Frequently I had to pause and rewind so I could reassemble the first season puzzle with the second's new pieces changing everything. Devouring two more episodes left me no closer to knowing what was happening or where the season would land. Fantastic.
With the multiverse teetering all around it, Loki is one strand of the timeline that is sustaining its originality and intention — and actually thriving. It’s about time.
The new season of “Loki” is a scrappy time-travel caper, a ticking-clock sci-fi thriller and a workplace comedy all rolled together, and a reminder that oddball creativity still goes a long way in the MCU.
Time will tell if the final two episodes can stick the landing, but there's reason to hope that, at last, the unending nature of the franchise needn't overshadow its creative ambitions. For better or worse, the ball is firmly in Marvel's court.
The four new episodes sent to critics have only a little of the esoteric oddness that so frequently made the first season a blast. The plot is so convoluted that the sense of fun rarely breaks through, but thanks to the sterling cast and some of the best production design on TV, there’s almost always something to hold your attention — if not to trigger any emotional investment.
Loki Season One was able to move nimbly despite being tethered to so much of the larger MCU. Season Two, though, frequently feels so sluggish that it may as well be locked into one of those puffy suits.
More than anything, Loki has started to resemble what it truly is: an ill-advised spinoff in the old tradition. A too-bright spotlight for a side character who was never best suited to lead.
Fantastic show. The story is great and the actors are excellent, the only things with it is the story may be hard to follow for some, and with the seasons only having 6 episodes each there isn't too much to watch, but you definitely don't want to miss it
Yikes, what happened?
Season 1 was interesting with a lot of questions about the TVA and what was gonna happen to Loki and, well, the whole timestream.
Season 2, all the mystery is gone, and everything seems to just hinge on Kang being a villain people care about, which is very much out the window now that Quantumania made him look stupid. Now, things just happen to Loki while he tries to warn people about Kang. It's so boring and very hard to care about. So much filler. All the intrigue of season 1 is gone. Hard to find a reason to care about this season at all.
I've watched five episodes and I've had enough! Good acting and interesting visual style doesn't help when the story is stupid, chaotic and tiresome. Even the cliffhanger at the end of the fourth episode doesn't impress, because there are no stakes here, no threat, no sense of danger - because time travel + multiverse is recipe for boredom... And "He Who Remains" Victor Timely Kang is just stupid clown, nothing more. A waste of time. R.I.P Loki... another one bites the dust.
