I took the time watch both Season back to back and I got mixed feelings about it but at the same time I cannot deny the ending was pretty damn good, like the whole second season felt a bit all over the place with the pacing jumping from one problem to another without giving us enough time to breathe but that finale really hit different, I dont know what is about two season series that never end properly, I felt there was so much more to unwind specially with something like the TVA been one of the craziest concepts I have ever seen from the MCU but the Kang character was always a mess for them, I think because they actually over hype it just too much. What Tom Hiddleston did with this character over two seasons is actually wild when you stop and think about it, going from this selfish asshole who only cared about power to literally becoming the protector of every single timeline in existence, that is one hell of a transformation and I cannot be mad at that. The way they showed him grabbing all those timelines and basically turning into this god figure sitting alone on a throne for eternity its like ok so you wanted a throne is one alone for the end of time no show off no way to share, that scene alone made the whole season worth it, yeah sure there were some bumps along the way the whole Victor Timely thing did not really work for me and Sylvie got pushed to the side for most of the season which sucked because she was so important in season one but when it came down to it when Loki had to make that final choice between killing Sylvie or finding another way he chose to sacrifice himself and give up everything. No more friends no more adventures just an eternity of keeping the universe together, that is actually pretty novel in a really sad way and I think this is where Lokis story should end because where do you even go from here, the guy is literally holding the entire multiverse in his hands and he already failed massively with the hole Tesarack persue.
- IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt9140554/
- Platform: Disney+
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The whole season was about Loki trying to fix the temporal loom without realizing the loom was never meant to be fixed in the first place, it was a fail safe created by He Who Remains to keep everything under control and the sacred timeline was never about protecting people it was about protecting one version of reality that benefited one guy. Every episode we watched Loki time slip backwards and forwards trying desperately to save his friends at the TVA and fix this broken system, watching him loop through the same moments over and over again was funny and sad at the same time because you could see the frustration building up in him but at the sime time dragg hard and made me felt bored for quite some time, he spent centuries learning physics and engineering from OB just to realize there was no solution to an infinite problem, you cant scale for infinity its like trying to divide by zero, the loom would always fail no matter what they did. Mobius and Sylvie were there with him the whole time but in the end it was Lokis choice alone to make, he could either let the multiverse die and go back to the sacred timeline with He Who Remains in control or he could destroy the loom and replace it with something better, something that gave people actual free will instead of the illusion of choice.
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The series also had that reference of Loki character that work so so good that went back to that first Avengers movie when he said he was burdened with glorious purpose, back then he was just a villain who wanted power and control but now after everything hes been through he finally understands what that phrase actually means. Mobius told him that most purpose is more burden than glory and that line hit hard because thats exactly what Loki ends up doing, he takes on the burden of holding the multiverse together so everyone else can have their freedom, its the ultimate sacrifice from a character who used to only care about himself, I laugh so hard because he didnt died for the rest of the universe although did lock down himself so the rest of the existence could function almost like he is Jesus. That scene of him sitting on that throne at the end of time with the timelines glowing green around him like branches of a tree that I dont know much but for sure has a deep meaning either on the Asgard mythology or something about the universe supreme beings, it was such a powerful image that perfectly captured what Loki had become, he went from wanting to rule over people to actually serving them by keeping them alive and giving them choice.
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Not everything is unicorn and rainbows, season 2 had some issues that bothered some of them more than others like I mentioned before the pacing was weird and it felt like they needed more episodes to really let unwind certain storylines as a fact I would say another season because the escape too easy from the void, the whole Victor Timely subplot took up so much time and I dont think it payed off the way they wanted it to, Jonathan Majors did his best with the script but the character just felt like a distraction from the main story most of the time, proof of this is all they need was his head because he was not necessarily needed to test a theory that never work. Renslayer also got sidelined pretty hard this season and her entire story felt unfinished, she should have been as important as in season 1, she was supposed to be this big antagonist but then she just kind of dissipated into the void at the end and we never got a satisfying conclusion to her story, I hope they bring her back in some future project because it feels like there was more to do with that character, she also wanted either revenge or at least know the truth this almost look like when John Week wanted to bring down The Table. Sylvie also got put aside badly this season which is a shame because she was one of the best parts of season one, her and Lokis relationship was supposed to be central to the story but instead she spent most of her time working at McDonalds in an alternate timeline and only showed up when the plot needed her to argue with Loki about free will, and what about her romance with Loki?? so many inconclusive things.
I have to say that even with those problems I still think the finale brought some closure and made the whole season worth watching, seeing Loki finally find his glorious purpose after all these years was satisfying as hell and Tom Hiddleston absolutely killed it in every single scene, the man deserves all the awards for what he did with this character over two seasons going from this narcissist power hungry character to the one that saves the universe. The ending where he walks up those invisible stairs and sits down on the throne while the timelines form this beautiful tree around him is one of the best endings in any Marvel show or movie, its a bit sour too because Loki gets what he always wanted which was a throne but it comes at the cost of being alone forever, his biggest fear was being alone and now thats his reality for the rest of eternity, thats some heavy stuff and the show didnt shy away from showing how much that choice hurt him. I think this is the perfect ending for Loki because theres nowhere else to go with his character after this, hes literally become a god who holds the multiverse in his hands and any future appearance would just diminish what they accomplished here. Overall I would give Loki Season 2 a solid seven out of ten, it had some pacing issues and underdeveloped subplots but the character work was top notch and the finale was beautiful in a really tragic way.
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