A Mischievous Look Within – Loki Episodes 1 – 2 Review

Marvel has been on a role with its Disney+ line up. WandaVision was a fun homage to television sit-coms wrapped in a mystery. Falcon and the Winter Soldier was a political thriller and the closest in line to the movies. Now we have the God of Mischief himself in Loki. It would have been easy to just ride on its laurels and built the show around what the already beloved character without much growth or difference. Instead, Loki has shown to be a surprisingly insightful look inside the character and placed bare for all to see what makes the character tick. The Man, the Myth, the Talkative To make sure there is no confusion, Loki begins directly from Endgame where the Loki (Tom Hiddleston) from the past escapes using the Tesseract the present day Avengers were trying to sneak away with. This Loki was not supposed to escape according to the time line and he is immediately arrested by the TVA (Time Variance Authority). An agency meant to keep the flow of time on its correct course and capture any variants, people who don’t do what time says they should do, that appear. From there, we have our Loki eating two big ol’ servings of humble pecan pie and that pie is delicious.

What it means to be “Loki” Loki always touts his godhood, being more than the lesser beings he perceives pretty much everyone else to be. To come across an entire collection of law enforcement/white collar office workers, that make him and all his accomplishments seem so mundane was such a blow to his ego, and …