The Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU) used to keep the plot mechanics relatively simple. Beginning with Iron Man, old-guard Marvel featured vanilla fight scenes, international intrigue, good ol’-fashioned espionage, and military-industrial-complex antagonists. Then, the MCU gradually but progressively got wackier, becoming an exercise in mental gymnastics, culminating in Phase 4 with WandaVision. Continuing the wild ride, Marvel lets its freak flag fly in Loki. The infamous god of mischief debuts in his own spinoff, amalgamating all kinds of metaphysical, supernatural, psychedelic, and mystical elements for a weird but thought-provoking experience.
Bringing chaos and confusion, Loki embraces the bizarre and launches us down Marvel’s trajectory to multiverse mayhem. While the mind-boggling convolution makes it so that only fluent fans can truly appreciate (let alone fathom) the show, its saving graces are its poignant themes and the unexpected emotional development of our favorite trickster.
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