Feeling like I Got “Loki’d” Watching The Loki Series

Perhaps in another multiverse did I enjoy this show more (*Spoilers)

Loki has been one of the longest-standing characters in the MCU. Sure, he’s died nearly every time, but if we know anything about a Loki is that they don’t die, they survive.

So when the trailer first dropped for the show I was…slightly intrigued. Then when I watched the first episode and I was…on the fence. And by the end of the last episode, I was not feeling any more enthused about the show than when I started.

I got Loki’d.

The show wasn’t a scam but it was a trick in the most roundabout way in that

The Loki Series is a bridge show

Dan Murrell phrased the meaning on this very well. As others would refer to it as “setting up,” the series is essentially giving us information to help “bridge” the gap of what we need to know for other movies going forward. Now while this isn’t the first time we’ve seen this happen before, I feel like the cost of doing this for Loki (or other media) is that some other element of the show becomes compromised. For Loki, it was the plot.

There was more setup than actual answers at the end of the show which left me upset. Sure, it might be a payoff later down the line, but I feel as though if you have to hold on to hope that there will be a payoff later on (like a couple years at least), then I feel like there’s already an issue with what it is right now.

Loki = The Doctor?

Not to be petty but this whole series reminded me of an episode of Doctor Who. Maybe it was because they said time and space one too many times which immediately unleashed my Whovian knowledge, but the connection isn’t necessarily a good thing.

The plot was having to find this mysterious entity who controls time (Timelords/The Master in Doctor Who) with this massive corp who is holding it all together and you have to main characters trying to find their way to defeat them. For one, you already know if there is some strange entity reigning something so godlike, the reveal is never that shocking.

The path to get there was not a difficult one either. While they had some cool moments bouncing through time or going into the void and visiting other Loki’s, I wasn’t particularly thrilled by their journey. The threat each episode did not keep me in as much as I wanted to. It followed a similar pattern to Doctor Who where you have those mini-adventures while still dealing with the bigger obstacle of the show but I did not enjoy it as much from Loki.

Loki on Loki lowkey not it

The writers did write more than once that Sylvie and Loki are the same people right? I didn’t miss that, did I? Because even though we established that she doesn’t go by the name that doesn’t mean they aren’t the same.

So why did we get a romantic relationship from them???

I am flabergasted Disney consciously made this decision.

I don’t have much else to say about this one except that I am extremely disappointed. You can have a connection with someone and it not be romantic.

The Color of Friendship

I truly think its strength was the acting in general and the character relationships.

I loved Loki’s growth in self-love and self-development. In all my years of seeing him on screen, I would not have bet on seeing that. I’m glad I did.

I loved Mobius and Loki’s relationship. Owen Wilson really delivered on this one. He always does.

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I wish I could’ve loved this one. But this show was just not a complete story. He Who Remains fell flat in the finale. Sylvie was doing a little too much sometimes. And we went all through that just to get a set up for the next movie.

I got Loki’d.