However, we must also consider that this is the first we’re seeing of Loki‘s contribution to The Young Avengers gang that will replace the likes of departed Avengers - including Tony Stark, Natasha Romanoff, and so on - following Avengers: Endgame. There’s part of me that suspects that this wasteland is a place that’s set up by Sylvie during her 1000-apocalypse life, so that the Lokis may gather to finally hatch a plan for disbanding the villainous TVA. Surely, next week’s episode will fill us in on more truths, but we must assume that Classic Loki is telling the truth, and time is of the essence.
Could Mobius be lurking around this joint, too? Fingers crossed. And it seems that every Loki who gets pruned ends up in this post-apocalyptic wasteland, although we’re not sure where the other Variants go after pruning. What we’re left with here is the realization of one concrete fact: “Pruning” doesn’t kill Variants, although Classic Loki (in a very Kyle Reese-from- The Terminator manner) warns that Loki will be dead soon if he doesn’t follow them. And there’s a character that the credits refer to as “Kid Loki” (Jack Veal), along with an Alligator Loki, who I’m betting will win this whole thing because this show is nuts. A “Boastful Loki” (DeObia Oparei) is wielding a hammer. Grant has entered the MCU as a Golden-Age, “Classic Loki” (who people will probably refer to as “Old Loki”) as named in the credits. We don’t receive a definitive answer on Loki’s alive-or-dead status, but we do see what he sees: Disney+ However, it’s probably safe to assume that Disney+ won’t whack the title character of this show with multiple episodes to go before season’s end (also, MCU producer Nate Moore has gone on record to state that Loki “lends itself to multiple seasons,” more than any other Disney+ MCU show). He’s not sure if he’s dead and in “Hel,” which is a sort-of purgatory for Asgardians. This shot takes place immediately after Loki gets vaporized, and fortunately, that gold dust doesn’t stick, as Thanos’ dusting did. Since Loki introduced the multiverse, we can expect any post-credits scene from the show to carry extra significance, and that’s precisely what’s happening here: Disney+ Yes, the MCU audience is trained to expect them with movies, but they’re tough to deliver with series, no doubt, since they generally suggest where the MCU is going.
NEXUS EVENT SERIES
And then comes the post-credits scene, which we must discuss.įirst, we must note that Disney+’s MCU series use post-credits scenes sparingly, which makes sense. Granted, Loki also reminded the audience (during this episode) that he’s died many times already, but it still stings to see it happen. After their fates hang on the line during interrogation, Sylvie lives, but Ravonna “prunes”/vaporizes Mobius and then she kills Hiddleston’s Loki as well. We learn that, yes, Loki has deep feelings for Sylvie, but the two are separated when TVA agents fetch them away from the Lamentis apocalypse. We also receive confirmation that, yes, Mobius is a jet-ski-obsessed Variant, and everyone else who works at the TVA is a Variant, too.Īs if that wasn’t enough of a gut punch (that’s a lot of ruined lives), the audience is dealt more blows. Further, we’re shown how Sylvie was tragically ripped away from her Asgardian childhood (as portrayed by Cailey Fleming from The Walking Dead), and no one in the TVA can even remember what she did to deserve this fate.
Instead, we learn that, yes, Sylvie can “enchant” people, but she’s definitely a Loki Variant as claimed. Not only that, but had Loki found himself romantically compromised by a Loki Variant named Sylvie (Sophia Di Martino), and we didn’t know if she could be trusted, yet this week, the show dispenses with suggestions of ulterior Enchantress motives on her behalf towards Loki. Loki delivered a highly emotional episode (with Tom Hiddleston really drawing from his theatrical background) during “The Nexus Event,” which follows up on last week’s fan-pleaser of an installment that made the God of Mischief’s bisexuality canon. (WARNING: Massive spoilers for Loki will be found below, so get the heck outta here if you haven’t caught up on Episode 3.)
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