| EPISODE | RELEASE DATE | RUNNING TIME | CREDITS SCENE? |
|---|---|---|---|
| S02E01: Ouroboros | Oct 5th, 2023 on Disney+ | 47m | YES |
Premise:
Loki finds himself lost to time and torn, quite literally, between past, present, and future,.
Directors:
Justin Benson, Aaron Moorhead
Writers:
Eric Martin, Michael Waldron
| CAST | ||
|---|---|---|
| Tom Hiddleston | … | Loki |
| Liz Carr | … | Judge Gamble |
| Sophia Di Martino | … | Sylvie |
| Gugu Mbatha-Raw | … | Ravonna Renslayer |
| Tara Strong | … | Miss Minutes (voice) |
| Owen Wilson | … | Mobius |
| Ke Huy Quan | … | O.B. |
Natalie Holt hitting it out of the park again with the music.
The one glaring flaw in the Marvel universe (even at its height) is that it doesn’t have a significant musical presence. Like, here and there a scrap of music gets your ear, but it’s not like Star Wars or Harry Potter where there’s a nigh-universally-recognized theme. A lot of the music does the work of supporting whatever movie and show, but is otherwise forgettable.
…except on Loki. This show won the jackpot insofar as score goes.
Yeah the closest second in terms of music for me is GOTG but that’s soundtrack not score. Civil War had a good one and they brought the composer back for F&WS. But nowhere near what Natalie is doing.
Winter Soldier was another good one, I can still hear the theme from it. I think when they show the Triskellion, or one of the scenes in a later act
I loved the warning notice in front of the temporal loom room.
"After this threshold risk of spaghettification increases 7000%”
Mobius has some great lines this episode:
“Look, Renslayer kicked me down some steps too”
“I can’t keep looking, it looks horrible”
“It looks like your being born, or dying, or both at the same time”
“What’s he quality of life with no skin?”
Writing “Skin?” in the dust.
I enjoyed it. Feels just like going back in the world that is Loki Season 1. I’m very curious what General Dox is actually up to. I feel like it’s some backup plan she has if everything goes to shit. Looking forward to how this season plays out.
My only criticism is that it was disappointing that the cliffhanger from the end of last season tuned out to be kind of a fakeout.
“Ooooh, so now Loki’s in a different timeline or something, and no one remembers him! Lots of possibilities here! Oh, wait, no, everything’s back the way it was by the end of the episode, with almost no effort on his part.”
Although, maybe there’s still more to come for that plot point. I had a fair few plot complaints about Ahsoka early on, but they actually have all gotten addressed.
I WANT MOREEEEEEEEE THAT WAS AWESOME