Season 2 - 6 episodes (2023)
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Created by: Michael Waldron
Starring: Tom Hiddleston, Owen Wilson, Sophia Di Martino, Wunmi Mosaku, Gugu Mbatha-Raw, Ke Huy Quan, Jonathan Majors
Rated: TV-14
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Plot
The mercurial villain Loki resumes his role as the God of Mischief in a series of events that take place after the events of Avengers: Endgame.
In season 2, Loki works with Mobius M. Mobius, Hunter B-15, and other members of the Time Variance Authority to navigate the multiverse in order to find Sylvie, Ravonna Renslayer, and Miss Minutes.
Verdict
I like the first season more, but that is the setup and lead in to this season which is a season long finale. Because of that this season feels a bit long. This leans into a few time travel tropes, and those tropes have been done more efficiently. This does a great job with new characters, and you have to watch this so you get closure with the first season. It's not bad, but it's never as fun as the first season because it doesn't slow down. This doesn't hold up on its own merits.
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Review
In the first season, Loki (Tom Hiddleston) was arrested for time crimes. He runs into other versions of himself and eventually meets The Watcher (Jonathan Majors) in the final episode who has big plans.
This is a show where you need to see the first season to have any idea of what's happening in the second season. Season one was part one, and this is part two, the finale. We pick up right at the end of season one where things are off the rails and time lines are multiplying and must be stopped.
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| Tom Hiddleston, Owen Wilson play Loki, Morbius |
Loki and Morbius (Owen Wilson) must find Sylvie (Sophia Di Martino) and Ravonna Renslayer (Gugu Mbatha-Raw) to fix the timelines. Loki and Morbius jump back to the 1800s and find a watcher variant adept at inventing who they hope will help them with their goal. It's a fight for control of the TVA.
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| Owen Wilson, Wunmi Mosaku, Sophia Di Martino, Tom Hiddleston, Eugene Cordero, Ke Huy Quan play Morbius, Hunter B-15, Sylvie, Loki, Casey, OB |
Episode four reveals all the players. OB is a new character this season, the repair guy that keeps the TVA running. He's a fun character.
In episode five Loki must assemble his team to fix the universe. This falls into a few time travel tropes, but it doesn't do anything new with them. This show just takes much longer to unfold these concepts. This season is heavy on the drama and action. It's the end of the world, and it's a struggle to prevent it. In episode six Loki tries to fix everything, only to realize he can't. Episode seven is the conclusion where Loki moves to plan B. Being the final season, this does resolve all plot lines.
I didn't like this season as much as the first. It's not as fun as it never slows down enough to develop setting or characters. At first this is a chase for Sylvie, then Ravonna. The watcher is causing chaos, but having just watched this I'm not sure why other than for the sake of it. The first season established the fun cop duo of Loki and Morbius that turned into the duo of Loki and Sylvie. It's the setup for season two, but the pacing of season two feels long.
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