Loki Episodes 5 & 6 review
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Welcome back my friends! This time around, we’re finally wrapping up with the Loki series. At the time of writing this article actually, I’ve just recently finished watching the final episode, and I hopped straight over here to get through that episode and the one previous to it. So, they’re both fresh on my mind, though I will be rewatching them both as I write the reviews for them. Alright, with all that out of the way, we’re not gonna waste any more time. Let’s jump straight into it.
Episode 5: Journey into Mystery
For this episode, we jump straight into a situation where we see Loki and his new Loki friends face a massive cloud monster thing named Alioth, while Classic Loki explains they’re in a place called The Void. Immediately after, we see Sylvie hurting and interrogating Ravonna Renslayer in the TVA court room. Renslayer explains to Sylvie that Loki might actually be alive, and explains the process of pruning. Basically, whenever a timeline is reset, it’s not actually erased. It’s simply transferred to the end of time, where the Time-Keepers are still writing the end of time. At least, that’s what was once said. After this, we see Loki and the, well, Lokis, heading to an underground hideout, while explaining how it’s impossible to escape The Void, while they question Loki why he wants to head to the TVA so badly. Back over at the TVA, Renslayer is forced to ask Miss Minutes for files on the end of time, where Sylvie believes could be a key to finding out who is behind the TVA. Renslayer and Miss Minutes create a weird lie on a mocked up spacecraft that can withstand the “temporal void” and take them to the end of time. This was just to create enough time for some Minutemen to show up, forcing Sylvie to retreat while snatching Renslayer’s TemPad. Some dialogue goes on, and we see Sylvie actually prune herself. Interesting. Back in The Void, we see the Lokis listening to the hammer wielding Loki, known as Boastful Loki’s story about how he killed Captain America and Iron Man, and actually got a hold of all six Infinity Stones. It’s hilarious that we also see them drinking with Alligator Loki, who opens his mouth for the wine that Classic Loki gives him. Alligator Loki calls him a liar, something Classic Loki translates, and Boastful Loki reveals that Alligator Loki’s nexus event was eating the wrong neighbor’s cat. Alligator Loki gets super upset, and we see him lunge at Boastful Loki, and they have a super funny but brief fight. Eventually, Classic Loki reveals that he too was on board a ship with the Asgardians (referring to the events of Ragnarok), but instead of trying to stab Thanos, he created an illusion of himself that even fooled the Mad Titan. He hid as debris, and drifted in space before landing on a remote planet. He got lonely and decided to try and leave to find his brother Thor, but was arrested by the TVA. Loki decides not to stand for this life in The Void, and decides he’s going to kill Alioth. He’s laughed at, and we see him attempt to leave, before he sees none other than President Loki and his goons at the top of their shelter.
We cut to Sylvie, who wakes up in a rundown bus. She climbs out, and runs after seeing Alioth reaching her. She gets a sudden vision after coming into close contact with the cloudy big bad, a vision that she mentions later. She’s rescued by none other than good old Mobius, who picks her up in a pizza delivery car. They drive away from the beast, safe and sound. Back at the Loki hideout, we see President Loki with a smile on his face as he stands with his goons. Boastful Loki suddenly holds Kid Loki hostage, saying he’s now a king. President Loki suddenly gets his goons to turn on Boastful Loki, who has now been betrayed himself. President Loki is also suddenly turned on by his own Loki goons. Really, a bunch of betrayal in this episode. Alligator Loki suddenly lunges at President Loki, actually biting his hand off. President Loki lets out a hilarious scream, and we see all the Loki Variants fighting amongst themselves. Kid Loki picks up Alligator Loki like a dog which was adorable, and Classic Loki creates a portal for him and his friends to escape, except of course, the traitorous Boastful Loki. The Lokis speak of the TVA and Sylvie, and they all agree to take down Alioth if it means bringing down the TVA. Later on, Mobius, Sylvie, and the Lokis all meet up after they all agree to face Alioth, but Sylvie says that she won’t kill him. Instead, she’ll enchant the beast. Back at the TVA, we see Renslayer interrogating the imprisoned Hunter B-20, who continues to support Sylvie’s quest for vengeance against the TVA. Renslayer, even knowing that the Time-Keepers are fake, stills supports whoever is in charge. Much later on, we see Kid Loki give Loki a cool golden sword which can engulf itself in fire. Cool. Anyways, we also see Mobius give his final goodbye, as Sylvie offers Loki her TemPad, while Loki gives Mobius the TemPad instead. Loki and Mobius hug, and even calls him “friend” Super nice scene. Loki and Sylvie face Alioth while the other Lokis walk away, but even with Sylvie’s attempts of enchantment, she just can’t do it. Suddenly, we see Classic Loki create a diversion by summoning a MASSIVE kingdom of Asgard, which is just an illusion. Alioth then heads straight for him, and Classic Loki’s final words, are “glorious purpose”. He’s consumed, and leaves behind his classic horned crown. Such a shame. Loki and Sylvie use the distraction to then enchant Alioth, and this time it works, due to Loki’s help. Alioth turns into a greenish cloud, and suddenly, a cloudy vision of a massive temple-like structure is in view. Sylvie and Loki lock hands, and they walk through. End of episode.
Wow. This episode was such a major step up. I genuinely enjoyed this one, this really was a fun entry in the series. I loved all of the new Lokis, especially Alligator Loki with his funny temper tantrums and cute little Loki horns. It was great to have Classic Loki in live action, albeit not for too long, but it was still great. The Void itself is super crazy. There’s so many super crazy easter eggs, including the Thanos helicopter, Throgg in a bottle (Throgg is a character in the comics who’s Thor, but literally a frog), and I’m pretty sure a giant version of Yellowjacket’s helmet from the Ant-Man film. Maybe Yellowjacket is still alive? All in all, I love this episode, even though Renslayer had weird dialogue. Loved it.
4.5 out of 5.
Episode 6: For All Time. Always.
Here we are at the final episode of Loki, and immediately, something interesting happens. The Marvel Studios comic flipping opening is now playing voice clips from what would seem to be every main character in the Marvel movies. In the background, we also hear the same music that we hear when Captain America and Peggy Carter are dancing together at the end of Endgame. Very interesting details. A bit after this, we see this weird, floating, broken up asteroid in space. At the top is the same castle looking building that Sylvie envisioned. We see the pair of Lokis pause in front of the door as Sylvie shows a bit of fear or uncertainty. Eventually, the doors open on their own, and the two Lokis are confronted by Miss Minutes. She reveals that they’re in a place called The Citadel at the End of Time. Totally not creepy. She also reveals that the one in charge is someone named He Who Remains, and this person wants to offer them a deal. He offers them a chance to live the lives they always wanted back in the Sacred Timeline. Miss Minutes says he offers Loki the chance to not only win the Battle of New York, but also the ability to kill Thanos, have the Infinity Gauntlet, and have the throne of Asgard. He also offers Sylvie a lifetime of happiness in the same place as Loki, together on the timeline. Tempting, but they both decline his offer. We’re quickly back at the TVA, where we see Ravonna in her office, frantically searching through a bunch of files. Miss Minutes appears, and she lies about what took her so long to retrieve the files Ravonna asked for. When Ravonna searches through the files downloaded to her TemPad, Miss Minutes clarifies that those aren’t the files she wanted, but “he” thinks they’ll be more useful, and disappears. Huh. Back at the Citadel, Sylie and Loki enter a room with three statues who look like the Time-Keepers. There’s actually a fourth statue, but it’s destroyed. Suddenly, a door to an elevator at the end of the room opens, and a man in an odd purple and green outfit pops out. He’s got a weird personality. A bit nerdy, a bit unsettling, a bit… odd. He casually chews his apple and asks them to all talk in his office. They ride his elevator together, and of course Sylvie tries to swing her sword at him. He teleports around her using some sort of hand device, and they eventually see him at the entrance of the elevator at the floor they finally reach. He pours them tea, and asks them to sit, while he takes his seat behind the desk chuckling. Such an odd guy.
Back in Ravonna’s office, we see Mobius enter the room. Awkward. The two of them of course argue about how each of them betrayed each other from their own point of view. Ravonna defends the TVA, even with the Time-Keepers being fake, but says that “he” must’ve had a purpose. Mobius of course disagrees, now knowing that they’re all Variants, and reveals that he’s done something, and shows Ravonna a pen. We cut to Hunter B-20 in a school, and we hear a team of Minutemen trying to search for her. B-20 shows herself to them, and one of the hunters chases her. They head into an office, where B-20 pleads for the hunter (a hunter named Hunter U-92) to wait and listen to her. Suddenly, Ravonna walks into the room, but she’s not Judge Renslayer. She’s actually the principal of a school, and of course, the hunter is shocked. The pen now makes sense, Mobius revealed her true identity. I’m skipping scenes here, but later in the episode, Renslayer disarms Mobius of his pruning weapon, and prepare a briefcase for herself. She creates a portal, and tells Mobius that she’s in search of free will. Odd. Anyways, a bit for this scene, and after, Loki and Sylvie are still having their conversation with the odd man. Loki asks what he’s so afraid of, to which he says, “Me.” That’s clue number one, if you understood it. Sylvie asks who he is, and he says he’s been dubbed many names. like a ruler, and a conqueror. That was clue number two. Later, he shows the two Lokis a projection of some sort. He reveals that eons ago, before the TVA, a variant of himself lived on Earth in the 31st century. Clue number three. This version was a scientist who discovered the multiverse, but so did other versions of himself. They all made contact, gave each other ideas and information on how to advance in their own respective technologies, etc. Though, not every version of him was good. Some wanted to conquer worlds, and so the peace between them all turned into war, the same war we heard of all the way back in episode 1. He then reveals the reason why he created the TVA was to put an end to the war. I won’t give everything away, but he gives the Lokis two options. Kill him, and have an infinite number of him come out and start a new war, or take his place as ruler of the TVA to keep the peace of the Sacred Timeline. The timeline is branching as they speak though, so they’re warned to hurry and choose. Suddenly, Sylvie kisses Loki after they disagree on what they should do, and she creates a portal back to the TVA and pushes Loki through… um, ew? Don’t care what anyone says, that’s so weird. Uh, anyways, Sylvie pushes “his” desk away, and stabs him through the chest. His final words are, “see you soon,” before chuckling, then dying. The branches of the timeline grow far too much, and we get a visual on just how much. Various massive branches have been created, and timeline crackles and splits constantly, creating hundreds, if not thousands of new universes. Back at the TVA, Mobius and Hunter B-20 just stare at the monitor. “For all time.” “Always.” A bit later, we see Loki run through the TVA library to inform Mobius that they made a mistake by freeing the timeline, and warns of an all out war. Mobius… oh man. Mobius doesn’t even know who he is. Loki is somewhere new. This TVA isn’t his TVA. Loki stares in horror at a statue that was once the Time-Keepers, but it’s now someone else. It’s now the ruler. The conqueror. It’s Kang the Conqueror. End of episode.
I honestly have no words. This episode was absolutely amazing. Even with the weird personality of He Who Remains, I just love this ending. It’s so wild, it threatens the entire MCU equally as much as Thanos did. This is the next saga of the MCU. The Infinity Saga is over, but now we have to our heroes face Kang the Conqueror, a time hopping villain who uses his impressive and dangerous technology to threaten and conqueror various timelines. For those of you who have read the comics, you’ll know how dangerous he is. For those of you who haven’t, just you wait. Fantastic finale.
5 out of 5.
Final Thoughts
You know, this series has had a bit of trouble finding its place. It’s fumbled a few times, not too badly, but it has definitely fumbled. These last two episodes definitely make up for it. For those of you who don’t know, this isn’t the end. It’s confirmed that there is a season 2 coming eventually, we just have to wait. While I personally don’t know about this next bit, I’ll go ahead and say that it looks like Loki might feature in the upcoming Doctor Strange: Multiverse of Madness. If I’m right, then oh boy, we’re in for a crazy film. Scarlet Witch seems to be becoming a villain for that film (watch WandaVision), so to have Loki in the mix as well? We’re going to have a crazy wild ride. Season 1 of Loki, absolutely great. So glad it fixed itself right up. Let me know what you all think on my Twitter and Instagram, did you like the finale or did you not? This has been The Wolf Den!
