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Loki (Tom Hiddleston) is a cosmic mistake, a character says to his face early into the new Marvel TV show. In some ways, Loki the series was just as unexpected. Loki follows the Loki who escaped with the Tesseract in Avengers: Endgame, after Iron Man and Ant-Man went back in time to get one of the Infinity Stones, but failed to do so due to Hulk's dislike for stairs. The Endgame writers engineered all that because they wanted to send Iron Man and Captain America further back into the past. They needed something that would…

Loki episode 1 — out now on Disney+ and Disney+ Hotstar — introduces us to a whole new, never-seen-before side of the Marvel Cinematic Universe. Or should I say, multiverse. The Time Variance Authority, abbreviated as the TVA, is the focus of the first episode of the Tom Hiddleston-led newest Marvel series. We learn about how it came into being, what it does, what it's capable of, and what that means for the trillions of living beings across the timeline. And because this series is called Loki, we see the TVA's actions…

Loki episode 2 — out now on Disney+ and Disney+ Hotstar — has what might be the biggest twist of this six-episode first season of the new Marvel series. Close to the very end of Loki episode 2, the other Loki variant who Loki (Tom Hiddleston) and Mobius (Owen Wilson) have been hunting finally takes off their hood. And it's Lady Loki (Sophia Di Martino)? That might not be the name of the character in the series, because Loki episode 2 doesn't give us one — Di Martino is credited simply as “The Variant” in Loki episode 2…

Loki episode 3 — out now on Disney+ and Disney+ Hotstar — felt very much like an instalment of The Mandalorian. Some of that was down to the visuals, with the vast empty (albeit purple-hued) Lamentis-1, the deserted mining town and acres of loose gravel, akin to the landscapes that we regularly see on the Star Wars series that harkens close to the franchise's Western roots. There's also the matter of the guards we see checking tickets to the evacuation vessel on Lamentis-1, who are essentially Marvel's version of…

Loki episode 4 — out now on Disney+ and Disney+ Hotstar — just turned the new Marvel series on its head. Keep reading for our recap, unless you're worried about spoilers. Sylvie's (Sophia Di Martino) reveal, from Loki episode 3, that those who work for the Time Variance Authority are time variants like Loki (Tom Hiddleston) and herself, was at the heart of everything. It sparked realisations, revelations, and rebellions at the TVA — first with Hunter B-15 (Wunmi Mosaku) and then Mobius (Owen Wilson). It also led to the…

Loki episode 5 — out now on Disney+ and Disney+ Hotstar — set up the end of the new Marvel series, and possibly, the future of the Marvel Cinematic Universe. As we head into the season finale, Loki episode 6, due next Wednesday, Loki episode 5 was naturally a table-setting episode in some ways. That's fitting, for so much of it took place in a vast purgatory called The Void. There, we were introduced to a new Marvel villain, the dark purple cloud mass known as Alioth, that consumes everything it touches. Per Sylvie…

Loki episode 6 — out now on Disney+ and Disney+ Hotstar — might have been the end of the Marvel Cinematic Universe series' first season, but the finale left us with more questions than answers. Like all of us, I'm new to this whole multiverse idea and how it will function in the MCU, so pardon me if I don't get some things right. It does seem like Loki episode 6 has ushered us well and truly into the multiverse, if I'm correctly reading the last scene with Loki (Tom Hiddleston) and a version of Mobius (Owen Wilson) who…