‘Loki’ Recap: ‘For All Time. Always.’

Written by Shae Rufe

I literally spent all of yesterday trying to formulate how I was going to write this blog. I’m not really in shock, per se, I just didn’t expect any of that to happen the way that it did. Like, guys, just wow.

Before I get started, quick shout out to the guy who did my tarot reading at the Colorado Renaissance this past weekend and told me I had “Loki energy.” Really, that’s a big compliment considering the ending of this series.

Spoilers ahead!

Alright, first things first, uh, seriously, Owen Wilson… I’m disappointed. Like he had one job. All he had to do was say “WOW” just once, just once! That’s really all I wanted from this entire show! Gah! That being said, this was a pretty solid finale that set up so much for the MCU. Most of which is What If…? which comes out next month. Hopefully after that we get the long-awaited Hawkeye series. And seriously, guys, I need this to be more comic based. Everyone can hate me for this opinion, but they genuinely screwed over Clint’s character in the MCU. I know that’s an unpopular opinion, but I hate what they did with his character. Clint is funny, sarcastic, deaf, and did I mention sarcastic? In many iterations of the famed archer, he’s a well-rounded character with a great story. So, for now, I’m going to drop this rant because this is about Loki, not Clint and his weird MCU forced family.

Okay, back to Loki, I swear I can focus.

When it comes to how this show ended, I was genuinely surprised with how it went. After WandaVision and The Falcon and the Winter Soldier, I wasn’t really expecting them to give us the ending we got. I expected more misdirects and then a rushed ending. That is not what we got here. They actually gave us the ending they built up to. I really did not see that one coming. I was expecting Loki – God of Stories, not to actually get Kang the Conqueror. This still might lead to a Loki – God of Stories plot, though, I’m not giving up on that pipe dream. Still, Kang is officially here, and he is the reason for the TVA, the Time Keepers, and so much more. Beyond that though, I just want to talk about how much Miss Minutes kind of got creepy towards the end of this show. That being said, Tara Strong did an amazing job, as always.

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​We have gotten hints throughout the show that Kang might be the big baddie behind the curtain this whole time, and yet Marvel has often given a misdirect with their shows. WandaVision didn’t really have a physical villain. The Falcon and the Winter Soldier faked us out with who their big baddie was, several times. So, Loki shouldn’t be any different, right? Only it was. This whole time we theorized it was Kang, and well, for once we were all right. Now, they never call him Kang. Miss Minutes actually refers to him as the He Who Remains. But… we all knew who he was. He taunts Sylvie and Loki, only to lay it all out on the table. Turns out, multiple Kang’s broke through their timelines to meet up and share technologies and so on. And then a few of them wanted total universal domination. I mean, if I can’t get “Supreme Emperor of the Universe” on my business cards, neither should Kang! The Kang we met agrees, and that’s why he created the Sacred Timeline and the TVA and so on. All to prevent the Multiverse Kangs from taking over.

Why let Loki and Sylvie behind the curtain? Turns out Kang wants to retire. Keeping the Sacred Timeline intact is an exhausting endeavor, and he no longer wants to do it. So, they either take his place and rule it together or kill him and face the consequences of the Multiverse being unleashed. Loki thinks they need more time to really figure this all out. Sylvie just wants to kill Kang… and uhm, they need to work on their communication, really, they do. The fight is both beautiful and sad at the same time. It’s great to see Sylvie use a bit more magic. They’re evenly matched and it’s not going to go anywhere, so Loki throws himself in front of Kang and drops his own blade to plead with Sylvie. If I’m honest, I wasn’t sure how I felt about the Sylvie/Loki love thing… but it kind of works in a weird way. We get the kiss between them that I certainly thought we would be denied, and then Sylvie does the unthinkable. While Loki is in love with her and just wants her to be happy, she is too focused on her revenge against Kang. She opens a portal and shoves Loki back into the TVA, all so she can kill Kang herself.

Which she does.

With Kang dead the Sacred Timeline is destroyed and there are now millions of branches spreading about. Sylvie broke reality and unleashed the Multiverse. Which ties right into Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness and What If…? and potentially so much more! And Loki? He goes to find Mobius and tell him all about what happened—except this isn’t the TVA he knew and that isn’t his friend Mobius… and everything is all wrong. Oh, and Rovanna? Don’t worry, she went off on her own to probably find a version of Kang and hook up with him. I’m pretty sure that Sylvie regrets breaking reality right about now.

While the show has ended there is good news, it will return for a second season! When? Only Marvel knows. For now, we sit and wait and wonder about Alligator Loki and how he’s handling the existence of the Multiverse. Come to think of it, he is the Superior Loki after all. Maybe we’ll get more of him in season two!

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