Loki Season 2 Review

By Gabriel Matias Castilho

One of Marvel’s Cinematic Universe beloved shows ended this past week as our favorite god of mischief found his new “glorious purpose” as the god of stories. In a masterpiece of storytelling that relied less on chronological continuity than on emotional plot-twists, the Season 2 finale of Loki puts an end to Tom Hiddleston’s character quest for saving the Time Variance Authority (TVA) from complete destruction—and we only know it is the end because there are no post-credits scenes.

The slow pacing of the first season’s finale is replaced here by the clever debate about the notion of fate and free-will.

“I make the tough choices, that’s why I get the big chair,” argued the One Who Remains (Jonathan Majors) in an attempt to defend his position as keeper of time.

“Do you really want to be the god who takes away everyone’s free-will so you can protect that?” asked Sylvie (Sophia Di Martino), questioning Loki’s intentions for saving the multiverse.

A decision is finally made as Loki manually rearranges the disparate timelines in a spectacle of light, darkness and special effects, with the time lines knitted together in the form of the Yggdrasil—the central sacred tree of Norse mythology. Truly a treat for the eyes.

The ending is spectacular and fulfilling. Instead of spending its time setting up the “next big bad thing,” the finale provided a closure to each individual chapter of the story—a rarity among Marvel shows. In my opinion, the series’ only downside is that it didn’t give us a scene of Mobius (Owen Wilson) riding his jet-ski on a lake.