1893

Although it's a solid episode, it might be my least favourite in the entire series so far. It continues the story very nicely and definitely isn't a bad episode by any means, but it's just not that good (if that makes any sense).

I'm trying to say that I've not really got many issues with it (except for a few historical inaccuracies), but it's not a great episode. It was very fun and intriguing, however, to see the plot progress, and to see what came of Ravonna's Season 1 ending, which has gone unexplained up until this point.

I'm very excited to see what comes next, and don't take my below-average rating as me not really enjoying this season so far!

I'm not sure I agree with everybody on this one.

I think all of the stuff with Victor Timely was fine. The weird tension between Renslayer and Mrs. Minutes dragged it a little bit. But I think it'll be really interesting to see what becomes of these two, especially given how this episode ended.

Loki and Mobius are a ton of fun on screen together and the best part of this season so far for me. I find it interesting that Loki is just okay with working with the TVA right. Yet he's still a mischievous person. Very curious to see how his arc ends this season.

Jonathan Majors (I almost hate to admit) is really good in this. He showed quite a bit more range here. We also kind of get an origin story for Kang in this, which is cool and doesn't at all feel forced.

Acting, production and pacing are all pretty solid. Can't wait for more.

Also, not enjoying this as a total Disney geek here, I genuinely think it's good show and I'm enjoying it for what it is.

An episode of two halves. It opens with a fine ragtime version of the Marvel fanfare.

Loki and Mobius arrive at the World's Fair in Chicago in 1893 and meet a variant of Kang. He is Victor Timely posing as an inventor and scamming potential investors with futuristic gadgets.

All because back in 1868, Ravonna Renslayer (Gugu Mbatha-Raw) jumped back to find Miss Minutes in Chicago. A contingency plan was formed by Kang in case he died. They would give a young Victor Timely a handbook on how to create and run the TVA. He just does not realise the full impact of the handbook yet.

All this makes Loki and Mobius's job difficult to bring Victor Timely to the TVA in order to fix things. Even more so when Sylvie arrives to destroy all of Kang's variants.

Finally the third episode is getting in to the real story for the second season. Jonathan Majors gets something major to do as Timely.

Then it becomes an episode where Miss Minutes and Ravonna Renslayer fight for Timely's affections. It weakened the story and lacked impact.

Yikes.

After a super solid start to season 2, this episode nose-dives hard; namely because of Jonathan Majors' awful acting choices as Victor Timely & the laughable chase sequences that ensue.

To date, outside of a passable turn as Kang in Quantumania, Majors has done nothing to make us truly fear for the MCU and his impending rule of it. This episode only sets him back further as his stammering take on Timely is more frustrating than intriguing to behold.

To cap it off there's a love triangle with an animated clock. It's hard to take anything serious when an animated clock with a southern accent is running amok affecting the plot and lusting after a main character.

It's just a bad episode all-around.

I enjoyed the episode but I feel like it's the same thing every week with a little hook at the end to pull over to the next one, Loki and mobius must go and find a particular thing or person to fix something in the TVA so they can go and fix something else. The formula is losing its touch a bit.

Kang was quite good, Loki's relationship with Mobius is the reason I'm still watching it's infectious, not a fan of Silvie, she is just becoming an annoying character and I'm like ugh every time she's on screen. Her high and mighty BS is getting too much, use her well or not at all, fine episode 7/10.