![]() ![]() Here’s hoping one of Loki’s soul-saving acts includes introducing Mobius to his old, forgotten self, freeing him to go and do whatever he damn well pleases.Loki’s third episode sees the titular God of Mischief battle and ally himself alongside new character Sylvie as the pair try to escape pending doom.Īfter the thrilling conclusion to the second episode, Loki’s third episode, titled “Lamentis”, picks up right where the previous one finished, as The Variant (who is later discovered to be named Sylvie) goes on a rampage through the TVA in the newest episode of the Disney Plus series. That might mean Agent Mobius has long-term plans to make Loki his working partner, but that seems a bit too duplicitous for the kindly crime-solver. ♦ Though Episode 3 was mercifully light on exposition, a few seemingly important plot points found their way in, including that TVA employees weren’t created by the Time-Keepers they’re all variants, just like Loki. Maybe he can rewrite his future, while mucking about in the past. Maybe he’ll realize what he thinks is hate is actually love, persevering. Frigga’s final words from the TVA hover over him: “Always so perceptive about everyone but yourself.” Perhaps the end of the world will force Loki to look inward, rather than keep stirring up trouble as a distraction from himself. In Episode 1, Agent Mobius (Owen Wilson, who’s dearly missed this episode) shows him what will happen if he lets that hurt control him: his mother will die, and he’ll be the cause of it.Īmid all the heavy exposition in the first two episodes and all the murky green-screen action here, Loki’s soul is at stake. In this Loki’s timeline, he only recently found out he wasn’t Odin (Anthony Hopkins) and Frigga’s son that he was adopted. That may be what he does, but the events in “Loki” is forcing him to question why and what cost. I’m a god.” “You’re a clown,” she counters, which he dismisses with, “I’m hedonistic. When they’re thrown from the train (literally), Sylvie shouts at Loki, “You’re not a serious man,” to which he says, “You’re right. Loki still creates little bits of magic for his own amusement, as well as to remind him of her but he’s gotten lost entertaining himself, letting his mischief lead him down malevolent paths, and allowing his pain to drive him further into darkness. He refuses to associate his pranks, deceit, and crimes with the feeling he associates mainly with his mother, perhaps because the two are so directly linked. What is love? Loki may not have been in love with anyone romantically - with any “would-be-princesses or maybe another prince,” in a welcome acknowledgement of the MCU god’s bisexuality - but he knows love enough to be protective of it. Later, when Sylvie asks Loki, “Love is mischief, then?” he’s as quick and adamant in his denial as he is slow and uncertain in his own explanation. “She was the kind of person you’d want to believe in you,” Loki says, before remembering her fate and who helped bring it about. Tom Hiddleston and Sophia Di Martino in “Loki” Chuck Zlotnick / Disney+ After all, before he kind of, sort of, mourns the homesteader’s death, Loki was remembering the love he has for his mother, Frigga (Rene Russo) how she performed little bits of magic just to entertain him, and later taught him those tricks to entertain himself. If Loki slowed down for a second - like “Loki” does with mostly positive results in Episode 3 - perhaps he’d realize the person sitting across from him, who he still believes is a version of him, has a point. ![]() To which Loki manifests a quill and scroll out of thin air, mocks his philosophical partner, and starts drinking himself into a joyous stupor. ![]() “It’s a pity the old woman chose to die, don’t you think?” Loki says. ‘How To with John Wilson’ Finale Is a Remarkable Culmination to the Series - and So Much More ![]()
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