Breaking Brad

This episode isn't one of the best of the show, it's not even the best episode of season 2 so far, but it's still pretty decent nonetheless.

The episode starts out great and I think it has one of the more energetic and exciting openings to the show, but the middle kinda drags on and they could've done a lot more with it.

They surprisingly kinda wrap up one of the storylines established (more like hinted at) in the first episode and it kinda feels rushed? Like it's weird that they suddenly do this at the end which feels rushed, while the rest of the episode moves really slowly.

The interrogation starts out good but then turns into a dull long interrogation segment in the middle part of the show and they don't do much with it creatively. It also feels like the age rating is holding them back and Loki isn't as intimidating as he should be and acts like he's a benevolent protagonist who doesn't like torture. Avengers' Loki would be proud I guess. Just to clarify, I'm not saying why this Loki isn't the same ruthless Loki from the movies and they should disregard all the characterization and his arc from the previous season. It just feels like they're afraid to let him do anything a kind-hearted regular good-boy protagonist wouldn't do. It's like when Sony tries to make a solo movie about a Spider-Man villain and they turn them into a good guy instead and give them a bigger bad.

It also doesn't help that we finally get some great Loki action and his tricks in the beginning, and then the interrogation segment is dull and Loki doesn't really do much until the end of that segment. They could've made it more exciting if he did what he did in the beginning, but it's just him and Mobius going around and keep saying "where Sylvie tho?"

There is also the fact that there isn't really a sense of mystery felt in the episode. The feeling of tension and mystery of not knowing what's gonna happen next and making us eager to find out the truth from this actor guy. And when they finally find out, it's like "oh, sure, they were doing this I guess, and now it's over."

Obviously, there are gonna be consequences of this revelation in the next episodes and obviously they are setting up for the future storylines and slowly building up. But it doesn't help that the presentation of it is kinda meh. Like compared to the first few episodes of the first season, Sylvie was a mysterious character wreaking havoc everywhere and they kept cutting back to her letting us know that this danger exists. That made the show more intriguing and mysterious and you wanted to know what was happening and couldn't wait for the next episode.

But here, they don't even try to make the other storyline even be a storyline and show anything from it. They only mention Dox a couple of times, here but don't do anything to make it feel more tense and mysterious. All I'm saying is, they know how to do twists and the previous season's twists like Loki getting pruned were good, but they don't really know how to make it more interesting and build up to it so it has a bigger impact.

Most of the episode is spent trying to get this guy to talk and it feels like they could've even done one more storytelling and moved the plot further and cut some of the interrogation.

I don't have a problem with episodes of a show being slow-burn and more build-up. Andor is my favorite thing Disney Plus has done after all, and that show moves really slow and most episodes are build-ups culminating into an epic finale. I can get along with that for a season with more than 10 or 12 episodes, but when a show has only 6 episodes? It makes it look like the plot they wrote for the season isn't that thick and there's not much meat to the story if 33% of it was just what these two episodes were.

But I don't really wanna sound pessimistic, I'm sure this season is gonna be fine just like the previous one and we haven't gotten a full scope of the story yet and Kang hasn't come into the picture yet. But I just kinda expect more from the writers after all this time to come up with better storytelling and more creative ways to make the show interesting. Episode 1 of this season definitely had that, but this one I'm not really sure.

Nevertheless, this episode isn't bad at all and I still enjoyed it nonetheless, and Owen Wilson as Mobius is always great to watch and was probably the best part of this episode. I only mentioned some problems I had with it here so it might sound like I hated this episode, but I really don't and I just think it's fine, but there wasn't much to it. Like if I had to pick which episode of the show has a more rewatchability value, this episode would be at the bottom of the list, but it's still a fine episode.

A 7/10 because the episode feels dragged out, and not so much actually happens. But the score is hold up and the episode works very well because of the magnificent acting and great dialogue. This is one of the best acted TV shows Marvel has ever done.

This also show us that the general idea behind the current Marvel story of timelines and alternative universes can work if done correctly. Still a bit confusing for many viewers, but here it work.

There are no real negatives in direct sense, except perhaps the way to obvious product placement from the worst food no one should ever eat. Instead my negatives about this episode is that although the dialogue and acting is amazing, it is also a bit too much of it. They drag things out too much.

Overall a good Episode but a lot of confusion at the start of the episode after the first part of the episode was done I found myself going back to last week episode and had to re watch the end of Episode 1 again as I thought I missed something because the way Episode 2 starts makes you question if they uploaded Episode 3 by mistake. As the Episode continues it starts to all add up more and more however it does not make up for the confusion which is the first ten to twenty minutes of the Episode.

Like all current Marvel it is good without being great and makes you question if it's a story that needs to be told.

Honestly, it's probably one of the worst episodes (if not THE worst) in the series so far. That's not to say it's not great, though! It's intriguing, and continues the story very nicely, with some awesome action and visuals effects!

The sole purpose of this episode was just to move the story forward. I'm not going to go into any specifics to avoid any spoilers, but it just felt like an episode that needed to happen in order for the rest of the season to be able happen.

Overall, it just wasn't anything special, which is a little disappointing considering how amazing most of the show is. Still a pretty great episode, though, that's probably better than anything we got in Secret Invasion!

I have no idea what's going on in this series. The plot seems neglected in favor of disconnected scenes. What's happening? Why are the characters motivated to act in certain ways? Who is everyone? What's this all leading toward? The episode is rather heavy handed at times in demanding that the viewer make an emotional investment, yet without realizing what is at stake this is asking for more than is provided. The chemistry between Hiddleston and Wilson is good and that keeps the scenes flowing. Oddly enough, the script is better written than the storyline itself. Again, what is happening and what is the point in this season? It's not clear and it's not clear why I should care.