JASON EVANS' 100-WORD REVIEWS: Loki, Season Two

Loses track of what made the first season special

Film critic Jason Evans has made it his mission to tell you everything you need to know about movies and TV in less time than it takes to.. well.. slip through time. His reviews are exactly 100 words long (99 would be too short, but 101 is just excessive). Here is his 100-word review of Season Two of the Marvel TV show Loki.

Note: Critics were given access to the first 4 episodes of the 6 episode season. This review is based on those episodes only.

The Premise – Picking up the very moment season one ended, we find Loki and Mobius in the middle of a struggle for control of the Time Variance Authority. The TVA is facing deep moral questions about their mission to prune branches from the sacred timeline (is it mass murder to prune a timeline?) and everything at the TVA seems to be falling apart. They think Sylvie can help them get answers. The quest to find her leads our heroes into Earth’s past, to a young man named Victor Timely, who Loki immediately recognizes as a variant of He Who Remains.

The 100 Words – Season One drew us in with character development and emotion. Season two is more of a quest. Our heroes need to find A which will lead them to B and hopefully solve C. Sadly, the quests are a bit haphazard and filled with a lot of technical gobbledygook. I was really put off by Victor Timely, who has none of the confidence or menace of Kang or He Who Remains. It feels like Marvel is treading water here, afraid to take risks or advance storylines that could interfere with movies in development. It mostly keeps you engaged, but not thrilled. 

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