will happen to Loki? Where does he belong? That makes me sad.
I think when all those branched timelines started disappearing was the exact moment when He Who Remains, after winning the Multiversal War and starting TVA, decided to erase all branches and create a sacred timeline.
@@mrcritical6751 Could be a possibility, but I think in last episode loom melted down and what it means is that now there is no sacred timeline and every universe and timeline is now a shattered multiverse.
@@Siddharthh572absolutely not. This is gonna be a bit difficult to explain but the moment Kang created the Loom it has always been there right? Because it's outside of time. However. There is still the time BEFORE he created it. If timelines would just kill each other when they're free than nothing would ever BE. Which means Kang never won a multiversal war bc there wasn't a multiverse. However, the fact that everything happened the way it did just means that we as an audience have also been fooled. The reason everything is falling apart is because the Loom had a meltdown and is actively killing the branches trying to fit through. And the only reason the Loom exists is because Kang can obviously only control an amount do timelines, not a multiverse. Especially bc that way he can make sure none of him get born. The problem is that it might genuinely have been part of HWR's plan because Loki now wants to save the TVA and keep the sacred timeline so he won't be lonely but that's just another OB that causes everything we've seen happening.
Me being a bit of a historian, I got really excited when I saw Alcatraz. It's so cool how this show made Casey one of the three inmates who escaped from Alcatraz in 1962, just like how Loki was D.B. Cooper in the first season. The Alcatraz escape is a really interesting true story btw. Look it up in your free time; it's really cool.
Wow, this was one of the most impactful episodes! Loki facing his demons, admitting he doesn't want to be alone, controlling his time-slipping. This was the best one yet! It will surely go down in Marvel history that Tom Hiddleston has literally carried the timelines and the MCU with his show!
Imagine that loki and the crew can not fix the issue. He could time slip back to stop the death of he who remains. Or even more sad, to the point he grabbed the time stone and decided never divert off his timeline. In this episode, sylvie reminded loki about how they were selfish. The show is about loki, we may have thought he has had his big character arc. But what if the real arc is him going back and not choosing to take the time stone and accepting his fate at the death of thanos. That would be the biggest arc imo.
Nah I don’t think they are gonna let this Loki die. Everything else you said I agree with, him stopping himself from even leaving the timeline would be a full circle, losing what he thinks makes him special ( his friends, the TVA) but ultimately saving them as well
What an episode! This show never ceases to amaze me and surprise me and give me chills. I’m so sad there’s only one more episode. I hope they stick the landing. As always, your reactions are so much fun. 💚
Criticism was really good for this review. You guys are so thoughtful here about what you could do to bring in from an "A- to an A". At the same time you are truly enjoying what you enjoyed. Love this reaction guys!
I really love the idea that everything unfolding has been part of what He Who Remains had planned out. Maybe the ‘choice’ he gave Sylvie at end of S1 wasn’t a choice at all.
1. O.B. seems like the architect for the entire TVA, explaining the style of the TVA 2. Mobius is from 2022 BEFORE the Battle of Earth, so he might have lost his wife in the blip 3. B-15 is from 2012 in New York i.e. The Battle of New York and where this variant Loki came from ++ Casey is ACTUALLY Frank Lee Morris from the 1962 Alcatraz escape 😱
I had to pause during OBs part because of the science and fiction realization. Honestly, it makes sense that there is a thin line between the best scientists and best fiction writers. They both depend on the exact same line of thinking on different sides of the spectrum. Such an interesting premise for this episode to operate on.
KANG THE CONQUEROR: “I can make it…so you never left her. Hope is going to open the door and you’ll be there.” LOKI: “I can bring you back to any point in time. It’ll be like you never left.” When I heard this, I immediately connected it back to what Kang said in Ant-Man: Quantumania when speaking to Janet. Loki is in real time realizing that he can control his own story…AND OTHERS. And while at that moment, he probably only intended that he could bring him back via the TempPad, he eventually figures out by the end of this episode that he can “control” his time-slipping. I love the theories that in actuality, there is a LOKI WHO REMAINS that is either further at the end than He Who Remains…and that other theory that HWR himself is still just controlling Loki’s time-slipping because this was his plan all along and he “pathed the way”, which would tie into the theme of the “ouroboros.” Also, I think it would be cool to see Loki become this “Prime” character to recruit the Avengers in helping to stop the multiversal war. That would really be a full circle moment for the entire MCU. A Loki who has achieved his glorious purpose, now a God of Stories, helping to save endless timeless & universes from selfish, tyrannical savages trying to gain control of the multiverse. This would absolutely solidify Loki as one of the characters in the MCU with the most dynamic redemption arc. I cannot wait for the Season Finale! I hope they won’t scrap Kang as per the rumors. We need to see our heroes go up against the Council of Kangs and Jonathon Majors has delivered FLAWLESSLY.
It was really an emotional episode,I like how Loki was able to turn this thing that happened to him into new ability,it's like he is a living TemPad now :)
Remember Angel Gabriel from the Supernatural TV series? There's a strange feeling that Loki is being groomed to become a future Real God of Trickster, able to see the future, as well as the past, and allow him to make changes in the future with tricks.
I like the theory of the whole Loki series just being one big time loop, and we're only now just seeing the making of the TVA. This would also back up the other theory of everything still being part of Kang's plan because what if in the end he just wiped everybody's memories just like he did Renslayer's. And then the only way that Loki and the others can get out of this big time loop is when they as the TVA catch Deadpool in Deadpool 3 and it's actually him who helps Loki defeat Kang and free the TVA but I think that part's a stretch.
Like I've been saying, Loki is going to become the God of Stories. The next thing they'll do is make sure to bring it back around on itself, meaning, he'll try and try to change the past, but in doing so he's only perpetuating the future. He's going to inadvertently be the reason there's a Kang in every timeline. Oh, and once he is the one to go out onto the walkway, all of the other branching versions of himself will spaghetti and cease to exist. There can be only one. Except Sylvie, she's go the tempad of HWR.
Or Sylvie is the one to do it . When we first see her as a child she was playing and was “ the hero that saved Asgard” I’ve often wondered if that was her Nexus event that she strongly wanted to be the hero and was willing to sacrifice . That would take her charscyer full circle
Someone mentioned that the reason Casey has infinity stones in his desk is because he’s been stealing them from the other tva employees. That it’s his nature . I thought that was a funny idea . Also, the scene with Sylvie in the record store is really close to scenes in a movie Tom did called Lovers Left Alive , by Jim Jarmusch
Ive been waiting to watch this season til the whole thing was out but i couldn’t help myself! I watched ep1 - 5 all in one day and cant wait for the next ep tomorrow! This show has me feeling like a marvel fan again!
When the whole gang got spaghetti-fied, I was bawling my eyes out: "Why am I experiencing a Thanos dust moment again?!" Also, the sandwiching of HWR "I PAVED THE WAY FOR YOU" as a prologue of this ep, and Brad's Zaniac game "YOU LOSE" after what seems like Loki's peak moment, gave me chills. I'm conflicted because I love Loki as a character, his journey, and how both Loki seasons are going. Just like how I loved Wanda in Wandavision but disliked how they handled her downfall in Dr. Strange... I paradoxically want Loki and Wanda a win and be happy, but for entertainment purposes also want to see their downfall written brilliantly. I still wish to see Loki (Tom Hiddleston) and Thor (Chris Hemsworth) reuniting before I die. I don't wanna wait any remake bs 20yrs later. I want their reunion in the MCU before the actors retire their characters.
just gotta say, all of you unanimously cheering for jetski mobius/don and awing at the single dad line was my favourite part of this reaction LMAO. we all love mobius
This has to be my favorite episode of LOKI as a whole so far! not because Mobius finally got his Jet Ski ride "kinda" because it was really intense and suspenseful! Great acting to by everyone!
I think, more than anything else, this explains why He who remains wanted Loki to be his successor. It was because Loki was already a key component in the history of the TVA.
I love how after that Variety article bascially every big meme account on Twitter was saying how the MCU has lost its essence and depth while Loki S2 has been the most unique and thought provoking project they've done in a while (or ever).
I was just talking to one of my bros the other day about Loki's most powerful form in the comics - God Of Stories Loki. And TODAY WE GET HIM IN THE MCU MY GOD DUDEEEE
My fave parts of this is Loki's hair flip. I didn't realize how much I love it lol. Though I'm not sure where they're going with the time travel rule. They were very clear about the time travel rules in endgame. So I'm really curious how they explain this show's time travel logic with the endgame one.
I think that was time travel based on using the Quantum realm and an actual time machine. But now Loki has, in essence become a Nexus being (like Wanda) but instead of reshaping reality to his will, he reshaped time itself.
I thought this episode was sad but in a good way. The record store scene really got me. Gave me Infinity War feeling of whaaaat ???? PS- the Stephen King novel on the shelf behind the counter was Insomnia, which follows ideas like free will/predestined events, so it was great to include in the show. I read it in 1994, lol 😄
❤ This episode was amazing and suspenseful. This season has been so well thought out and composed. I would also rank it 3rd, but it's definitely up there with four out of five episodes (sorry episode 2). To Greg's point about a lack of catharsis, I think that's more a criticism of Marvel's decision to have only six episodes per season, rather than an issue with this episode. Their flagship series should definitely be longer.
I think 6 was perfect because the VFX and CGI must have being really expensive to create something so alike to infinity wars, the spaguettifying was chef kiss and terrifying
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Holy spaghetti, Loki will always be the god of mischief, but as Thor believed in the Ragnarok movie, he could aim to be much more, like now finally Loki is theoretically the God of Time and Space with his time-slipping abilities in full control....I like that Loki fully admitted his core secret of trying to belong to someone(his friends) or something(TVA). My theory on two ways this could go in the season finale next week: 1.) All of this is still He Who Remains backup, a secret plan to restore control back to himself 2.) Loki will become the leader of TVA, as the true He Who Remains in the comics who is not a variant of Kang the Conqueror.
Mobious never visiting his timeline. So sad and beautiful. BC if he never looks then when he goes back its pure.
They did it! They solved the problem. Loki did his imposter trick and let everyone think it was Jonathan Majors as HWR...but was just the god of mischief doing his thang!
Just here to give some more love to Benson and Moorehead, those 2 directing geniuses.
Also GUYS SERIOUSLY!!!! HOW DID YOU NOT NOTICE THAT BENSON AND MOOREHEAD WERE IN THIS EPISODE. They played the 2 prisoners on Alcatraz!!
Not sure if there’s been another MCU character who's experienced the amount of growth that Loki has shown since the MCU started.
He went from the annoying, jealous brother to one of the deepest and most compelling characters in the entire MCU.
Tom Hiddleston's eye-acting alone does it for me.
I want this Loki to meet mature Thor
@@IncredibleDude11oh don’t we all. If it ever happens. Tissues will be needed
Yes. Well, with the exception of Tony Stark.
Maybe Nebula.
@@IncredibleDude11THIS. I need a reunion so f*cking badly. 😭 It would be so emotional for them both. Lord knows Thor needs it.
They are freaking NAILING it with Loki Season 2 so far. THIS is the MCU that I miss. Everything about this season so far is just perfect.
@gpauldejesus No, I think you are right. You must be watching a different show.
@@gpauldejesusi'm pretty sure you're watching a different show because the stakes feel higher than the stakes from endgame for example, this one's for all of time!
@@gpauldejesus🤪
agree with u! Loki never fails~
I mean the mcu have never been that good. Unless i missed something.
Jeez man, giving Loki the ability to travel through time on feeling alone is pretty crazy. That's the most powerful ability I've ever seen in the MCU.
totally ditto
not just that people are theorizing he will be come the God of Stories just like in comics
he literally has the power of time and space stone, also his power works on multiverse level. what a joke…
@@AppleFrogTomatoFacehe does not have the space stone lmfao, that shit don't work in the TVA or branch timelines
@akiraaoiichigo i am saying it is bad writing.
When Loki says "I want my friends back. I don't want to be alone." Man, that line made me realize Loki has come a long way since we saw him vanishing in the 2012 Timeline. Also, did anyone expect a cameo when he went to the branched timeline of New York 2012?
Never thought I'd expect Loki to recruit (or assemble his own team). If Thor saw that, he would be proud of him.
I really did expect some type of cameo. But kinda happy they didn’t. We have seen it so many times. This show don’t need to play off old nostalgia. Not that I wouldn’t have loved it tho😂❤
@@AvEnGeD7X238 Yeah, man. I was happy that they decided not to, even if it's a branched timeline. I loved that the writers of Loki decided to surprise us at every moment instead of playing out those nostalgia cards.
Thor would be way prouder if Loki called it "Revengers"
Wow that scene was unexpectedly emotional. 👏👏
Also, please give the LOKI team an Avengers-level film. They continue to earn it.
Nah... maybe let them to 1 series every year. This way, they can take their time to do it right.
Oh I agree. This is the best marvel team in ages
@@M.Evra91 just bring them in for writing help in literally everything else..
YESSSSS!
No..like what? Lol this show is good but it works better this way, AS A SHOW.
The writing, the writing, THE WRITING! And Tom Hiddleston's absolute mastery of his craft. Such an excellent show.
And the cinematography, the visuals.
A single line of dialogue has never made me suddenly tear up faster than "I don't want to be alone." Loki might be Top 3 MCU character.
For me, Wanda's "I can't feel you" was pretty tragic.
Mobious running to see his boys while being erased out of time absolutely broke my heart ♥️🥺😩
Last 10 mins of this episode was as good or better than anything Marvel has done
What I’m wondering now is does Loki tell Mobius about his life on earth once this is all over, or does he keep it a secret so he can keep his friend at the TVA. Also if that is the route they take and Mobius finds out the truth, will it cause friction between the 2 of them because Loki neglected to tell him about his kids?
The scene where Loki says he "wants his friends back" hits so hard for me. I'm in the middle of moving to my first apartment, and I can't afford to live in the area I've been going to college in. So I'm leaving all my friends behind and starting somewhere new. It's really tough, and seeing Loki have loneliness similar to mine is exactly what I needed today
Dude..i feel that too 😢😢
I like to think that we tend to end up exactly where we're meant to be. This new transition may be tough, but in time, you may come to realize it was exactly what you needed.
virtual connecting (video call) can help...
hope yr folks are happy to stay in touch virtually toooo!
This journey (when he branched in 2012) has changed Loki a lot somewhere he wants to see Thor and Asgard
I totally relate to you. I moved out as soon as I turned 18 because my parents are absolutely awful but I can't afford a car so I had to move to the city where I'm working. None of my friends are here and I can only see them like once a year. Although I'm glad I don't have to live with my parents anymore I'm just really glad I'm out of there. But now I feel lost just like Loki. No more friends and no more clear cut life that I've been living for 18 years.
I just realized that since that Mobius is living in the year 2022, it is possible that his wife was a victim of the Snap (if that happened in this timeline).
Or blip never happened as it was a branched timeline.
@@shayanshahriar7882nah, these branched timelines are extremely close to the sacred timeline, so the blip did happen there
@@IhorEleven yes, it's matter, everything in the universe is made of matter
(It's a joke)
We don't know when the timeline branched, so it could've happened after the snap. It's possible.
Hmm.. maybe you're right. He wasn't freaked out when OB opened a portal and believed Loki's crazy story.
I wouldn't be fazed by those things either if half of the world disappeared before my eyes.
It's so cool that "Casey" was in reality Frank Morris one of the Alcatraz Raft Escapees. He even looks like Morris a bit. It is unknown if they survived but that scene of them landing on the beach must be Angel Island where the Raft was found. The story of the escape is so cool. They built dummy heads out of plaster and real hair from the barbershop on Alcatraz and the raft was made from waterproof raincoats glued together and inflated by using an Accordion as Billows.
I was thinking the same throughout this episode its so cool!
in my opinion he looks nothing like Frank Morris
Who would've guessed way back when this show was announced, that it would end up being one of the best things Marvel has put out since Endgame? The spin off show about a fan favorite character they just killed off after completing his arc proved it was so much more than just "We want Loki back" props to every single person who has worked on both seasons of this masterpiece. I cannot wait to see where this chapter ends.
Ngl I was totally expecting there to be a massive twist of Loki building the TVA. The fact that they used the same room for OB’s workshop for normal OB’s writing room, I was expecting the reveal to be that they formed the “new” TVA out of the land where OB worked, especially after mention nobody lived around him for miles. Like somehow since the TVA is a place out of time, this was somehow the future AND way in the past, and Loki was the one who recruited all the variant versions of the main cast
Not a marvel fan at all, what I noticed about this show is that they do a great job at hinting at obvious plot points only to go in an entirely different direction. It’s not even trope level prediction and subversion because it’s their own story beats. And the other path they take is way more interesting and mysterious than the path you thought was an obvious step. The reason why I don’t like marvel is exactly for the former reason. It’s way too predictable and doesn’t tickle my mind or keep me engaged. This show however is in par if not better than most of the films or shows I’ve ever seen. Especially at the end when they hint at it being a caper(sort of), like you said, him forming a team, only to use that sub genre of caper team building to just teach Loki a lesson and completely erase the caper plot to send him back to the TVA. Really good storytelling. Sadly this is the last season but they’ve done a wonderful job in building the dread of Kang and the destruction of the multiverse.
I'm pretty sure that reveal did happen, they just didn't completely spell it out. They'll likely do that in the finale.
Now that Loki can control his time slipping ability, does this mean he is the one who will create the TVA or at least give knowledge about it and HWR only gains control of it since he won the multiversal war? Like an Ouroboros loop, Loki started it and another Loki ended it since Sylvie killed HWR. I can't wait for the finale and I hope they will stick to landing on this one because I think this is the best MCU series of all time.
I'm so agree with u!
*Loki can now control time slipping*
Eren: Finally a worthy opponent, our battle will be lege-
Flash: *SUP!! I'M BARRY ALLEN*
We shall see 😂 can't wait for the next episode ;-;
That's an excellent thought, but I think they are going to save it for the Avengers.
I am so excited for the finale, but I'm so sad to see this season end. It's absolutely exceeded my expectations and I loved season one.
There's genuinely no series that makes me feel the way Loki does. When season 1 came out I was literally dying to see each new episode and even though I wanted to get to the finale it was also heartbreaking that it ended. But 2 years passed and I didn't think they were gonna be able to live up to season 1. Turns out they literally just ignore the MCU and do Loki as in one big season and it's AMAZING. My brain is breaking with each new episode and I desperately need the finale but I don't know how I'm supposed to deal with this series being over. It's one of the best series I've ever seen, not just from Disney.
There may be a season 3
This can't possibly be the last season
TVA is now called Time Variance Avengers. But joking aside, I have watched every single Marvel movie and TV series and I gotta say that Loki has always been lonely, and when he said "he wants his friends" back, that moment hit me so hard, it made me emotional. 😢
Yea.. I was thinking the same. But his TVA friends were the only people he didn't stab in the back... sooo... he kinda deserve being lonely.
@@M.Evra91 But everyone deserves a second chance, don't you think. Give him a chance. hehe
Love how the transition from God of Trickery to God of Stories has been made. It's his main role on Earth 616 and now in the MCU version of 616 as well. So proud of him.
Mobius said he was grateful whoever recruited him and turns out it was Loki. 🤯
BROOOOOOOOOOOO
@@takeyourtime5025 and Loki gave him his name!
I mean that Mobius kinda died though Loki reversed this whole episode at the end
@@lightdarksoul2097or is it an Ouroboros and he just traveled back to the future where he already recruited Mobius?
@@struggleskywalker1025 not exactly his recruiting them was still the future past the tva but those versions all died likely taking their branches with them. When Loki time slipped back he was able to Truly Time Travel before branches were even created that is how powerful Loki is at the moment. He reversed all the way to before Timely and all them died so none of this episode technically happened except in lokis memory. If he made the tva then it would have been that those versions all survived
I was already broken with the "I want my friends back" and the "I don´t wanna be alone". Then, the "Without them, where do I belong?" absolutely destroyed my soul, teared my heart apart and pruned my whole body out of existence. The moment I realized, I was crying like a baby, like tears were pouring from my eyes without control
The reaction to Owen Wilson riding a jet ski is absolutely golden 👌 ❤
I was literally cheering like a sport's fan 😂😂😂
This is legit one of the best things marvel has ever done, I was completely blown away watching this! Shoutout to everyone involved with this show, you can tell the amount of love and detail that was put into this project.
If you'd have told me in 2012 that we'd have Loki desperately grabbing at the fluttering strings of reality that used to be his dearest friends, I'd have thought you were crazy.
But here we are.
Loved seeing Möbius’ kids. One was full of mischief of a damaging kind,and the other was more responsible and liked snakes. Seems familiar.
I didn’t connect that! He has his own little Thor and Loki!
Seeing upon the episode, and his last line I CAN REWRITE STORY, either this loki will become LOKI PRIME or the LOKI: GOD OF STORIES, and ngl there has been concept art for that!
Fun fact: Frank was an actual guy escaped from ALcatraz and glad they put CASEY as that character to keep it history accurate 😲
Loki as a whole is honestly a top 5 mcu content for me lets see how this finale goes im excited to see
i agree this is really Disney plus best show!
Nobody going to mention the tragedy of Mobius' life 4 years after losing his wife in the snap - still hopefully trying to sell personal watercraft to the half of reality who are left for some fun leisure times? The bleakness of those scenes by implication was heartbreaking.
Never thought Ke Huy Quan would be a character actor but goodness does he just melt into these characters and embodies them. He 100000% deserved that Oscar. He’s hilarious in this show but he makes it so real, like that’s a guy we all know lmaooo
He's just living his best life right now with all of these movie and show roles after decades of not acting. He's having fun and throwing himself into the work and it shows.
The reason Loki had to finally admit that what he really wants is his friends back...to not be alone, is because powers that are triggered by feelings, can't be triggered by abstract ideas or complex emotional constructs.
It's gotta be simple, visceral...primal. Asgardians aren't human, but they're still human-like. They're social entities, they have wants and needs little different than what any mere mortal has. They generally need food and water. They need love and community. They need experiences.
Saving the multiverse is too big...too complicated...too weird for the primitive core "mind" to fathom. It can't trigger the ability. It's the same with most powers, really, including the magic Loki already uses. But simple, direct feelings...those are the golden goose of power-triggers. The simpler and more potent the feeling...the better the power's usage.
At the end of the episode...he LOST EVERYONE, all at once. Just...watched them discorporate into strands of dust. That did the trick. Strong enough, simple enough, direct enough. It got the job done. And once he recognized that, then he could control it...just as he does with his magic.
Great explanation !!
I also like how OB was right when he said it's about the "why" in order to control timeslipping. So when Loki first tred to control it, his "why" was to save TVA, but that wasn't the real why. That wasn't his true want. In the end his true "why" is that he needed to save his friends, so after admitting this, that's when it finally works.
anybody realize when loki says " Your boys won't even know your gone" that whole line is what kang said to jane in antman quantumania
Sylvie walking in to the record shop to "love don't live here anymore" was classic! and massive big ups to my guy rushing to get to Sylvie as it all disappears. i'm lowkey calling this Cosmic Snap / Snap 2; it was very infinity war. loved it.
I may have missed this in the discussion, but what did folks think about Loki's "I'll gut you like a fish Casey" line from ep.1/season 1 & the line from Casey/Frank's escape in episode 5: "if they catch us theyre going to gut us like fish"?
Not a coincidence, right?
One thing I think is important about the whole "Getting the band back together" plot point, is that the point of that entire narrative isn't anything to do with actually needing them all back together, which is why I think that aspect feels somewhat speedy. It felt like it was very intentionally speedy because that's not the point of it, their original plan of getting everyone's temporal aura and building the Tempad isn't what eventually saves them and almost acts as a little bit of misdirection.
The whole point of that narrative was for Loki to realize why he is doing what he's doing, why he wants his friends and the TVA back and as a result, realize how his his ability actually works so that he can be the one to actually fix it by Time Slipping himself, the rest of the episode is essentially set dressing for that lesson/epiphany for Loki.
The direction and the sheer cosmic horror REALLY stood out to me this episode. Coy getting WAAAAYYYYYY ahead of himself immediately too was hilarious.
Also yeah that Variety article was basically non-news.
This season has been outstanding! Loki has become a top 5 favorite marvel character for me!
6:39 I’m so happy I’m not the only person that watches this show and cheered just as hard as you guys at the sight of Owen Wilson finally on his jet ski!
Also I’m loving every second of Loki’s personal evolution in this show. He went from wanting to being god-king of earth to wanting to save the earth so he could be with his friends!😭
This was probably the biggest character development episode for the series. Seeing other characters lives made me feel the stakes of the whole multiverse💯
This episode was freakin awesome. It's really about Loki finding his purpose and seeing everything he has gone through it's all coming together perfectly. This literally Goonies sequel spin-off story with Data all grown up and became an inventor. Literally Ke Huy Quan deserves an Emmy Award for his performance as OB as he steals scenes so well in every episode. When Loki says "I want my friends back. I don't want to be alone", that was deep and you can tell he has come a long since the events of Marvel's Avengers (2012). Literally this episode showing the Avengers: Infinity War snap affect with the timeline disappearing. Also Casey's real-life fictional story storyline is based of Frank Morris who escaped from Alcatraz in real-life, but his body was never recovered since he could've drowned. Nobody knows what really happened to the real Frank Morris. They made a movie about Frank Morris starring Cline Eastwood in the film Escape from Alcatraz.
Loki finally got a glorious purpose
Through all of this, I keep getting reminded of the red carpet interview with Tom Hiddleston where someone asked how he felt that Thor 2 might be his last appearance as Loki. He honestly looked crushed and sad a chapter was ending (although he likely knew there was at least one more appearance due to the ending of the movie).
Cut to now, almost exactly a decade later, and he's still fleshing out the same character and making it such a strong and unique performance, every time.
Loki just got OP.
Existence getting spagettified is kinda more horrifying than Thanos dusting off half of population.
So true
Loki, the man who tried to k1ll everyone, including his brother, wanting his FRIENDS back.
CHARACTER GROWTH.
The scene where branches started going away, felt like the snap from Thanos it was straight up CHILLING
The scene where time was spaghetti-fying and silvy's voice said, we are destined to lose, then Loki screams out and goes back to just moments before is awesome
This reaction felt like a therapy session in itself. I appreciate the breakdown because it helps me understand the episode a lot more when I re-watch it later.
Marvel hasn't given me goosebumps like this in a while, the TVA fading has such a blip feeling
The thumbnail looks like Loki just desperately wants a hug 😂
Well.... In a way, during the episode 👀
Loki Season 2 is landing with these cliffhangers like butter!! These episodes have been such a blast and i'm hyped for that finale.
When all of them were getting spaghettified, it reminded me of Infinity War. The whole scene just gave me GOOSEBUMPS!!
When the show writer said that episode 5 and 6 would be better, I was certain he was waffling cause I asked my self, how could you make it better than episode 4 that was arguably one of the best thing marvel has produced. And hey, he weren't wrong. Episode 6 just looks wild and the show is now answering unanswered questions as well. And to give loki the ability to time slip on command and anywhere anytime is actually insane. Might be the most powerful thing the mcu has given power to a character. And the the character arc loki has been incredible. He is literally now, my favourite in the whole mcu. And thank you marvel for finally giving us a show/movie that has the quality of the first 3 phases. Cause this is peak mcu content. Absolutely fantastic stuff.
feeling how i felt post infinity war. love everyone who worked on this show. they're single handedly beating the "Mcu is in shambles" allegations. I cannot wait to see how this ends!
Sylvie’s life: Some people are happy living a simple life with only the means to continue living simply. No need for expensive trips or impressing others with status. Ambitious people can’t understand those that are ok just getting by. It’s just another way to walk this rock.
I almost cry when Loki said “without my friends, where do I belong?” It made me think that after Infinity War, Loki has nothing and no one. When this multiverse story is done in the MCU, what will happen to Loki? Where does he belong? That makes me sad.
when loki said he wanted his friends back and doesn't want to be alone i damn near cried so relatable and feel so bad for loki!
loki has come a long way from the avengers till now never knew he could change so much one of the few great characters marvel has written.
I think when all those branched timelines started disappearing was the exact moment when He Who Remains, after winning the Multiversal War and starting TVA, decided to erase all branches and create a sacred timeline.
Could also be because the branches are all being stuffed into The Loom and are killing one another to fit
@@mrcritical6751 Could be a possibility, but I think in last episode loom melted down and what it means is that now there is no sacred timeline and every universe and timeline is now a shattered multiverse.
@@Siddharthh572absolutely not. This is gonna be a bit difficult to explain but the moment Kang created the Loom it has always been there right? Because it's outside of time. However. There is still the time BEFORE he created it. If timelines would just kill each other when they're free than nothing would ever BE. Which means Kang never won a multiversal war bc there wasn't a multiverse. However, the fact that everything happened the way it did just means that we as an audience have also been fooled. The reason everything is falling apart is because the Loom had a meltdown and is actively killing the branches trying to fit through.
And the only reason the Loom exists is because Kang can obviously only control an amount do timelines, not a multiverse. Especially bc that way he can make sure none of him get born.
The problem is that it might genuinely have been part of HWR's plan because Loki now wants to save the TVA and keep the sacred timeline so he won't be lonely but that's just another OB that causes everything we've seen happening.
This is truly Marvel magic and I'm so effing scared that they'll never make anything else this phenomenal!
This show just gets better as it goes on doesn't it? Loki S2 has singlehandedly gotten me back into the MCU.
And Echo looks dope as well, Marvel are back?
Lets see how the Marvels goes lol@@Mopark25
Loki should be one of the lead in upcoming avengers movies
No doubt this man is gonna be in Kang Dynasty
This episode was so great! So excited to see the Finale next week! 👍
Me being a bit of a historian, I got really excited when I saw Alcatraz. It's so cool how this show made Casey one of the three inmates who escaped from Alcatraz in 1962, just like how Loki was D.B. Cooper in the first season. The Alcatraz escape is a really interesting true story btw. Look it up in your free time; it's really cool.
It's cool the way they made the old building ob was held up in gradually look more and more like the room he worked in at the TVA
Wow, this was one of the most impactful episodes! Loki facing his demons, admitting he doesn't want to be alone, controlling his time-slipping. This was the best one yet! It will surely go down in Marvel history that Tom Hiddleston has literally carried the timelines and the MCU with his show!
Imagine that loki and the crew can not fix the issue. He could time slip back to stop the death of he who remains. Or even more sad, to the point he grabbed the time stone and decided never divert off his timeline. In this episode, sylvie reminded loki about how they were selfish. The show is about loki, we may have thought he has had his big character arc. But what if the real arc is him going back and not choosing to take the time stone and accepting his fate at the death of thanos. That would be the biggest arc imo.
Nah I don’t think they are gonna let this Loki die. Everything else you said I agree with, him stopping himself from even leaving the timeline would be a full circle, losing what he thinks makes him special ( his friends, the TVA) but ultimately saving them as well
What a episode the finale is gonna be unreal setting up the rest of the MCU
From an ok/good season 1, to season 2 which is resetting the bar. So so good!
What an episode! This show never ceases to amaze me and surprise me and give me chills. I’m so sad there’s only one more episode. I hope they stick the landing. As always, your reactions are so much fun. 💚
Criticism was really good for this review. You guys are so thoughtful here about what you could do to bring in from an "A- to an A". At the same time you are truly enjoying what you enjoyed. Love this reaction guys!
I really love the idea that everything unfolding has been part of what He Who Remains had planned out. Maybe the ‘choice’ he gave Sylvie at end of S1 wasn’t a choice at all.
1. O.B. seems like the architect for the entire TVA, explaining the style of the TVA
2. Mobius is from 2022 BEFORE the Battle of Earth, so he might have lost his wife in the blip
3. B-15 is from 2012 in New York i.e. The Battle of New York and where this variant Loki came from
++ Casey is ACTUALLY Frank Lee Morris from the 1962 Alcatraz escape 😱
I had to pause during OBs part because of the science and fiction realization. Honestly, it makes sense that there is a thin line between the best scientists and best fiction writers. They both depend on the exact same line of thinking on different sides of the spectrum. Such an interesting premise for this episode to operate on.
Even if this wasn’t my favourite episode everything about this episode was so goddamn cool. I’m really excited for how the finale unfolds.
I was so worried about this show but omg it has surpassed my expectations and more!
KANG THE CONQUEROR: “I can make it…so you never left her. Hope is going to open the door and you’ll be there.”
LOKI: “I can bring you back to any point in time. It’ll be like you never left.”
When I heard this, I immediately connected it back to what Kang said in Ant-Man: Quantumania when speaking to Janet.
Loki is in real time realizing that he can control his own story…AND OTHERS. And while at that moment, he probably only intended that he could bring him back via the TempPad, he eventually figures out by the end of this episode that he can “control” his time-slipping. I love the theories that in actuality, there is a LOKI WHO REMAINS that is either further at the end than He Who Remains…and that other theory that HWR himself is still just controlling Loki’s time-slipping because this was his plan all along and he “pathed the way”, which would tie into the theme of the “ouroboros.”
Also, I think it would be cool to see Loki become this “Prime” character to recruit the Avengers in helping to stop the multiversal war. That would really be a full circle moment for the entire MCU. A Loki who has achieved his glorious purpose, now a God of Stories, helping to save endless timeless & universes from selfish, tyrannical savages trying to gain control of the multiverse.
This would absolutely solidify Loki as one of the characters in the MCU with the most dynamic redemption arc. I cannot wait for the Season Finale! I hope they won’t scrap Kang as per the rumors. We need to see our heroes go up against the Council of Kangs and Jonathon Majors has delivered FLAWLESSLY.
It was really an emotional episode,I like how Loki was able to turn this thing that happened to him into new ability,it's like he is a living TemPad now :)
Remember Angel Gabriel from the Supernatural TV series? There's a strange feeling that Loki is being groomed to become a future Real God of Trickster, able to see the future, as well as the past, and allow him to make changes in the future with tricks.
The fact that casey (Frank) is a real prisoner who escaped Alcatraz is genius...loving this season...great reaction...😊
I like the theory of the whole Loki series just being one big time loop, and we're only now just seeing the making of the TVA.
This would also back up the other theory of everything still being part of Kang's plan because what if in the end he just wiped everybody's memories just like he did Renslayer's.
And then the only way that Loki and the others can get out of this big time loop is when they as the TVA catch Deadpool in Deadpool 3 and it's actually him who helps Loki defeat Kang and free the TVA but I think that part's a stretch.
Just finished the episode and I shed a tear when I saw y’all upload, thank yall as always with the great videos!
Like I've been saying, Loki is going to become the God of Stories. The next thing they'll do is make sure to bring it back around on itself, meaning, he'll try and try to change the past, but in doing so he's only perpetuating the future. He's going to inadvertently be the reason there's a Kang in every timeline. Oh, and once he is the one to go out onto the walkway, all of the other branching versions of himself will spaghetti and cease to exist. There can be only one. Except Sylvie, she's go the tempad of HWR.
Or Sylvie is the one to do it . When we first see her as a child she was playing and was “ the hero that saved Asgard” I’ve often wondered if that was her Nexus event that she strongly wanted to be the hero and was willing to sacrifice . That would take her charscyer full circle
Someone mentioned that the reason Casey has infinity stones in his desk is because he’s been stealing them from the other tva employees. That it’s his nature . I thought that was a funny idea . Also, the scene with Sylvie in the record store is really close to scenes in a movie Tom did called Lovers Left Alive , by Jim Jarmusch
Ive been waiting to watch this season til the whole thing was out but i couldn’t help myself! I watched ep1 - 5 all in one day and cant wait for the next ep tomorrow! This show has me feeling like a marvel fan again!
When the whole gang got spaghetti-fied, I was bawling my eyes out: "Why am I experiencing a Thanos dust moment again?!"
Also, the sandwiching of HWR "I PAVED THE WAY FOR YOU" as a prologue of this ep, and Brad's Zaniac game "YOU LOSE" after what seems like Loki's peak moment, gave me chills.
I'm conflicted because I love Loki as a character, his journey, and how both Loki seasons are going. Just like how I loved Wanda in Wandavision but disliked how they handled her downfall in Dr. Strange... I paradoxically want Loki and Wanda a win and be happy, but for entertainment purposes also want to see their downfall written brilliantly.
I still wish to see Loki (Tom Hiddleston) and Thor (Chris Hemsworth) reuniting before I die. I don't wanna wait any remake bs 20yrs later. I want their reunion in the MCU before the actors retire their characters.
just gotta say, all of you unanimously cheering for jetski mobius/don and awing at the single dad line was my favourite part of this reaction LMAO. we all love mobius
This has to be my favorite episode of LOKI as a whole so far! not because Mobius finally got his Jet Ski ride "kinda" because it was really intense and suspenseful! Great acting to by everyone!
I think, more than anything else, this explains why He who remains wanted Loki to be his successor.
It was because Loki was already a key component in the history of the TVA.
Adding Ke Huy Quan to the main cast gives color to the series.
Maybe he added a bit of his everything everywhere all at once idea to the show.
When loki says “without them, where do i belong?” My heartbreak broke 💔💔
When Sylvie started listening to that Velvet Underground song, I yelled "Hey, Jimmy Brown, that's my name!" My mum didn't appreciate it.
Man I love Loki
It's 4am in Chile but I couldn't sleep before I saw your reaction to the episode, love you guys!
I love how after that Variety article bascially every big meme account on Twitter was saying how the MCU has lost its essence and depth while Loki S2 has been the most unique and thought provoking project they've done in a while (or ever).
This series also feels more like a piece of independent cinema rather than a disney production.
“Without them, where do I belong?” Hit me hard man…
I think loki is my favorite character in the entire MCU. This show is solidified for me as the best thing the MCU has done. Just wow 🤯
I was just talking to one of my bros the other day about Loki's most powerful form in the comics - God Of Stories Loki. And TODAY WE GET HIM IN THE MCU MY GOD DUDEEEE
My fave parts of this is Loki's hair flip. I didn't realize how much I love it lol. Though I'm not sure where they're going with the time travel rule. They were very clear about the time travel rules in endgame. So I'm really curious how they explain this show's time travel logic with the endgame one.
I think that was time travel based on using the Quantum realm and an actual time machine. But now Loki has, in essence become a Nexus being (like Wanda) but instead of reshaping reality to his will, he reshaped time itself.
That was fking awesome, Most genuinely excited I’ve felt for the MCU since Endgame, we’re in the Multiverse saga now
I thought this episode was sad but in a good way. The record store scene really got me. Gave me Infinity War feeling of whaaaat ????
PS- the Stephen King novel on the shelf behind the counter was Insomnia, which follows ideas like free will/predestined events, so it was great to include in the show. I read it in 1994, lol 😄
❤ This episode was amazing and suspenseful. This season has been so well thought out and composed. I would also rank it 3rd, but it's definitely up there with four out of five episodes (sorry episode 2). To Greg's point about a lack of catharsis, I think that's more a criticism of Marvel's decision to have only six episodes per season, rather than an issue with this episode. Their flagship series should definitely be longer.
I think 6 was perfect because the VFX and CGI must have being really expensive to create something so alike to infinity wars, the spaguettifying was chef kiss and terrifying
I like how Marvel showed both Particle Theory (Infinity War) and String Theory (Loki) when wiping things/people out of existence.