Loki

An escape involving the Tesseract brings Loki to the Time Variance Authority, an organization that treats disruptions to time as a matter of procedure. Tom Hiddleston returns alongside Owen Wilson in a story that removes Loki from his familiar place beside Thor and asks him to navigate a very different kind of power.

The pleasure is watching a character used to controlling the conversation encounter people who already have a file on him. Pay attention to the tension between institutional certainty and personal choice. The office design and routine paperwork make the extraordinary setting feel oddly ordinary, which gives the stranger developments room to stand out.

A focused starting point

Avengers: Endgame ↗

2019 · 3h 1m

Endgame establishes the escape that launches the series. The Avengers is helpful earlier context for this version of Loki; Thor supplies the broader family introduction.

The series begins from a branch introduced in Endgame. This Loki’s circumstances should not be treated as identical to every later appearance of the character in the main film sequence. The two cataloged seasons form a continuing story.