Everyone’s favorite god(s) of mischief return for “Loki” season two, and things are going to get more complicated than ever. Picking up directly where season one left off, Tom Hiddleston’s Loki returns to a post Kang / He Who Remains Time Variance Authority (TVA). If your memory is feeling a little fuzzy about season one (of note this is the first time a Marvel show has gotten a second season, but likely not the last), thankfully Miss MInutes (voiced by the prolific Tara Strong) is on hand to give you a reminder in the first episode.
The high level arc of the season sees Loki, Mobius (Owen Wilson), B-15 (Wunmi Mosaku), and Casey (Eugene Cordero) trying to stabilize all of space time. Both Sylive (Sophia Di Martino) and Ravonna Renslayer (Gugu Mbatha-Raw) are whereabouts unknown when we last left them.
Season two benefits from an infusion of new cast members including Academy Award winner Ke Huy Quan as Ouroboros, Rafael Casal as Hunter X-5, Kate Dickie as General Dox, and Liz Carr as Judge Gamble.
Season two of “Loki” feels a little bit more on a mission, now that the rules of the multiverse have been established (and are being actively destroyed) it’s easier for the show to fall into a more traditional plot. The heavy lifting of having to explain variants and the sacred timeline bogged the first season down at points. Though some of the wibbly wobbliness prevails in the sophomore season, things feel smoother. It suffers from a lot less expositional soliloquies which we found refreshing.
Stakes also feel like they are more relevant than ever. While the debut season did introduce Kang, it felt like a lot of bloat to get there. As a consequence of having several movies and show since, season two actively reaps benefits from being able to get down to more clear business. It feels more like the type of series Marvel Studios has been trying to establish from the early days of “Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D,” in which it legitimately becomes a must see to have the rest of the multiverse make sense. So far it felt like only “WandaVison” had been able to accomplish that.
We salute the new cast members for bringing a better balance to the sometimes overly self serious series. Loki also gets to play a bit more which was reminiscent of our first introduction to the character, and felt like returning home.
“Loki” season two premiere hits Disney+ at 6pm (Pacific) on October 5th, with new episodes weekly.
