Surprises after surprises, Loki episode 4 had itβs flaws but was still able to drop everybodyβs jaws.
After putting the most 3 beloved characters of the series, in situations that mix your feelings nonstop, throughout the whole thing, they manage to calm our nerves and instantly hype us up again, all in the showβs very first post credit scene.
As once said by the sorcerer supreme himself: βItβs a simple spell but quite unbreakbleβ, this statement fits perfectly with the choice of making Loki fall for βhimselfβ. Itβs something that you only consider expected, after it really happened and, even though traces were shown in the previous episode, I personally got a more friendshβ feeling. This not only reassures the extreme narcisism from the characterβs very well known persona and complements nicely Tom Hilddeston and Sophia Di Martinoβs chemistry while sharing the screen, but also gives a lesson about self-love, where you learn to accept yourself the way you are and improve what you judge neecesary after living life and meeting people that you can trust and exchange honest perspectives of each other, making both of you realize aspects neither had noticed before. Michael Waldronβs subtle move to make Mobius break free from his blind faith on the TVA worked really well, making him trust our anti-hero after witnessing him loose in his own game, due to not only worrying about Sylvie, but seeing the only way out to that manipulated friend was revealing the truth in all honesty, which got him questioning the evident inconsistencies in Ramonaβs speech, forcing him to check it himself. The post credit scene relieved and surprised us, posetively, in a matter of seconds, showing us 4 new variants and finally ending the mystery of the secret role played by Richard E. Grant, Old Loki.
The forth episode was clearly rushed, it worked mainly because of the build up in the previous ones added with a precise use of the OST in key moments, thatβs understandable considering the lenght of the show, but unfortunetly a similar mistake from episode 3 ocurred again, not as bad considering the attention to everything else, but still avoidable, that being the climaxβs final fighting scene where the choreography was slow, heavy and you couldnβt really feel the hits.