The God of Mischief is back for a second season of the Disney Plus hit series Loki.

In season one, we learned all about the TVA (Time Variance Authority) and how its members, including Mobius M. Mobius (Owen Wilson), Hunter B-15 (Wunmi Mosaku), and Ravonna Renslayer (Gugu Mbatha-Raw), all try to keep the sacred timeline in order. Loki (Tom Hiddleston) teams up with a female variant of himself, Sylvie (Sophia Di Martino); they discover He Who Remains (Jonathan Majors), the person who created this sacred timeline, and then must decide if they should change the trajectory of what will happen in the future.

Episode 1

Loki season two starts where the last season ends. Loki is being pulled in multiple directions of time, which is later explained as time-slipping. As more branches of time are being created, the TVA is at odds on how to handle the situation. Meanwhile, Mobius and a new member of the season, O.B. (Ke Huy Quan), try to figure out how to stop Loki from time-slipping.

The first episode is all over the place… literally. There is a lot going on, and it gets hard to keep track of. While the stakes feel high, the pacing is slow, and you have no idea what’s actually going on until the last few minutes. The banter between Hiddleston and Wilson is the best part of the episode. Much like season one, the two play their respective “buddy cop” roles with excellence. The addition of Ke Huy Quan is refreshing, and he adds to the fun with his own comedy style. Much like its first season, Loki is visually beautiful. The colors and cinematography are gorgeous and usually look like an independent film and truly set it apart from anything within the Marvel Universe. There is an after-credit scene in this episode alone. The next three do not have any scenes after the credits roll.

Episode 2

The hunt for Sylvie is on now that Loki is stable. A rogue TVA member, X5 or Brad, knows where she is but isn’t giving up the information. This episode tried to be more action-heavy, but the fight scenes lacked pizazz. The highlight was seeing Loki use his magic to capture Brad. After that, everything felt lackluster when the TVA was taking action against the branching timelines. No one was moving quickly enough, and it didn’t feel like a usual Marvel fight scene. This episode has a lot of exposition, but the story is finally starting to mold itself.

Episode 3

Episode three is where the show finally takes off. We’re introduced to a variant of “He Who Remains,” and it ties in with the end credit scene from Ant-Man. This felt the most “Marvel” from everything we’ve seen in both season one and now season two of this show. Jonathan Majors is a welcome addition and commands the screen anytime he is on it. Even when he’s in the background, he is giving it his all. This episode has great comedic moments that come from everyone’s favorite clock, A.I. Ms. Minutes. This is also the first time in the series that we really see an extended amount of time travel. That was something that was missing in season one, and it’s so gratifying to see period costumes and be taken out of the usual world we see.

Episode 4

This is where the story becomes highly intriguing. This episode moves so quickly, but it plays out like a film. This is the first time I’ve seen a Disney Plus show move the plot this quickly, and it is a welcome change. As we know, most of these series are excruciatingly slow and then jam-pack everything into the last two episodes. With only six episodes this season, I’m happy that things started to take a turn by episode three.

Conclusion

Loki season two begins as a jumbled mess that is confusing and intriguing at the same time. It finds its footing at the halfway point and becomes an exciting adventure that will indeed tie in with the upcoming movies. Loki still lacks the emotion of a show like Wandavision but has a stronger tether to the MCU as a whole going forward.