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REVIEW: Loki – Season 2, Episode 3, “1893”
If for no other reason, “1893” is probably the best episode of Loki’s second season (so far) because it actually moves the plot forward. The plot isn’t great, and the show is still a chore to sit through, but halfway through this run, there is finally momentum. There are some good ideas, t...
Read MoreREVIEW: Loki – Season 2, Episode 1, “Ouroboros”
Loki may be the first show in television history to start a season with a filler episode. “Ouroboros,” the second season premiere of the Marvel Disney+ series, tries to convince you it’s important, that there are dire stakes, that this is like nothing you’ve ever seen before, but about two-...
Read MoreREVIEW: Loki – Season 1, Episode 6 “For All Time. Always.”
Perhaps better than anything I’ve ever seen, “For All Time. Always.” epitomizes the phrase, “What the hell did I just watch?” All of the problems with Loki reach their apex in this finale, an oppressively boring “climax” that bungles its humor – the placement of which is, as ever, mi...
Read MoreREVIEW: Loki – Season 1, Episode 5 “Journey Into Mystery”
“Journey Into Mystery” adds insult to last week’s injury, further derailing this once-promising show and acting as a poorly-fitting puzzle piece that’s been jammed in where it doesn’t belong by people who want to end the game and go to bed. Like the similarly truncated The Falcon and the W...
Read MoreREVIEW: Loki – Season 1, Episode 4 “The Nexus Event”
“The Nexus Event” is one of the most glaring examples of manufactured storytelling I can recall. Plot and character developments are so forced as to be misnomers, with each new point inserted at the whim of the “creatives” because they want the show to be something they know it can’t offic...
Read MoreREVIEW: Loki – Season 1, Episode 3 “Lamentis”
With “Lamentis,” Loki takes on another of the characteristics of its eponymous trickster and shapeshifts, becoming a buddy cop action-comedy without breaking stride. The story and mythology behind the Time Variance Authority take a backseat (though an important piece of the puzzle does lock into...
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