Heart of the TVA

Loki Season 2 Episode 4 not only marks one of the MCU's darkest and most haunting moments, but also offers an unexpected and surprising ending.

The fourth episode of the second season of the Loki series is like a cat and mouse story in which we see a relatively similar process to the previous episode where two groups are looking for Victor Timely, but the difference is that this time we also see a life and death struggle. In fact, both groups are trying to take control of this organization while solving the TVA problem, and we finally got the answers to some of our questions in the first part.

This episode kind of meandered along for the first part but then BANG, once it gets going boy does it get going. Loki has been the shining light in the tv era of MCU and this season is not disappointing but this episode just does not go where you expect it to.

It certainly looks like it is going to be fairly generic but this show has been consistently good at going left when it looks like it is going right and this one does that here. I am making this is a spoiler free review because I think it is well worth watching without knowing what happens because when it hits the go button, it does not let up until the end. It goes to a place totally unexpected but on reflection, it absolutely makes sense. There is so much going on, you need to pay attention but if you do, it pays off with a bang.

I have no idea where they take it from here...and for the first time since No Way Home, I am thankful for that.

I almost want to swear at the writers for that cliff hanger. It's as brutal as the end of the Sopranos.

We learned a lot from this episode with regards to Ouroboros and Victor Timely. Especially why his memory was never erased.

This episode makes sense of what hwr stated at the end of Loki Season 1 and makes sense of the end of Loki Season 2 Episode 1, when Loki was pruned.

We can also understand why Miss Minutes was kept as an A. I. She asked in episode 2, why she never received a body, we understand now. Who would want to give that a body?!

We now understand 'the infinite amount of devils' and who pruned Loki! This episode sets up the understanding for the end of ANTifa man's post credit scene with the infinite amount of devils. It could have easily been an infinite amount of nevermind, you'll have to see for yourself.

Season 2 Episode 4 of Loki is easily one of the most intense episodes we've gotten in an MCU TV series. It's going to be difficult to talk about it without spoiling anything... But I'm going to try!

This episode was just breathtaking. It was incredibly well-made, with an awesome script, fantastic visuals and great performances. One of the things that I love the most about this series are the deep philosophical conversations, and this episode nails it in that area!

Honestly, I was very concerned for this episode. I wasn't the biggest fan of Episode 3, and critics' reviews for the first four episodes have been very mixed, so I assumed that after the great first couple episodes, Episodes 3 & 4 would be the ones the dragged the ratings down. Fortunately, I was very much wrong, and this is easily one of the best episodes in Marvel television, and alongside the Season Premiere, it cements Loki Season 2 as one of the best pieces of superhero content we've gotten since Avengers: Endgame back in 2019!

By far the darkest episode in MCU television along with the greatest editing, direction, and dialogue too. This is really a step up for the MCU, I've been hating on the MCU after No Way Home. Everything from the shows and movies were corny copy and paste, with no substance and terrible dialogue, acting, sets, cgi, you name it. BUT LOKI?! This was an S tier episode and almost made me forget it was MCU. Ms Minutes is extremely creepy and the unsettling feeling provoked is something that Marvel doesn't usually put out. The Cinematography is a 10/10, the handheld shots are beautiful and really puts you in the action. The Pacing is a 10/10, it knew when to slow down and when to speed up with out taking away any screen time. I could go on and on but my fingers are hurting from typing, good work Justin and Aaron, y'all directed very well 🤝