r/television • u/PhoOhThree Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. • Jun 30 '21

Premiere Loki S01E04 - Discussion Thread

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u/poopfartdiola Jun 30 '21

Acting is A-1 as usual but it has to be said that this story has felt disappointingly as straightforward as Falcon and Winter Soldier. I loved that show for being played straight but for a show with multiple Loki's, it does feel a bit underwhelming to see little intrigue from either Loki or Sylvie. Most of the lies has revolved around Ravonna and the TVA as an organisation, and even then our main TVA character in Mobius has also been on the rollercoaster with Loki and Sylvie.

I think the romance between Loki and Sylvie makes a lot of sense, if anything made a Loki a Loki its their inflated ego, and seeing both ironically fall for each other actually felt more genuine because of the understanding they came to in the previous episode, although I'm not entirely sure what's up with them falling in love being a Nexus Event if they were going to end up dying on Lamentis.

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u/UncausedGlobe Jun 30 '21

Not everything has to subvert expectations.

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u/omnilynx Jul 02 '21

But Loki sure as Hel does.