Loki Episode 6: For All Time. Always. (Non-Spoiler-Review and Spoiler Review)

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 NON-SPOILER AREA

It all ends here. The Loki finale takes a direction portraying the final chapter Marvel has never taken before. Or at least not to this extent. Although not the shortest episode of the season, the episode however feels as if it ran for 10 minutes leaving us breathless, frustrated, and excited for the future of the MCU. 

The finale not only turns a rooting character to the dark side but also introduces one that could be the next Thanos-level antagonist to return in a possible crossover in the making (most likely the featuring next Avengers roster). Apart from all the questions being answered, Loki's finale is unenthusiastically less tame compared to the finales in WandaVision and The Falcon and The Winter Soldier. I disagreed when it came to the criticism towards their respective finales, however, the finale we watched yesterday ended being more anticlimactic than most MCU endings, let alone one's that are considered as season finales. 

With that aside, from the revelations to the twists - and the talent that carries it all together - brings about a solid piece of storytelling, even if it lacked a large Marvel-like third act fight scene.  Honestly, I just think that if Marvel wants to continue this form of storytelling, they're going to need to feature more episodes in their shows... or at least longer ones. For some reason, Marvel seems to be afraid to let an episode even touch the 55-minute mark. I don't know why but it would be better if they did. 

WandaVision had episodes so short in comparison that annoyed me every week, it still managed to have plenty of space to tell Wanda's plotholes left from other movies she has appeared in. In Falcon, everything was fine but I was kind of hoping for at least two more episodes to feature the backstories of both Sam Wilson and John Walker. Loki did not have the same issues as WandaVision or FATWS but suffers something I thought fans were too harsh on when it came to their respective finales. It seems that these 6-hour movies - as Kevin Feige would call them - are having one issue in each show and hopefully he eventually fixes this as soon as the pandemic is over because I am well aware that choices to rewrite scripts and shorten actors responsibilities have become a priority for Covid prevention. 

With the flaws clearly shown, I am still happy with the outcome of the show and the excitement was still worth it, no matter the tiny details that will probably not bother me the next time I binge these long entries within Phase 4. 

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Now, for the larger part of the show. Kang is officially in the MCU and his entrance through Loki is one to remember, with Jonathan Majors ensuring his presence and that he is here to stay within the MCU to make way more of an impact Kang ever did. In December, Majors was confirmed to play Kang The Conqueror during Disney's Investors Day as Kevin Feige revealed the title of the upcoming Ant Mand and The Wasp threequel alongside its cast confirmations. But the version of the character we meet in Loki is called He Who Remains, a nod to another character in the Marvel Comics that genetically created the Time Keepers but Marvel Studios decided to revamp and make something new out of that storyline by killing He Who Remains which will lead to release his malevolent variants including Kang, Immortus, Rama Tut, and Nathaniel Richards. 

In the end, Sylvie's turn was a shocker and was necessary since her motivation throughout the last episodes was to take down whoever created the TVA for pruning her out of her timeline. This was good since not much time has passed for her to trust Loki and change her perspective Game of Thrones style. Speaking of Loki, her betrayal hits hard, especially after the two share their first kiss (and yes, they made me finally root for them) and the bond they had built, even if it was for a short while. 

With the betrayal, it becomes very heartbreaking to watch Loki try to change her mind as well as watch his reaction towards the repercussions of Sylvie's actions in the last few minutes of the episode. It really shows that Loki has changed, struggling to get even one person to see that he doesn't only care about himself. In a way, this is what the show was aiming for but as usual, Marvel does it in the most heartwrenching way possible. 

Even if Loki's last episode struggled to balance certain things, there is no point denying that Loki is one to remember amongst the more memorable MCU entries. I can also say this was the first time fans predicted and are happy with the real antagonist reveal which is the real win for this show and they should celebrate. 

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