Loki episode 5 reaction and initial thoughts
Eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee! I canāt believe it! Iām so unused to getting what I hope for with Loki in movies and TV that I almost donāt know what to do when you get almost exactly what youād hoped for!!!!!Ā Ā (Within the bounds of this being the TVA version of Loki of course.) That was excellent!Ā And hit most of the key things I was hoping for as well as giving some absolutely charming additions!
It packed in a lot of story, and it was a delight to see the characters on the timeline. It wasnāt as gripping and tense as the last episode, but that's probably a good thing for my stress levels lol! But it was a really lovely time travel story.
And Loki has unlocked a new ability. Maybe.
The opening music!! Perfectly creepy!Ā And even more so than the music over the credits of the last episode. It really sounded like the disintegration of reality!
And I loved the way the letters disappeared from the Loki title card⦠*shivers*
It was a small thing, but nice to see at least one thing Iād guessed correct ā that they started the episode with the reverse of this shot at the end of episode 4.
I loved how spooky it was having Loki walk through the corridors of the TVA by himself. And I did rather enjoy the moment he almost met himself.Ā That was cute. But it was clear that they needed to get on to other things quite quickly ā there was a lot in this episode!!
The imagery of the universe disintegrating was perfectly terrifying! (Although I was getting big āsnapā vibes.)Ā And what is Fail Safe Mode? And does it matter?
I was a little sad to see Casey was a prisoner.Ā š Ā But I wonder if weāll see these timeline versions of the characters again?Ā I feel like the need for them is over? Unless maybe briefly at the start of the last episode.Ā So we didn't have to watch him being particularly horrible.
I didnāt pick that heād be the first person Loki would visit, nor did I pick that it would all be unintentional.Ā
I did like the way Loki still hoped that Mobius would recognise him. And the conversation itself was ambiguous enough I suppose for the first couple of sentences that you could interpret it that way. Poor Loki looked so disappointed!
I laughed as was intended at the imitation of the inflatable advertising character.Ā š
And then OB!!!Ā Omg!Ā I LOVE what they chose to do with his character!!!Ā He was so sweet, and retained his enthusiastic and super intelligent personality! I hadnāt really settled on what I thought OB might have been like on the timeline, but this was so much better! And how he was like āand I had to get a PHD to keep my day job as a theoretical physicistāā¦.!Ā š
And @pinkpondofasgard I hope youāve seen this episode when you see this mention, because spoilers - looks like you were right about this being a location from OBās past! Ā Which I think is super cool!Ā I donāt have any idea what this would be in the 1990s in the US, but obviously it worked so well for OB that he replicated it in the TVA!Ā Unless this whole series all turns out to be his dream⦠Ha ha! Haā¦. haā¦ā¦ erā¦Ā Anyway. I love that so many of the shelves are covered in books instead of technical TVA equipment.
Okay, so now Iām seriously thinking thereās a chance OB might actually be the founder of the TVA.Ā HWR could easily have come along later and taken over the leadership and wiped his memories.Ā But the fact the rooms are sooooo similar is just a bit too weird.
I did like how they handled Loki explaining things to Mobius.Ā Mobius was suitably sceptical and Loki was trying so hard not to sound threatening, but thatās not really his bag, is it. Lol! Things would definitely have gone pear shaped if OB hadnāt turned up.
I feel like Lokiās getting a lot of use out of the phrase āI promise you this will make senseā lol!
While I was kinda looking forward to the multiple crazy conversations while Loki tries to convince people heās not mad, I do appreciate they had to make this quick, and I liked how they made each interaction shorter than the one before it, until he didnāt even need to say anything after stepping through the time door.
Then there was Sylvie.Ā I was by this point just as surprised as Loki that she kept her memories.Ā Now I have to assume thatās because she wasnāt ever a TVA worker who had her memories wiped.Ā But if thatās the case, then why wasnāt she in the Loom room with Loki when he āwoke upā?Ā Iām assuming weāre meant to understand that this is because Loki feels most at home in the TVA, rather than Asgard. I find that's a little bit much, personally.Ā But I guess Iāll put that one to the side for the moment.
I did not expect her to be so adamant about not helping.Ā I mean I should have, but I didnāt. Their conversation at the bar was interesting, and I liked that Loki was so concerned that the TVA folk get a choice.Ā (And I kinda think now that they might, come the end of the season.Ā With OB choosing to stay because itās literally his dream, Casey because itās better than being an escaped prisoner, and B-15 and Mobius choosing to leave.)
The whole scene in the record shop ā that was cool!Ā The small things that went wrong first, and the way the store owner slowly noticed it. *shivers*
Although again, very similar to the snap. I like how small objects vanish first, and I really should have seen that coming when the tempad went missing, but I didnāt.Ā I think there was just so much squashed into this episode!
And this was such a haunting image.
And then Sylvie says āthereās nowhere left to goā before she too disintegrates.Ā Eeeee!
Again, this looked really cool!Ā Are we meant to understand that Loki could hear a moment in the timeline of a person each time he touched a thread?Ā I wonder if that holds for any thread? Or was that just illustrating his memories?
Iām not sure thatās important though, given he almost immediately jumps back to the TVA, but we havenāt seen this image from the mid-season trailer yet. Not one from this angle where Sylvie is still whole, and where Loki is standing confidently and making this specific gesture.Ā I wonder now if heās just snapped his fingers? Perhaps this moment is revisited, or perhaps just an alternate take that looked cool for the trailer.
I did like the ending, and how he jumped back to them all to tell them heād figured out how to do it.Ā I wonder if heāll be able to come back to them under his own steam at a later date?Ā
Iām still not entirely sure if this is something that in integral to Loki now or whether its related to circumstances. Like will it be possible to time-slip after the TVA is restored? If that means going back within the TVA before the moment he started time-slipping in the first place. *shrug*
So, what point did he jump back to?Ā Thereās an alarm blaring in the background, but no other identifying things.Ā So Iām guessing this is just as they watch Timely go down the stairs to suit up?
Does he try to stop Timely from going out there? Explain it didnāt work, and then ask OB for information in the last few moment before jumping back further?
And more importantly, after the multiverse is saved, does this mean he can jump to the time and place of any person he cares about?Ā Could he visit his Mum? Or a Thor?!! š„²
Ah!Ā This was a really great time travel episode! And I'm thoroughly looking forward to the final episode.
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