Loki (Tom Hiddleston) has always been an empathetic, even if antagonistic, character. As Thor’s “spare” (Chris Hemsworth) – and we know very well how the “spare” feels – he was in search of “his purpose”, which he believed was to reign over a planet or a population. The God of Mischief unleashed a series of problems on Earth when he decided to take away his protection from Thor, teamed up with Thanos, killed cool people, and deviously caused the Avengers to emerge.

This Loki that we love is not the “titled Loki”, but a variant that became a guy who cares about other people, who have friends, and who somehow wants to save the world, not to govern it, but because he considers he deserves it. be saved. It is an evolution that determines his definitive change of side, no longer a villain, but a superhero. And so, Loki, the series that was born almost unpretentious in a difficult period, is today the heart of Marvel. And a heart that evolved with challenges and suffering, did not just “earn” its place. In other words, genius.

In the penultimate episode of a dense, slow, strange, and initially less fun season, we deal with Loki running after time, thrown into different moments, fighting not only for his survival but for everyone’s, especially after Sylvie (Sophia Di Martino) killed He Who Remains (Jonathan Majors) to “liberate” the coexistence of all timelines with the autonomy he considers they deserve. It was the chaos announced, the conflict that broke out – literally – destroying everyone’s lives.

This way, we pick up the action literally where we left off. Loki sees everything destroyed and finds himself alone, once again slipping through time, and without being recognized by his friends. Loki quickly discovers the obvious, to reverse the process it is necessary to bring together OB, Casey, Mobius, and B-15 to save the Temporal Loom. It’s the announced opportunity to confirm that Mobius was indeed a jet-ski salesman, but the gang is complete without Sylvie, and recruiting her is obviously impossible. She is fine as she is, thank you, and doesn’t believe that everything will end. As we know, nothing is for nothing, and in the bar where Loki talks to her, there is a Zaniac! arcade game, clearly adapted from the same film that Brad Wolfe (Rafael Casal) starred in when he returned to the timeline in episode 2. Sylvie changes her mind (to the tune of Velvet Underground) when she sees that Loki is telling the truth. With everyone together, Loki finally gains control over himself and no longer “skids” between timelines. He announces that he is “going to rewrite everything”. And it can be, literally.

Newspapers report the drop in ratings for the series, which is not alone in the least popular Marvel universe. I think it’s unfair. Two years ago we were all distressed and uncertain about our future, unable to move freely outside our homes and consuming everything that was on the platforms in a mad manner. The so-called ‘normal’ or ‘new normal’ is simply what it has always been: people living and working, the numbers will obviously be readjusted around us back to the old timeline. Another detail is the post-credits scene, in audio only, a voice shouts “You died, insert a coin, LOSER!” which is precisely from Zaniac! and which is also a metaphor for everything. Loki, as we know, always “loses” and dies. But he doesn’t give up and can start the game again, with a coin. And so is the current scenario: if this phase of Marvel is “losing”, it can start over with new investments. And that’s what seems to be happening.

So next week we will say goodbye to the series that held us back in the last two months: Loki, The Morning Show… and others have already started or will be made available: The Gilded Age, The Buccaneers, The Crown, Slow Horses… the looping doesn’t stop. And about Loki, well, we followed a well-conducted arc of a tragic, complex character who finally found his purpose. One that places him among the best, at the altar where he always deserved to be.

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